This paper analyzes adjustment mechanisms for philanthropic organizations in a downturn. In the global philanthropic community, the current economic context and the difficulty to make sense of it have led donors to review their activities. In the 2008 recession, many foundation endowments have...

Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the complexity of the problems they seek to...

Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the complexity of the problems they seek to...

This paper is written in Spanish. Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the...

This paper is written in Portuguese. Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the...

Global mega-trends are rearranging social reality. They affect formal contexts, individual identities, and group dynamics on a scale that seems historically unprecedented. We often look to people in positions of formal authority for the necessary leadership to steer groups and organizations...

Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the complexity of the problems they seek to...

Social entrepreneurship is an important driver of global change. There is a sense that it might be the key ingredient to a new social contract for the 21st century. Though referred to extensively as a concept, there is no single definition of the subject. Defined as finding ways to combine...

The paper identifies and analyzes the four main fault lines which will influence the next decades of global philanthropy. All are related to what we can refer to as "the market revolution in global philanthropy". As global philanthropy moves beyond grantmaking, into investment approaches that...