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The Pakistan Flood and Philanthropy’s Response

In: Disaster Grantmaking| Global Philanthropy

31 Aug 2010

More than two weeks have passed since the heaviest rains from the monsoon season occurred in Pakistan. The resulting floods have overwhelmed roughly 20 percent of the country, and nearly 20 million people have been affected. Some 1,600 people have died, a million homes have been destroyed, and basic necessities such as shelter, clean water, [...]

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Local Giving in a Virtual World

In: Community Foundations| Global Philanthropy| Philanthropy

17 Aug 2010

Philanthropy is flat. Not in the sense of donation volume – although that is sadly true. But, “flat” in the Thomas Friedman/globalization sense.

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Walking through the EU maze

In: Global Philanthropy

3 Jun 2010

*First published in the Alliance Magazine blog - http://alliancemag.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/walking-through-the-eu-maze/
I doubt when the European Foundation Center (EFC) organized this conference and designed the “Foundation Week” session titled “Walking you through the EU maze” they had any idea of what was to come. But, on Wednesday morning Janis Emmanouilidis of the European Policy Center began a most [...]

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Promising Practices in Global Corporate Philanthropy

In: Corporate Philanthropy| Disaster Grantmaking| Global Philanthropy

15 Mar 2010

On March 11th, the world learned the sad news that three more significant aftershocks rattled the coast of Chile—the strongest ones since the original earthquake on February 27. That same morning, I moderated a roundtable in San Francisco that the Council on Foundations organized for corporate giving leaders to have a peer-to-peer exchange about global [...]

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Glocal

In: Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy

1 Mar 2010

Last week, the Council published the latest issue of our online journal, Thought > Action > Impact. This issue focuses on global philanthropy—a top priority for the Council. When we began researching the topic one thing became abundantly clear: We live in an interconnected world and, in the last two years alone, almost every community [...]

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Our Global Commitment

In: Community Foundations| Corporate Philanthropy| Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy

23 Feb 2010

Recently, I blogged about Jeff Jarvis’ book, “What Would Google Do?” as it relates to our work at the Council. Jarvis stresses the power of networks and the importance of sharing information quickly. He points to Internet powerhouses like Facebook and Amazon that successfully connect people to one another, allowing them to share needs, knowledge, [...]

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Disaster? Who Cares?

18 Feb 2010

During the Council on Foundations’ Family Philanthropy Conference at the end of January in San Diego, we pulled together a concurrent session on disaster grantmaking in light of the earthquake in Haiti. There was a small but passionate group that attended. I walked away thinking about three things: our short attention span; our lack of [...]

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Supporting Internationally-focused Families

In: 2010 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy

2 Feb 2010

The families I’ve spoken to at the conference support diverse projects overseas: from children and women to environmental issues. But many jump from project to project without clear long-term goals—for example, supporting initiatives around clean water in Bangladesh to micro-finance in Uganda. The financial support ranges from a $50 gift to buy a stove to [...]

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Where Domestic and International Philanthropy Meet

In: 2010 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Global Philanthropy

31 Jan 2010

[Editor’s note: With the Council’s Family Philanthropy Conference set to begin on Sunday, January 31, we asked our 21 conference bloggers to tell us a question they think family philanthropy needs to explore as the San Diego conference begins. Here’s Dien Yuen's answer. Yuen is director of Philanthropy at Give2Asia.]
I am excited about attending the [...]

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Philanthropy’s Response to Haiti

13 Jan 2010

Philanthropy is different than charity. Traditionally, philanthropy reflects long-term strategic investments in creating real change. But in times of national and/or natural disaster, both respond in short-term ways that can be most helpful.
The recent devastation in Haiti reflects the kind of disasters that call philanthropy to action. We can and should do our part in [...]