Program #8
December 8 , 2006
Too Rich or Too Thin? Philanthropy's New Fashion
Presenter:
Diana Leat, Director, Creative Philanthropy, The Carnegie UK Trust
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- Articles mentioned in Podcast 8
- Wheeler, Peter (2006). 'Warren Buffett's Gift to Giving,' Giving Insights, Autumn, New Capitol Philanthropy, 8.
- Sievers, Bruce (2006). 'Questions reporters should have asked about the Buffett donation', Alliance, Vol.11., No 3. September: 22
- Related articles
- Wilhelm, Ian. Gates Foundation Announces That It Doesn't Plan to Operate Forever. Chronicle of Philanthropy, 7 Dec 2006.
- Schmidt, Buzz (2006). 'Warren Buffett Still Has A Chance To Do It Right', Alliance Online, September.
- Gaberman, Barry D. (2006). 'The Role of Foundations in Society', Alliance Online, September
- Interview with Melissa Berman, Salvatore LaSpada and Felicitas von Peter (2006) 'Giving it to the Gateses', Alliance Online, August.
- Related Publications by Diana Leat available online
- Leat, Diana (2006) Social Change Grantmaking: a failure of innovation?
- Leat, Diana (2006) Information for A Messy World: Making Sense of Pre-Grant Inquiry. Third Sector Review.
- Creative Philanthropy: Toward a New Philanthropy for the 21st Century - Executive Summary
- CPNS Seminar (September 2005): Creative Philanthropy with Prof Helmut Anheier and Diana Leat. Video, audio and Powerpoint presentation available.
- The Carnegie UK Trust - http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm
Presenter

Diana is the Director of the Creative Philanthropy Programme at The Carnegie UK Trust. Prior to this, in addition to academic appointments, Diana has been a consultant to various grantmaking foundations in the UK and Australia reviewing their policies and practices. For the last five years Diana has spent various periods in Australia, as The Myer Fellow at QUT and Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University with Philanthropy Australia working on a study of foundation stakeholders, governance and accountability. She has also worked on a world-wide collection of case studies of community foundation support organizations for WINGS-CF. Diana has published extensively on the voluntary sector, foundations and social policy including her book co-authored with Prof Helmut Anheier "Creative Philanthropy: Toward a Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century".
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