June 2008 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the June 2008 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Individual giving: making it count
Alliance magazine June 2008
Peggy Dulany and Adele Simmons
FREE ARTICLE Effective strategies for making a difference
Peggy Dulany and Adele Simmons offer some tips for wise individual giving
FREE ARTICLE China dispatches
Olga Alexeeva on the philanthropic climate in China
Olga Alexeeva




April 2008 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the April 2008 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Philanthropy - whose vision?
Alliance magazine April 2008
Steve Gunderson
FREE ARTICLE Interview - Steve Gunderson
Steve Gunderson talks about the Council on Foundations’ Philanthropy Summit in May and what he hopes it will achieve. Some of those who are planning to attend also give their views.
FREE ARTICLE Just another emperor?
Michael Edwards on the myths and realities of philanthrocapitalism
Mike Edwards




December 2007 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the December 2007 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Measuring impact
Alliance magazine December 2007
David Bonbright
FREE ARTICLE What do we need to know?
David Bonbright considers what information we need to make social investment decisions
FREE ARTICLE Interview - Paul Brest
Paul Brest talks about impact evaluation and the problem of getting foundations to pay for it and to share information
Paul Brest


September 2007 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the September 2007 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Climate Change
Alliance magazine September 2007
Stephen Heintz
FREE ARTICLE Time for an end to business as usual
Foundations must move beyond business as usual if they are to respond to climate change effectively, says Stephen Heintz
FREE ARTICLE An unprecedented climate of change
Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff describes New York City's ambitious effort to transform the city and combat global warming
AshokKhosla
Nicky Gavron
FREE ARTICLE Winning the battle in cities
...while his London counterpart, Nicky Gavron, sets out the plan for low carbon London


June 2007 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the June 2007 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... The new challenges of global philanthropy
Alliance magazine June 2007
Peter Laugharn
FREE ARTICLE How can we do better?
Peter Laugharn looks at the current state of international funding and makes some suggestions aimed at helping foundations make a more significant contribution
FREE ARTICLE BOP too good to be true?
Ashok Khosla explains why he thinks Bottom of the Pyramid theories may be too good to be true
AshokKhosla


March 2007 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the March 2007 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Philanthrocapitalism: Myth or reality?
Alliance magazine March 2007
Olga AlexeevaMatthew Bishop
FREE ARTICLE New philanthropy: a micro-world of busy youngsters
New philanthropy can take many forms and can lead to frustration, says Olga Alexeeva
FREE ARTICLE How far do our values go?
Stephen Pittam takes issue with the Gates Foundation and makes the case for ethical investment
Stephen Pittam


December 2006 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the December 2006 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... The shadow side of philanthropy
Alliance magazine December 2006
Michael Lerner
FREE ARTICLE Light and shadow in organized philanthropy
Michael Lerner believes we need to explore the shadow of philanthropy in order to help us do better philanthropy
FREE ARTICLE Big on opinions and tight on core funding?
If funders want to be intelligent, they must also be more humble, says Sylvia Borren
Sylvia Borren


September 2006 - Free to read articles
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FOCUS ON ... Grants and beyond: Growing social capital markets
Alliance magazine September 2006
Rod Schwartz
FREE ARTICLE Profit taboo in social enterprise country?
Rod Schwartz questions the holier-than-thou attitude of the social enterprise world to for-profit initiatives
FREE ARTICLE Market virtues and market vices
Is the development of social capital markets set to be one of the big stories of social change or the over-hyped hobby of a few enthusiasts, wonders Rowena Young
Rowena Young



June 2006 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the June 2006 issue of Alliance magazine
FOCUS ON ... Seeing effectively? Donors as learning organizations
Alliance magazine June 2006
Celso Grecco
FREE ARTICLE New maps wanted - work starts yesterday
Celso Grecco describes his attempts to replicate the Brazilian social stock exchange
FREE ARTICLE Space for learning?
Jenny Hyatt and Allan Kaplan set out a paradigm for the learning organization and argue that donors' practice generally falls short of it
Shannon St John



March 2006 - Free to read articles
Full contents from the March 2006 issue of Alliance
Sustaining community philanthropy: looking for new models
Alliance March 2006
Bill Maynes
FREE ARTICLE Eurasia Foundation going local
Bill Maynes tells Alliance about the Foundation’s plan to turn its regional offices into independent foundations
FREE ARTICLE Questioning the conventional wisdom
If community philanthropy organizations are to be sustainable the world over, we will need new models of sustainability, says Shannon St John
Shannon St John

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