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Canadians come together to promote funder collaboration
Funders working together – the increasing interest in this approach in Canada denotes the coming to maturity of Canadian philanthropy. This was one of the conclusions of a symposium on the topic organized by Philanthropic …
Alliance magazine: The role of foundations in a coordinated impact data landscape
“We believe that data collection and reporting is essential to a successful impact investing field, and that foundations have a valuable role to play in nurturing this” says Sarah Gelfand of the Global Impact Investing …
Building investor readiness through skills-based volunteerism
As the practice of impact investing matures, evolving from a peripheral concept to a mainstream practice, the momentum around this nascent industry is growing. At a time when governments, foundations and donors look to do …
New World Bank president sits down with foundations
In the midst of a frenetic week of meetings, including bilaterals with heads of state, the Clinton Global Initiative and media interviews, the new World Bank president Jim Yong Kim stepped into the calm of …
Smarter Impact: A new approach to enabling inclusive economic development in the information age
We are living in a time of great opportunity, where information and communications technology is transforming the lives of billions of people living in remote locations. People who were once isolated are now connected in …
Focus on maximizing philanthropic resources as Arab Foundations Forum meets in Cairo
The Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) organized its 2012 annual meeting in Cairo, Egypt from 16 to 18 September to explore ways of maximizing philanthropic resources in times of change and austerity. Around 170 delegates, including …
Sharing is the most important attitude to data
Do we expect too much from data? This was one of the questions at the recent Alliance Breakfast Club which sparked much discussion around the topic of the recent special feature on philanthropy and data …
Putting nutrition and agriculture knowledge into collective action
In visiting with African families, Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the foundation, repeatedly witnesses the constant struggle by mothers to ensure that their children have adequate nutrition. In today’s world there is often a disconnect …
What will Jim Yong Kim’s World Bank role mean for philanthropy?
It’s not often that I wake up to hear the name of someone I know well on all the morning news programmes, but it happened last month with President Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim …
Three essentials for accelerating funder collaboration
Funder collaboration. Like Mom and apple pie, it’s something we can all rally around. But anyone who has worked as a grantmaker knows that it’s harder than it sounds. We all work within different contexts …
