Melissa A Berman

‘It isn’t that the next generation is so different. You’ve just forgotten what it was like to be young.’ That was the startling statement that an employment expert – at the time in his seventies …

As Matthew Bishop astutely notes in his article in the June issue of Alliance, the political environment may alter how prominent philanthropists are perceived. In particular, rising income inequality could reshape attitudes toward philanthropists. The wealthiest …

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as an independent non-profit. Before 2002, we were a service within the Rockefeller family office, working with members of the Rockefeller family …

Trained as a medievalist, I generally approach any assignment by looking back in time for origins, exemplars and trends. For an overview of professional philanthropy advisers, this task can be completed in about 45 seconds. …

The advent of demanding, interventionist, micro-managing donors with low levels of expertise and high expectations is a frequent lament in professional philanthropy. But to see this as a consequence of the so-called ‘new philanthropy’ is …

‘Human nature doesn’t change in a generation. You’ve just forgotten being young,’ a world-renowned employee relations expert told a group of employers who were bemoaning how the ‘new employees’ were completely different from any previous …