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Interview – Jeremy Leggett
On 18 April Carbon Tracker, a UK-based foundation-led initiative, released its second report, Unburnable Carbon: Avoiding wasted capital and stranded assets. We need a managed, rapid and complete retreat from the use of fossil fuels …
Interview – Christopher Oechsli
The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever …
Interview – Penelope Lewis
‘In the old days I think the Bank used to cook up a nice project and go around with a tin cup. That is not going to work any more, if it ever did.’ Relations …
Interview – Firoz Ladak
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations consists of a dozen foundations with over a century of history behind them. These are the foundations of the French branch of the Rothschild family which has been living in …
Interview – Annie Lennox and Mitch Besser
If you thought HIV/AIDS was under control, think again. Annie Lennox did, in 2003, during a visit to South Africa. Hearing Nelson Mandela talk about HIV/AIDS and how it was affecting women and children, she …
Interview – Lisa Jordan
Lisa Jordan of the Bernard van Leer Foundation went to the Clinton Global Initiative this year for the first time. Why did she go? Was it worth it? And what can other European foundations gain …
Interview – Clare Woodcraft
Over the past six months, Emirates Foundation has been undergoing some fundamental changes. With its new venture philanthropy business model, the foundation aims to try to make a real difference for young people in the …
Interview – Mitch Winehouse
Amy Winehouse died tragically on 23 July 2011, aged just 27. Less than two months later, on 14 September, her family launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation in her memory. What are the main goals of …
Interview – Astrid Bonfield
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was set up four days after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on 31 August 1997 to receive the money that was flowing in from the public …
Interview – Antonio Gaspar
‘I would say that philanthropy is harmful if you just give money without creating any accountability for how it’s used.’ Antonio Gaspar is the co-founder and executive director of Instituto Ventura in Rio de Janeiro, …
