Letters

I read with interest and enthusiasm the special feature on grantmaking for social change. The organization I work with, Dasra, champions the grant so I was happy to read that many people agree with us …

I am writing to applaud the position taken in Regan Ralph’s article ‘Supporting grassroots activism in Guatemala’ and to contribute my own example in the hope of encouraging others to embrace her conclusions. The key …

In the March issue of Alliance, Anthony Tomei takes a dim view of foundation accountability. He argues that accountability is an operational matter: the trustees should decide whether or not it is a good idea …

Anthony Tomei describes foundation accountability as an operational necessity for those who seek to accomplish broader change. Mr Tomei addresses the issue from his vantage point in the UK. In the US, foundations are held …

Because a ‘monetaristic’ view of foundations as earning and spending machines (the greatest is the best) is far from reasonable. The amount of money a foundation earns and spends every year is likely to affect …

Ellen Dorsey and Richard Mott’s article on the divest-invest initiative of 17 foundations carefully addresses three arguments: first, that not divesting from fossil fuels stands the fiduciary notion on its head by putting profit before …

The Alliance special feature on next generation philanthropy was comprehensive and insightful. The observations of the contributors largely tallied with our own experience advising clients in Asia, but also provided genuinely novel ways to think about and …

In the December edition of Alliance, Jason Franklin suggests a definition of next gen donors as ‘young donors from their early twenties to early forties’. One thing the issue does not mention is that this is …

‘It isn’t that the next generation is so different. You’ve just forgotten what it was like to be young.’ That was the startling statement that an employment expert – at the time in his seventies …

Jason Franklin’s overview article hits the mark in terms of what differentiates a next gen donor from many donors ‘over a certain age’. Over the past 14-plus years we have been privileged to work with …