Contributors

Michael Alberg-Seberich

Michael Alberg-Seberich is managing partner at Active Philanthropy. He is a founding member and board member of the DemokratieAnstiftung e.V, a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation Schüler helfen Leben and a board member of the Canada Meets Germany Alumni Forum (e.V.). Michael holds a Masters in North American Studies and Anthropology from the University of Bonn.

Read all of Michael’s posts here or visit the Active Philanthropy website

Association of Fundraising Professionals

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 30,000 members in 222 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programmes. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.

Read all of AFP’s posts here or see their website for more information

Lucy Bernholz

Lucy Bernholz writes extensively on philanthropy, technology, information and policy on her award-winning blog, philanthropy2173.com. She is managing director of Arabella Advisors, a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and a frequent conference speaker. She has written numerous articles and books on the business of giving, including the Blueprint annual industry forecasts.

Read all of Lucy’s blog posts here, or visit her website for more information

Filiz Bikmen

Filiz Bikmen started working with non-profits in 2001, having come from the management consultancy sector. She is responsible for programmes and international relations at Sabanci Foundation, a member of the Governing Council of the European Foundation Centre, vice-chairman of the International Center for Not for Profit Law and a member of various councils of Turkish and international origin. She has authored several publications and has been writing for Alliance magazine since 2004.

Read all of Filiz’s blog posts here.

CAF Russia

Since 1993 CAF Russia has supported hundreds of charitable and non-profit organizations through grants and capacity building. Its projects include Foundation School, which encourages ultra-wealthy individuals to give more strategically. CAF Russia is also involved in shaping up the environment for giving in Russia, working with legislators and the media and building awareness through its own projects, such as its social media portal, www.philanthropy.ru

Read all of CAF Russia’s blog posts here or visit their website for more information

Cemefi

Mexican Center for Philanthropy (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía – Cemefi) is a non-profit member association founded in 1988 with no political or religious affiliation. Its mission is to foster and connect committed, socially responsible philanthropic participation from citizens, civil organizations and corporations in order to achieve a more equitable, united and prosperous society. The association is made up of more than one thousand members (foundations, associations, corporations and individuals).

Read all of Cemefi’s posts here or visit their website for more information

Dasra

Dasra founded and runs the Indian Philanthropy Forum, a membership body for philanthropists focussed on improving the strategic nature of their giving in India. It also runs Dasra Social-Impact, an executive education and capacity development programme for the leaders of non-profits and social businesses embarking on scaling their organizations.

Read all of Dasra’s blog posts here or visit their website for more information

The European Foundation Centre

The European Foundation Centre, founded in 1989, is an international membership association representing public-benefit foundations and corporate funders active in philanthropy in Europe and beyond. The Centre develops and pursues activities in line with its four key objectives: creating an enabling legal and fiscal environment; documenting the foundation landscape; building the capacity of foundation professionals; and promoting collaboration, both among foundation and between foundations and other actors.

Read all of the EFC’s blog posts here or visit their website for more information

Jed Emerson

Jed Emerson is executive vice-president for strategic development with ImpactAssets; senior fellow with the Center for Social Investing at Heidelberg University (Germany); and senior advisor to The Sterling Group. Jed is also an adjunct professor with NYU-Abu Dhabi, in addition to having held faculty appointments at Harvard, Stanford and Oxford business schools, and has presented his work at the World Economic Forum, CGI and other events around the world.

Read all Jed’s blog posts here, or visit his Blended Value website for more information and articles

Foundation Center

The Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis and training it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.

Read all of the Foundation Center’s blog posts here or learn more by visiting their website

GiveIndia

GiveIndia is India’s biggest online donation platform, which allows people to support a cause of their choice from about 200 charities that have been scrutinized for transparency and credibility. It does not raise funds for itself but helps people donate to other non-profit organizations. It also creates feedback reports for donors and carries out follow-up work to ensure that at least 90% of a person’s contribution reaches the organization they support.

Read all of GiveIndia’s posts here or visit their website for more information.

