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Catherine Brown – Community Foundations – A journey of discovery


The Maimonides Society talks presented by the Swinburne Philanthropy Alumni, hosted Catherine Brown, the CEO of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. Catherine reflected on her career working in and with community foundations since 1999 when the Myer Foundation came up … Continue reading

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4 events in three weeks


It’s going to be a busy second half of August. A few events for your consideration: Next week my workday organisation, the Inner North Community Foundation, hosts Tom Dawkins, social entrepreneur and crowdfunding specialist, co-founder of Start Some Good (Dream Big, … Continue reading

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They are good eggs! Trends in Philanthropy


This evening I went along to the Swinburne Philanthropy Alumni event – 3 ladies and a doctor, to hear my chums from 3eggs philanthropy talk about trends in philanthropy.  (Not that they need much more publicity for their blog methinks … Continue reading

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Maimonides Society – Christine Edwards


The Swinburne philanthropy alumni have formed the Maimonides Society which meets regularly to discuss issues philanthropic. Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon (or by the acronym RAMBAM) was a Jewish philosopher in 12th century Spain who developed an … Continue reading

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