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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Philanthropy
One of the greatest challenges for philanthropy today is the very term itself --philanthropy.
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- Impact Assessment
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Step One in Growing Impact Investing: Prove Social Enterprise Works
Rigorous evidence of impact is not just about accountability in impact investing. It is an enabler of the field's growth in its own right.
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Only 40% of Ebola Donations Have Reached the Affected Countries
The latest study shows the gap between what the world pledged to give, and what the affected countries really got.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How to Leave a Mark: Impact Investing
The big debate during the 20th century was about the relationship between the market and the state. Both those institutions are now tarnished. The market is prone to devastating crashes and seems to be producing widening inequality. Government is gridlocked, sclerotic or captured by special interests. Government is an ever more rigid and ineffective tool to address market failures.
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China Makes First Aid Commitment to Gavi
Despite Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s ambitious $7.5 billion target, donors rose up to the challenge and pledged slightly more than the set goal: $7.539 billion. These commitments are a reflection of donors’ continued confidence not only in the alliance’s capability to deliver results but also to provide evidence of value for money.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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What’s Next for Philanthropy? More Investment and More Cooperation.
Washington-area philanthropy is becoming unabashedly business-minded. Practices such as impact investing and public-private partnerships that were experiments after the recession are now expected to be regular giving habits for many do-gooders. And that’s just for starters. Capital Business caught up with a few local philanthropy thought leaders to see what’s next for local giving in the region:
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Press Release: Brandee McHale Named President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi
Today, Citi announced that Brandee McHale has been appointed President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi, effective February 1st. Ms. McHale will succeed Pamela Flaherty, who is retiring at the end of January after 46 years with Citi. Ed Skyler will remain Chairman of the Citi Foundation.
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Vaccines Alliance Set to Ramp Up Its Work, Hopes to Raise $7.5B
The GAVI global vaccines alliance is seeking to raise $7.5 billion at a funding conference in Berlin next week, as its battle to prevent infectious diseases in millions of children reaches an expected peak.
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- Health Care