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1st Pacific Northwest Global Donors conference
Pathways for Strategic Giving, held on 19 and 20 March in Seattle, Washington was the inaugural gathering of a new community of global donors, Pacific Northwest Global Donors. Over 180 donors attended, including representatives from …
3rd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists
The third annual World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP) provided a unique forum for more then 250 international leaders from public and private sectors to discuss the role of social entrepreneurs and smart philanthropy in …
Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy
Nearly five years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused unprecedented devastation in and around New Orleans, and in towns and rural areas throughout the Gulf Coast region of the US. The storms laid bare a …
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference
The theme of this year’s GEO Conference in Pittsburgh on 12-14 April, ‘Unleashing Philanthropy’s Potential: Smarter Grantmaking for Better Results’, was firmly in line with GEO’s focus: how funders can help their grantees achieve success …
6th GIFE Congress on Private Social Investment
Despite the heavy rains that had fallen on Rio de Janeiro since 5 April, the 6th GIFE Congress on Private Social Investment took place on 8 and 9 April in the city, bringing together about …
And the Granada Declaration was signed…
I’m back home in Washington after attending the ANDE Latin America Conference in Granada, Nicaragua. It was one of the most exciting trips I’ve made representing NextBillion. Granada was spectacular and the ANDE Latin America …
3rd Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding
Hosted by the Wellcome Trust and attended by about a hundred people from research institutes, universities and foundations, the third annual Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding took place in London on 2-3 December. …
Accelerating the business of social change
‘An organization can either be a baby or a dwarf,’ claimed Manish Sabharwal, co-founder of TeamLease – a baby will grow with the right energy and inputs, whereas a dwarf will always stay the same …
CoF Family Philanthropy Conference
Sea Change 2010, the Council on Foundations’ Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego, drew a crowd of 500. The first of the ‘changes’ was the opening with Arthur Brooks, the controversial conservative at the helm …
Underlining the need to remove obstacles to cross-border working
More than 90 people attended the seminar on cross-border philanthropy in Europe, organized by the Academy of European Law (ERA), the European Foundation Centre (EFC), King Baudouin Foundation, Fondation Fournier-Majoie and Transnational Giving Europe, which …
