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Fay Twersky
More Feedback Would Improve Foundations’ Service to Society
This article is cross posted from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, with their permission> “We value your feedback as a customer of our services. Would you be willing to answer a few questions at the end …
SOCAP 2014: Development impact bonds … ready for flight?
Walking through the cavernous exhibit halls of SOCAP this week, you couldn’t help be taken in by the vibrancy of the scene. The setting itself – Fort Mason, an old US army post on the …
Interview: Fay Twersky
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 …
Journey to impact: an open letter to emerging philanthropists
We are in many respects entering a golden age of philanthropy. Inspired by peers, colleagues, friends and family, new philanthropists are emerging in record numbers. They have different interests and passions, but they all want …