@fordfoundation.org friends Steve Lawry, Dianne DeMaria, @marksidel.bsky.social, Nellie Toma and David Chiel gather for lunch in New York….

We remember our friend and colleague Peter F. Geithner on the tenth anniversary of his death. An appreciation is at www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/pet.... Peter’s Ford and other papers are at the Rockefeller Archive Center, dimes.rockarch.org/agents/KMiPX....

Peter Geithner: an appreciation - Alliance magazine

Peter F Geithner, for decades a pivotal figure in the Ford Foundation’s programmes in Asia and a long-time catalyst for the development of philanthropy in the region, died in July 2016. He has been re...

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With Michael Layton of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU at the International Society for Third Sector Research 2026 conference in Lisbon….

With Ben Gidron at the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) 2026 conference in Lisbon, before our roundtable on backsliding democracy….

With Rupert Graf Strachwitz of the @maecenata.bsky.social Marcenata Institute at the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) 2026 conference in Lisbon, before a joint roundtable on backsliding democracy issues.

Discussing Myriad Alliance matters with Cathy de Wilder at the International Society for Third Sector Research 2026 conference in Lisbon.

At dinner at the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) 2026 conference in Lisbon on a World Cup night, with Dana Doan, @louisbickford.bsky.social, @merrillsovner.bsky.social, Shawn Shieh and Betsy Shieh.

With Janice Nga and Mary Beth Collins at the International Society for Third Sector (ISTR) 2026 conference in Lisbon….

With the International Society for Third Sector Research Law and Regulation group at the ISTR conference in Lisbon this week….

With Dana Doan, Martha Lackritz-Peltier and Samuel Kusasira at the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) conference in Lisbon.

With Nicola McBean of The Rights Practice in London recently, discussing developments in China and beyond….

For anyone at the ISTR conference in Lisbon next week, you’re welcome to our roundtable on Backsliding Democracy: The Crisis for Civil Society and Philanthropy in Comparative Perspective, July 15, 4:30 pm. Ansgar Gessner, Chris Dayson, Ben Gidron, Ingrid Srinath, Rupert Strachwitz and I will speak….

Happy birthday to Victor Sidel…. Always remembered. Photo is from Beijing, 55 years ago….

With Theo Velasquez, Kirk Cooper and Deborah Lino. Always friends, always grateful….

Zhu Jiangang speaking at the University of Hong Kong this week….

With Hu Ming in Macau this week….

On a review team at the University of Hong Kong this week, with Thomas Cheng, Simon Bronitt, Gordon Wong, Trevor Wan, Peter Chau and Hui Li. Special thanks to Tracy Ling and Sharon Chan.

I’m honored to have been elected chair of the board of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), @icnl.bsky.social, a terrific organization at the forefront of research and policy on civic space and the nonprofit sector. My thanks to my colleagues….

With Maxine Orris at the @psr.org Physicians for Social Responsibility 65th anniversary event in New York this week….

Celebrating the life and work of Leon Irish, a stalwart for civil society and the nonprofit sector and a co-founder of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), @icnl.bsky.social. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

The senior staff and board of trustees of the China Medical Board/CMB Foundation meeting in Atlanta in May 2026….

With Birger Stamperdahl, leader of Give2Asia and a key figure in the Myriad Alliance for crossborder giving, at G2A meetings in San Francisco this week….

@margaretraymond.bsky.social and I were delighted to catch up with old friends (from New Delhi) Aru White and Rick White in New York….

Give2Asia friends, staff and board members thank George Cysip and Narendra Agrawal for their decades of distinguished contributions to philanthropy in San Francisco this week. With Birger Stamperdahl, Brieuc Van Damme, Jean Paul Warmoes, Carol Yang, Rick Schawelson and other distinguished guests….

Compliance as Resistance, publishing today in the Stanford Social Innovation Review @ssir.org. Thanks to Latitude Global and SSIR for initiating this series on nonprofit and philanthropic compliance, and to Jenifer Morgan for great editing. ssir.org/articles/ent...

Compliance as Resistance (SSIR)

Philanthropic, nonprofit, and civil society organizations that face highly restrictive state policies can leverage compliance to pursue their goals as legalized entities, making them harder to suppres...

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@fordfoundation.org former colleagues / current friends Steve Lawry, Dianne DiMaria, Nellie Toma, @marksidel.bsky.social at lunch today….

We remember Ruth Sidel with love on the tenth anniversary of her death…. Kevin and Mark Sidel and our families.

With Mary Zurbuchen in New York, discussing philanthropy’s issues….

With @michaelaltman-lupu.bsky.social of @peninternational.bsky.social today in New York….

Thank you to Alliance magazine and Elika Roohi for publishing this 10 year wrapup + recent developments on working with China under the Overseas NGO Law. www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/a-d...

A decade of China’s Overseas NGO Law: Where are we now? - Alliance magazine

China’s Overseas NGO Law came into force nearly ten years ago. Though foreign foundations and nonprofits can still operate in the country, they do so under increasingly restrictive conditions that hav...

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