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It’s all about effectiveness …
This issue of Alliance raises the question why foundations are so often failing to respond to emerging global crises. Many foundations would argue that their greatest value lies in their long-term view and that their …
Interview – Peter Heller
In 1997, Peter Heller and his family established the Canopus Foundation, whose support for clean energy encompasses grantmaking, social investment and networking. For Heller, it was ‘a logical way to go’. His own private equity …
Interview – Uday Khemka
The special feature in this issue of Alliance looks at why foundations on the whole are failing to respond to emerging issues such as climate change in any way that is commensurate to the scale …
Dreamers of small dreams
Many foundations have grand missions stating wildly optimistic aspirations rather than recipes for direction and action. In some cases the mission is so all-encompassing that nothing short of global revolution, combined with divine intervention, is …
Community Foundations of Canada Conference
Event Our Communities, Our World: Community Foundations of Canada Conference Date 7-9 November Venue Montreal, Canada Canada’s remarkable movement of community foundations (now numbering 165) brought the world to Montreal for a truly global gathering …
Grantmakers without borders – Gw/oB helps to foster global grantmaking across the US
Working closely with Grantmakers Without Borders, a group of donors has launched an effort to bring New England global funders together on a regular basis for networking and peer-to-peer learning. The aim is to build …
Interview – Jane Wales
The new ‘On the Grapevine’ column in the September issue of Alliance wondered whether Jane Wales was the most powerful woman in global philanthropy. So Alliance went straight to the source and asked her about …
Google.org unveils long-term clean energy plan
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the internet search company, has announced a $4.4 trillion plan to reduce US dependence on fossil fuels by 2030. The so-called Clean Energy 2030 proposal calls for a 38 per …
New global environmental fund launched
A fund to address environmental, ecological and climate change-related crises around the world was launched in Washington last month. The International Fund for Environment and Ecology (IFEE) will gather financial resources and expertise, and work with NGOs, …
Fund offers ‘honest compensation’ to poor and vulnerable for effects of carbon emissions
A London-based coalition is launching a new funding scheme for carbon offsets. According to its coordinators, this differs from conventional carbon offsetting, which is mainly focused on promoting renewable energy, in that it will also …