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?