María Eugenia Garcés: A Case Study in Strategic Private Philanthropy
By David Winder | May 2005 | View Full Text
Abstract
María Eugenia Garcés, one of the leading members of an influential Colombian business family, has a strong commitment to supporting philanthropic initiatives that seek to bring peace and development to her native country. In mid-2003 she and her family decided to join the Global Philanthropists Circle (GPC).
This brief case study describes how membership in the GPC has impacted on the thinking of María Eugenia and her family and has helped to develop a strategic focus to the work of the AlvarAlice Foundation. It highlights the complementary roles played by María Eugenia, her staff at the AlvarAlice Foundation, GPC members and Synergos staff in the launching of a major new strategic philanthropic initiative, the Alliance for Restorative Justice, Co-existence and Peace. This illustrates how María Eugenia and her family and a relatively small team of staff and supporters were able to use a new private foundation as a launching pad from which to leverage resources and convene all sectors around an issue of critical importance to the future of their country.
Partnership & Collaboration | Partnerships -- Overview | Philanthropic Actors & Issues | Individual & Family Philanthropy | Governments & Intergovernmental Agencies | Philanthropy Support Organizations | Africa (Sub-Saharan) | South Africa | Americas | Colombia | United States
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