Webinar – Photo Speak: Enabling Young People’s Voices

The Global Fund for Community Foundations is hosting a webinar on 25 April, called Photo Speak: Enabling Young People’s Voices. Want to know more about how photography can be used to profile young people’s views and get them involved in their communities? Join us for our second webinar, taking place on Wednesday, 25th April, 2012,…

Occupy Philanthropy!

Dear Friends Donors and funders have been finding various ways to support Occupy and related efforts. Additional support is needed to maintain and build momentum, and in alliance with a growing number of funder networks, affinity groups and individuals an Occupy Philanthropy website has now been set up, whose purpose is to provide a space…

Edge Fund starts in UK

The Edge Fund, a new venture on social justice philanthropy in the UK, may be of great interest to you. Here’s some information from their website: There’s a big problem with philanthropy very few people want to talk about: the system that creates the wealth of philanthropists also causes many of the problems philanthropy attempts…

Occupy Philanthropy Call Recording

More than 130 funders participated, clearly indicating the high level of interest in the Occupy moment. Along with others within philanthropy we will continue tracking emerging discussions and calls for social and economic justice being raised by OWS and wider civil society movements in the US and internationally.  To access a recording of the call, dial 1-712-432-3131…

High Pay “Corrosive” to UK Economy, Warns Inquiry

INQUIRY URGES END TO BOSSES “CLOSED SHOP” ON PAY AS WIDENING GULF THREATENS TRUST IN BRITISH BUSINESS With new figures showing increases of well over 4000% in the last 30 years, excessive high pay for the UK’s top executives is “corrosive” to the economy, to companies and to society as a whole by rewarding failure,…

Where We Live – The Changing Face of Climate Activism

Funders Network on Transforming the Global Economy is very pleased to announce “Where We Live: The Changing Face of Climate Activism”. The film and related materials can be seen at WhereWeLiveFilm.org. A “For Funders” section briefly notes how we plan to use this to bring increased and much needed funding to this vital sector, and…

State of Philanthropy in Egypt and Arab Countries

See this article for an interview with Barbara Ibrahim, Director, Gerhart Center for Philanthropy at the American University in Cairo, about the state of philanthropy in Egypt and in Arab countries: http://pndblog.typepad.com/pndblog/2011/09/5qs-for-barbara-ibrahim.html?…

NCRP Update on Philanthropy’s Promise

96 foundations from across the US have committed to dedicate a majority of their grants to benefit underserved communities and to provide substantial support for strategies that seek solutions to social problems. Click here for more information.