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Interview: Fay Twersky, Hewlett Foundation (£)

Alliance magazine 4 July 2014

The philanthropy programme at the Hewlett Foundation is changing. Fay Twersky, director of its Effective Philanthropy Group, tells Caroline Hartnell how and why. She talks about Hewlett’s new emphasis on ‘two-way openness’ and collaboration and …


9 Indonesian Philanthropists and Bill Gates Agree to Fund Multi-Million Dollar Sustainable Health Initiative in Indonesia

Anh Ton 18 April 2014

One common concern many people share about the current state of Asian philanthropy is that it’s not very transparent. Much philanthropy in Asia is still done ad hoc, and a cultural emphasis on modesty that …


Building transparency into the operational structure of a new fund

Foundation Center 26 March 2014

This article is cross posted from the Foundation Center’s GrantCraft blog. GrantCraft:  It’s nearly two years since the inception of Edge Fund. From the beginning, we had aims to be democratic, accessible, and accountable to …

The Brave New World of Good

Bradford Smith and Foundation Center 25 October 2013

The Brave New World of Good ‘O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t.’ (William Shakespeare) ‘Most human beings have an …

Philanthropy in Australia: where the money goes

Gina Anderson 22 August 2013

In Australia the not-for-profit sector is undergoing significant regulatory reform. The establishment of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission in December 2012 highlighted the increasing importance of transparency and accountability, while the growing interest by …

Mercator Salons 3 & 4 focus on money and happiness

Gerry Salole 26 June 2013

The Mercator Salon is a series of events run by Stiftung Mercator in Beijing. Following the advent of the ‘Enlightenment in Dialogue’, held in 2011, the first two Mercator Salons took place in Beijing in 2012 …

Needed: More lively and critical debate in the non-profit sector

William Schambra 24 June 2013

Nonprofit Quarterly can be harsh from time to time. Sometimes it makes people feel… well, uncomfortable. One of philanthropy’s more astute observers, Cindy Gibson, contributed a terrific op-ed to the current Chronicle of Philanthropy. It opens like this: ‘Everybody …

Crowdfunding healthcare

Lucy Bernholz 23 April 2013

First came GlobalGiving, DonorsChoose and Kiva. These platforms brought crowd giving/lending to new heights. They also represent a trajectory of increasingly narrow area of focus for the platforms – GlobalGiving funds development projects internationally, DonorsChoose …

How do I general support thee, let me count the ways!

Bradford Smith and Foundation Center 2 April 2013

With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I could not resist paraphrasing her famous poem for an appeal to foundations to stop trying to be so unique. But, I promise you, this will be the shortest …

Trends in Chinese transparency and philanthropy

1 Karla Simon 6 February 2013

A report issued in early January dealt with transparency among China’s large foundations. Some of the results are reported in the chart below. Only 182 organizations published financial accounts in their annual reports. Among 240 …