Events and News
2012 $5K Sillerman Prize
Applications Due Friday, March 2, 2012
College and graduate students are eligible individually or in teams. Propose a plan to increase philanthropy and philanthropic values on college campuses in the U.S.
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Announcements
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Senior Scientist
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Brandeis University and The Heller School for Social Policy and Management invite applications and nominations for the Senior Scientist position in the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy. More
Claudia Jacobs '70 and Jean Whitney MM'01 named to Board at Associated Grantmakers
Congratulations to Jean Whitney, MM '01, who was named Chair of the Board of Associated Grantmakers (AGM) in Boston. Whitney is the executive director of the Shapiro Family Foundation and has been a frequent presenter at Heller's Practicing Philanthropy class.
Sillerman Center's Associate Director Claudia Jacobs '70 was elected to a three-year term to the Associated Grantmakers Board at their June 15, 2011 annual meeting.
In the News
The New York Times quotes Laurence Simon, Professor and Director, Sustainable International Development Programs
Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy
Jerusalem Post interviews Claudia Jacobs
Whose Money is Kosher
Financial Times interviews Elenore Garton
Lessons in the Art of Giving
Andrew Hahn weighs in on corporate models for social good in his Youth Today Viewpoint
Can Companies Save the World?
Sillerman interns reflect on their summer internships in foundations