NETWORK OF EUROPEAN FOUNDATIONS – ‘Elevating’ solutions to global challenges...
In June 2014 NEF became an official and primary partner of the Elevate Children Funders Group, a consortium of funders with a vision of society in which all sectors and constituencies prioritize, or...
View ArticleFOUNDATION CENTER- New resources capture the global human rights funding...
A partnership between Foundation Center and the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) has produced two new resources designed to advance knowledge and facilitate strategic decision making in...
View ArticleEUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTRE – Initiative on family farming to improve...
Family and smallholder farming is a key sector of the global economy with a major role to play in the well-being of billions of people. More than 70 per cent of the world’s food production is provided...
View ArticleLegitimate inventions? When foundations create new organizations
In recent years there has been much discussion of foundations’ role in supporting very new organizations or those needing additional help for various reasons. The venture philanthropist supports what...
View ArticleWhat talent do we need?
Foundations are mostly identified with the work they do – the programmes they operate, the grants they make. But what makes a good grantmaker? A good programme officer? A good foundation leader? All...
View ArticleLeadership and mentorship- Interview: Judith Rodin
‘As an outsider, you are more able to question the received wisdom, to challenge people’s basic assumptions.’read more
View ArticleWhat can associations do?
Foundations are all about resources – and while the equation ‘resources = money’ is heard far too often, there is another variable that is frequently overlooked: people. It is the passion, time,...
View ArticlePhilanthropy out of the family office
The family office is a well-established niche sector in financial management in advanced economies, but outside Western Europe and the USA it is a rather novel concept that has yet to take root. In...
View ArticleStop managing grants. Start managing your network
Scaling solutions, building resilience, catalysing innovation: these are the philanthropy sector’s buzzwords du jour. There’s nothing inherently wrong with these goals – except that the current...
View ArticleAll change at TrustAfrica: interview with Akwasi Aidoo and Tendai Murisa
The unburied dead, small change and the questionability of old men’s wisdom: on the eve of stepping down as executive director of TrustAfrica, an organization he founded some eight years ago, these are...
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