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Fashioning new self-regulatory charity policies for accountability and transparency
As mentioned in an earlier blog, China’s ‘private’ foundations have endeavoured to establish self-regulatory guidelines, which were adopted at the second annual private foundation forum. The principles are based on previously developed self-regulation guidelines of …
Giving poorly can be worse than not giving at all
What if your donation to fight human trafficking paid the salary of a human trafficker? What if your donation to support widowed law enforcement families went to a felon’s bank account? What if your child …
Is ‘well-being’ the future of philanthropy and development? Report from Bellagio…
The first three-day session of a marathon two-week summit on ‘The Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Well-Being’ kicked off this week at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como. Convened by the …
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 …
Fashioning new government-mandated charity policies for accountability and transparency
At the present time the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs (MoCA) has a very robust web portal for civil society, both nationally and for the local bureaus. The national web portal http://www.chinanpo.gov.cn has online application …
Developing foundation management in China
As I suggested in last month’s blog, major concerns for the new foundations in China include good fund management, human resources and board development – how foundations are seeking to make their giving more effective …
