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2nd Annual
Stavros Niarchos Foundation International Conference on
Philanthropy
George Soros,
Garry Kasparov, Rosanne Haggerty and Anders Aslund Among Key
Speakers
WHAT:
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, one of the world’s leading
international philanthropic organizations, is hosting its
second annual international conference on The
Role of Philanthropy within a Social Welfare Society.
The Conference aims to discuss social welfare society
(collaboration of all three sectors – state, business and
nonprofit) as an alternative form of social welfare
governance, focusing specifically on the role of
philanthropy within this model. Discussions will include
creating a path and strategies to pave the way to a social
welfare society. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will
deliberate on topics ranging from providing healthcare to
social entrepreneurship.
WHO:
Key speakers include:
Andreas
Dracopoulos, Co-President, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
George Soros,
Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Garry Kasparov,
Former World Chess Champion
Rosanne Haggerty,
President and CEO, Community Solutions
Anders Aslund,
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International
Economics
The full schedule
of speakers and events is available here.
WHERE:
Divani Apollon Palace & Spa
Athens, Greece
WHEN:
Thursday, June 27th and
Friday, June 28th
The conference
will be live streamed.
www.snf.org
CONTACT:
Virginia Anagnos, Goodman Media International for the
Stavros Niarchos Foundation,
Virginia@goodmanmedia.com
(212) 576-2700 x.222.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (www.SNF.org) is one of the
world’s leading international philanthropic organizations,
making grants in the areas of arts and culture, education,
health and medicine, and social welfare. The Foundation
funds organizations and projects that exhibit strong
leadership and sound management and are expected to achieve
a broad, lasting and positive social impact. The Foundation
also seeks actively to support projects that facilitate the
formation of public-private partnerships as effective means
for serving public welfare.
From 1996 until today, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has
approved grant commitments of $1.36 billion / €1.03 billion,
through 2,473 grants to nonprofit organizations in 109
nations around the world. Excluding the Stavros Niarchos
Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), the Foundation’s funding
is equally divided between grants in Greece and
international ones.
The Foundation, concerned with the continuing socio-economic
crisis in Greece, announced in January 2012 a grant
initiative of $130 million (€100 million) over three years
to help ease the adverse effects of the deepening crisis.
Since then, and as part of the initiative, the SNF has
committed grants totaling $75 million (€58 million) in
support of numerous not-for-profit organizations around the
country.
The Foundation’s largest single gift ($796 million / €566
million) is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
(SNFCC), in Athens. Construction works at the site have
already begun. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation firmly
believes that the project is of national importance, even
more so under the current socio-economic conditions. It
remains a testament and a commitment to the country’s
future, at a critical historical juncture. It is also an
engine of short- to mid-term economic stimulus, which is
essential under the current circumstances.
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