Upcoming Events
June 5, 2009The Art and Craft of Your Own Philanthropy: Brandeis alums are invited to join Andrew Hahn, Claudia Jacobs and Elenore Garton at Alumni College 2009.
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June 12, 2009
10:00-4:00 pm
The Zinner Forum (Schneider Bldg)
The Heller School
Teaching Philanthropy: A Gathering for Academics
Join faculty and students from Universities and colleges who teach philanthropy classes where actual grants are awarded to non-profits as they share experiences.
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September 22-24, 2009 Fall Forum
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
More Bang for the Buck: Small Foundations Engaging in Social Policy
The Sillerman Center will lead a skills-building session as part of the Annual Conference entitled Leadership in the Storm: Investing in Outcomes for Children, Youth & Families.
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September 30, 2009
Breakfast with the Experts: "Ready by 21": For funders interested in children and youth issues
Elizabeth Gaines, State and Local Policy Director, Forum for Youth Investment - Presenter
Associated Grant Makers of Boston and The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, invite foundation staff and board members to engage with Elizabeth Gaines, in exploring ways funding strategies can abe most effective for successful youth development.
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What's New
May 2-3, 2009
Emerging Practioners in Philanthropy Pre Conference: Innovation and Legacy
The Place of the Next Generation in Philanthropy at the 2009 Council on Foundation's Annual Conference
Elenore Garton of The Sillerman Center and Jason Franklin of New York University, presented a training in Foundations and Public Policy: Leveraging for Impact
April 30, 2009
Health Care Investing
Health Care funders were treated to a roundtable breakfast with nationally known health care economist and policy expert, Stuart Altman at the Heller School. Read more
The Sillerman Center's Elenore Garton represented the Wilson foundation's study America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness with a standing-room only crowd at the March 10th Congressional Briefing in Washington. Read more
THE SILLERMAN CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILANTHROPY, established in 2008, builds upon the expertise of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The Center, committed to developing and diffusing knowledge and strengthening philanthropy that advances social justice, works in the areas of research, education and practice. The Center's focus on social justice philanthropy is an outgrowth of the principles of justice to which Louis Brandeis was committed.
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy develops and diffuses knowedge by:
- Supporting Heller graduate students through fellowships, dissertation awards, and summer internships to ensure the field is preparing knowledgeable leaders
- Teaching Practicing Philanthropy, a graduate course to educate students in the complexities of being a grantmaker
- Sponsoring original research on social justice philanthropy and philanthropy that seeks to address important policy issues
- Developing events and offering workshops to promote a high level of discourse in the field
- Designing curricula to educate students and practitioners
- Sponsoring competitions to stimulate innovation and creative thinking in philanthropy
- Maintaining a network of strategic partnerships
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy assists foundations and individual philanthropists to:
- Explore and engage in policy solutions to social issues
- Understand and use research and evidence to make informed grantmaking decisions
- Develop grantmaking programs that address inequities in society
- Host meetings on our campus
- Identify best practices and models based on evidence
- Examine the policy climate around specific issues
"Policy is not some radical new philanthropic focus."
The April 2009 edition of Youth Today features an op-ed by the Sillerman Center's Director, Andrew Hahn,on The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The November 2008 edition of Youth Today features an op-ed by the Sillerman Center's Director, Andrew Hahn, on involving small staff size foundations and family foundations in youth policy.