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Getting to gender parity: Are quotas necessary?

Hilary Pearson and Laetitia Gill 30 January 2024 For Subscribers

Alliance editors have asked: should a time-limited quota be introduced in relation to gender diversity on the boards of foundation? Maja Spanu and Axelle Davezac, of the Fondation de France, answered this question in their …


Coming in to land

Andrew Milner 16 January 2024

I have decided not to fly to any more conferences because I believe the harm I am doing by flying outweighs any value my presence at the conference might have. I neither make nor intend …


Why bolstering institutional trust is essential for social impact

Roberto Chavarria Simpson and Conor Seyle 12 September 2023

A UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2021 report found that the percentage of people expressing confidence or trust in their countries peaked at 46 percent in 2006 and by 2019 had fallen to …

Lessons from COP27: How to make a difference

Sponsored by Mercer 6 December 2022

Tackling the impact of climate change remains a key topic of discussion within asset managers, but research shows more needs to be done to put ambition into action The agenda at the 27th United Nations …

Accountability and Transparency: Giving vehicles, not wealth warehouses

Muskaan Biradar 6 December 2022 For Subscribers

Opposition to philanthropy reform in the US may prompt increased scrutiny and result in more, not less, regulation The Accelerating Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act, which introduces restrictions on donor-advised funds (DAFs) and private foundations, has …

Sponsored content: It is time to break with investment tradition?

Rebekah Dunn 1 March 2022

Sponsored content from our partner Mercer The extraordinary performance of traditional assets in recent years will most likely not last forever. Change is inevitable, and endowments and foundations should consider tweaking their portfolios to adapt.  …

Sponsored content: 2022 poised to be a breakthrough year for social finance

Phyllis Constanza 1 March 2022

Sponsored content from our partner UBS New initiatives will mobilize capital and pave way for social finance tools to play a bigger role in meeting dire development needs post-pandemic  The year 2022 will see new …

The birth of #ShiftThePower

Jenny Hodgson 31 August 2021 For Subscribers

A confluence of forces in 2016 brought together one of philanthropy’s most inspiring and dynamic movements for change It started with a hashtag to promote an event. It was 2016 and the Global Fund for …

Community philanthropy in Kenya and beyond

Janet Mawiyoo 31 August 2021 For Subscribers

Applying a community philanthropy lens is the route to achieving sustainable development and bring local resources to the fore My memory of using the term ‘community philanthropy’ goes back to the late 1990s when together …

Trust-based philanthropy

Ise Bosch and Michael Alberg-Seberich 31 August 2021 For Subscribers

Trust should be at the heart of relationships but what happens when one party to those relationships has more power than the other? People on the receiving end of power often don’t have a choice …