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Interview – René Olivieri and Sarah Ridley
The Tubney Charitable Trust was set up in 1997 by Miles Blackwell, retired chairman of Blackwell booksellers, and his wife Briony, both of whom died unexpectedly just four years later. It was the wish of …
Eleos Foundation to spend down and use assets for impact investing: interview with John Duffy
Created as the result of the sale of property in Santa Barbara, California, the Eleos Foundation was originally managed by an all-volunteer board making small grants to NGOs in emerging markets. Following a realization by …
Interview – Diane Feeney
The French-American Charitable Trust (FACT) was set up in 1990 when Chuck Feeney gave a $40 million endowment to encourage his then wife and five children into the philanthropic arena. Several years ago, the trust’s …
‘They want to save the world in 45 minutes’
This is a shorter version of an interview with Olga Alexeeva published by CAF Russia’s magazine Money and Charity on 25 May, less than two months before she died. Carried out by Matvei Masaltsev, this …
Interview – Svati Bhogle
Is holding competitions and giving awards an effective strategy for grantmakers? What happens to award winners further down the line? Caroline Hartnell spoke to Svati Bhogle, secretary of the non-profit TIDE India and founder and …
Interview – Suraj Wahab
The winners of the 2011 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy were announced at a ceremony in London on 16 June. Among the five international award winners was Toyola Energy, which was set up in 2006 …
Interview – Vineet Rai
You couldn’t find a better person to talk to about the ecosystem of funding for social entrepreneurs in India than Vineet Rai: he has created an almost complete ecosystem himself. He started Aavishkaar in 2001 …
Interview – Chris West
One of the things that undoubtedly holds back the growth of social enterprises, especially in emerging markets, is lack of access to funding. What are needed, argues Chris West of Shell Foundation, are local intermediaries …
Interview – Deepak Gupta
Husk Power is ready to scale up and the potential for others to replicate their model is huge. The government has a great subsidy programme that covers most of the costs of establishing biomass rural …
Interview – Jodi Nelson
In November 2007, Alliance talked to Fay Twersky, recently appointed to head up the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s brand-new Impact Planning and Improvement Unit. Three and a half years later, Caroline Hartnell asked her …
