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Interview with Justin Highstead
‘Having the right people on the ground who really understand the sector is probably the single most important thing; it’s more important than money.’ Why did a UK foundation buy two tea processing factories in …
Interview: Chid Liberty
Chid Liberty is the co-founder and CEO of Liberty and Justice, a social enterprise in Liberia which employs women in the garment industry. As he explains to Caroline Hartnell, it’s not just a matter of …
Interview with Robert Rubinstein
In trying to get the business community to participate in an economy which takes into account people and the environment, not just profit, Robert Rubinstein, founder of TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investing), doesn’t put his …
Interview with Musimbi Kanyoro
The Global Fund for Women is now 25 years old. Caroline Hartnell talks to president and CEO Musimbi Kanyoro about its achievements and challenges over that period and her vision for a world in which …
Interview with Jacob Harold
Big, medium and small: when it comes to data, one size definitely does not fit all. Jacob Harold, president and CEO of GuideStar just over a year, helps Caroline Hartnell sort them out. He also …
Interview – Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah
Danny Sriskandarajah, Secretary General of CIVICUS since January, talked to Caroline Hartnell about the first nine months in the job. His overarching philosophy is to ‘consolidate and experiment’: to consolidate what CIVICUS does well but …
Interview – Anasuya Sengupta
Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual, educational content. How does its grantmaking contribute to this …
Interview – Caroline Mason
After much preparation and amid great publicity, Big Society Capital (BSC) was launched last year with funding from dormant bank accounts and from the four ‘Merlin’ banks (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank …
Interview – Dr Jim Yong Kim
The relationship between foundations and the World Bank Group has not always been easy. In recent years, however, a new spirit of collaboration has become apparent. The Bank really does want to work with foundations, …
Interview – Vikki Spruill
‘I think our single biggest value to our members is defending philanthropy’s role as a unique, catalytic sector in our country and world.’ When times are hard, memberships and subscriptions are often the first things …