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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...