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Alliance & Next Philanthropy event will be LIVE STREAMING from 15:30 GMT on Facebook
Today Next Philanthropy holds its very first UK event, in partnership with Alliance magazine. Next Philanthropy was initiated by Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen (Europe’s largest membership organisation of foundations), in partnership with global philanthropy sector peers, to address …
Philanthropy must come without ideological strings
Cross posted from here> Some donors try to steer Israel studies to political ends, but gifts must fund impartial enquiry, says Charles Keidan The growing prominence of philanthropy in higher education can be a force …
Council on Foundations conference 2014: Philanthropy makes the connection
In several diverse settings at the Council on Foundations meeting this week, participants and panellists expressed concerns about potential gaps or oversights in fields where foundations work. During the panel on philanthropy in education the …
Philanthropy in Mongolia
Recently I attended the 10th annual fundraising reception organized by the Mongolian Women’s Fund (MONES). It was a relief to see a big venue full. And it was a pleasant surprise to learn who the …
Oksana Oracheva: “Philanthropy doesn’t support or depend on political issues”
Oksana Oracheva: Exec Director of Vladimir Potanin Foundation on the rise of Russian philanthropy. Russia and philanthropy are not words that are usually go together by any means. International tensions at the moment express a resonant …
Power to the people?
The issue of power dynamics in philanthropy has recently come to the fore. Should grantees have a greater say in their relationship with funders? And what would this look like? It comes into particular focus …
A greater role for philanthropy in development co-operation
On the east side of New York, the year has gotten off to a busy start at the UN with meetings of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. Although I’ve participated in multilateral …
Alliance Breakfast Club 24 September 2013 – Power and Philanthropy
Have foundations got too much power? Stephen Pittam, Sophie Pritchard, Sue Daniels and Andrew Barnett discussed questions arising from Alliance magazine’s September 2013 special feature on Philanthropy and Power at the September 2013 Alliance Breakfast …
Just published: Alliance September 2013 issue with special feature on ‘Philanthropy and power’
‘It is difficult to keep your feet on the ground when working in a foundation because you are inevitably placed in a position of power,’ writes Stephen Pittam, former secretary of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable …
He who has the pesos has the say-sos: can philanthropy be democratic?
Not in the view of Scottish philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter. ‘He who has the pesos has the say-sos’ was how he put it, speaking at the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP) conference on …
