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Filiz Bikmen
Values, not endowments, enable philanthropy across generations
I quite agree with what Michael Edwards said about the Occupy movement in a recent interview with Philanthropy News Digest: ‘That’s what social movements do. They may not have a direct impact on policy in …
EFC and DAFNE Autumn Assembly
In an attempt to foster greater collaboration among foundations and donor networks, the European Foundation Centre, in cooperation with DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, 21 members across Europe collectively serving more than 5,500 …
An issue whose time has come: ICNL holds second global forum
Promoting a ‘legally enabling environment for civil society and philanthropy’ is a niche field of work, recognized by many as essential, yet often unlikely to capture the headlines. However, critical developments over the past year, …
An AGA in a day: the EFC and DAFNE Autumn Assembly
In an attempt to foster greater collaboration among foundations and donor networks, the EFC, in cooperation with DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, 21 members across Europe collectively serving more than 5,500 donors and …
Donors come together for new ‘Girls Not Brides’ campaign − will European foundations join?
In the developing world, one in three girls is married before the age of 18, one in seven before she is 15. Yet each year a girl stays in school, it boosts her future income …
An issue whose time has come: ICNL holds second global forum
Promoting a ‘legally enabling environment for civil society and philanthropy’ is a niche field of work, recognized by many as essential, yet often unlikely to capture the headlines. However, critical developments over the past year, …
Crossing the digital divide or stuck at the border?
‘Since 2002, 204,525 donors like you have given $48,623,013 to 4,256 projects. Wonderful!’ This is the message that appears at the top of the globalgiving.org website (as of 28 July 2011). I commend globalgiving and other …
Navigating the collaboration maze
Many foundations and other organizations are trying to navigate through the collaboration maze these days: philanthropic support organizations collaborating; philanthropic support organizations encouraging and/or supporting collaborations among their members; foundations collaborating with one another; and …
Philanthropy’s ‘Turkish models’
As befits the first Turkish foundation to win the Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Europe, the Sabancı Foundation is paving the way for a new age of modern giving to strengthen an emergent …
Spotlight on Turkey – New developments in community philanthropy
Community philanthropy has started spreading in the Turkish community, on both sides of the Atlantic. 2007 was an exciting year, with the establishment of two new organizations: a community foundation in Turkey, and a philanthropic …
