World Affairs Council of Northern California

World Affairs Council of Northern California, founded in 1947 and based in San Francisco, CA, explores the issues and opportunities that transcend borders by promoting thoughtful and inquisitive discourse across sectors to better inform and engage the public on timely issues of global importance. World Affairs Council of Northern California, notably, hosts the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF), which brings together a diverse global community of individual philanthropists, grantmakers, social investors, and executives of private and public foundations committed to international causes. Through an annual conference, special programs, and matchmaking services, GPF seeks to inform, enable, and enhance the strategic nature of its members’ giving and social investing. This grant supports the general operations of World Affairs Council of Northern California.

World Affairs Council of Northern California, founded in 1947 and based in San Francisco, CA, explores the issues and opportunities that transcend borders by promoting thoughtful and inquisitive discourse across sectors to better inform and engage the public on timely issues of global importance. The Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF), a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, builds, sustains, and continually revitalizes a learning community of over 3,500 private donors and social investors committed to international causes. This grant provides support for the GPF to produce conferences, tailored programs, and match-making efforts to build connections among individual high net worth donors, foundation executives, policymakers, issue experts, social entrepreneurs, and leaders of non-governmental civil society organizations.

A project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the Global Philanthropy Forum (the Forum) builds, sustains, and continually revitalizes a learning community of over 3,500 private donors and social investors committed to international causes—and to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work. This award allows the Forum to produce conferences, tailored programs, and match-making efforts to build connections among individual, high net worth donors, foundation executives, policy-makers, issue experts, social entrepreneurs, and leaders of non-governmental civil society organizations (NGOs). These introductions and careful pairings enable peer learning and encourage co-funding. Taken together, they help philanthropists enhance their efficacy and ultimately their impact while serving to increase the spread of knowledge through the broad field of philanthropy.

A project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the Global Philanthropy Forum (the Forum) aims to build, sustain, and continuously revitalize a learning community of private donors and social investors committed to international causes—and to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work.

Through conferences, tailored programs and intentional match-making, the Forum connects donors to one another, to foundation executives, policy-makers, issue experts, and leaders of non-governmental civil society organizations (NGOs) and social enterprises. These introductions and careful pairings enable peer learning and encourage co-funding. Taken together they help philanthropists enhance the efficacy and ultimate impact of their work—which, in turn, bolsters their commitment. Grant funds will be used primarily for salaries, publications, and events.

The Global Philanthropy Forum is a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California that supports a community of private donors and social investors committed to international causes and to enhancing the strategic aspects of their work. The Forum focuses on global challenges and their solutions in fields such as global health, economic development, food and water security, girls’ and women’s empowerment, and climate change. Through its events, member services, and communications programs, it connects new donors with those with more experience and small and unstaffed foundations to experts from academia, international organizations, and larger foundations.