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Evolving our leadership: How network leadership gets us where we are going
Leadership is universal. It can come from anywhere, and anyone can be a leader. As major transitions in leadership are happening In philanthropy and across social change work, we ask, what skills and practices does …
Valerie Rockefeller new board chair of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a leading nonprofit philanthropy service, has announced Valerie Rockefeller as the new chair of the Board of Directors. Rockefeller succeeds Wendy O’Neill, who spent four of her 10 years of board service …
Cryptocurrency philanthropy will be big in 2022, say advocates. Not so fast, say experts.
GiveDirectly, which provides cash transfer services to people living in poverty, saw the number of individuals giving in cryptocurrency increase by 60 times between 2020 and 2021, with countries in Africa the biggest beneficiaries of …
The current state of philanthropy and investing in Asia Pacific
Before we can talk about sustainable investing, let’s examine the state of philanthropy The concept of philanthropy in Asia is new and evolving and quite unlike the level of philanthropic maturity you find in North …
Ted Turner: A Social Investor in Full
Ted Turner is a pioneer in many fields, including social investing. Maura Donlan takes a look back at how Turner transformed the philanthropic ecosystem while creating early prototypes of impact-first social businesses at the same time. Ted Turner …
African Philanthropy Rising
Tsitsi and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa discuss how systems thinking with a gender lens can transform philanthropy in Africa. “We need many more women with power, authority and influence — presidents, prime ministers, CEOs — they will be the key …
Brick by Brick: The Favela, the B Corp, and New Hope for Brazil
Journalist Dina Kraft writes about how Brazilian investors, philanthropists, and residents are joining forces to renovate favelas, transforming them into places to build wealth and equality. In the summer of 2012, Fernando Assad and two colleagues began …
Changing Energy for Good
Journalist Sam Howe Verhovek interviews Simon Harford, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. GEAPP launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 with US$10 billion of committed capital, including up to US$1.5 …
The Eye of the Storm
Through the Clara Lionel Foundation, Barbados-born singer and businesswoman Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty is supporting climate justice, writes Laurie Goering. When Hurricane Maria slammed into Dominica in 2017, 160 mph winds flattened just about everything — wiping out houses, …
COP26: insights from Glasgow
In November, all eyes were on Glasgow. World leaders came together to negotiate how best to limit global warming to 1.5°C, or at least well below 2°C, and deliver the climate action we urgently need …