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Why philanthropy should take note of a new social and environmental index for the Amazon
Lots of people talk about conserving the Amazon rainforest, which harbours one-third of the world’s tropical forests and the planet’s largest hydrographic basin. The forests of the region retain vast amounts of carbon and play a …
Divestment movement boosted by Rockefellers’ decision to divest from fossil fuels
John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil announced on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, …
Foundations urged to turn the tide on global warming while there’s still time
Time is running out for society on global warming. We have to speed up our response and the world’s philanthropists and foundations could make a crucial difference. This is the message of the largest and …
People: philanthropy’s great strength
Pick up any edition of Alliance from the past few years, and one message is clear. In truly unprecedented ways, the global philanthropy sector is on the move, popping up in new places, growing in …
Responses to Mari Kuraishi’s ‘From crowdfunding to crowdsourcing’
‘Crowdfunding favours urgent and tangible needs such as disaster relief, or heart surgery for a specific individual. It is not necessarily effective in mobilizing deep, sustained support, and may even “crowd out” public policy challenges …
Keeping HR on its toes
‘Lavish time on recruitment’ Tom Peters, Thriving on Chaos Twenty years ago, for many organizations, recruitment was pretty hit and miss. Often the selection process was simply a chat over coffee, or a meeting with …
New public-private partnerships for Africa and Asia
On 19 August the Rockefeller Foundation and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that they are collaborating on a $100 million effort to help regions of Africa and Asia respond more quickly and …
Now free to read – Interview with Robert Rubinstein
First published 01 April 2014, by Alliance magazine. In trying to get the business community to participate in an economy which takes into account people and the environment, not just profit, Robert Rubinstein, founder of …
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Radical funding body Edge Fund passes quarter million landmark
The UK-based Edge Fund, which supports grassroots groups aiming at radical social change, has raised its first £250,000. Following the motto ‘radical funding for radical change’, funding decisions are put in the hands of those …