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Strategic Philanthropy
Putting emergent philanthropy into practice? Some tips from Northern Ireland
In a recent article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’, John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell suggest moving away from a ‘rigid and predictive model of strategy’ to ‘emergent strategic …
Emerging from the swimming pool: authors’ reflections on the ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’ blog series
We would like to thank Alliance magazine for selecting the SSIR article ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’ as a topic for reflection among its readership and elevating the debate ‘out of the swimming pool’. …
Realistic strategies for complex circumstances: a response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
This is the last in our series of responses by contributors to the March issue of Alliance to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell’s ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’. We published these articles …
The Sabanci Foundation’s approach: a response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
This is the fourth in our series of responses by contributors to the March issue of Alliance to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell’s ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’. We will be publishing …
Working in a post-war context: a response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
This is the third in our series of responses by contributors to the March issue of Alliance to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell’s ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’. We will be publishing …
Log frame or log jam? A response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
This is the second in our series of responses by contributors to the March issue of Alliance to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell’s ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’. We will be publishing …
This is COMMON SENSE philanthropy: a response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
In a recent article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’, John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell suggest moving away from a ‘rigid and predictive model of strategy’ …
Good strategy needs sound data: response to ‘Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World’
Strategic philanthropy is too simplistic for a complex world, according to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell, writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Setting a goal and working tirelessly towards it might work …
Strategic philanthropy is all about power and control, says Pablo Eisenberg
Over the summer there has been much debate on ‘strategic philanthropy’ and whether it’s a good thing, with the Hudson Institute’s Bill Schambra airing his doubts and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s former and …
Solidarity and reciprocity: a basis for strategic philanthropy?
‘A gift that does nothing to enhance solidarity is a contradiction,’ Mary Douglas says in her introduction to the 2002 edition of Marcel Mauss’s seminal text The Gift. In that 1925 essay French sociologist Marcel …
