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This year time seems to have disappeared at warp speed as we have reached Issue 4: December 2013! Our aim has been to present our readers with a depth and...
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For the past thirty years, I have spent much of my working life raising money for causes and organizations I believe in, and during that time I have met a...
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1. Imagine total charitable giving in the USA as a stack of dollar bills, 125 feet wide by 200 feet deep and as tall as the London Eye. That $316...
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In this essay series three themes have been explored. The first was that the doers and funders of social good (charities, individual and institutional philanthropists, and their expert advisors) have,...
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The October shutdown of the U.S. government was yet another proxy war over the legitimacy of the social safety net. With the Affordable Care Act, which mandates eligibility for private...
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When it comes to influencing others delivering the right number of messages to support your proposal or proposition is going to be crucial. Too few and your attempt might come...
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The Environmental Funders Network’s new report Passionate Collaboration? (available at www.greenfunders.org ) represents a first attempt to ‘map’ the demand side of the grants market for environmental philanthropy. As such...
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Giving money directly to poor people works surprisingly well. But it cannot deal with the deeper causes of poverty. SOME unlikely things combined to change Gabriel Otieno Anoche’s life. A...
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Which cause or charity should I support? And how much? How can I make a difference? Such questions and subsequent counsel are part of our everyday life. Emma Turner, Head...
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Since the global fight against poverty began gathering steam in the years following the Second World War, the rich nations of the world have invested two-and-a-half trillion dollars in “development”...

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