Content tagged with “Philanthropy”
This morning kicks off with a series of "table talks" over breakfast. One of my colleagues notices, as we look over at the table discussing maternal health, that it is all men at the table. It's a...
Tags: Health, Philanthropy Cross-posted from the Global Philanthropy Forum blog.
This breakout session takes a cross-section of philanthropy work happening in different fields and puts those together in a particularly...
Tags: Economic Development, Philanthropy Cross-posted from the Global Philanthropy Forum blog.
Now we dig into the specific issue of food security. Robert Zeigler of the International Rice Research Institute recalls reading books when...
Tags: Economic Development, Philanthropy, Social Policy Cross-posted from the Global Philanthropy Forum blog.
GPF is kicking off now with its first plenary. It is a whirlwind tour of various creative approaches to large problems. Tim Brown of IDEO spoke...
Tags: Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, innovation At a small cocktail reception this evening, we welcomed our first guests to the 9th annual Global Philanthropy Forum conference here at the beautiful Sofitel by the San Francisco Bay. Old friends...
Tags: Philanthropy The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation is once again partnering on the Global Philanthropy Forum. You can watch the plenary sessions live here or at get the complete...
Tags: Philanthropy Much as Haiti can serve as a test case for philanthropic efforts to rebuild a country destroyed by natural disaster, Detroit is emerging as a model for renewal domestically. Carol Goss of the...
Tags: Philanthropy, urban renewal, social change 2 Philanthropists Call for Counterweight to Anti-tax Tea Party MovementEveryone has gripes with the ways in which government tax dollars are put to use. Especially now, knee-deep in tax season, some...
Tags: Philanthropy, Governance, taxes If Congress were to double or triple the private foundation excise tax, asks Joel Orosz of Grand Valley State University, "does anyone truly think that there will be a groundswell of support for...
Tags: Philanthropy, Foundations 
