Category Archives: corporate social responsibility

Family Foundations

Posted on January 5, 2011 by ozphilanthropy

Welcome to the new year. Family foundations are a good source of support for the arts in Australia. When I refer to family foundations I mean to differentiate them from community foundations and prescribed ancillary funds. I am specifically writing … Continue reading →

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The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch

Posted on December 2, 2010 by ozphilanthropy

I had to read The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch simply because of the title. It is a very recent Australian piece of fiction, published by Sleepers, and set in Melbourne. The “philanthropist” of the title, is Charles Bradshaw, born into … Continue reading →

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from Kant to Catherine Keener

Posted on November 25, 2010 by ozphilanthropy

The Inaugural Great Philanthropy Debate was presented in 2010 by the then Melbourne Community Foundation  (now known as Australian Communities Foundation) and the Melbourne Writers’ Festival. With a theme of ethics in philanthropy, and titled – The Giving Agenda: There’s … Continue reading →

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