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Interview with Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
John Harvey sat down with Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, at the recent Global Philanthropy Forum, for a conversation on how he sees Ford moving forward under his leadership. JH You’ve fairly recently …
Council on Foundations conference focuses on Sustainable Development Goals
The theme of the Council of Foundations’ annual conference in San Francisco this week was ‘Hope and Opportunity in a Destabilized World’. This theme led directly and logically to a significant emphasis on the ‘Sustainable …
The COF conference: a few thoughts not related to impact investing
A few closing thoughts from the 2015 Council of Foundations’ annual conference not related to impact investing: I came across a couple of intriguing ideas to solve vexing human capital problems in philanthropy and the …
Optimism on steroids: reflections on the 12th Skoll World Forum
This will probably be my last Skoll World Forum – in a few months I will step down as editor of Alliance after 16 years – and this set me wondering how the event had …
Campaign for foundations to divest from fossil fuels hots up
On 16 March the UK’s Guardian newspaper launched its ‘Keep it in the ground’ campaign to persuade the world’s two biggest charitable funds, the Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, to move their money out …
Interim president Julia Stasch chosen to lead MacArthur Foundation
On 11 March it was announced that Julia M Stasch, who has served as interim president for the past eight months, has been chosen as the next president of the John D and Catherine T …
Can women save the planet? A new report shows the way
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) executive director Terry Odendahl believes women will save the planet – but not without equal rights and in concert with men. But we haven’t got much time, so how can we …
Nature Conservancy debt swap raises finance for conservation in Seychelles
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has announced that its NatureVest division will support a debt-swap deal between the government of the Seychelles and its Paris Club creditors in exchange for the government’s commitment to additional marine conservation and climate …
Keep it in the ground, Guardian newspaper urges world’s two biggest foundations
‘Keep it in the ground. Join us in urging the world’s two biggest charitable funds to move their money out of fossil fuels,’ urges the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Below is the text of the petition …
Five things philanthropy needs to do to support leadership development
The social change landscape is a complex network of advocacy organizations, community organizing groups and the funders who support them. Too often, funders lose sight of the role that grassroots leaders play in advancing progress. …