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Packard Foundation announce Nancy Lindborg as President and CEO
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Board of Trustees announced the selection of Nancy Lindborg as the Foundation’s new president and CEO. Lindborg will lead the foundation in its commitment to advance the lives of …
No, Canada’s environmental movement is not funded by foreign funds
This post was written in reaction to an article recently published in Canada’s National Observer: Bomb threat called into Tides Canada an extension of political theatre by Joanna Kerr, CEO of Tides Canada. Vivian Krause and other …
Interview: Harriet Lamb, Ashden
How can a prize make a difference to an abiding problem like climate change? Harriet Lamb, CEO of Ashden Sustainable Solutions, Sustainable Lives explains to Andrew Milner how the Ashden Awards are not all about …
Results of global family philanthropy survey released
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) and Campden Wealth today published ‘Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Family Philanthropy 2020,’ a report based on a survey of 201 families of significant wealth who are engaged in philanthropic giving. The responses …
Nesta appoint Ravi Gurumurthy as chief executive
Nesta have announced the appointment of Ravi Gurumurthy as its new Chief Executive. Gurumurthy follows Geoff Mulgan, who left Nesta at the end of 2019. He joins Nesta from the International Rescue Committee in New …
Prince William launches Earthshot prize to inspire environmental action
Prince William has launched the Earthshot Prize – a multi-million pound prize which will initially be handled by the Royal Foundation – to ‘inspire a decade of action to repair the planet’. The new initiative will set …
Australia’s Paul Ramsay Foundation commits $30 million to bushfire relief efforts
The Paul Ramsay Foundation has set aside $30 million to support communities affected by the bushfires. ‘We are in this together,’ said Paul Ramsay Foundation CEO Glyn Davis in a statement posted on Twitter. ‘The …
Being intentional in 2020
I walk into 2020 with very little to celebrate. This is because the gains made on the social justice front were either compromised or insufficient due to the plethora of challenges they faced. From LGBTIQ+ …
Tokyo Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ partnership for healthy cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced Tokyo as the newest city to join the Partnership for Healthy Cities as part of a $12 million reinvestment to expand the number of cities in the programme from 54 to 70. Launched in …
Philanthropy through the prism of harmony
Dr. Lui Che-woo shares his personal story of how the traditional Chinese value of harmony guides his approach to giving. The paramount cultural value in China is harmony — an often misunderstood value that has its …