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Change Philanthropy

Change Philanthropy: Candid stories of foundations maximizing results through social justice

Barry Knight
1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

Writing papers to change policies doesn’t work unless change is already happening − this is just one of scores of anecdotes from a book describing the real-life experiences of ten American foundations pursuing social justice.

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Interview - Joe Cerrell
Joe Cerrell

Interview - Joe Cerrell

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has recently opened an office in London. As Joe Cerrell, who heads up the new office, told Caroline Hartnell, it’s not so much so that Gates can increase its already considerable European grantmaking, but so that it can work more closely with European organizations across all sectors.

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CollaborationDB

Foundation Center - Introducing the Nonprofit Collaboration Database

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

Mergers and collaborations are becoming ever more important to the non-profit sector, so the Foundation Center was delighted when it was selected earlier this year to be the new home of the Nonprofit Collaboration Database.

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CREDIT Neil J Spicer

EFC - Tbilisi to host Grantmakers East Forum 2010

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

The 15th annual Grantmakers East Forum (GEF), entitled ‘Facing the Extremes’, will take place 26-27 October in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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NEF

NEF - European Fund for the Balkans three years on

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

In June this year, the four founding partners of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) – Robert Bosch Stiftung, King Baudouin Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo and Erste Foundation – renewed their commitment to the Fund for the next three years.

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Iraqi Women brochure

Foundation fellowships help train Iraqi women leaders

Eleanor Fink
1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

The first three fellows of the Iraqi Women’s Fellowship Foundation (IWFF) have just ‘graduated’, returning to Iraq in June this year. The foundation brings women in science and engineering from Iraq to study at US universities on a one-year fellowship.

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China Foundation Center launched in July

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

In a move to increase the transparency of Chinese charitable groups, some of China’s most recognized philanthropic leaders combined to launch in July the China Foundation Center (CFC), a result of 20 years of sectoral self-regulation efforts.

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Entrevista - Jeff Raikes
Jeff Raikes

Entrevista - Jeff Raikes

1 July 2010
Alliance Español

Jeff Raikes ha sido Director Ejecutivo de la Fundación Bill & Melinda Gates durante un poco más de 18 meses. Él asumió el puesto en septiembre de 2008, después de 27 años con Microsoft. Caroline Hartnell le preguntó cómo ve que la Fundación Gates puede lograr un movimiento a gran escala a partir de sus enormes inversiones. Alianzas, alianzas, alianzas es la respuesta para la Fundación Gates, como lo fue para Microsoft, con gobiernos, empresas y las ONG. El mayor desafío: hacer que la gente se dé cuenta que el éxito es posible. Click here to read ...


¿La vida sigue con un modelo en desuso?
Caroline Hartnell

¿La vida sigue con un modelo en desuso?

Caroline Hartnell
1 July 2010
Alliance Español

Cuando un programa debe masificarse, el clásico modelo de las fundaciones de pilotar iniciativas y luego persuadir a los gobiernos para que las adopten ¿es un modelo caduco y anacrónico? No, si la Fundación Charles Stewart Mott se interesa en el tema. Durante un almuerzo en febrero, el personal de Mott que trabaja en el programa ‘Pathways out of Poverty’ (Sendas para salir de la pobreza) me comentaron acerca de programas que habían logrado una masificación con éxito. Click here to read ...


Foundations for the Common Good

Foundations for the Common Good

1 June 2010
Alliance magazine

This is a new report by Mark Rosenman from Caring to Change. Based on extensive research, the report concludes that foundations should use the framework of the ‘common good’ to advance their work. Barry Knight supported the project, most notably by facilitating a retreat at Pocantico in February 2009, which reviewed and critiqued findings from the research.

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