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Three investing myths that undermine foundations’ impact
In this time of global crisis, foundations must lead with all of their capital. Foundation assets globally exceed $1.5 trillion. If foundations deployed their endowments into impact investments, they would accelerate solutions to COVID-19 and …
Democracy and civic spaces in France: The need for specificity and action
Another article on shrinking space? When working together in philanthropy, we tend to have an awareness of our role and purpose in society; particularly when democracies are under strain in Europe. This is not something …
‘Achtung, Stiftung!’: Austrian Foundation Association publishes practical handbook for Austrian sector
The Austrian Foundation Association has published ‘Achtung, Stiftung!’ or ‘Attention, Foundation! Non-profit foundation work in Austria: establish, lead, dissolve’, a practical handbook that is the first of its kind in Austria. The title, which was …
‘Tiny fraction’ of development funding goes toward tackling outdoor air pollution, finds new report
According to a new report published by the Clean Air Fund, just $273 million in grant funding went directly to tackling outdoor air pollution between 2015 and 2019. This sum represents a ‘tiny fraction’ of …
Help! A major grantmaker ‘forgot’ about funding they’d verbally committed
All your confidential philanthropic queries answered Philanthropy confidential is your space to safely and anonymously get advice on ethical dilemmas in the sector. Tell Regi, our secret philanthropy correspondent with impeccable standing in the global …
Investments are our superpower
It’s widely accepted that institutional philanthropy can achieve more by throwing the whole of its weight behind its mission. This special feature examines some of the ways and means in which foundations are doing so …
Investing for a just transition
The need to rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic offers an opportunity for a just transition to a clean economy – an opportunity foundation investors must take Crises can be moments of transformation. The catastrophic failure …
In profile: Philanthropic investing
Foundations are actively using a greater range of their assets to pursue their underlying aims. These investments span a wide variety of form, purpose and recipient, a sample of which is featured here Foundations going …
Virtue signalling is not always a virtue: Conversation with Hewlett’s Larry Kramer and Ana Marshall
Guest editor Danielle Walker Palmour talks to Larry Kramer and Ana Marshall, respectively CEO and chief investment officer of the Hewlett Foundation, about why the foundation is investing its $10 billion endowment for the long …
Finding families for orphan issues
European organisations are joining forces in critical shareholding but there’s a long road ahead This story begins in Italy in the 1990s, when a series of pacifist, environmental, trade union and fair trade organisations created …