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Call for Nominations: 2010 Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Europe

3 March 2010
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The Art of Giving: Where the soul meets a business plan by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon

The Art of Giving: Where the soul meets a business plan by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon

Steven Burkeman
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

The basis of this book raises a fascinating issue, perhaps best encapsulated by its subtitle – ‘where the soul meets a business plan’. As an individual, I reserve the right to respond emotionally when I encounter immediate need. As a grantmaker in an institutional context, I have the opportunity to sit down and think, to research and analyse alongside others, and then to take a decision that, though it may be rooted in an emotional commitment, is tempered by this more rational process. Click here to read ...


Underlining the need to remove obstacles to cross-border working

Rosa Gallego
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

More than 90 people attended the seminar on cross-border philanthropy in Europe, organized by the Academy of European Law (ERA), the European Foundation Centre (EFC), King Baudouin Foundation, Fondation Fournier-Majoie and Transnational Giving Europe, which explored the barriers foundations face when working across borders and reviewed the latest legal and fiscal developments and possible solutions. Click here to read ...


CoF Family Philanthropy Conference

Lisa Parker
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Sea Change 2010, the Council on Foundations’ Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego, drew a crowd of 500. The first of the ‘changes’ was the opening with Arthur Brooks, the controversial conservative at the helm of the American Enterprise Institute and author of Gross National Happiness. Brooks offered an amusing account of his failed attempts to disprove what he reluctantly conceded that his research has borne out: when individuals, businesses and even countries give, they end up with more income than those who don’t. Click here to read ...


3rd Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding

Pier Mario Vello
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Hosted by the Wellcome Trust and attended by about a hundred people from research institutes, universities and foundations, the third annual Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding took place in London on 2-3 December. Under the general title ‘Philanthropy: a growing asset for research’, the focus was on three key subjects: how foundations have developed innovative funding models for research; how evaluation can be used to improve the quality of research and decision-making; and how foundations and universities can work together to produce better research. Click here to read ...


Small grants fill a niche
Bill Belding

Small grants fill a niche

Bill Belding
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

With two-thirds of the 70,000 US private foundations having assets of less than $1 million, what value can small foundations bring to international philanthropy? In 2009 the Association of Small Foundations launched an international programme to learn from and educate our members on ways to give globally. We found that small grants to international causes can have a big impact. They also promote the diversity of actors and ideas working in developing countries. Small foundations fill a special niche – and they come with more than money. Click here to read ...


Small grants in a big country
Helena Monteiro

Small grants in a big country

Helena Monteiro
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

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Interview - Nonette Royo
Nonette Royo

Interview - Nonette Royo

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Based in South-east Asia, with offices in Indonesia and Northern Mindanao, Philippines, the Samdhana Institute works on rights and environmental advocacy issues including forest conservation, river protection and critical mining areas, giving mainly very small grants. Why has it chosen to work like this, Chet Tchozewski asked Samdhana executive director Nonette Royo.

First, how small are small grants? And what do you use them for? Click here to read ...


Follow the hummingbird…
Wangari Maathai

Follow the hummingbird…

Wangari Maathai
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

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A distinct role for small grants…
Ezra Mbogori

A distinct role for small grants…

Ezra Mbogori
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

At the end of the first decade of the new millennium, it is clear that many countries will fail to meet several of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Compelling reasons might be advanced for this, but we should all feel more than a tinge of guilt for failing to attain standards that themselves fall well below aspirations that existed prior to the Millennium Declaration. Click here to read ...


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