1. Trends in Global Philanthropy
A Candid Conversation on International Philanthropy
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, DC Chapter
November 6, 2013
Andrew Ho
Network Developer, Global Philanthropy
Council on Foundations
2. Defining “Global Philanthropy”
1. Private actions for the public good as diversely
practiced around the globe
2. Grants by a given country’s donors to causes outside
that country
3. Private actions for the public good that address
challenging issues demanding concerted action from
diverse actors from around the world.
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7. How US Foundations Go Global
1. Grants to US-based NGOs operating their own
programs overseas (“Friends of” orgs)
2. Grants to US-based NGOs working on global policy
issues (Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunizations)
3. Grants to US-based international intermediaries
(Give2Asia)
4. Grants to overseas NGOs
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8. Global vs. Domestic Philanthropy:
What’s the Difference?
• Legal:
• US and receiving country
• Foundation type
• Culture, Language, Technology
• Currency exchange, time zones, and more…
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9. Growth Opportunities in Global
Philanthropy
• Family foundations and community foundations
– Diaspora philanthropy
• Emerging Markets – China, Brazil, Africa, India
• Philanthropy to the U.S. from other countries
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10. Hot Topics in Global Philanthropy
– Cross-sector collaboration
– Talent management for global philanthropy
– the move towards strategic philanthropy
– Investing in capacity building
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11. Major players within the global
funding landscape
– Private Foundations:
• Gates, Ford, MacArthur, Hewlett, Packard, Open Society, Atlantic, Rockefeller, Charles
Stewart Mott, Carnegie, McKnight, Skoll, Omidyar
– Corporate Foundations: (71%/21%)
• Citigroup, Intel, Levi Strauss, Merck, others
– Conveners:
• Clinton Global Initiative
• Global Philanthropy Forum
• Opportunity Collaboration
– Non-U.S. Philanthropy Infrastructure groups:
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European Foundation Centre
CEMEFI – Mexico, GIFE – Brazil
China Foundation Center, Asia Venture Philanthropy Network
WINGS – the association of philanthropic associations
– Funder affinity groups focused on global philanthropy:
• EDGE Funders
• Peace and Security Funders Group
• International Human Rights Funders Group
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12. Thank you!
Andrew Ho
Council on Foundations
Network Developer, Global Philanthropy
andrew.ho@cof.org
+1-703-879-0743
@andyho
www.linkedin.com/in/andyho
www.cof.org/global
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Hinweis der Redaktion
The next two slides show different statistics but share the same story. This slide shows the growth of international giving overall since 1988 – a rise to $13.3 b in 2008 – this is giving by foundations and individuals.
How the Council defines international grantmaking: The Council on Foundations defines “international grantmaking” to include grants made by U.S. foundations and corporations to overseas recipients as well as grants made to U.S.-based organizations operating international programs. This includes grants made toward activities wholly within the Unites States that have significant international purpose and impact.International support rose from 22% to 24.4% of overall giving between 2006 and 2008. By share of number of grants, however, international giving remained almost unchanged at 9.1%.
Of the nearly $2.1 billion in cross-border giving reported in 2008, global programs coordinated by Western European organizations – such as Switzerland-based World Health Organization – ranked first with over 26% of these dollars. An additional 17.6% supported the work of Western European organizations in specific regions of the world outside of Western Europe. Among grant dollars going directly to the regions of benefit, Asia and the Pacific accounted for the largest share at 18%, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa.
So thank you very much. I’m happy to answer questions later on during the Q&A session, or you can contact me at the Council as well. Thank you!