June 2013 Newsletter from Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace
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Month: June 2013
Interview With Bernie Dolley, Ikhala Trust, South Africa
“Ikhala Trust is definitely about a ‘power with’ approach. We cannot deny that we are powerful because we have a resource called money. However, where a community driven social justice agenda comes in is when we recognize the resources the community has and are able to say that we have power together to change a…
Resident Engagement by Community Foundations
White Courtesy Telephone has reposted the following article, which will appear in a special issue of the National Civic Review titled Philanthropy & Resident Engagement: The Promise for Democracy, available October 2013. It will feature case studies, reports, and essays on the resident engagement experiences of public and private foundations. This article was co-authored by…
From Flammable Agents to Minesweepers: Accountability of Foundation Roles
We often talk about the roles of foundations: what we can and cannot do, what our boards and donors and other constituencies will react to us doing; what our internal systems and structures and budgets allow us to do… all very real parameters within which we work. We also often talk about the added advantage…
Good Sibling, Bad Sibling: Philanthropy and Inequality
By Barry Knight, Chandrika Sahai and Halima Mahomed Courtesy of www.alliancemagazine.org Increased concentration of wealth and increasing inequality are the conditions likely to give rise to philanthropy. This was true with Carnegie and Rockefeller in the US and it seems to be true in the BRICS countries now. In other words, these are the very…
Blame It on Bad Luck
Does luck play a role in the work of a foundation that achieves great results? According to a survey filled out by 80 European foundations, it does. But are they attracted to the idea of a foundation that relies on luck? No they are not, or at least they won’t admit to it. The session…