6 April 2016

Philanthropy - how can we do it better?

Bradford Smith
President, Foundation Centre

Centre guest Bradford Smith from the Foundation Center and Philanthropy Australia CEO Sarah Davies on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live.

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Bradford Smith
President, Foundation Centre
Bradford K. Smith visited the US Studies Centre in 2014 and 2016. Smith is President of the Foundation Centre, a leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. The Centre maintains the most comprehensive database on US and, increasingly, global grantmakers–a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. Prior to this, he was President of the Oak Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland and developed and led the Ford Foundation's Peace and Social Justice Program.

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6 April 2016

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