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Global philanthropy has become a significant force in recent years, including both funding from developed countries to create change in the developing world as well as the growth of philanthropy in the developing world. The funds available for global philanthropy, forecasts for its future, media attention, levels of involvement, innovative approaches, expectations, and potential – all have grown and changed tremendously in recent years. Importantly, a global culture of philanthropy has begun emerging. Thus, it’s important for future leaders to understand how innovations in philanthropy around the world are having an impact on social, economic, and environmental developments.

With this growth has come a set of important questions and challenges that this course will explore:

• Given its small size compared with the for-profit and public sectors, how can private philanthropy make a difference?
• What gives private philanthropy its “license to operate”?
• What is the best path for philanthropy in developing/emerging markets?
• What models and tools work best to make funding decisions?
• How can progress in tackling complex challenges be defined and measured?
• How can philanthropy achieve scale, sustainability, and systems change?

Participants in this course will learn to:

• Analyze complex challenges in the developing world
• Employ models of systems change, scale and sustainability to social/environmental programs
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current programs to address these challenges
• Develop strategic options
• Assess and select promising proposals from a global database