Who We Serve
Syntrinsic serves a variety of clients in the following areas: private foundations, public charities, affinity-based foundations, and philanthropic private clients.
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On the face of it, investment advisors can appear to all do the same work, to provide the same services and to deliver them in similar ways. Syntrinsic, however, is different.
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Syntrinsic’s people have a distinctive blend of investment experience, technical expertise, & heart for service. We value intellectual rigor, hard work & creative problem-solving skills.
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The Social (In)justice of Our Debt
02/12/13
Sixteen trillion. 16,000,000,000,000. Start with one million. Multiply it one thousand times. Then times one thousand more. Then times sixteen. Stick a “$” in the front and you have the... Continue
The Cliff
12/31/12
Imagine perching atop a cornice of snow on a rocky cliff nested high in the Rockies. Your head reaches above the tops of spruce and pine. Even ravens do not fly this high. Your skis poke their tips... Continue
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Capital Markets
12/04/12
There was a knock on the door of 221B Baker Street, where the nameplate above the buzzer read “S. Holmes.” A woman opened the door, showing in a sullen, heavily cloaked figure. She was accustomed... Continue
The Stories We Tell
10/15/12
In Salman Rushdie’s novel, “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” a small boy, his father, and a band of unusual characters strive to save the mythic Sea of Stories from destruction by... Continue

