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1. www.ft.com › content › 3f072a22-1c23-4521-bde4-90885The new (radical) rich who can’t wait to give away their fortunes

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   Apr 12, 2024 · A class of anti-wealth inheritor has emerged: people in a hurry to ‘spend down’ their millions on social or ethical causes. Farhad Ebrahimi’s foundation funded grassroots organisations from...

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3. www.forbes.com › profile › farhad-ebrahimiFarhad Ebrahimi - Forbes

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   3 days ago · Farhad Ebrahimi is the cofounder of Denver software-publishing giant Quark, Inc. Quark was sold to Platinum Equity for an undsiclosed sum in 2011. Ebrahimi began buying Hawiian...

4. www.ncfp.org › people › farhad-ebrahimiFarhad Ebrahimi - NCFP

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   Apr 22, 2019 · Farhad Ebrahimi is the founder and chair of the Chorus Foundation, which supports communities on the front lines of the old, extractive economy to build new bases of power for systemic change. He also serves on the boards of the Democracy Alliance and the Wildfire Project, and he is interested in how philanthropy can put itself out of business.

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6. www.forbes.com › sites › christopherhelmanThe Inflation Reduction Act Is Very Good At One ... - Forbes

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   Mar 6, 2023 · Farhad “Fred” Ebrahimi, 84, is not an executive at the company. Instead, the Denver-based software entrepreneur made his initial fortune in the 1990s with publishing software QuarkXpress.

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7. www.climateone.org › people › farhad-ebrahimiFarhad Ebrahimi | Climate One

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   Feb 21, 2019 · Farhad Ebrahimi is interested in how philanthropy might play a role in putting itself out of business. He is an activist, as well as the Founder and Chair of the Chorus Foundation, which works toward a regenerative economy in the United States and explores how the redistribution of consolidated wealth can support the transition to a more just ...

8. ncrp.org › resources › responsive-philanthropyChorus Foundation Retrospective: A Q&A with Founder and Chair ...

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   Jul 12, 2023 · Chorus Foundation Retrospective: A Q&A with Founder & Chair Farhad Ebrahimi. NCRP’s Senowa Mize-Fox chats with NCRP Board Member and Chorus Foundation Founder and Chair Farhad Ebrahimi on what funder organizing looks like in the context of a just transition.

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   Who is Farhad Ebrahimi?

   • In 2006, Farhad Ebrahimi underwent a life-changing moment. Fresh from a degree in maths and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the politically active, punk-loving son of an Iranian father and Cuban mother set up a foundation from money given to him by his parents.

   The new (radical) rich who can’t wait to give away their fortunes

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   Who is Ebrahimi's chorus Foundation?

   • Up until then, Ebrahimi’s Chorus Foundation had funded grassroots organisations from historically disempowered and marginalised communities, with a particular focus on those most impacted by the fossil fuel industry. This practice of “spending down” a fortune is rare, but not unprecedented among very wealthy individuals.

   The new (radical) rich who can’t wait to give away their fortunes

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   What is Ebrahimi's approach to philanthropy?

   • But Ebrahimi’s approach represents a new, and very different, take on this kind of philanthropy. First, there is a greater sense of urgency. A protracted, go-slow timescale for giving might have served in the past, he argues, but not in a world facing a nexus of existential crises.

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   How much is Ebrahimi's net worth?

   • Including Ebrahimi’s other assets, Forbes now estimates his net worth to be at least $1.1 billion. (Ebrahimi did not return multiple calls to comment on this story.) Ebrahimi can thank West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin for his recent good fortune.

   The Inflation Reduction Act Is Very Good At One Thing

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10. givingcompass.org › farhad-ebrahimi-profileDonor Profile: Farhad Ebrahimi on Building Power to Combat ...

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    Mar 24, 2021 · Farhad Ebrahimi spoke with Giving Compass about his climate justice work at the Chorus Foundation, building power in communities.