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Oxford University Said Business School Offers Inaugural Impact Investing Event Following Skoll World Forum

In: Global Philanthropy| Impact Investing| Impact Investing Series| Philanthropy

7 Mar 2013

Over the past several years, no strategy for change has captured the imagination of philanthropy more than impact investing. In the United States and even more so in emerging markets, people and institutions with financial means are deploying those resources in new and sometimes innovative ways. Right or wrong, some of the newer players are [...]

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Top 10 Predictions for Global Philanthropy in 2012

In: Global Philanthropy

8 Dec 2011

The Council on Foundations surveyed some of its leading members active in the global grantmaking sphere to learn what they see on the horizon. Here are their top 10 predictions for 2012:
1. Despite worldwide economic challenges, global philanthropy will continue its remarkable growth. While the pace of growth will slow somewhat among Organisation for Economic [...]

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Defining ‘global philanthropy’

In: Global Philanthropy

15 Aug 2011

Within the English language, the phrase ‘global philanthropy’ has come into widespread use over the past decade – the phrase certainly peppers the ever-expanding literature produced by Alliance. In the US, where once philanthropic interests were concerned with ‘international issues’, many now claim ‘global issues’ as their bailiwick. Thus we have the Global Philanthropy Forum, [...]

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