Search Results for 'climate'
Philanthropists should get behind agro-ecology to feed the world
Global food issues are grabbing our attention and for good reason: the industrial system of the last 60 years is fraying at the edges, causing cascading environmental and social problems. More than 12 per cent …
Interview with Andreas Rickert
PHINEO, the German ‘NGO ratings agency’, was launched in 2010. It offers analysis of where best donors should grant their money in a hectic market of 550,000 NGOs in Germany. CEO of PHINEO Andreas Rickert …
Interview – Annie Lennox and Mitch Besser
If you thought HIV/AIDS was under control, think again. Annie Lennox did, in 2003, during a visit to South Africa. Hearing Nelson Mandela talk about HIV/AIDS and how it was affecting women and children, she …
Spotlight on governance
Governance is an issue that comes up time and time again with both the charities and business members we bring together at Pilotlight. Working as we do with small charities, we see many struggling to …
Slow to jump on the data bandwagon?
We were delighted to see Alliance’s dedication to data in the last issue. At the UK-based Environmental Funders Network (EFN), we are committed to the idea that data can help drive effective philanthropy, focusing our …
The CEE Trust: a job well done?
The Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE Trust) winds up this month after just over ten years. A consortium of US grantmakers already active in the region (Atlantic Philanthropies, the C …
Networks, money and meaning
Networks have been the buzzword of the last decade. But what do networks really mean for philanthropic work and what can philanthropists do for networks? Where does their promise lie? What sort of investment is …
Interview – Buzz Holling
‘The philanthropic community should pick up more of the spirit of experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s.’ Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling is a Canadian ecologist, Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the …
The biggest foundation you’ve never heard of
Despite the best intentions, funders often inadvertently sabotage their own efforts to support collaboration. When it comes to getting grants, non-profit leaders are often rewarded for organizational achievements and building their own brand rather than …
What can donors do to mitigate the pain of the new normal, asks ASF conference
I had the privilege to attend the 2012 Association of Small Foundations Conference in San Francisco, 6-8 October, attended by more than 1,000 people – trustees, staff and advisers to small staffed foundations and some …