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Asian Venture Philanthropy Network conference: highlights & takeaways
With AVPN’s inaugural conference successfully concluded last week, I wanted to list my five takeaways that were not only memorable but also worth a second glance! The first three are broad observations, and the last …
AVPN blurs the ‘two pockets’ into one
The inaugural Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) summit, more than any other gathering I’ve been to, provided concrete answers to the question: ‘how do business and philanthropy mix?’ Typically, they don’t. Kevin Jones, founder of …
Creating Social Impact: Philanthropy and Mainstream Investments
At the AVPN’s 2013 conference, the moot question is Do markets provide a solution to alleviating poverty? The answer seems to be a qualified YES. Harvey Koh of Monitor Deloitte talked of the stages of …
Creating Social Impact: Building Philanthropic and Investment Capital
This is AVPN’s inaugural conference where 30 countries are represented. In 2009, the AVPN idea in Singapore began. The concept emerged when Doug Miller started the EVPA in 2003. In the last 3 years, the …
Venture philanthropy more sophisticated in use of tools
For the 2011 fiscal year, the European venture philanthropy practitioners surveyed in the European Venture Philanthropy Association’s (EVPA’s) second annual industry survey reported significant increases in the amount of financial support they provided to investees. …
Social investment is a tool, not a mission
New money was contrasted with old during discussions at the conference on ‘New tools and trends in global philanthropy’ in London on 30 November. Organized by the Philanthropy Special Interest Group of the Society for …
First steps in venture philanthropy at the EVPA conference
As part of its transition from traditional philanthropy to higher–impact venture philanthropy and to benefit from the idea of sharing ideas and best practice, Emirates Foundation recently became a member of the European Venture Philanthropy …
EVPA’s annual conference challenges a whole sector: can we do more?
Is the venture philanthropy community in Europe in a time of uncertainty really backing the changemakers in the right way? Is it reaching its full potential? Can we do more? These questions were the red …
Exiting and moving on needs excellence, but it isn’t rocket science
GrantCraft recently started work on a new project, an inquiry into how funders end programs, break off funding relationships and partnerships, leave program areas or countries or – in some cases – deliberately spend themselves …
Members want ‘global view but local service’ as AVPN goes on the road
The best thing that the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) can do for its members is to provide opportunities for networking with other members and prospective members – on a regional level as well as …
