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Interview – Kurt Hoffman
Established in 2000, with offices in London and New York, the Institute for Philanthropy is one of the world’s leading organizations providing education and thought leadership in strategic philanthropy. In December 2011, Kurt Hoffman, best …
Wicked solutions to wicked problems
More than ever, foundations seeking a global impact are being called upon to fund solutions to the problems of the world – poverty, climate change, clean drinking water, failing education systems and more. What more …
Just published: March issue of Alliance urges philanthropists to look to our planet
One of the worst consequences of the current recession may be that ‘we were all looking the other way as the world slipped into irreversible global warming and the vital natural resources on which we …
March 2012
With the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro approaching, this Alliance special feature, guest edited by Alejandro Litovsky of the Earth Security Initiative and Dana Lanza of Confluence Philanthropy, argues …
While we looked the other way
The worst consequence of perhaps the worst recession the world has ever known may be that we were all looking the other way as the world slipped into irreversible global warming and the vital natural …
Guerrillas or gorillas?
As a board member of Alliance Publishing Trust, I feel it is my responsibility to provide Caroline Hartnell with regular feedback on the content of Alliance magazine, and to play the role of friendly critic. …
European environmental grants should go east
In September 2011 the European Foundation Centre published a new report looking at the state of environmental philanthropy across EU member states. Environmental Funding by European Foundations: A snapshot forms part of a growing set …
Bringing community philanthropy to the next stage
Over the past year, the Aga Khan Foundation (USA) and the C S Mott Foundation have consulted the field about how to develop community philanthropy. A new report, The Value of Community Philanthropy, suggests ways …
A decade for the Earth’s security
As this special issue of Alliance goes to print, record droughts in Mexico and the Horn of Africa are affecting millions of people. The failure of harvests, along with higher food prices, raise fears of …
Interview – Major General Muniruzzaman
‘The first thing I think philanthropists should do is to cut across funding themes. … The security focus can help do that.’ The growing attention of military forces to resource scarcity and climate change is …