The world has been changed and made much smaller by social media. Through Facebook, billions stay connected by sharing photos, introducing new products, sharing ideas, and discussing...
The current top-down approach to strategic philanthropy limits its overall effectiveness, leading to a widening disparity between the amount of money invested in communities and what is actually being accomplished....
The business model that has taken McDonald’s to nearly every high street in the world could be applied to scale the smallest social ventures across regions, countries and possibly internationally...
Following a successful conference in Dublin held November 12, 13, 14, the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) has announced that it will be strengthening its role as a...
The UK’s social investment market could be worth £1bn by 2016, according to a Big Society Capital report released in September, while research from the Big Lottery Fund says investment...
Indiana University’s commitment to pioneering philanthropy education, research and training looks set to continue with its announcement last month of the world’s first School of Philanthropy.
Philanthropic and development organisations must focus on human-centred development, rather just economic growth, says the final report of the Bellagio Initiative, a project launched in August 2011 to explore the...
Promoting more and better philanthropy, though high on the agenda of governments, organisations and civil society, has to date defied their best efforts. Now two philanthropic advisory practices, Coutts Institute...
The world’s top ranking billionaire according to the latest listing by Forbes magazine , Carlos Slim Helú, hasn’t yet revealed how many of his billions he plans to give away but...