Author Archive:
Jacob Beck
Africa’s sleeping bear – the continental youth bulge
The continent has the world’s youngest population with over 200 million people between the ages of 15 and 24. In fact, the continent’s working age population is expected to exceed 1 billion within just 17 …
Alliance Breakfast Club – Philanthropy’s diversity challenge
Last week’s Alliance Breakfast Club, held at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation in London, discussed philanthropy’s diversity issues, a central focus of the September issue of Alliance magazine, guest edited by Sumitra Misha and Angela Seay. The role …
UK’s non-profit sector reports strong growth
The non-profit sector in the U.K. has been making leaps and bounds in recent years, with constant growth across the sector. The Association of Charitable Foundations’ (ACF) latest edition of the Foundation Giving Trends report …
Paul G. Allen Philanthropy partners with NOAA for oceanographic climate change research
With much turmoil surrounding the topic of climate change, the world seems uncertain about the effects on the environment. With that in mind, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has embarked on a new philanthropic endeavour …
NCVO report reveals growth in social sector spending
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ (NCVO) 2017 UK Civil Society Almanac provides us with some interesting perspectives on the trends seen throughout the philanthropic community in the past several months. As we enter the final …
