Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy

by Anheier, Helmut K.; Simmons, Adele; Winder, David

• ISBN13: 9780387342528
• ISBN10: 0387342524
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-14
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Philanthropy has been around for thousands of years but the study of philanthropic organizations and their role in a civil society is still recent. Most of the research focuses on organizations and institutions in developed market economies, in particular the United States. But in looking at other areas such as the global south and central and eastern Europe, major differences in a number of critical aspects emerge that challenge conventional assumptions and models of philanthropy. There, frequently resource-poor and hybrid organizations are very different from the professional, large-scale foundation in the US or western Europe, but they are nonetheless philanthropic institutions that are more reflective of local needs and capacities, and often with greater innovative potential rather than some ready-made, imported legal form could offer.This book is the result of case studies conducted as part of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, which focus on the role of philanthropy in the globalization process and in lesser developed economies. Throughout, they emphasize the lessons in innovation that can be taken from them, and together demonstrate that these emerging philanthropic institutions can develop their own methods and indeed offer criteria that the Western world might learn from.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgements	vii
Contributors	xi
List of Figures and Tables	xv
PART I: LOCAL PERSPECTIVES	1	(114)
1. Introduction	3	(4)
Helmut Anheier and David Winder
2. Brazil	7	(14)
Marcos Kisil
3. Central and Eastern Europe	21	(16)
Miroslav Pospiscil
4. Mexico	37	(20)
David Winder
5. Pakistan	57	(4)
David Bonbright
6. Cases from the Philippines in Innovative Philanthropy: An Overview of the Philippines	61	(18)
Natasha Amott
7. South Africa	79	(14)
Dugan Fraser
8. Thailand	93	(14)
Paiboon Wattanasiritham
9. Conclusion	107	(8)
David Winder and Natasha Amott
PART II: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES	115	(108)
10. Introduction	117	(4)
Helmut Anheier
11. Distinct View—Intervening in the Practices of the Public and Private Sector	121	(18)
Melanie Beth Oliviero and Adele Simmons
12. The Global and Local Dimension	139	(12)
Dan Nielsen
13. Philanthropy and Networks in Global Civil Society	151	(16)
Giuseppe Caruso
14. The Role of Philanthropy Within the United Nations System: The Case of the United Nations Foundation	167	(16)
Stefan Toepler and Natascha Mard
15. Philanthropic Foundations' Assistance in Post-Conflict Situations: A Case Study of Post-Communist Southeast Europe	183	(16)
Natalia Leshchenko
16. The Infrastructure of Global Philanthropy: Wings and Wings-CF	199	(14)
Diana Leat
17. Conclusion	213	(10)
Helmut Anheier and Marcus Lam
Index	223