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Waldemar A. Nielsen Forums in Philanthropy 2009-2010 

Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Public Policy: Are We at a Critical Moment?
Dr. Steven Rathgeb Smith
Waldemar A. Nielsen Chair in Philanthropy
Georgetown University
October 8, 2009
 


 
2008-2009 Waldemar A. Nielsen Issue Forums in Philanthropy: 
The Role of Philanthropy in Shaping Public Policy


From America’s neighborhoods to the capitals of the world, philanthropy has become a major force in public policy, flexing its financial and intellectual muscles with those who determine the rules by which we live. This expanded role for philanthropy naturally raises questions: How does philanthropy best engage policymakers? Are there boundaries and, if so, what are they? To whom is philanthropy accountable? Can philanthropy stimulate sustainable change? In an effort to foster better understanding of these important issues, Georgetown University has launched the 2008-2009 Waldemar A. Nielsen Issue Forums in Philanthropy: The Role of Philanthropy in Shaping Public Policy.

Highlights Report - key themes, inspiring stories and important lessons from the forums
Series Framing Essay - Kathy Kretman, Director, CPNL
Series Contextual Remarks - Pablo Eisenberg, Senior Fellow, CPNL

Taking Account of Race: A Philanthropic Imperative
October 3, 2008
Forum Transcript
Forum Summary
Keynote Address
- Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Taking Account of Race Video - A video of the complete forum

The Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS
February 19, 2009
Forum Transcript

Social Justice for America's Children and Youth
February 27, 2009
Forum Video - A video of the complete forum
Forum Transcript

Creating 21st Century Schools: Public Education Reform
April 15, 2009
Forum Video - A video of the complete forum
Forum Transcript




Waldemar A. Nielsen Forums in Philanthropy 2003-2005

Safeguarding Charity in the War on Terror
Panel Discussion
June 14, 2005
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Transcript

Foundations and Their Role in Antiterrorism Enforcement: 
Findings From a Recent Study and Implications for the Future
Teresa Odendahl
June 9, 2005
The Foundation Center, Washington, DC
Transcript

The Cost of Caution: 
Advocacy, Public Policy, and America's Foundations

April 1, 2005
National Press Club
Transcript

Issues in Philanthropy: The Post 9/11 Funding Chill
Teresa Odendahl
October 19, 2004
Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Transcript

Governance & Accountability in America's Foundations
January 29, 2004
World Bank - Preston Auditorium
Transcript
 

Waldemar A. Nielsen Issues in Philanthropy Seminar Series


Before appointing its first endowed chair, the Center hosted the Waldemar A. Nielsen Issues in Philanthropy Seminar Series.  During the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 academic years
, a variety of distinguished leaders in philanthropy spent a few days at Georgetown. During these visits participants met with faculty and staff, offered consultation regarding the programming and direction of the Chair, and conducted seminars open to students, faculty, and the public, on issues in American philanthropy.

2001-2002 Seminar Series Speakers

Edward Skloot
Executive Director, Surdna Foundation, Inc.
October 5, 2001

Slot Machines, Boat-Building, and the Future of Philanthropy

Stanley Katz
Professor in Public & International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University
October 19, 2001
Whatever Happened to the General Purpose Foundation? Who is Thinking About the Big Problems?

Bruce Sievers
Executive Director (1983 - 2002), The Walter and Elise Haas Fund
November 16, 2001
If Pigs had Wings: The Appeals and Limits of Venture Philanthropy

James Allen Smith
Senior Advisor to the President, J. Paul Getty Trust
Waldemar A. Nielsen Visiting Professor in Philanthropy 2003-2004
December 7, 2001
The Historian as Philanthropoid, The Philanthropoid as Historian

David Mathews
President and CEO, The Kettering Foundation
February 1, 2002
Can Philanthropy Strengthen Democracy?

Reynold Levy
President, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(at time of talk) President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
February 22, 2002
America’s Foundations: The Troubling Gap Between Their Promise and Performance

Emmett Carson
President and CEO, The Minneapolis Foundation
March 22, 2002
Public Expectations and Nonprofit Sector Realities: A Growing Divide with Dangerous Consequences

Barbara Finberg
Vice President, MEM Associates, Inc.
April 19, 2002
Foundation Grantmaking: Balancing Prescriptiveness and Responsiveness

William White
President & CEO, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
April 26, 2002
C. S. Mott Foundation: Flint’s Corner Drugstore


2002-2003 Seminar Series Speakers

Anna Faith Jones
President Emeritus, The Boston Foundation, Inc.
September 20, 2002 
New Voices at the Center: Strengthening Commitment to an Inclusive Society

Joel Fleishman
Professor of Law and Public Policy, The Terry Sanford Institute, Duke University
October 4, 2002
Accountability: To Whom and For What Purposes

Joel Orosz
Distinguished Professor of Philanthropic Studies, The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State University
October 18, 2002
Terra Incognita: The Poorly-Understood Challenges and Trade-offs of Foundation Management

Kathleen McCarthy
Director, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, CUNY
November, 8 2002
Philanthropy and Civil Society

Curtis Meadows,
Executive Director, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas – Austin
November 22, 2002
Philanthropic Choice and Donor Intent: Freedom, Responsibility, and Public Interest

Terry Odendahl
Waldemar A. Nielsen Visiting Professor in Philanthropy 2004-2005
(at time of talk) Senior Program Officer, Wyss Foundation
January 24, 2003
Over Two Decades of Philanthropic Reform

Michael Bailin
President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
February 21, 2203
Re-engineering Philanthropy: Field Notes From the Trenches

Michael Joyce
President & CEO, Americans for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
March 28, 2003
Harmonizing Sentiments: Philanthropy and the American Political Imagination

Barry Gaberman
Senior Vice President, Ford Foundation
April 11, 2003
The Importance of Creating the International Infrastructure for Philanthropy

John Simon
Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law, Yale Law School
April 25, 2003
Frontiers of Philanthropy: Agendas for the Academy and for the Law
[Note: Transcript not available]

 

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