When people seek timely and reliable information on the totality of the nonprofit world, they turn to the Independent Sector, and that’s what we’re going to do now with their CEO, Dan Cardinali.
The impact that foundations have in the field of philanthropy is even greater than the cumulative value of all the grants they make. They often provide the leadership for the sector that influences what and how things get done. One of the most important organizations in that ecosystem is the Council on Foundations, and it’s a pleasure to have with us tonight their President and CEO Kathleen Enright.
It was 10 years ago that the book, The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty shook the world of philanthropy and got people everywhere to think about their own giving in an entirely different way; and its impact has been such that a 10th Anniversary Edition, which has been updated, has just come out. Its author is Peter Singer, The Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and considered by many to be the world’s most influential living philosopher. And he is with us now.
Every industry has changed dramatically over the course of the past quarter-century. This would certainly include the field of philanthropy, which has truly become a profession. One of the leaders in the professionalization of this field has been the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and here with us to discuss that and the nonprofit sector at large is Amir Pasic, the Dean of the Lilly School of Philanthropy.
When a child falls behind in school, it can be very difficult for him or her to ever catch up. It’s made that much harder if they fall a couple of years behind, and it is next to impossible if that child happens to be from the developing world. But there is a remarkable innovation in education that is allowing children to close a three-year gap in just a single year. And here to tell us about it, it’s a pleasure to have with us Caitlin Baron, the CEO of The Luminos Fund.