After a Disaster: Advice for Grant Makers
Several reports that offer advice and lessons learned about grant making after a disaster commanded attention during session’s at this week’s conference. Among them: Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking: Lessons Learned from the Gulf Coast, published by the New York Association of Grantmakers,…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Philanthropy and ‘Quiet Diplomacy’
What role can foundations play in helping to protect people from nuclear warfare, genocide, and other conflict? Speakers discussed that question at a session here entitled, “Philanthropy and Conflict: Quiet Diplomacy, Public Advocacy.” Grant makers can help build coalitions of activists to call for…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
“This is not a time for business as usual,” said Stephen B. Heintz, president of Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York, moderating a session on the role of philanthropy in dealing with global climate change. Mr. Heintz said that global climate change should not be considered solely an environmental…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Taking a Long View of Foundation Investments
Proponents of socially responsible investing told participants at the Council on Foundations meeting that factoring social and environmental issues into their funds’ investment decisions doesn’t have to mean lower financial returns — but will require a new mind-set. The fight for socially…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
In a session titled “What Issues Lie In Our Future?” a group of philanthropy experts discussed where philanthropy might be going as the 21st century progresses. For Akwasi Aidoo, executive director of Trust Africa, a foundation in Dakar, Senegal, the country to keep an eye on in the future is…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Foundations Step Up Efforts to Deal With Housing Crisis
The philanthropic response in recent months to the nation’s home foreclosure crisis is a cause for optimism, said George McCarthy, senior program officer at the Ford Foundation, in New York. Speaking at a session here called, “What Can I Do About the Mortgage Crisis?,” Mr. McCarthy acknowledged…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Foundations need to find better ways to explain to government officials, citizens, and others why they deserve their tax-exempt status and freedom to operate independently, Lance Lindblom, president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, told a meeting of foundation chief executives and trustees…
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Spreading Innovative Solutions to Society’s Problems
Spreading innovative solutions to society’s problems
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
How the Next President Plans to Help Young People
Presidential candidates discuss youth issues
By Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive Officer