Alliance magazine reports on Global Philanthropy Forum’s Annual Conference

Laura Starita, managing editor of Philanthropy Action, reported on her experience at the Global Philanthropy Forum 8th Annual Conference in Alliance magazine. Her candid observations illuminate the challenges faced by the investor community to address the numerous and varied nuanced issues associated with philanthropy. Despite her apparent disappointment with the lack of tangible answers, she [...]

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Sonal Shah named head of new White House Office of Social Innovation

In an article yesterday, The Chronicle of Philanthropy confirmed the rumor that Sonal Shah has been named the head of the new White House Office of Social Innovation. The office was created to “promote government efforts to help innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs expand successful approaches to tackling pressing social problems.” Our CEO & [...]

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Jane Wales, President and Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum Recognized as Newsmaker

The Philanthropy News Digest spoke with Jane Wales, the co-founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum and president and CEO of the World Affairs Council about the world’s poor, the global economic crisis, its effect on philanthropy, and the Obama administration’s interest in social innovation.
Read the full interview: Jane Wales, President and Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum: Philanthropy [...]

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Capturing the promise of philanthropic prizes

McKinsey just released a report titled “And the winner is…” [PDF] in response to the recent renaissance in the use of prizes to stimulate new and innovative ways to produce societal benefit.  As the number and size of these philanthropic prizes has grown, people are asking when these prizes should be used, and how they [...]

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