Describes the entrepreneurial process through which the September 11th Fund was created, developed and operated, focusing primarily on the First seven weeks of the fund. This case in detail the genesis of the fund as a partnership between United Way, New York (NWNYC) and New York Community Trust, a major sponsor for its development / fundraising and operations consulting volunteer from New York, a team of McKinsey consultants. Describes how the social entrepreneurial process contributed key leaders from McKinsey, which played an important role in the initiation and implementation of McKinseys part in fund development and operation. Describes UWNYC employees and executive team McKinsey worked as giving fund infrastructure to handle donations, and create strategies early distribution will be shown how McKinsey team and United Way staff adapted to respond to the crisis. "Hide
by Jane Wei-Skillern Source: Harvard Business School 14 pages. Publication Date: March 26, 2002. Prod. #: 302083-PDF-ENG