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Ron Kaplan’s CityPak Surpasses 76,000 Backpacks Distributed to Homeless Individuals Degen Pener Agent and CityPak founder Ron Kaplan
Ron Kaplan, the veteran music agent who recently joined ICM Partners’ music department, was struck years ago by how remote philanthropy sometimes can feel from its impact on individuals. Kaplan ran his family’s foundation and the work mainly involved writing checks of donations at the end of each year. “It felt really disconnected,” Kaplan tells
The Hollywood Reporter. “I said, ‘I want to focus on one thing and do it well.’”
So Kaplan a one-time bass player who grew up in Chicago and spent most of his career there before moving to Los Angeles in 2018 started visiting homeless organizations including the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. “I realized there was a consistent pattern. These shelters would give food, clothing, temporary bedding and other essentials, but they would never have anything to put
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