Monday, April 15, 2013 at 05:24AM by Jenny Hodgson It is with great pleasure and pride that we can now announce the first winners of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize: Jane Weru and Kingsley Mucheke of the Akiba Mashinani Trust, Kenya. We have chosen 15 April to make this announcement because it was Olga’s birthday.
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 05:09AM by Jenny Hodgson The GFCF is looking to engage a global cohort of community foundations and community philanthropy organizations in a joint mapping exercise to explore their work in issues related to their local environment
This call for submissions is only open to organizations that define themselves as community foundations, community philanthropy institutions, grassroots grantmakers and other types of local fundraising / grantmaking institutions. NGOs which implement programmes directly are not eligible to participate. (Find out more about selection criteria and FAQs)
Guidelines for this initiative can be downloaded here.
Deadline for submissions is May 20th 2013.
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 04:11AM by Jenny Hodgson The GFCF spoke to Marie-Rose Romain Murphy, director of ESPWA, about efforts to establish a community foundation initiative in Haiti
The Haiti Community Foundation Initiative has been gathering steam over the past 12 months. Who is involved in the Steering Committee and what brings them together as a group? Why is a community foundation in Haiti needed, do you think?
The Steering Committee is composed of visionaries and connectors. It is very diverse as it includes mostly Haiti-based business leaders involved in civil society, educators, civil society activists, religious leaders as well Haitian-American community development leaders. What brings the members of the group together is their ability to think about the collective good and a profound desire to build a better future for Haiti. Our team has a genuine desire to help move the country forward. It’s refreshing!
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 12:59PM by Jenny Hodgson “How can we grow the practice of philanthropy for social justice and peace?” asks a new report from the Philanthropy for Social Justice for Peace Network. The report draws on interviews with a 24 philanthropy practitioners from different parts of the world and data collected from a survey of many more. “You’ll hear a fascinating and at times provocative array of answers, reflections and further questions. Some talk about the relationship between social justice and economic development.