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A hybrid foundation
According to Steve Case, the hottest topic for discussion at the second annual meeting of The Giving Pledgers was impact investing. This puts some emphasis on an idea that was raised at our recent ReCoding …
It’s the journey, not the destination: a reflection on Ellen Remmer’s ‘Off the beaten path’
In her recent post, Ellen Remmer refers to a number of factors such as role models, time and safe spaces, continuous learning and reflection to help ‘catalyse’ donors. Looking at this list from the perspective …
Social transformation through football? Sporting mega events now on agenda of Brazilian social investors
For the first time in its history, GIFE (Group of Institutes, Foundations and Corporations) included two sessions on sports in the programme of its 2012 Congress – Brazil’s largest conference of grantmakers and social investors …
Come off it, George! Do you want philanthropic ‘Money for Good UK’ or not?
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is launching a major UK study on why donors give. The Money for Good UK survey, supported by the Pears Foundation, Oak Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NESTA, will …
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 …
A grand unified theory of effective giving starts with beneficiaries
‘What do you think of our team?’ asked the chairman of a new foundation. I hesitated, fearing he would dislike my answer. The trustees were experts in only two of their three focus areas; none …
Social innovation: from buzzword to byword
In recent years, social innovation has become a buzzword in the corridors of foundations and their partners, and yet the concept is far from new. In fact, social innovation has been around as long as …
UK’s International Development Committee says DFID should work more closely with foundations
Foundations make a huge contribution to development going far beyond money, and it’s a contribution that the UK government’s Department of International Development (DFID) could help to enhance. So says a newly released report on …
A Q&A with Michael Edwards, author of Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World (Part 2)
In November, PND spoke with Michael Edwards, author of the 2010 book Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World, which offered a sharp critique of the philanthrocapitalist worldview. In part two of our interview, …
What happens now the money has run out – the challenge for trusts and foundations in the new economy
It has almost become a cliche to say that we are living in ‘interesting’ times – even though when I hear this said about the charity world it usually means something else. But where it is a …
