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From Philanthropoid to Foundation Professional: Reflecting on a Century of Staff Role Development in U.S. Private Foundations
(First posted on Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, 25 February 2024) What do we know about foundation staff roles, and how have they changed over time? Using literature on foundation staff roles in the US from the 20th century, my colleagues, Tobias Jung, Alina Baluch, and I...
Breaking the Mould: Advising Clients Across the Giving Spectrum
Published by Philanthropy Impact Magazine, Winter 2022In this article, I conceptualise how giving tools might look if we consider donors' "treasure and time" rather than only their financial giving. In this framework, we see four giving types emerge: active giving, active investing, passive...
A Better Blend: Strengthening Philanthropic Research & Practice
This post was published on The Athena Advisors blog on 1 November 2022 Sixteen years ago, I fell into my first role in philanthropy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. My background was in public diplomacy and international studies. While I had heard of the Foundation’s work in global...
Webinar: Old and New Forms of Giving
Finding value
STEP Journal +, July 2021
Developing Trust: How Philanthropy Can Support the Worlds To-Do List
Published by Philanthropy Impact Magazine, July 2021
Non-credit Nonprofit Management Education: Beyond Mapping and Towards a New Research Agenda (Anser-J, v. 12, no. 1, p 58-68)
Abstract Nonprofit management education (NME) has received attention from scholars and practitioners over the past thirty years. Much of the research on NME focuses on credit-based university courses, primarily reflecting a U.S. context. Left out of analyses are non-credit NME offerings. This...
Problem Solvers: Charity & Philanthropy
Each month, the Museums at University of St. Andrews help kids to meet problem solvers to explore big ideas and to solve a challenge. Inspired by something at the Wardlaw Museum, kids meet an expert from the University of St Andrews and try to solve a problem we face in the world today. In...
Giving Reflection: A Letter to My Younger Self
Your giving is as unique as you are. At the beginning of the London Lockdown in April 2020, I was contacted by The Big Issue to take out a magazine subscription. Their vendors were losing the opportunity to sell at their pitches. The subscription would help with vendors' livelihoods and continue...