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United States First High-Income Pilot Country of SDG Philanthropy Platform
New York, NY—Today, the United States became the first high-income nation to join Kenya, Colombia, Indonesia, and Ghana as pilot countries in the SDG Philanthropy Platform. The global SDG Philanthropy...
Confluence Philanthropy: When Will Philanthropy Lean Into Funding the Plumbing?
This blog was originally posted on the Confluence Philanthropy website. You can read the original article here. I had the opportunity to join a Confluence Philanthropy event for the first...
What’s Top of Mind for Philanthropy Leaders
...and sustained, and in so doing, build the next generation of philanthropy leadership. With each new cohort, the broader network of women philanthropy leaders will expand, enriching the collective wisdom,...
Q+A with Rien van Gendt, Director of Van Gendt Philanthropy Services, and Outgoing RPA Inc. Board Member
Rien van Gendt is a globally renowned expert in European and U.S. philanthropy, who has worked across sectors, including in government, academia, and philanthropy. After successful tenures at the Organisation...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Announces Leadership Changes, New Teams Focused on Financial Inclusion and Environment, Rights, & Global Development
As part of its goal to help donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors today announces the appointment of several senior staff members. “These appointments reflect...
The State of Climate Philanthropy
...who have generally been sidelined in both boardrooms and traditional environmental organizations. How must climate philanthropy continue to evolve to meet the urgency of the crisis? In the last couple...
Climate Change and Philanthropy: A Topic Brief for Donors
...and protect the environment. And in a recent survey of the philanthropy sector, four out of five respondents predicted that climate change would be the dominant issue in philanthropy in...
The Call to Protect Ecosystems and Species: An Interview with Shark Conservation Fund
...new collaborative, along with several other ocean issues. A majority of SCF board representatives are environmental lawyers or have backgrounds in environmental policy; they bring together decades of experience. A...
Future Trends for Strategic Philanthropy: Survey Reveals More Wealthy Families Want to Donate During Their Lifetimes; Education Remains Most Popular Cause
NEW YORK- January 17, 2020 – Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Campden Wealth today published “Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Family Philanthropy 2020,” a report based on a survey...
How Philanthropy Adds Value to India’s Effort to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
...Compact Network in India. The SDG Philanthropy Platform—of which Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is a founding member in collaboration with UNDP—is part of a continuing effort to engage the philanthropic...
Philanthropy Under Fire: Social Compact Panel Discussion
On December 12, 2019, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) gathered philanthropy leaders, board members and clients for a discussion of the role of philanthropy in today’s society. The conversation, focused on...
Key Driving Forces of Social Innovation: Impact Investment and Social Enterprise
...and government; The five steps in the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Philanthropy Roadmap; Key philanthropy concepts; How to manage impact investing, particularly for organizations and individuals who have been generously giving...
Perspectives in Philanthropy: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Wang Haitao Uses AI to Improve Education in China
...of Global Philanthropy Leaders (GPL Program) on a study tour organized by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. As a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, Mr. Wang shared valuable insights on his projects and...
A Win-Win for Social Impact: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases New Guide on Prize Philanthropy
NEW YORK- March 23, 2021– Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) today published Prize Philanthropy: Benefits, Challenges, and Winning Approaches, a guide for philanthropy on when and how a competition makes the...
MBA Students Chose CARE’s HerSkills as Recipient of $110,000 in Unique Partnership with Lever for Change: More to Come in 2023
...Co., Robert Wood Johnson, Rockefeller and Libra foundations, as well as Hispanics in Philanthropy, Schmidt Futures and others, highlights the importance of understanding how philanthropy can impact social, economic, and...
Philanthropy’s Unique Role in Impact Investing
...philanthropy has been doing for over a century and impact investing will do well to take note. (To be clear, philanthropy also has much to learn from business and traditional...
Helping Philanthropy Align with the SDGs: New Publications
...progress.” The first volume of RPA’s new guide, Philanthropy and the SDGs: Getting Started, provides background on the SDGs and details how philanthropy can benefit. The second volume, Philanthropy and...
Systems Change: A Topic Brief for Donors
...type of change strategy is the Ford Foundation’s support for environmental advocacy organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund, both of which have been instrumental...
Moving towards systems change: The ‘Why’ of Impact Investing
...philanthropy, and policy (Exhibit 1-7), impact investing combines the distinct institutional elements of these sectors. The interaction of policy, philanthropy, and investment is not new, but understanding the distinct attributes...
SDG Inspiration Day: What’s Needed from Communities to Achieve the SDGs?
...solar energy, is an excellent example of technology advancing sustainable environmental impact. It has changed the infrastructure and land around 18 miles of West Georgia’s I-85 by making it a...