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Social investment in Asia: philanthropy’s new venture
‘How many people here don’t have their smartphone within easy reach?’ asked Ong Peng Tsin, Chair of Solve Education in the opening plenary of this year’s Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) conference in Bangkok, 7-9 …
Philanthropy glossary
This is Alliance magazine’s alphabetical glossary of key terms in philanthropy and social investment and links to useful philanthropy organizations. Unless explicitly stated, none are legal definitions. Since many of the terms are current in …
Takeaways from Danny Sriskandarajah: Dreaming big and funding social movements
Secretary General of CIVICUS Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah gave a keynote address about brave philanthropy and its role in shaping civil society at Philanthropy New Zealand’s annual Summit on 12 May in Wellington, New Zealand. In …
Local solidarity builds philanthropy
In many ways, the closing panel of the 2017 annual EFC conference took participants back to where it began. Brendan Cox cautioned that the philanthropic community will likely fail if we it try to build …
Coverage from the 2017 annual EFC conference in Warsaw, Poland
Alliance is proud to have been part of the media coverage for this year’s European Foundation Centre (EFC) conference in Warsaw, Poland. This year’s EFC annual conference, hosted between 31 May – 2nd June, was …
European philanthropy gets political but will it last?
European philanthropy has taken a decidedly political turn. Last month over 60 members of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) signed a statement in support of NGO’s in Hungary and condemning the ‘repeated efforts of the …
European values under pressure
In many ways the 2017 EFC annual conference in Warsaw has been a very moving and mind set changing experience. I met young game changers fighting for civil rights and freedom of speech. I heard …
Strategy for breakfast?
‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ This remark by Peter Drucker is quoted by people who see culture at the heart of all successful institutions. The values of the organization and the way employees collaborate and …
What happens to the rest of it? How foundations make investments
Low-risk investment companies that channel a small percentage of their assets into philanthropy – that’s how Clara Miller, president of the Heron Foundation described foundations in an interview with Alliance a year ago. It’s on …
The power of open dialogue: how to keep Europe talking
Fill a room with European policymakers and ask them about European values. You will quickly become aware of how inflammatory the topic of solidarity has become at EU level. In a continent that is divided, …