Best practices and innovations in individual philanthropy and social investment around the world

Feature Fall 2011
World Peace Festival, Global Peace Index build momentum for peace
Global Giving Matters looks at the efforts of two philanthropists striving to create a more peaceful world. One is Tom Oliver, who through his World Peace Partnership and the inaugural World Peace Festival is seeking holistic and sustainable solutions to achieve global peace. The other is Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace. He is deepening understanding of the connections between peace and economic growth, and since 2007 has shared that understanding through the Global Peace Index.
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Feature Summer 2011
Rising Schools: Mother-daughter team uses microenterprise approach to improve education in Ghana
Through their IDP Rising Schools Program, Irene and Liesel Pritzker’s are helping schools in some of the poorest areas in Ghana. Working with experienced partners, the Pritzkers have used microenterprise to build capacity in the schools. They visit Ghana regularly to evaluate the impact of their approach and make adjustments in their work on the basis of their visits to schools and meetings with their partners. They are a model of actively engaged donors who listen and who also know that measuring impact is complicated and not always easy. Their work is also an example of how a mother and daughter can collaborate on an important philanthropic project.
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Feature Summer 2011
Follow the money: Targeting energy investment to take on coal
Coal is one of the largest contributors to global climate change, and its extraction and use have significant collateral impact on the host economies, political systems and the health of surrounding communities. This past January, the Growald Family Fund and Rockefeller Brothers Fund brought together funders, environmental organizations, and activists from around the world to develop strategies for reducing the world’s dependence on coal and redirecting investment dollars to alternative energy sources.
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