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Did you miss the EFC conference in Sarajevo? Chance to catch up …
If you did, you still have a chance to catch up. The EFC has published highlights and photos from many sessions on its website while our Latest from Alliance blog highlights a wide range of …
Private foundations: what we can learn from the sector’s silent majority
When people think of private foundations, they often think of mega foundations with names like Ford, Kellogg, MacArthur or Rockefeller. These foundations have a few things in common besides name recognition: they each have endowments …
European Venture Philanthropy Association- EVPA 2013 survey report published
The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) has recently published the 2013 EVPA survey report of European venture philanthropy and social investment. The report shows that the sector is increasingly more important in tackling societal challenges …
Research highlights deficiencies in environmental funding
Environmental giving from both UK and continental European foundations has grown in recent years, but the environment remains a low priority for foundations.This is the general conclusion of three reports published since November 2013. Where …
Interview with Justin Highstead
‘Having the right people on the ground who really understand the sector is probably the single most important thing; it’s more important than money.’ Why did a UK foundation buy two tea processing factories in …
The women effect
Try this exercise. When you think ‘women’ and ‘investing’ what do you think about? This piece is going to ask you to think about the ‘women effect’ as a factor across multiple dimensions where ‘women …
Impact Bonds in India: Relevance with Opportunity or just Innovation for sake of it
There is a new financing paradigm for sectors that address societal challenges. Amongst many new innovations, one of the most promising are Social Impact Bond (SIB) that emerged from the UK and have the potential …
Editorial Advisory Council
Alliance‘s Editorial Advisory Council*(EAC) is a worldwide group of exceptional philanthropy and social investment practitioners who share their expertise and networks, and help sustain Alliance’s reputation as the leading nonprofit publication covering philanthropy and social …
Stanford to purge $18 billion endowment of coal stock
Stanford University announced Tuesday 6 May that it would divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, becoming the first major university to lend support to a nationwide campaign to purge endowments and pension …