October 8, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
As the saying goes, once you work at a foundation, everybody laughs at your jokes.
But to know what makes the leader of $4-billion foundation laugh (and occasionally cringe), visit the GaraLog, the personal blog of Gara LaMarche, president of the Atlantic Philanthropies.
Mr. LaMarche uses the Web site to speak outside of his role at the foundation, showing photos from recent trips to Vermont and Rhode Island, making observations on the presidential race, and indeed, telling the occasional joke.
While grant seekers may flock to the blog to gain insight to a potential donor, Mr. LaMarche doesn’t take his musings too seriously.
“It goes without saying that to publish your random thoughts on the assumption that others will be interested in them is an extremely self-centered activity,” he writes on the blog’s introduction. “Anyway, I hope you like reading it. If not, you don’t have to come back!”
