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Category Archives: grantmaking
Love (your arts) in the Time of Cholera
It has been a very long time since my last post and there are many reasons for that – the simplest being the massive growth in short form online communications and news and information about the arts and fundraising on … Continue reading
Posted in donate, Government funding, grantmaking, philanthropy
Tagged AMPAG, Arts QLD, ArtsHub, Australia Council, Bluey, City of Melbourne, Coronavirus, Create NSW, Creative Victoria, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company, One Day in September, ProBono, Sarah Hanson Young, Sydney Biennale, Sydney Dance Company, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Up there Cazaly
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Research and Practice at ANZTSR
By Alexandra Williamson and Sharon Nathani Research: Ozphilanthropy and I recently attended the ANZTSR Conference in Sydney. What the blazes is that? we hear you asking – it’s the Australia New Zealand Third Sector Research conference (as no one has … Continue reading
Posted in engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged Alexandra Williamson, ANZTSR, board remuneration, community foundations, dgr, Elizabeth Cham, John McKinnon, Keir Family Foundation, Krystian Seibert, Mary Crooks, Matthew Hall, McKinnon Family Foundation, PAF, Philanthropy Australia, Private Ancillary Funds, PubAf, Purple Sage Project, Sarah Benjamin, Social Network analysis, Victorian Women's Trust
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“Splash in the shallows” – family foundations testing the waters
I am fascinated by private ancillary funds (PAFs) which are generally family foundations, so was very pleased to attend the Philanthropy Australia conference‘s session which highlighted the experiences of four family foundations at various stages of maturity, expertise and development. … Continue reading
Posted in donate, engaged philanthropy, grantmaking, philanthropy
Tagged Artsupport, Chris Cuffe, Day Family Foundation, family foundation, Ian Potter Foundation, John Emerson, Mutual Trust, Nunn Dimos Foundation, PAFs, Peter Winneke, Philanthropy Australia, Prescribed Private Funds, Private Ancillary Fund, Private Ancillary Funds, Public Ancillary Funds, Snow Foundation, Stacey Thomas, Sue-Ann Wallace, Vincent Fairfax Family 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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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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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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