http://www.newamerica.net/taxonomy/term/890 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2007/network_philanthropy_4678 <div class="teaser-content"> <p>They seemed so young. That’s what Peter Hero remembers most about the day, nine years ago, when Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Skoll walked into his office at Community Foundation Silicon Valley with an odd idea to give away a fortune. Omidyar wore jeans and a T-shirt; his thick black hair was tied back in a ponytail. Skoll had on what looked to Hero like a varsity jacket. He couldn’t still be in high school, could he? Hero thought they were smart kids, nice kids too, but he’d never heard of their company and he was unsure about its prospects. &quot;I&hellip; <a href="/publications/articles/2007/network_philanthropy_4678">more</a></div><!-- /.teaser-content --> Douglas McGray WEST Magazine The Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program New America in California Ownership &amp; Assets Philanthropy Cover Story Best of 2007 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:43:00 -0500 Articles 4678 at http://www.newamerica.net