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Author Archives: ozphilanthropy
Have we travelled far?
I have just been reading Contemporary Art + Philanthropy, Public Spaces/Private Funding: Foundations for Contemporary Art as I revisit the nexus (is there one?) between philanthropy, tax policy and arts policy. This monograph was created to record a forum held … Continue reading
Posted in donate, philanthropy
Tagged Alfred Felton, Australia Council, Catalyst Fund, Contemporar Art + Philanthropy, Cultural Gifts Program, Elder Conservatorium, Felton Bequest, Giving Australia, Inquiry into the Australian Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Sector, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Cultural Policy, NGV, PAFs, Power Bequest, Private Ancillary Funds, Rupert Myer, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
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Funding advocacy
A quick shout out about Philanthropy Australia’s recent publication – The Power of Advocacy: Making the Case for Philanthropic Support for Advocacy. Published in February, this handy guide reiterates the case for philanthropic organisations’ ability to be active in the … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, philanthropy
Tagged Aidwatch, Charities Act 2013, Hammack and Anheier, Jenny Harrow, Krystian Seibert, Oxford Handbook on Global Public Policy and Transnational Administration, Philanthropy Australia, policy advocacy, Reichstein Foundation, Tobias Jung
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Women & Philanthropy
There is a buzz happening around women and philanthropy. Whether someone’s capacity to donate is $100 or $1,000,000, there are opportunities to contribute individually or collectively to support charitable causes and organisations focussed on women and girls. The Victorian Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in donate, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, philanthropy, women and philanthropy
Tagged 100Women WA, Australian Women Donors' Network, Capital Giving, Funding Network, gender lens, Giving Australia, Giving by and for Women, Melbourne Women's Fund, Philanthropy Australia, Pressforprogress, sub-funds, Victorian Women's Trust, Women and Change, women and philanthropy, Women Moving Millions, Women's Leadership Institute Australia
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Gillian Triggs at Melbourne Women’s Fund Forum
Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs was the keynote speaker at the Melbourne Women’s Fund inaugural forum held in Melbourne. Professor Triggs spoke of having grown up post-war, as a baby-boomer, given a free legal education and becoming a practising barrister at … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, philanthropy
Tagged A Room of One's Own, Anne Summers, Australian Women Donors' Network, Banking on Women Leaders, Beijing Platform for Action, community legal centre, Do Facts Matter?, domestic violence, Elizabeth Broderick, Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer, gig economy, Gillian Triggs, Global Gender Index, homelessness, Human Rights Commission, IMF, Jennifer Hohschild, Melbourne Women's Fund, Office for Women, Plan International, post truth, Rosie Batty, Sex Discrimination Act, sisterworks, Sustainable development goals, Women's Money Tool Kit, World Bank, World Economic Forum
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American Vertigo: Philanthropy & Democracy in Uncertain Times
Mae Hong, from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers (whom she calls the “poor cousins of the Rockefeller Foundation”) was in Australia for a second tour with Australian Executor Trustees (who brought her out last year). She gave talks in Melbourne and Sydney … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, donate, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, philanthropy, social action
Tagged ACLU, American Vertigo, Apple Pay, Australian Executor Trustees, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Dress like a Girl, Edward Nik-Khah, Lewis Lapham, Lucy Bernholz, Mae Hong, Maya Angelou, PayPal, Philanthropy & Democratic Societies, Planned Parenthood, Reichstein Foundation, Rob Reich, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, Sweetness of Charity, The Age of Folly, Tortilla Riots, VUCA
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A bit more on collective giving
Just in case you missed it, the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership commissioned Creative Partnerships Australia to write a report on collective giving. I am thinking that this is more because James Boyd, the report’s co-author, is an expert in … Continue reading
Philanthropy & Democratic Societies
Perpetual Ltd presented a session on Philanthropy and Democratic Societies at the State Library of Victoria with a panel comprised of Krystian Seibert from Philanthropy Australia, Lucy Bernholz, philanthropy and data expert, Bill Birnbauer, investigative journalist and Rob Reich, Faculty … Continue reading
Posted in corporate social responsibility, donate, effective altruism, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, impact and measurement, Legislation, philanthropy
Tagged Aidwatch, Bill Birnbauer, Bill Gates, Caitriona Fay, Carnegie Foundation, Charities Act 2013, Civicus, Climate Council, crowdfunding, David Callahan, Dead hand from the grave, dgr, Digital Public Library of America, Edith Campbell Walker, effective altruism, George Soros, Getup, Krystian Seibert, LGBTQI, Lucy Bernholz, menace to democracy, Open Society, Peter Singer, Philanthropy Australia, Philanthropy in Democractic Societies: History Institutions Values, Rob Reich, Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford Centre on Philanthropy and Civil Society, tax subsidised unaccountable power, The Givers: Wealth Power & Philanthropy in a new gilded age, The Most Good You can Do, Treasury, Treasury discussion paper
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DGR Reform
The Treasury Department has called for submissions commenting on a new discussion paper around Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) reform. Read the paper here. Submissions are due by 4 August – as per the website – the discussion paper had 14 … Continue reading
11 local giving circles – find one near you
There has been phenomenal growth in giving circles in Australia recently, so here’s a handy list to help keep track. Capital Giving (previously ACT of Women Giving) Membership: $250, $500 or $1,000 – supporting advancing opportunities for women & girls … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, grantmaking, philanthropy, volunteering
Tagged ACT of Women Giving, giving circles, Impact100 Fremantle, Impact100 Melbourne, Impact100 SA, Impact100 Sydney, Impact100 Sydney North, Impact100 WA, Melbourne Women's Fund, philanthropy, The Channel, Women and Change
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