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Interview – Paul Brest
In a recent annual report statement on Creating an Online Information Marketplace for Giving Outcomes, President of the Hewlett Foundation Paul Brest stressed the need to invest in creating information. This chimes well with the …
Social Venture Technology Group – Measuring social return on investment
Social Venture Technology Group (SVT) enables organizations to measure, manage and communicate the intangible value, or human impact, they create. While we use a variety of means, our core framework is social return on investment …
Rich need better advice on giving away money
Wealthy donors and would-be donors are finding it difficult to give their money away because they lack good advice on how and where to give it, according to a new study. While many survey participants …
CCPAN Meeting
The Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network (CCPAN) gathered over 20 new and existing members in Taiwan for its third meeting in September. Participants ranged from corporate foundations to grassroots funders who donate small sums to …
ACF 2007 Conference
The importance of civil society’s campaigning role, engaging with new philanthropists, mission-related investing and climate change were among the topics discussed at this year’s conference of the UK-based Association of Charitable Foundations, which took place …
Grantmakers East Forum
Innovation was the theme of this year’s Grantmakers East Forum (the conference of the renamed Grantmakers East Group), which took place in Tallinn in October. In the past the event has been dominated by large …
EFC – Foundations to ‘get creative’ at EFC’s 2008 conference
The future of Europe rests on its ability to break new ground and encourage creative ventures in all walks of life. Its capacity to innovate and implement the necessary changes depends on the readiness of …
SolarAid launches Andean solar programme
SolarAid is launching a new programme in South America jointly with indigenous NGO Warmi Sayajsunqo to help local communities set up solar businesses to provide renewable power in remote locations. The solar programme is being …
Interview – Peggy Dulany
Peggy Dulany founded the Synergos Institute 20 years ago. Her aim was to help overcome poverty; her approach was to form partnerships that included those affected by the problem to be solved. Twenty years later, …
Can we go a bit faster?
People may question why Alliance is devoting an issue to climate change. After all, we don’t see ourselves as a magazine that deals with single issues, however important. The reality is becoming all too clear: …