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Investing in the future of China’s emerging foundations
With the implementation of the 2005 Regulations on Foundation Management, the Chinese government established regulations that enabled corporations and private individuals to create philanthropic foundations. As a result, China is now home to about 2,600 …
Are Chinese foundations more transparent than American foundations?
On 29 August, the China Foundation Center launched its online Foundation Transparency Index, a ‘proactive solution to set a new standard for the ethical conduct of foundations in China’. Many people are surprised to learn …
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 …
Alliance magazine: An interview with Astrid Bonfield
‘We said let’s have total focus on systemic change and go for really ambitious, bold outcomes’ says the CEO of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund as it comes to a close. The Diana, …
Foundations that break the rules
The other day the founder of an innovative medical research foundation described how they had received an important early grant from a very large and well-reputed foundation. He confided that: ‘They had to break their …
Just published: the September 2012 issue of Alliance magazine!
With a special feature on ‘What can data do for philanthropy?’ this is an important issue for foundations looking at what data they have, what data they need and how they can use data to …
Alliance magazine: Redefining development
The latest article published on the Alliance magazine website looks at development and the role foundations can play in redefining this. In his article from the Alliance website, Jay Naidoo, Chairperson of the Global Alliance …
Report finds ‘Sector 2½’ growing in Colombia
The corporate foundation sector in Colombia is young and relatively thriving, according to a recent study funded in part by two of those foundations, Fundacion Promigas and Fundacion DIS. Sector 2½, so called because it …
Opportunity and risk – discussions at the Alliance Breakfast Club
Following the June issue of Alliance, with a special focus on Opportunity, risk and global development, last week’s Breakfast Club looked at the question Should foundations take more risks in pursuit of social justice? To …
Why is everyone talking about risk? Read the new issue of Alliance to find out
Everyone seems to be talking about risk: this is the focus of the June issue of Alliance, which has just been published. It was also a major theme emerging from the Bellagio Summit on the Future …
