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Edge Fund aims to live social justice values
The Edge Fund started life as a question: might it be possible to give a lump sum to activists and have them decide how to distribute it without any interference from the original donors? Five …
CIVICUS – Achieving positive change through a new social contract
CIVICUS’s research and analysis on the current state of civil society suggests that the world today is faced not only with a convergence of serious crises (social, financial, climate and human rights) but also with …
Advisers’ perspectives: From ten years in, looking ten years out
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as an independent non-profit. Before 2002, we were a service within the Rockefeller family office, working with members of the Rockefeller family …
Journey to impact: an open letter to emerging philanthropists
We are in many respects entering a golden age of philanthropy. Inspired by peers, colleagues, friends and family, new philanthropists are emerging in record numbers. They have different interests and passions, but they all want …
Interview – Susan Branker
‘I can’t imagine any other agency discussing sustainability three years before funding is due to be phased out.’ Launched in 2002 by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, the Caribbean Child Support Initiative (CCSI) was a …
Rising above the five-star bubble: Albie Sachs ends EFC conference on a high note
Well, seven stars in Rome, I’m told … Going to a philanthropy conference tends to feel like being in a five-star bubble hovering way above people’s everyday lives discussing important issues of poverty and exclusion. …
Business and foundations ‘crucial’ to drawing up of post-MDG development agenda
A new briefing from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has highlighted the role businesses operating in developing countries could play in poverty reduction. Private Foundations, Business and Developing a Post-2015 Framework calls for the …
A learning journey through the Amazon (part 2 of 2)
Last week, I started to write about a recent trip to Rio Arapiuns in northern Brazil organized by Projeto Saude e Alegria for social investors to learn more about this complex area. Today I will …
Can grassroots organizations affect high-level negotiations? Reflections from Rio+20
A telling image of the events surrounding Rio+20 appeared on the front page of the Brazilian newspaper Globo on 19 June. It’s a photo taken outside the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), its shiny steel …
EFC Belfast Conference Digest
It is already a month since the 23rd AGA and Conference in Belfast – an action packed event which saw more than 550 delegates come together to discuss foundations’ role in achieving ‘peace through social …