July 16, 2010
The Proliferation of Public-Philanthropic Partnerships
RE: Philanthropy
By Rene Cabral-Daniels
7/15/10
As the Council on Foundations strengthens and grows its Public-Philanthropic Partnership Initiative (PPPI), it’s a good time to take stock of where public-philanthropic partnerships originate and why there is such a heightened interest in them now.
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Pittsburgh Foundation’s Oliphant Ponders Nonprofit Mergers
Pittsburgh Business Times
By Patty Tascarella
7/16/10
Pittsburgh Foundation President and CEO Grant Oliphant said he’s seeing “a significant increase” in interest among nonprofit organizations to consider mergers. Just over the past few months, he has an expanded perspective: Pittsburgh Foundation and Community Foundation of Westmoreland County merged, effective July 1. Both are community foundations, made up of distinctive funds established by individuals and organizations. Oliphant has been asked to speak about mergers at the Council on Foundations fall conference.
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Investor Paul Allen Pledges Bulk of Fortune to Philanthropy
Wall Street Journal
By Robert Guth
7/16/10
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen said Thursday that he will give away the majority of his fortune, following a recent call by his former partner Bill Gates for billionaires to publicly pledge at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. In a statement, Mr. Allen, 57 years old, said that his “philanthropic efforts will continue after my lifetime.”
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Bill Gates’ School Crusade
BusinessWeek
By Daniel Golden
7/15/10
It’s been two years since Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft to concentrate on supervising the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—and his new enterprise is booming. With assets of $33.9 billion, the foundation plans to spend $3 billion in the next five to seven years on education.
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