Events
Foundations and Health Care Reform 2010
July 27 and 28, Brandeis University
Conference designed for health care foundation executive directors.
See Events page for more information
The Power of Hope, Thankfulness, and Making a Difference
Bobby Sager, Founder, Sager Family Traveling Foundation & Roadshow
August 8, 2010
7:30 pm
Shakespeare and Company
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA
Brandeis in the Berkshires Summer Lecture Series
Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World
Michael Edwards, Author and Former Director, the Ford Foundation, Governance and Civil Society Program
August 9, 2010
7:30 pm
Shakespeare and Company
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA
The 2010 Practicing Philanthropy Course announces its local and GlobalGiving awards
First $5K Sillerman Prize Awarded To Students
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy announces the winners of its year-long competition for the best plan to increase philanthropic values and philanthropy on college campuses.
The Sillerman Center Announces the Release of a new report:
Dynamic Families: How Small Family Foundations Decide to Make Big Changes Through Public Policy
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's mission is:
To strengthen philanthropy that advances social justice through research, education, practice and leadership development
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy develops and diffuses knowledge 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.
Robert FX Sillerman receives Brandeis 2009 Alumni Achievement Award from Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz.