Newsmakers: Melissa A. Berman, President and CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: Creating Change Through Informed Philanthropy
Philanthropy News Digest, 4/12/06
Over the next three or four decades, new technologies, globalization, the growing ethnic and cultural diversity of American society, and an intergenerational transfer of wealth estimated at between $6 trillion and $40 trillion will combine to dramatically change charitable giving in the United States. New and growing demands on society — at home and abroad — will create new and greater expectations for philanthropy. Failure to meet those expectations, in turn, will result in ever-greater consequences, social as well as political. To meet the challenges of the 21st century, philanthropy will need to be smart, flexible, open, and bold. In March, Philanthropy News Digest spoke with Melissa Berman, president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a full-service philanthropic advisory firm, about the changing philanthropic landscape, the link between information and effective philanthropy, the tendency of philanthropic resources to resist aggregation, and the likelihood of regulatory change in the field.
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