Olga Alexeeva

My most memorable encounter with a donor client happened around ten years ago, in my native town of Krasnodar in the south of Russia. Briefly, Krasnodar is a 300-year-old provincial city near the Black Sea, …

I once attended an evening party organized by a wealthy family in a South American country, devoted to philanthropy. Guests, similarly ultra-wealthy families, gathered to talk about their giving, share experiences and possibly form alliances. …

Author’s note Sergei Zverev is a famous Russian fashion designer and socialite whose picture often adorns the covers of glossy magazines. However, there are other Sergei Zverevs in Russia … I was recently invited to …

When I was 15 in the sleepy city of Krasnodar in southern Russia, I led a double life. By day, I was a ‘model’ teenager with good grades and a member of the school Komsomol …

I had dreamed about this trip for years. I read thick books about the history of China, watched films, learned strange-sounding names, and even bought a ‘crash course’ in Mandarin. My enthusiasm to learn Chinese …

This year’s Global Philanthropy Forum in early April focused on financing social change and took place in the headquarters of Google. The location inspired keynote speaker Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation to describe the …

When talking about new philanthropy, those in the donor service profession immediately get a vision of social entrepreneurs and their supporters – perhaps Muhammad Yunus and Bill Gates. New philanthropy is associated with new approaches …

At the time few commentators regarded the Russian Civic Forum as particularly significant. Many saw it as no more than a one-off showcase-type event. Over a year later, we can see that it was in …

The Civic Forum held in the Kremlin on 21-22 November 2001 was doubly significant for the Russian NGO community. It was the largest ever NGO conference in Russia and the first time the President’s Administration …

Increasingly, as described in the last issue of Alliance, international funders are using local NGO support centres to run grantmaking programmes for them. But is there a conflict of interest in making grants and at …