NewsGuest Writers on TPF Blog!08/31/2010In the coming months, you'll be able to read about philanthropy and TPF's work on our blog by various guest writers. Read more. TPF seeks an energetic social cause marketing intern08/06/2010TPF is eager to hire an intern to be a part of the TPF's team as it widens its reach with an outreach and communications program. Hours are flexible, but will require a focus on keeping on top of current events, both in Turkey as well as the philanthropic giving circle... Read more. TPF at ISTR Conference in Istanbul07/02/2010Turkish Philanthropy Funds will be organizing a panel on transnational philanthropy and its effects on social development at the ISTR Conference on July 8 from 4:00-5:30 pm at Kadir Has University. Read more.  |
Our Mission and Approach
TPF's mission is to help donors realize their philanthropic goals to meet community needs in the US and in Turkey. While making goals meet needs, TPF also supports innovative humanitarian projects that have the potential to create social change. We know that there is no single or simple answer to how social innovation occurs. We understand that social change is the result of a tremendously complex mix of ingredients: conditions (social, cultural, economic and environmental) and individual actors colliding to spark world-changing ideas. Therefore, to understand these conditions and to stimulate idea creation, we build relationships with everyone we collaborate with from grantees to strategic partners.
Our experience and trajectory tells us we are on the right path. As social change agents, we are committed to refining our theory and practice, and to sharing these discoveries with the broader community. While doing that, our main focus is:
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