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4th EVPA Annual Conference
Event 4th EVPA Annual Conference Date 23 September Venue Frankfurt, Germany Organizer European Venture Philanthropy Association ‘What does VP mean to us?’ asked Doug Miller, EVPA’s outgoing chair, speaking at this year’s EVPA conference in …
Online Giving Marketplaces conference
Event Online Giving Marketplaces: Changing the Face of Philanthropy Date 8 October 2008 Venue Stanford University, Stanford, USA Organizer Stanford Social Innovation Review In the heart of Silicon Valley – and in the midst of …
Grantmakers East Forum
Event Grantmakers East Forum: Engage Date 8-10 October Venue Dubrovnik, Croatia In October, the resort of Dubrovnik usually welcomes American and British tourists. This year it also played host to the155 participants of the GEF …
Social Capital Markets Conference
Event Social Capital Markets Conference Date 13-15 October Venue San Francisco, USA The first Social Capital Markets Conference brought together more than 600 social entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, social investors and foundation executives from several countries …
Global Perspectives on Major Donor Fundraising
Event Global Perspectives on Major Donor Fundraising Date 6-7 November Venue London, UK Organizers Institute of Philanthropy/Association of Fundraising Professionals ‘Fundraisers represent the demand side,’ said Paul Schervish, Director of the Center on Wealth and …
Community Foundations of Canada Conference
Event Our Communities, Our World: Community Foundations of Canada Conference Date 7-9 November Venue Montreal, Canada Canada’s remarkable movement of community foundations (now numbering 165) brought the world to Montreal for a truly global gathering …
International Workshop on Resource Mobilization
Event International Workshop on Resource Mobilization Date 23-25 May Venue Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Organizer Resource Alliance When the first International Workshop for Resource Mobilization (IWRM) was held in the Netherlands nine years ago, the challenge …
2008 EFC AGA and Conference
Event 2008 EFC Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Conference: Fostering Creativity Date 29-31 May Venue Istanbul, Turkey Organizer European Foundation Centre How creative are European foundations? Failing to show sufficient vision, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship …
Grantmakers Without Borders Conference
Event Just Giving: Global Social Change Philanthropy Date 8-10 June Venue San Francisco, USA Organizer Grantmakers Without Borders Grantmakers Without Borders (Gw/oB) Executive Director John Harvey set the stage for the organization’s eighth annual conference …
2008 CIVICUS World Assembly
Event 2008 CIVICUS World Assembly: Acting Together for a Just World – People, Participation and Power Date 18-21 June Venue Glasgow, Scotland Organizer CIVICUS Almost 1,200 delegates from more than 100 countries attended the 8th …