Author Archive:
Charles Keidan
My decade of faliure
Everyone has their own experience of professional failure – each in their own way. Mine was at the end of 2012 when I said goodbye to my colleagues at the Pears Foundation for the last …
Is the trust-based philanthropy bubble about to burst?
If trust-based philanthropy is the new orthodoxy sweeping the philanthropic world, then MacKenzie Scott is its undisputed champion. Scott has turned the institutional philanthropy model on its head donating over $12 billion to nonprofits over …
UK foundations failing at diversity, suggests new research
An analysis of 100 foundations in the UK found that on average, most foundations have poor practice when it comes to diversity. This finding was published in Foundation Practice Rating, a detailed assessment of foundation …
An unexpected impact from Russia’s Ukraine offensive? Philanthropy’s football moment
News from the football world spilled over into philanthropy last week when Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich announced that ‘stewardship and care’ of Chelsea Football Club was being handed over to trustees of the football club’s …
An agenda for mental health philanthropy
Many of you reading this, like myself, will have struggled with mental ill health at some point in your life or given support to a loved one who has. Whether you’ve experienced anxiety, depression, disordered …
Philanthropy’s ‘say-do’ gap: An interview with Carmen Rojas
What does it mean to be a social justice funder in an increasingly divided political and economic landscape? Why are more apparently liberal foundations unwilling to step forward on the most critical aspects of the …
Philea launches: good news for European philanthropy
It took over ten years for a merger of the US Foundation Centre and Guidestar to create Candid. It’s taken the Donors and Foundation Network in Europe and the European Foundation Centre less than two …
Interview: Jeff Bradach, co-founder of The Bridgespan Group
Jeff Bradach is co-founder of The Bridgespan Group, arguably among the world’s most influential non-profit and philanthropic advisory firms. Best known today for advising leading philanthropists, including Mackenzie Scott, on donating billions of philanthropic dollars, Bridgespan itself is branching out with over 300 members of staff and …
Hobson’s choice – tax and philanthropy
Too often, asking wealthy people to give more philanthropically or requiring them to pay more tax is presented as a binary choice. But does it have to be this way? Graham Hobson is an unusually …
Philanthropy begins to face up to climate injustice
GLASGOW – A coalition of foundations and activists are seeking to put adaption to loss and damage – negative climate impacts facing countries, communities and ecosystems – more squarely on the philanthropy agenda. The …
