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Trends in institutional philanthropy in Russia
This is my second post based on the recent Russian Donors Forum Report on Institutional Philanthropy in Russia. I am very encouraged by e-mails and phone calls from readers of this blog, and as the …
Making the most of corporate giving
As anyone who works in the non-profit sector knows, charities are facing severe cutbacks in funding from government and other sources, while more people are in need of charities’ help as a result of the …
Activists and techno-geeks are in the same camp
Social Camp – an event organized as boot camp rather than a traditional conference – took place in the city of Tver on the Volga River in July and brought together offline and online activists …
Building bridges through philanthropy
This past weekend I attended an event that marked two very different anniversaries in a thought-provoking way. The first anniversary, of course, was the tenth anniversary of the 11 September attacks. The second was the …
TSRC finds civic activism unevenly distributed – signs of a not-so-big society?
What does the typical UK volunteer look like? The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC), a collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, thinks it has a good idea. Based on a two-year research project …
Rich Australians keep their chequebooks in their pockets
It’s paradoxical that while Australia topped a recent World Giving Index of 153 countries in terms of people’s willingness to give money, volunteer and help strangers, wealthy Australians are apt to be relatively stingy when …