This is part of a regular series where we will be asking WINGS Board Directors to tell us a bit about themselves. Thanks to Carolina Suarez for agreeing to be interviewed. Tell us a bit about your current work and background. I am the CEO of the Association of Family and Corporate Foundations in Colombia…
Nicolas Krausz is Program Officer at The Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at the EDGE Funders Alliance 1- What are the motivations behind the work that EDGE Funders does? We live in a time of mulitple crises: deep inequality, political polarization and ecological…
by Andrew Chunilall, CEO, Community Foundations of Canada Community foundations have long played a central role in responding to local issues that affect local communities. But as our world becomes increasingly globalized, philanthropy is facing a new and perhaps more difficult challenge: How do we respond to the impact of global issues on local communities?…
by Amy Miller Taylor, Chief Networks Officer, CIVICUS We’re living through a crisis of democracy where progressive internationalism is under attack[1]. It’s now clearer than ever that civil society organisations cannot realise the more just, inclusive and sustainable world by acting alone. Instead a collective effort is needed – between civil society, philanthropy infrastructure organisations and…
By Evans Okinyi What is the atmosphere of philanthropy in East Africa? Philanthropy in East Africa can be categorized as Community Philanthropy, Faith based philanthropy, Individual or family philanthropy and Corporate Philanthropy. The East Africa region has seen the growth of institutionalized philanthropy. The region has witnessed an increase in High Net worth Individuals getting…
By Nazli Abrahams I’ve been asked to write about the challenges faced by philanthropy support organizations. My overall thought is that while we know and understand the challenges, while we analyse and talk about them almost ad nauseum, we will continue into the future on our current trajectory and no amount of analysis, understanding or…
by Susan Odongo Society has viewed Philanthropy and civil society as two opposite sides of a coin yet they have a partnership role to play in complementing and supporting each other. The WINGS Forum 2017 reaffirmed this for me. Taking a few steps back to before the WINGS Forum 2017… Prior to attending the conference, the…
A strong civil society depends, along with other things, on a strong culture of giving. In fact, developing a strong culture of giving is one of the most important agendas for organizations supporting philanthropy. According to the most recent study from WINGS about the global philanthropy infrastructure, 74% of survey respondents give high priority to…
by Esther Thompson As I boarded the plane to Mexico City en route to the WINGS Forum 2017, it was with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Would I go all that way and find it useful? Would anyone show up for the workshop I was running? Would Mexico City be as polluted as the…
By Heba Abou Shnief With a burgeoning philanthropic landscape and a rich tradition of giving, philanthropy is often thought to have a life of its own in the Arab region. This conception rarely does invoke thinking about connections with data, research and knowledge. Despite a budding philanthropy eco-system and the most well intended efforts of…
by Salma Khaled EL Tanany Though philanthropy with its simplest form of giving has been embedded in our culture since long ago, there is still however, the notion that it’s a recent field of study but that’s due to the scarcity of data and knowledge on the sector, and there where comes the role of…
by Boris Strečanský Philanthropy in Slovakia, as well as in the Central and Eastern European region today, is a hybrid phenomenon with two faces: traditional and modern one – and that makes it unique. The traditional expressions perceive the concept of community as a community of known people tied together by family, kin, friendship and…
By Carolina Langan After attending Wings Forum I realized that our field, as talking about social issues, has an enormous opportunity cost and several “entries”. It definitely has to be with cost –effect resource allocation and impact measurement but, and even more important, with human values. The role of those who work in philanthropy has…
by Joanne Harding Firstly, Mexico City left me with so many impressions that I can still see, taste, hear it which was so wonderful. It was an amazing experience to be in such a different environment to South Africa but also to see some similarities. It was far to travel and for South Africans was…
by Barbara Ibrahim In the days leading up to WINGS Forum 2017, the organizers asked themselves a question. Should a gathering of global philanthropy professionals step outside normal conference activities into the fraught terrain of public politics? We were at that point distracted by last-minute changes to the speakers’ roster and dealing with missed flight…
Chandrika Sahai At the WINGS Forum in Mexico in February 2017, a session was organized to discuss the initial findings of a new study of philanthropy initiated by the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace. The purpose of the study is to understand the role of philanthropy in today’s world. We are…
In the run up to WINGSForum 2017, we will be publishing interviews with some of our esteemed speakers. For this interview we spoke to Dominique Lemaistre, Director of programs and donors-advised funds for Fondation de France. WINGS: Tell us a little about yourself, your work in philanthropy infrastructure and your interest in attending WINGSForum 2017? D.L.: I started my career…
In the run up to WINGSForum 2017, we will be publishing interviews with some of our esteemed speakers. For this interview we spoke to Douglas Rutzen, President and CEO of International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL). WINGS: Tell us a little about yourself, your work in philanthropy infrastructure and your interest in attending WINGSForum 2017? D.R.:…
In the run up to WINGSForum 2017, we will be publishing interviews with some of our esteemed speakers. For this interview we spoke to Laura Garcia, Executive Director of Semillas. WINGS: Tell us a little about yourself, your work in philanthropy infrastructure and your interest in attending WINGSForum 2017? L.G.: My background is in human rights…
In the run up to WINGSForum 2017, we will be publishing interviews with some of our esteemed speakers. For this interview we spoke to Barry Knight, Executive Director of CENTRIS. WINGS: Tell us a little about yourself, your work in philanthropy infrastructure and your interest in attending WINGSForum 2017? B.K.: I have been involved with philanthropy…
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