Global Institutional Philanthropy: A Preliminary Status Report - Part One
Published by Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) and The Philanthropic Initiative
For the first time, a study brings together disparate knowledge and data on institutional philanthropy from countries around the world and begins to create a picture of the rich, evolving, and promising landscape of global giving. This study explores the breadth and depth of global philanthropy. Part One examines regional and global philanthropic trends, commonalities, and diversity.
Global Institutional Philanthropy: A Preliminary Status Report - Part Two
Published by Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) and The Philanthropic Initiative
The second half of a two part report that examines institutional philanthropy around the world; Part Two profiles institutional giving in 24 countries and the Arab Region, providing a wealth of instructive insights, observations, reflections, and quantitative information.
Community Foundations and International Giving: Opportunities for Global Engagement
This report, supported by the C.S. Mott Foundation, explores the current and future role of U.S. community foundations in international giving. It examines the ways in which U.S. community foundations are currently involved in international giving and begins to identify the resources and strategies needed to strengthen the capacity of community foundations to respond to their donors’ interests in global giving.
Promoting Philanthropy: Global Challenges and Approaches
Published by Bertelsmann Foundation
The paper was commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation in connection with the work of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy (INSP). It served as the centerpiece for an extremely successful global workshop on the same subject hosted by the Bertelsmann Foundation in Mexico City in December 2004. The paper's principal author was Paula Johnson, TPI Senior Advisor; additional contributions were provided by Allavida's Andrew Kingman and TPI's Steve Johnson. TPI also assisted the Bertelsmann Foundation in the development and coordination of the Mexico workshop.
Doing Well By Doing Good in California - Appendix C
Published by The Philanthropic Initiative
As part of a comprehensive study of California legal and financial advisors and how they counsel and support their clients' philanthropy, The Philanthropic Initiative,
Inc. (TPI) retained Opinion Dynamics Corporation, Inc. (ODC), a national polling and policy analysis firm, to conduct a telephone survey of such advisors. In addition to inquiring into how advisors counsel their clients about philanthropy, the survey sought to identify the hurdles to effective philanthropy-related counsel, and the tools advisors seek to make that practice more effective.
Global Social Investing
Published by The Philanthropic Initiative
Global philanthropy is poised for take off. Growing interdependence argues for global approaches to global issues, yet little information exists on the sources, levels, purposes, mechanisms or impact of global social investment worldwide. In this report, author Paula Johnson discusses the obstacles that have barred the widespread practice of gobal social investing as well as its tremendous potential to address critical global problems.
What's a Donor to Do? The State of Donor Resources in America Today
Published by The Philanthropic Initiative
Commissioned by a group of the nations' largest established foundations to explore how new and emerging donors are becoming involved in philanthropy; what resources exist or need to be developed to support them; and how foundations can learn from, and work with, the new generation of philanthropists.
Doing Well by Doing Good - Appendix A
Published by The Philanthropic Initiative
The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc. (TPI) contacted the Opinion Dynamics Corporation (ODC) to investigate a number of topics regarding the motivations and practices of financial and legal advisors when discussing philanthropy with their high-net-worth clients, and more broadly, to determine the level of advisor interest in actively promoting philanthropy.