Emmett Carson

Social Innovator; Philanthropist & Thought Leader

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Emmett Carson Biography

Emmett D. Carson, Ph. D. is an international thought leader in the field of philanthropy. As founding CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation in 2006, he led the unprecedented merger of two of the largest community foundations in the world. Today, SVCF has over $4.7 billion under management, and Carson oversees the community foundation’s work with donors and corporations, whose generous giving has made SVCF both the largest grantmaker to Bay Area nonprofit organizations and the largest international grantmaker among community foundations in the U.S.

Before this, Carson had a distinguished 12-year career as CEO of The Minneapolis Foundation and, prior to that oversaw the Ford Foundation’s U.S. and global grantmaking program on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Carson has published more than 100 works on philanthropy and is an authority on issues of social justice, public accountability and African American giving. He is consistently recognized as one of the most influential nonprofit leaders in the U.S. and has honorary degrees from Indiana University, Morehouse College and The National Hispanic University. Carson received both his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in public and international affairs from Princeton University and his bachelor’s degree in economics, Phi Beta Kappa, from Morehouse College.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 01/09/2024.

Emmett Carson Videos

  • ECG Community Conversation with Emmett Carson and Mae Douglas
  • Vital City 2016 - SHIFT (Dr Emmett Carson)
    A keynote speech from Dr. Emmett Carson, Founding CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Philanthropy at the intersections of giving,...
  • 21st century community foundations: Emmett Carson
    Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., CEO and President of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, explores how and why different community foundations and the...

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