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‘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) …
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 …
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’ …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Community philanthropy and a new model of development
What role can community philanthropy play in development post-2015? Comments on Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight’s article come from Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Romania, the UK and the US. As discussion hots up around the United …
New platform will enable foundations to engage in post-2015 development agenda
20 November 2014. As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close and the global aid community embarks on the post-2015 development agenda, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Foundation Center, and a …