Author Archive:
Donzelina Barroso
Foundations and the SDGs: Gulbenkian finding the fit
For many foundations, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a means to direct their efforts according to a larger, internationally recognised development framework, potentially increasing the value of those efforts by dovetailing them with those …
Covid-19 accelerates positive change in the way philanthropy operates
Funding global health issues through networked and systems approaches offers greater opportunity for impact during the crisis and beyond. The ongoing global Covid-19 crisis has put important development advancements of recent decades at risk, and …
The Philanthropy Canvas: Evaluating a foundation’s operating model
As part of an ongoing initiative to help the philanthropic sector more deeply understand the Theory of the Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors recently developed an analytical framework to help foundations to engage in self-evaluation and …
New approaches to scale: make sure the talk turns to action
Issues that have classically been addressed through public policy – issues such as ocean warming, migration, and the increased pressure on urban areas – are now more global and interconnected in nature. They require different …
Philanthropy must help bring Europe together
As a recent transplant to London from New York City, and a dual national of the US and Portugal, some of my friends say that I am lucky to be observing developments in the US …
