Prior to this year’s St Andrews philanthropy roundtable discussion on ‘engaged and participatory philanthropy’, David Sanderson, Chief Executive of The Rank Foundation, outlines the foundation’s engaged philanthropy…
On January 19th 2017, Dr Yunus Sola led a Breakfast Roundtable discussion on ‘The Role of Philanthropy in Bridging Cultures to Build Stronger Communities’ in London. Panelists included Mark Fisher, Director, Office for…
Following a successful career in the foundation world, Michele Fugiel Gartner decided to do a PhD in philanthropy. Here she reflects on her choice of researching professionalisation in philanthropy. My research…
In October, Anthony Tomei attended a two day seminar at St Andrew’s University on the theme of ‘Philanthropy – today and tomorrow’. He reports back on proceedings. The seminar…
by Alina Baluch, Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good The 45th annual ARNOVA conference was held in Washington, DC from 17-19 November 2016.…
On the shelf of philanthropic playthings, community philanthropy sits like a teddy bear. Next to the die-cast action figures of scientific and venture philanthropy, it feels soft, flexible and comforting;…
“Because you’re worth it” exploring some alternative images of ‘foundations’ Those of us interested in philanthropic foundations face an important existentialist question: What are these creatures? A quick search for…