A handful of sessions at the Council on Foundation’s annual conference usually stands out among others by highlighting important new issues or encouraging critical thinking among attendees. This year’s gem of a session focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how philanthropies can get engaged.
The subject was not new to me; Ed Cain of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation wrote about the importance and relevance of the SDGs for the Spring 2016 issue of Responsive Philanthropy, NCRP’s quarterly journal. Yet, the session instilled in me a new enthusiasm for how the SDGs can be a terrific organizing tool and provide a concrete way that foundations, government and the private sector can work together toward common goals.
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