#Philanthropy

Mark Phillips

Markyphillips

In the 19th C charities often focused support on the "deserving poor" – defined as hard-working and frugal. To illustrate how hard it was to pass the tests required, an

Lucy Bernholz

p2173

Just had an amazing chat with a colleague within a foundation. They're talking about "post covid"... 1/x I said to them, "post covid?" 1st - until/unless every person in every

Emily Eaton

emi_eaton

If we want to talk about oil industry sponsorship and philanthropy in #skpoli, lets take a closer look. It just so happens that we did an extensive study!https://www.policyalternatives.ca/prairie-patchwork The report

Paris Marx ☭

parismarx

Oxford University was going to open source its vaccine, then the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stepped in and convinced them to sell exclusive rights to AstraZeneca.Now AstraZeneca is failing

Shannon Baker

Shan_Bake

.@HarvardAsh convened a conversation yesterday with @DavidCallahanIP, @CHayling, @garalog, Julie Fernandes, and @meganfrancis about #philanthropy and race, mobilization & the #2020election. I’ve been thinking about it since. At the

Wharton School

Wharton

We are live now with the #BeyondBusiness panel, "Race & Corporate Power," on the commitments companies are making to fight racial inequality: https://whr.tn/3eNPVm0 Follow this thread for key takeaways and join

📚Philliteracy📚

Philliteracy

Been thinking a lot about Mackenzie Scott's latest announcement and what it means for philanthropy (spoiler alert: I think it is a big deal), so thought I'd share some historical

Rhodri Davies ☕️ 🤔

Rhodri_H_Davies

Well, this is a big & interesting philanthropy announcement...Lots to unpick, but 2 things that struck me:-it's all unrestricted (more indication of new norm?)-it's not a pledge; the money (>$1bn)

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

So the mayor of the nation’s capital is trying to raise philanthropy to serve the most vulnerable children in the community. And the donors include the companies that will one

Nikishka Iyengar (she/her)

Nikishka

#Coop twitter, I feel like we're not talking/organizing enough about philanthropy's role in funding co-ops. Maybe bc there's a spectrum of types of co-ops. From a funding standpoint, I see

Stever Robbins

SteverRobbins

Listening to @AnandWrites being interviewed by @karaswisher . They mention that it’s become the fad for everything to be world-changing. A business can’t just say “we make shoelaces. That’s it.”

📚Philliteracy📚

Philliteracy

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of an intriguing figure: publisher & satirist Hugh Shimmin (1820-1879)- friend & scourge of philanthropy in Liverpool in the late C19.In case you’ve

Cathy Garcia

thecathyshow

I worked in financial industry CSR for eight years. U.S. banking philanthropy is strategic in supporting business outcomes & tends to be driven by two things:- CRA Act requirements- geographic

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

AMAZING—Mackenzie Scott just gave away $4,158,500,000 in 4 months to 384 orgs nationwide for pandemic poverty relief, after earlier $1.7 bil—almost $6 billion this year. Scott is the ex-wife of

Alex Burns

alexburnsNYT

NEW: How Bloomberg spent $10 billion+ building a political & philanthropic empireHis wealth has forged alliances, earned goodwill – & muzzled critics who fear or depend on himFrom @nkulish & me,

Ryan Putnam

RypeArts

I’m going to release some NFTs this morning but also still thinking through how to offset some of the environmental costs associated with CryptoArt. This is some of my initial

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