Jane Wales, World Affairs Council President and CEO, has two new blog entries up on Huffington Post. The first addresses the expectations Americans have for foundations while the second looks at the new book by Alicia Epstein Korsten, Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice.
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Jane Wales Blogging for Huffington Post
Posted in Philanthropy, tagged Action Agenda, Basic Needs, Community Health Centers, Global Philanthropy Forum, GPF, Health Care, High Impact Philanthropy in the Downturn, Huffington Post, Investment, Jane Wales, nonprofits, philanthropists, Philanthropy, Poverty, Strategic Philanthropy, Uninsured, University of Pennyslvania, University of Pennyslvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy, World Affairs Council on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Wales, World Affairs Council President and CEO, is now blogging for the Huffington Post. Read her most current blog, about what philanthropists can do to meet the needs of lower-income Americans, here.
October Programs Spotlight Middle East
Posted in Middle East, Policy, Politics, tagged Arab-Israeli Conflict, Dalia Mogahed, Egypt, Ehud Olmert, Fatah, Gallup, Hamas, Hossam Zaki, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jane Wales, Middle East, Mogahed, Muslim West Facts, Muslims, Olmert, Palestine, San Francisco Chronicle on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October has been a busy month at the Council. We’ve had programs about issues ranging from the resource curse of oil to the ways game theory can be applied to national security challenges. There was one region, the Middle East, which was given particular attention as we strove to provide the community with multiple [...]
Jane Wales Joins Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speaker Series
Posted in Philanthropy, Policy, tagged Jane Wales, Philanthropy, Schwab Charitable on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Wales, World Affairs Council President and CEO, will be the featured speaker at the Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speaker Series on September 15. The series is a partnership between Schwab Charitable and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, which unites Haas students and alumni with leaders from the philanthropic [...]
Jane Wales named one of the NPT Power & Influence Top 50
Posted in Philanthropy, tagged Jane Wales, nonprofit, NonProfit Times, Philanthropy, World Affairs Council on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Wales, World Affairs Council President and CEO, is honored as one the NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 in their 12th annual celebration of the sector’s top leaders. See the full article on the NonProfit Times website or download the pdf.
Remarks by the Honorable Vicente Fox
Posted in Latin America, North America, Policy, Politics, tagged Democracy, Hillary Clinton, immigration, Jane Wales, Mexico, NAFTA, Swine flu, Vicente Fox, War on drugs on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox joined a packed Council audience and our President and CEO Jane Wales for an unscripted conversation on the current challenges facing Mexico. On Mexico’s war on drugs, the first topic of discussion, President Fox gave potential strategies and necessary actions for ending the violence and killings, emphasizing [...]
Jane Wales in the Financial Times
Posted in Philanthropy, tagged Community Philanthropy, Financial Times, Global Philanthropy Forum, Jane Wales, New Philanthropists, Strategic Giving on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, the British Financial Times published an article about the power of community in improving the efficacy of philanthropic efforts, and highlights the role of the Global Philanthropy Forum in doing so. Our CEO & president, Jane Wales, is quoted as saying,
“It’s like doing exercise,” she [Jane] says. “You are much more likely to [...]
Philanthropy steps in where government aid falls short
Posted in Philanthropy, Policy, tagged Carol Adelman, Council on Foreign Relations, Financial Crisis, Foreign Policy, Giving, information technology, Jane Wales, Philanthropy on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An article in yesterday’s Washington Times addresses the role of philanthropy in spurring economic growth in developing countries as government aid lessens due to the financial crisis. The article covers the Forum on Philanthropic Giving and U.S. Foreign Policy that was organized by the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington last week. It quotes [...]



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