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Rockefeller steps in to fund discarded government programme
The Rockefeller Foundation has stepped in to fund a programme that helps poor countries reduce their vulnerability to floods, drought and other climate-related hazards after government support for the programme, the Center for Capacity Building, …
Brazilian government creates fund to save the Amazon
With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s signature, the government of Brazil has created a fund to attract donations from around the world to combat deforestation of the Amazon region. Through the Fondo Amazonia (Amazon …
How good is philanthropy?
Giving – it’s all good Recent articles, news stories and your own latest editorial in the June issue of Alliance have continued to keep alive questions related to donor intent and the issue of whether …
The importance of advocacy
Well-intentioned philanthropists are eager to see the fruits of their contributions: a new school erected, malaria nets distributed, acres of forest protected. Philanthropists who have found success in the for-profit world can be heartened by …
2008 EFC AGA and Conference
Event 2008 EFC Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Conference: Fostering Creativity Date 29-31 May Venue Istanbul, Turkey Organizer European Foundation Centre How creative are European foundations? Failing to show sufficient vision, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship …
Grantmakers Without Borders Conference
Event Just Giving: Global Social Change Philanthropy Date 8-10 June Venue San Francisco, USA Organizer Grantmakers Without Borders Grantmakers Without Borders (Gw/oB) Executive Director John Harvey set the stage for the organization’s eighth annual conference …
ACF Conference 2008
Event ACF Conference 2008: Thorny Questions, Fruitful Answers: Foundations meeting contemporary challenges Date 26-27 June Venue Nottingham, UK Organizer Association of Charitable Foundations Robin Hood was a – probably fictional – medieval English outlaw who …
Proactive vs responsive philanthropy
Each foundation is faced with the question of how its agenda will be set – and reset. This article looks at both responsive and proactive styles, and their extreme versions of ‘reactive’ and ‘directive’ grantmaking. …
Aid in the 21st century: who’s in the driver’s seat?
Official development assistance (ODA) has altered dramatically over the last ten years – more money, better directed and administered, with greater stress on reducing poverty and greater ownership of the recipients over the whole of …
Philanthrocapitalism goes global
When I coined the term ‘philanthrocapitalism’ in 2006 in an extended essay for The Economist, I had no idea that it would spark such debate. It is often caricatured as no more than an interest …