Scottish Philanthropy Snippet – March 2019: William Chambers
admin2019-03-29T15:37:36+01:00William Chambers (1800-1883) Publisher, Public Servant, Philanthropist Image: John Rhind's Statute of William Chambers on Chambers Street, Edinburgh [...]
The European Philanthropy Manifesto: some critical comments
admin2019-03-26T23:56:25+01:00by Tobias Jung - This piece was published on The Alliance Magazine blog on 26 March 2019 Last week saw the [...]
Cecil Jackson-Cole: Britain’s First Philanthrocapitalist?
admin2019-03-12T18:30:33+01:00Cecil Jackson-Cole’s legacy in shaping post-war philanthropy remains largely unrecognised. He was a restless social entrepreneur and philanthropist who thrust [...]
Scottish Philanthropy Snippet – February 2019: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
admin2019-02-28T12:33:11+01:00John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900) Background: Influential Victorian patron and philanthropist John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of [...]
Scottish Philanthropy Snippet – January 2019: The Buchanan Sisters
admin2019-03-08T10:43:49+01:00The Buchanan Sisters Background: Margaret Buchanan (1793-1864), Jane Buchanan (1796-1867), and Elizabeth Buchanan (1803-1875), otherwise referred to as the Misses Buchanan [...]
Philanthropy as ‘love’
admin2018-12-03T21:09:32+01:00Given that the earliest image of philanthropy is associated with Prometheus' love of humanity, what better image to finish with [...]
Foundations – ‘black holes’ vs ‘supernovas’
admin2018-12-03T21:27:09+01:00The last couple of years have seen substantial developments around learning, information management and sharing of knowledge in philanthropy. Today's [...]
Community foundations as ‘a very large tent’
admin2018-12-20T10:02:18+01:00Today’s image of philanthropy comes from a panel discussion on the role of community foundations and regional associations of grantmakers [...]
Trusts as ‘underground rivers’
admin2018-12-20T10:07:50+01:00Today's image of philanthropy raises questions about the visibility and understanding of foundations and their activities. As Anthony Sampson stated: [...]
Scottish Philanthropy Snippet – December 2018: Emma Maitland Stirling
admin2019-03-08T10:44:35+01:00Emma Maitland Stirling (1839-1907) 'a prickly, perhaps injudicious, but forceful pioneer' Background: Emma Maitland Stirling was born in Edinburgh on [...]