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Activities
Sillerman Prize for Innovations in Philanthropy
Compete to Win
Why do people give? What would change the awareness and behavior of University students so that their own philanthropy increases? The purpose of this competition is to identify innovative strategies for advancing philanthropy on University campuses.
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy will award up to $8,000. in prizes to the three student led teams that can articulate a plan to build a culture of giving on college campuses, increase philanthropy amongst college students and/or create innovative structures in which to accomplish this.
Choose from one of four Info Workshops to learn more about the process and meet with fellow Brandeis students from the undergraduate and graduate schools and Brandeis organizations (the Network) who will all be participating and competing to win!
Join a Workshop! More work sessions to come in the Spring!
RSVP to Sarah Schwartz
Background, Eligibility and Ideas
Possible Team Members:
Book Discussion: Change Philanthropy
November 16, 2009In collaboration with Associated Grank Makers, The Sillerman Center's Elenore Garton moderated a discussion of the book Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results Through Social Justice by Alicia Epstein Korten. Jeffrey Zinsmeyer, President, Discount Foundation and Cassie Schwerner, Vice President of Programs, Schott Foundation joined the discussion about how foundations can engage in work that advance equity and social justice in civil society. Strategies and tools were discussed to help individuals and foundations leverage their resources both financial and otherwise to address the challenges in these economic times. 
Postdoc Available for 2009-2010
The Sillerman Center/Heller School 10 month postdoctoral fellowship is available to amplify dissertations and publish relevant research in the field of philanthropy.
If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Jacobs at cjacobs@brandeis.edu
Postdoctoral Fellowship Application and Info
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy: The Next Generation of Grantmakers
May 2-3, 2009Workshop: Foundations and Public Policy: Leveraging for Impact
This workshop, part of the training and retreat for young foundation professionals and other philanthropic leaders, began with presentations from three panelists. The first part of the session was focused on how foundations can (and can't) engage in policy work and the mechanisms at their disposal. The second portion of the workshop provided exemplars of different kinds of foundations engaging in a variety of policy work. The third portion was the interactive session helping workshop participants to understand their own work through the policy lens. Small groups worked on case studies of foundations from which they developed policy engagement strategies.
Graduate Student Paper Competition on Contemporary Themes in Philanthropy
The Sillerman Center recently chose from an array of entrants, the paper that best captured the essence contemporary thought in philanthropy. The winning paper was entitled: Using Small Grants for Community Change: A Case Study of the Skillman Foundation's Community Connections Small Grants Program. The author will be awarded in the Fall.
Pre-conference workshop on social justice philanthropy
February 2009The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy sponsored a workshop on social justice philanthropy at the Council on Foundation's Family Foundations Conference in Indianapolis. The purpose of workshop was to:
- Introduce family foundations and philanthropists to the idea of incorporating social justice ideals and practices into their work
- Facilitate better organization and collaboration within the Social Justice Philanthropy Collaborative on how to take the messages of social justice philanthropists to wider audiences
