The International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), an advocacy day led by Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of February each year, where CEOs, employees, nonprofits and government leaders come together and share tips on everything from socially-sustainable business practices, volunteering, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Now in its ninth year, ICPD is [...]
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Step Back From the Silos – breaking down boundaries between business and social ventures
The Yale School of Management launched the 7th Annual Philanthropy Conference last week. Conversation was bustling as for-profit, philanthropy, and non-profit practitioners discussed the growing integration of the philanthropic business and social sectors. Jed Emerson, Executive Vice President of ImpactAssets, opened the conference by encouraging both sectors to step back from their silos and reevaluate [...]
7 Questions to Guide Your Giving Circle
A recent article in the Washington Post’s On Giving section discusses giving circles, which now number roughly 800 in the US alone. If you’ve never heard of a giving circle before, think of it like a hybrid between individual and foundation giving. While the contributions made by giving circles come from individuals’ check books, the [...]
The Top Ten Things We’re Excited For in 2012
It’s ten days into 2012 — how are you holding up with your resolutions? Here at ConceptLink, we decided to take a different approach to the changing of the new year. Instead of talking about goals and predictions, we’re highlighting the Top Ten Things We’re Excited For in 2012. Here they are (in no particular [...]
Forbes: The Philanthropy Of Africa’s 40 Richest
This week, our blog theme is money – who’s got it, and where it’s going. Alright, maybe not, but we do want to highlight this article from Forbes about the philanthropic leanings of Africa’s 40 richest people. Africa’s wealthiest have yet to make a name for themselves from the perspective of global philanthropy, but some [...]
