Paula Doherty Johnson is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard’s Ash Center where she spearheads research on the growth, practice, and impact of global philanthropy and social investment. Paula lead the effort to develop the Global Philanthropy Report, a pioneering study that provides first-of-its-kind data on institutional philanthropic capital, trends, and innovations in countries throughout the world. […]
The Global Philanthropy Report: Perspectives on the global foundation sector, published in April 2018, seeks to develop a knowledge base to address the size, scope, and practice of institutional philanthropy across the globe. Below, the WINGS network reacts to the publication: Graziela Santiago from GIFE in Brazil; Maria Carolina Suarez from AFE in Colombia; May Mei […]
Charles Keidan is the Editor of Alliance Magazine 1- Is this the first time Alliance is doing a special feature on philanthropy infrastrusture? Why now? Why is it an important enough topic to feature philanthropy infrastructure in the June edition of Alliance? Alliance has always played close attention to philanthropy infrastructure but this is […]
By Barbara Ibrahim, Chair of WINGS Programs Committee and founding director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement Whenever a new field emerges – think nanotechnology or ‘big data’ – it usually comes with a buzz around the synergies to be freshly mobilized across disciplines or sectors. The huge field of […]
Job Summary Working under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Programs Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing and implementing WINGS programs related to Knowledge Management, Advocacy and Thought Leadership, Strategic Communication. She/He will keep a birds-eye view of the program operations, monitor and report on progress and evaluation. The Programs Coordinator will collaborate with […]
MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT JOB DESCRIPTION WINGS is a global network of organizations that support philanthropy headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With around 100 members from 40 countries, WINGS contributes to strengthening, promoting and providing leadership on the development of philanthropy and social investment around the world. TITLE Membership & Communications Assistant REPORTS TO Programs […]
The European Foundation Centre (EFC) was born on 9 November 1989, the same day the Berlin Wall fell. This landmark date therefore not only marks a paradigm shift in Europe’s history, but also in the way foundations work together to achieve common goals in an array of areas from setting policy, establishing influential networks and serving the public good both in Europe and beyond.
