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Category Archives: Foundations

Quote: The Role of the Artist (& Philanthropist)

April 26, 2023by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

There are, forever, swamps to be drained, cities to be created, mines to be exploited, children to be fed. None of these things can be done alone. But the conquest […]

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Foundations, Quotes:Wisdom, Uncategorized

Philanthropy: It’s Not (Just) About the Money

April 14, 2023by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

I recently received a call from the president of a major foundation about to launch a $45 million dollar collaborative giving initiative with some other foundations. He was noodling through […]

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Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas

Rage, Love + Justice at the Council on Foundations

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When I cry at “rubber-chicken dinner” social impact conference plenaries, it’s usually from boredom at the self-congratulatory pablum which is standard fare at do-gooder mega-convenings. However, last week as protests swept […]

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Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas, Luminaries:Movers & Shakers, USA

Should you “Africanize” your philanthropy? Notes from the African Philanthropy Forum

March 4, 2014by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

In one of the more substantive trends in global philanthropy, African philanthropists are pushing the envelope to design methods of social investment more relevant to their cultures, contexts and needs. […]

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Africa, Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas

Hold Your Horses — Rodeo Philanthropy in Texas

April 25, 2013by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

I was at a benefit tonight for the fantastic SCENARIOS USA which uses writing and filmmaking to foster youth advocacy and self-expression in students from marginalized communities across the country.  […]

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Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas, USA

African Philanthopists on the Move — the new African Philanthropy Forum

April 22, 2013by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Prominent African philanthropists and business leaders have launched the African Philanthropy Forum, a new peer-learning philanthropy and social investing forum. Global Philanthropy Forum plans to incubate this new African forum […]

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Africa, Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas

Caveat Funder: The Limits of Big Data

February 21, 2013by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Many in the international charitable sector are grappling with the potential and the perils of big data as it applies to their work and the work of their grantees.  Measurement […]

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Big Data, Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas

Are you maximizing “altruistic capital” in your work?

January 23, 2013by PhilanthroMeme 2 Comments

Harvard B-School professor and behavioral economist Nava Ashraf travels the world researching the human desire to help others. She calls this urge “altruistic capital,” distinct in economic parlance from financial […]

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Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas, Social Enterprise

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