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by EVPA on February 13, 2012
An interview with Jean Luc Perron, Managing Director at the at the Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation.
Microfinance has grown in the past 30 years as a tool to alleviate poverty. According to the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2012[1], 175 million people in poverty benefit from a microloan. Amid the many positive appraisals, however, there is criticism.
by EVPA on February 13, 2012
Twenty-four business professionals nominated as iCat Fellows 2012 met last month in Zurich, Switzerland, to kick off the programme with a four-day orientation workshop. They will start working this month with LGT Venture Philanthropy’s portfolio organisations spread over four continents. iCat Fellows create positive impact by working full-time during an 11-month period on the ground and providing professional consulting services to build organisational capacity within the participating bodies.
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by EVPA on February 10, 2012
“When Aims and Objectives Rhyme” How Two of Ireland’s Largest Foundations Found Common Ground and Built a Portfolio of Nearly €60m Without Compromising the Features That Makes Them Distinct Tony Proscio, Duke Stanford School of Public Policy, Centre for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, December 2010 This report analyses the collaboration between two of the largest foundations in the Republic of Ireland, showing how they have worked together in the support of common grantees, despite their different approaches to grantmaking and slightly differing goals. The Atlantic Philanthropies, Ireland’s largest private grantmaker at €47m a year, and the One Foundation, which gives between €8m and €9m in annual grants, have invested some €60m in their common grantees between 2004 and 2010, while pursuing their own interests and programmes. The two foundations have combined forces to achieve a greater impact on the lives of children and youth, as well as for Ireland’s growing immigrant population.
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by EVPA on February 10, 2012
At the end of January, EVPA member New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) convened a roundtable with about 30 social investment experts, including Iona Joy (NPC), Nick O’Donohoe (Big Society Capital), Adrian Brown (Boston Consulting Group) and Danyal Sattar (Esmee Fairbairn Foundation).
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by EVPA on February 10, 2012
The online version of the Financial Times has published an interview with one of EVPA’s co-founders, Stephen Dawson, in which he explains why the venture philanthropy approach is a good way to support charities and social enterprises. The combination of long-term funding and expertise makes it an effective tool, ensuring the support succeeds.
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