Philanthropy Press Highlights

Philanthropy in the News

An essential element of the Institute for Philanthropy's mission is to raise the awareness and understanding of philanthropy. To that end, regularly we identify five leading pieces of news in the field, and distribute them to readers of both our website and our newsletter. Some of our favourite pieces from the last two years are listed below thematically.

Philanthropist Profiles

Alliance magazine interviews CNN founder Ted Turner about his change in plans for the UN Foundation, and his decision to take up the Giving Pledge: click here for more

Garreth Wood discusses his aspirations for his giving in The Herald: click here for more

Morgan Parker tells the Huffington Post of his remarkable conversion from investment banker to "philanthrocyclist": click here for more

Weingarten tells USA Today of his face-to-face philanthropy: click here for more

Randeep Ramesh looks at Sir Ronald Cohen's efforts to boost the social enterprise sector: click here for more

Social Entrepreneurship

The Skoll Centre's Alex Nicholls explains why social entrepreneurship is "growing up": click here for more

The New York Times' Stephanie Strom writes on the difficulties faced by social enterprises, or "hybrids" of businesses and not-for-profits: click here for more

In Bangladesh, Nicaragua and India, the backlash against microfinance has begun, writes The New York Times: click here for more

Forbes charts the rise of socially responsible investing, or "impact investing": click here for more

Philanthropy in Asia

Monica Wong tells the Wall Street Journal her thoughts on philanthropy in Asia: click here for more

The Beijing Review looks at how Chinese social entrepreneurs are taking a business approach to social problems: click for more

Failures in Philanthropy

The Harvard Business Review's David Simms considers that failure is a good thing: click here for more

Avoiding the Madonna Effect in Philanthropy: click here for more

Approaches to Giving

In the Harvard Business Review, Dan Pallotta makes the case for core support as the best means of achieving impact: click here for more

Dayo Olopade discusses whether giving away money really the best way to change the world: click here for more

Reuters reports on one family's approach to engaging their kids in philanthropy: click here for more

In the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen discusses the rise of giving circles in the US: click here for more

The Tubney Charitable Trust share a comprehensive report on their story of spending out as a foundation: click here for more

Michael Edwards, writing in The Guardian, argues for an "ecosystem", rather than a "monoculture" approach to philanthropy: click here for more

E-Philanthropy

Matthew Bishop shares his comments on the discussion on e-philanthropy at Davos 2012: click here for more

In GlassPockets' 'Transparency Talk' blog Steve Downs, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses the foundation's journey to becoming a 'Web 2.0 Philanthropy': click here for more