Shaping Philanthropy
Deep-dive conversations with philanthropists, CSR professionals, and nonprofit thought leaders from across the Arab region. Shaping Philanthropy is brought to you by Circle, a partnership between Philanthropy Age and Pearl Initiative, and is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Shaping Philanthropy
Latest Episodes
Geetha Murali on the ripple effect of education
Room to Read is a global nonprofit working to address educational, gender and economic inequities affecting children around the world. Since its launch in 2000, the NGO has deployed almost US$1bn to deli...
Nafez Dakkak on MENA’s first impact investment fund
In this special live recording of the Shaping Philanthropy podcast, Nafez Dakkak, shares the story behind launching Anara Impact Capital, a groundbreaking US$50 million fund to support startups across MENA focused on learning, clim...
Yousuf Caires on the triple bottom line
Yousuf Caires is the executive director of Expo City Dubai Foundation, a new nonprofit organisation established by Expo City Dubai Authority to take forward the legacy of the Expo Live programme.In this episode of Shaping P...
Sunil Lalvani on finding a new North Star
Sunil Lalvani is a social entrepreneur and impact advocate who transitioned from running a global electronics business to tackling one of the world’s most urgent challenges, sustainable access to safe water. As the founder an...
Maria Ahlström-Bondestam on making change happen
"Money alone is not the solution to the challenges we have today. The solution is to get us to change how we how we act.” That is one of messages shared by Maria Ahlström-Bondestam, a fifth-gen Finnish philanthropist, during her int...
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great episode on NextGen well. And philanthropy. I’m interested in. I’m in impacted investing with catalytic/graphic dollars. Love to connect if you’re interested. Jon Gibson.
Brighton, Massachusetts
