US foundations explore ‘futures’ for philanthropy

Caroline Hartnell

Overheard comment on the opening plenary at last year’s Council on Foundations conference, addressed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan: ‘Doesn’t Kofi Annan get it? Most of us don’t do international.’ Perhaps luckily for the rest of the world, none of the speakers at this year’s plenary seemed to get it either.

 
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Grantmakers East Group urged to take Chinese medicine approach

Andrew Kingman