Global Greengrants Fund

In the Global South, where resources and lands are exploited without regard for the people who live from them, Global Greengrants Fund supports environmentalism with a social conscience. It invests in local leaders and organizations calling for environmental justice in their own communities. In Africa, Asia, Latin America, and island nations, GGF channels donations into small grants to support grassroots campaigns and community-led projects and seed justice and sustainability from the ground up.

Read all of GGF’s posts here, or visit their website for more information

Caroline Hartnell

Caroline Hartnell is the founder and editor of Alliance magazine and executive director of Alliance Publishing Trust. Prior to working for APT she worked as a freelance editor for a variety of non-profit and commercial publishers and carried out editing training.

Read all of Caroline’s blog posts here or visit the main Alliance website for more information

Crystal Hayling

Crystal Hayling consults with social enterprises and foundations in south-east Asia. Prior to moving to Singapore in 2010, she was President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, and she has has held leadership positions at the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the California Wellness Foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and Medi-Cal Policy Institute. She is a board member of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation (Singapore) and the Center for Effective Philanthropy (United States).

Read all of Crystal’s posts here or visit her website for more information.

Instituto Geração

The Instituto Geração (Generation Institute) is the first Brazilian NGO to support privileged youth in their philanthropy. Founded in 2007, it aims to promote and support the development of privileged young people, for them to be responsible for social change in Brazil. The focus of its work is to enhance the individual’s power as an agent of change, considering one’s different roles in the society: family member, citizen, employer, employee, consumer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Read all of Instituto Geração’s blog posts here or visit their website.

John D Gerhart Center

The John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement is a university-based institution offering resources for the promotion of philanthropy and civic engagement in the Arab region. Established in 2006, the Center aims to further the American University in Cairo’s mission to advance social responsibility and active citizenship. The Gerhart Center strengthens institutional philanthropy through research, building leadership capacity, and providing other support services to philanthropic institutions in the region. The Center also works with the private sector to promote effective social responsibility.

Read all of the Gerhart Center’s posts here or visit their website.

John Harvey

John Harvey brings more than 20 years experience in global grantmaking to his position of managing director for global philanthropy at the Council on Foundations. Prior to joining CoF, John served for 10 years as founding executive director of Grantmakers Without Borders. John is co-founder of New England International Donors, whose aim is to increase the quantity and quality of global giving originating from New England. John’s global perspective has been nurtured by extensive travel across the globe, most recently spending five months in southern Africa.

Read all of John’s blog posts here or visit the Council on Foundations website.

Peter Laugharn

Peter Laugharn is the executive director of Firelight Foundation. He had previously held roles at the Bernard van Leer Foundation and for Save the Children USA, with much of his extensive experience focused on Africa. A graduate of Stanford and Georgetown Universities, Peter holds a PhD in education from the University of London. He is currently a member of the Council on Foundations international committee and co-chair of the Inter-Agency Task Team on Children and HIV and AIDS.

Read all of Peter’s posts here or visit the Firelight Foundation website.

Vanessa Meachen

Philanthropy Australia is the peak body for philanthropy in Australia. Its mission is to represent, grow and inspire an effective and robust philanthropic sector for the community. Vanessa Meachen has been overseeing Philanthropy Australia’s policy, research and training activities since 1998. Vanessa provides research and information services to Philanthropy Australia members and the wider community, including national and international trusts and foundations, politicians and policymakers, charities and the media.

Read all of Vanessa’s blog posts here or visit the Philanthropy Australia website.

Paul Penley

Dr Paul T Penley is the director of research at the philanthropic advisory firm Excellence in Giving, where he evaluates the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations to advise family foundations on strategic giving.  He is the creator of Intelligent Philanthropy – the most up-to-date, comprehensive and user-friendly online charity evaluator.  His expertise stems from years of international travel, outcome-based evaluations, analysis of non-profit best practices and topical community assessments that inform strategic giving.

Read all of Paul’s blog posts here.

