July 11, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
Background: Mr. Franklin, 30, has served for the past two years on the board of Bolder Giving, a group dedicated to inspiring people to give more money away and provide them with the knowledge to do so effectively. He most recently served as deputy director of the 21st Century School Fund, an organization in Washington that works to improve school buildings.
Education: He holds a bachelor’s degree in political communication from George Washington University and a master’s in urban policy and nonprofit management from the New School University’s Milano Graduate School. Mr. Franklin is a lecturer and a doctoral candidate at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, where he is writing his dissertation on the role of foundations and policy change.
Why he was chosen: Anne Ellinger, the group’s co-founder, said she is excited to turn over day-to-day management of the organization to him. “He is someone with the energy of a 30-year-old but the experience of a 45-year-old,” she says. “I can’t imagine anyone better for the job.”
Why he took the job: “I’m fascinated by the question of how we mobilize new resources for social change,” he says.
Goals: Mr. Franklin, whose position was created thanks to a three-year $675,000 matching grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will seek to spread the organization’s message by sharing stories of inspirational giving and working more closely with people who advise donors.
Salary: $110,000
What he’s reading: The Power of Half, by Kevin and Hannah Salwen, and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963, by David Levering Lewis
