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Weekly round up - building a Green New Deal movement, down and out in Paris & more!
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Weekly round up - building a Green New Deal movement, down and out in Paris & more!

Each week, the SIX team will be sharing their favourite pieces of reading. The content will be organised thematically, and each piece will tie to wo…
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10 June 2019
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Breakfast roundtable on future-fit philanthropy: summary of insights
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Breakfast roundtable on future-fit philanthropy: summary of insights

Philanthropic foundations have traditionally given relatively little emphasis to foresight, but if they want to support untested or ‘frontier’ a…
1 May 2019
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SIX Funders Retreat Node retreat: Social cohesion and the role for philanthropy
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SIX Funders Retreat Node retreat: Social cohesion and the role for philanthropy

Date: September 17-20, 2019 Location: Wasan Island, Canada Whether it’s political polarisation through Brexit or in the US, or widening i…
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17 — 20 September 2019
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SIX Funders Node Retreat: Risk, legitimacy and philanthropy
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SIX Funders Node Retreat: Risk, legitimacy and philanthropy

Date: September 12-15, 2019 Location: Wasan Island, Canada Many foundations are still risk averse, despite operating with fewer constraints co…
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12 — 15 September 2019
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SIX Funders Node Retreat: Philanthropy and the private sector
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SIX Funders Node Retreat: Philanthropy and the private sector

Date: June 9-12, 2019 Location: Wasan Island, Canada We know that philanthropy alone can’t solve the complex challenges our societies face.…
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9 — 12 June 2019
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Questions to guide innovation funding
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Questions to guide innovation funding

Funding is essential for social innovation to grow and thrive. This is why SIX has an entire programme dedicated to philanthropy. The SIX Funders No…
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21 January 2019Jordan Junge
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Philanthropy and data: How to better use, work with and fund data and emerging technologies
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Philanthropy and data: How to better use, work with and fund data and emerging technologies

Introduction Foundations all over the world are grappling with their role in the emerging field of data and artificial intelligence. The field is…
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21 January 2019
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What is the power of networks in philanthropy? Reflections from SIX
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What is the power of networks in philanthropy? Reflections from SIX

Having worked for an international exchange for almost 5 years, I can attest firsthand to the power of networks. Networks help us to navigate our da…
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27 November 2018Jordan Junge
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Taking risks and achieving greater impact: A view from global foundations
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Taking risks and achieving greater impact: A view from global foundations

Download the full report here. Philanthropic foundations play a critical role in the landscape of social change. They leverage largely private m…
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26 November 2018SIX
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The opportunity for strategic foresight in philanthropy
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The opportunity for strategic foresight in philanthropy

Download the full report here. The practice of strategic foresight has been a tool mainly used by corporations, enabling them to steady the…
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24 September 2018
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