Philanthropy

Philanthropic Values Boost the Impact of Capital Alone

8 Jul 2020

With only a few days for people, organizations, and institutions to prepare, the COVID-19-related lockdown in South Africa had been initiated at the end of March 2020. The general sentiment was that the spread of the disease could be...

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Ep. 68: Outcomes, with Helmsley Charitable Trust's David Panzirer

“The whole premise that where you live dictates your access to specialty care, dictates your outcomes, dictates your access to tools to manage your disease. That's absurd in this day and age....We have to seize this opportunity to level the...

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Outcomes, with Helmsley Charitable Trust's David Panzirer

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News Release

Milken Institute report examines Ultra-High Net-Worth Philanthropy, offers recommendations to spur giving

15 Jun 2020

Washington D.C. – June 15, 2020 – The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy released a new report analyzing the state of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) philanthropy, highlighting that much-needed capital remains accessible but...

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Melissa Stevens and Hilary McConnaughey Page

15 Jun 2020

Ep. 65: Across Sectors, with Mastercard Foundation’s Reeta Roy

“In Africa the economy is also a patient....We have a consortium in Ethiopia, for example—12 businesses run by women who are pivoting and using their skills to now manufacture PPE. We’re doing the same in Ghana, working through a coalition...

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Across Sectors, with Mastercard Foundation’s Reeta Roy

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Ep. 62: Sprinting, with the Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein

“The COVID-19 crisis has made me realize that if there's anything I really want to get done in my life, I need to get it done sooner. I am ratcheting up my activity. I'm doing what I call sprinting to the finish line now because I realize...

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Sprinting, with the Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein

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Power of Ideas

Effective Philanthropy Requires Trust and Transparency

10 Jun 2020

Being an effective philanthropist means being a good businessperson. It requires an ability to manage money, handle negotiations, market, execute deals, sometimes walk away from deals, and juggle many balls in the air at once. It also...

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Bethenny Frankel

Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Author, Producer, and Founder, BStrong

Ep. 52: The Stakes, with Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa

“Public health will not be able to cope with this pandemic if it becomes a major crisis of the scale that we have seen in the West and in China. There's almost nothing we can do about it because we just don't have time. But it has been a...

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The Stakes, with Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa

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Report

Stepping off the Sidelines: The Unrealized Potential of Strategic Ultra-High-Net-Worth Philanthropy

25 May 2020

The challenges our world is facing today will take a concerted, collaborative effort, and high-impact philanthropists are poised to lead that effort like never before. However, at this moment in time, only 36 percent of the world’s ultra...

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Hilary McConnaughey Page and Sokol Shtylla

25 May 2020

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Power of Ideas

Stopping Pandemics Before They Start: Ending the Trade in Wild Animals

6 May 2020

On March 24 2019, Chinese anti-smuggling customs officials in Guangdong intercepted an illegal transport of 21 sickly pangolins and transferred them to a nearby wildlife rescue center where the majority later died. The rescue center workers...

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Ep. 20: Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

“About a month ago in the US we had about a thousand confirmed cases; today we have about 600,000. The developing world is very much on that same pathway.” Jeff Skoll knows pandemics. More than a decade ago he launched an organization whose...

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Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

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