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Conference reports Jenny Hodgson 22 May 2015

Philanthropia and Developmen(t) – an uneasy marriage?

Some call it the “clash of civilizations”. Others, the marriage doomed to failure. And others still the wedding party where one of the guests is expected to buy an expensive gift but then not invited …

Opinion 1 Carolina Suarez 13 May 2015

Working with the Post -2015 Partnership Platform to achieve social transformation

Nowadays the contributions made by corporate and family foundations in achieving social transformation in Colombia are undeniable. At the Association of Corporate and Family Foundations (AFE) in Colombia, we have identified that to achieve social …

Conference reports Peter Laugharn 6 May 2015

‘The first thing we do, let’s study all the lawyers’ (with apologies to William Shakespeare)

Last week at the global dinner at the Council of Foundations conference, Ed Cain of the Hilton Foundation mentioned that his brother, a lawyer, had come to understand and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

Conference reports 1 Peter Laugharn 1 May 2015

Council on Foundations conference focuses on Sustainable Development Goals

The theme of the Council of Foundations’ annual conference in San Francisco this week was ‘Hope and Opportunity in a Destabilized World’. This theme led directly and logically to a significant emphasis on the ‘Sustainable …

Conference reports John Harvey 27 April 2015

Harnessing capitalism for development? Reflections on the 2015 Global Philanthropy Forum

The 2015 Global Philanthropy Forum, held 22-24 April in Washington DC, concluded on Friday (a small number of participants departing from Washington for the next stop in the philanthropy conference junket, the Council on Foundations’ …

Opinion Caroline Hartnell 9 April 2015

Interview with Michael Green: ‘economic growth is not the whole story’

The Social Progress Index 2015 is published today by US-based non-profit the Social Progress Imperative. Caroline Hartnell talked to executive director Michael Green about the relationship between social progress, economic growth, inequality and poverty; about the …

Opinion Caroline Hartnell 24 March 2015

Can women save the planet? A new report shows the way

Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) executive director Terry Odendahl believes women will save the planet – but not without equal rights and in concert with men. But we haven’t got much time, so how can we …

Analysis Heather Grady 2 March 2015

Philanthropy and the post-2015 development agenda

This year, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to an end, and all the world’s governments will agree on a Post-2015 Development Agenda and set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – as described by …

Opinion 1 Heather Grady 22 January 2015

Notes from the Field: Exploring New Models for Cross-Sector Collaboration

This article originally appeared on the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ website, on 8 January 2015. The original article can be found here> Heather Grady, Senior Fellow, Global Philanthropy, shares observations from her work with the Post-2015 Platform …

Opinion Philanthrocapitalism 6 January 2015

Good Drones, Rising Inequality and Beyond: Ten Predictions for Philanthrocapitalism in 2015

This article originally appeared on Philanthrocapitalism, on 3 January 2015. The original article can be found here> This is going to be a big year for philanthrocapitalism, not least because of the need to agree …