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PUBLIC BENEFIT OR WHAT?

Diana Leat October 2016

Philanthropy is good - more is better?

Why Focus on Foundations

Global Growth

Scale of Resources

The Reach of Foundations

Philanthropic Foundations in the Dock

Charges and Responses

Definitions and distinctions

➤ Varieties of Giving

➤ What Is a Philanthropic Foundation?

➤ Types of Foundation

Distinguishing by Source/Type of Income

Distinguishing by Style: Operating and Grantmaking

➤ Rationales for Grant Making and Operating

➤ How foundations work - an overview

➤ From charity to change, Brussels to Beijing

Charges and Responses

➤ Public benefit or playthings of the rich?

➤ Sources of wealth and income

➤ Warehouses of wealth: payout and perpetuity

➤ Cash machines or more?

➤ Foundations and effectiveness

➤ Foundations and democracy -threat or promise?

➤ Dark corridors or glass pockets?

The Future?

➤ Tax advantages

➤ Greater regulation

➤ Rise and rise of ‘effective

altruism’

➤ Relations with government

and business

➤ Power and decision-making

➤ Talking about happiness

➤ Grant-making and money

➤ Foundations and dinosaurs?

➤ Legitimacy matters

➤ Keepers of the public faith?