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Asian Venture Philanthropy Network conference: 5 lessons in family venture philanthropy
During this past month’s AVPN Conference, one of our most anticipated sessions was the ‘Families in Venture Philanthropy’ panel discussion. From the panel title alone, you can probably guess why: the idea of applying an investor …
Financial advisors: crucial to philanthropy’s growth
Why don’t the wealthy give more? Because they want the money, says a 2013 SEI Private Wealth Management survey of individuals representing families worth $10 million or more. The top two reasons for not giving …
Moving towards strategic family philanthropy
This is the second post in a series by Ellen Remmer on strategic family philanthropy. Read her first post, Strategic family philanthropy – an oxymoron? I’m a big believer in strategic philanthropy; again, stemming from …
Strategic family philanthropy – an oxymoron?
I have a confession. I’m a prosetelyzer and I’m an evangelist… for strategic family philanthropy. I caught the bug when my own family discovered the joys of working together on our family foundation, and it’s become …
Collaboration is key to addressing innovation needs in global philanthropy
An extra day making a longer February sounds especially good and prosperous in the Year of the Dragon. I’ve learned a lot during the 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference, organized by the Council of Foundations that …
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 …
What’s different about philanthropy in Spain?
The scene was the first large-scale conference on family philanthropy in Spain. 160 hand-picked attendees with ties to significant family businesses were in the audience. What did I see from behind the podium as I …
It’s not (just) about the money
Elegant and well-heeled would be the best way to describe them. I smiled at these two women of indeterminate age who I had just met at the launch of the UBS-INSEAD Study on Family Philanthropy …
Parent-child duos at Indian Philanthropy Forum highlight generational approaches
This year’s Indian Philanthropy Forum was held in Mumbai on 29 June. Sponsored by the Ajay Piramal group, the Godrej group and the Rothschild Foundation and hosted by Dasra, the forum saw over 175 attendees. …