New Philanthropy Capital

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is a consultancy and think-tank dedicated to helping funders and charities achieve a greater impact. Its mission is to put effectiveness at the heart of how all charities work and how all funders give. NPC offers independent research, tools and advice for charities and funders, both in the UK and internationally, and encourages debate about what makes a charity effective and how to measure impact.

Read all of NPC’s blog posts here or visit their website

Philanthropic Intelligence

Philanthropic Intelligence (Filantropía Inteligente) helps individuals and families in Spain and the US make the greatest impact on issues they care about and derive deep personal satisfaction from their giving. The partners probe to understand what matters to clients and help them achieve their personal goals for their philanthropy. They draw on 20 years of experience leading foundations, non-profits and businesses, and its extensive networks in the US and Spain to design powerful giving strategies for donations and impact investing.

Read all of Philanthropic Intelligence’s posts here or visit their website

Ruban Selvanayagam

Ruban Selvanayagam is a base-of-the-pyramid housing developer/investment advisor partnered in an initiative based in Brazil: the Fez Tá Pronto Construction System© (Luxury Low Income Housing). He also writes the Habitation for the Planet blog, which has regularly updated features, interviews and research discussing the state of global low income housing.

Read all of Ruban’s blog posts here or see his blog for more information

Karla Simon

Karla W Simon (西 门 雅)  is professor of law at the Catholic University of America. She has dedicated much of her career to the creation of an enabling environment for civil society and philanthropy. Having worked in China for over 16 years, she has participated in three significant projects for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, taught comparative civil society law at Peking University (Beida) for two semesters, and spoken at numerous conferences in China on civil society law. She is currently working on a project with CANGO (the Chinese Association of NGOs) on government outsourcing to CSOs and a book on civil society law in China, to be published in 2012 by Oxford University Press.

Read all of Karla’s blog posts here.

Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd

Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd. is a philanthropic advisory firm headquartered in Chicago and serving clients worldwide. For more than a decade it has been at the forefront of helping individuals, families and closely held businesses plan, assess and manage their charitable giving. In partnership with their clients’ legal and financial advisors, they provide the expertise to ensure that their philanthropic dollars are effectively spent and generate meaningful outcomes.

Read all of Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd.’s posts here or visit their website for more information

Chet Tchozewski

Chet Tchozewski is the founder and a board member of the Global Greengrants Fund.  He also serves on the board of directors of the Council on Foundations, the Environmental Grantmakers Association, and the Global Philanthropy Leadership Initiative – a joint venture of the Worldwide Initiative for Grantmakers Support (WINGS), the European Foundation Centre and the Council on Foundations.

Read all of Chet’s blog posts here, or visit Global Greengrants Fund website for more information

The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI)

TPI is an ally and consultant to ambitious donors looking to advance the art and science of their philanthropy in pursuit of deep social impact. Hired by corporations, foundations and individuals to develop and execute custom strategies to increase the impact of their giving and social impact investing, TPI has invested in the advancement of strategic philanthropy – in the US and across the globe – since 1989.

Read all of TPI’s blog posts here, or visit their website for more information

Andrés Thompson

Andrés Thompson has been committed to global social change and development for the last 35 years in various roles. From 1994 to August 2010 he was a program officer for Latin American and Caribbean programming at the W K Kellogg Foundation, and led the program in Brazil for the last 12 years. He is an International Fellow of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Civil Society at City University of New York, and a Senior Fellow of the Synergos Institute. Andrés is currently the general manager of streetfootballworld in Brazil.

Read all of Andrés’s blog posts here or visit his website for more information.

 Trust Africa

TrustAfrica seeks to strengthen African initiatives that address the most difficult challenges confronting the continent. It currently focuses on three critical areas: securing the conditions for democracy; fostering African enterprise and achieving broadly shared prosperity; and cultivating African resources for democracy and development. It was founded in 2001 under the aegis of the Ford Foundation, becoming a truly African foundation in 2006 with the opening of their headquarters in Dakar, Senegal.

Read all of Trust Africa’s posts here or visit their website