Research & Insight
Knowledge Center
Academic case studies, field research, and press coverage that inform how ERFIP works.
Case Studies
Academic Partners
ESSEC Business School
France — Chair in Philanthropy
Book — 10 Case Studies
Frontier Philanthropies: Around the World in 10 Case Studies
Sarah Sandford, Arthur Gautier & Anne-Claire Pache
Theme 1 — Collaborating with Government
Aman Foundation (Pakistan) · Farrokh Captain & the i-Care Foundation (Pakistan) · Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation & Vision for a Nation (Hong Kong / Rwanda)
Theme 2 — Operating vs. Grant-Making
Chandaria Foundation (Kenya) · EdelGive Foundation (India) · Vehbi Koç Foundation (Turkey)
Theme 3 — Family Business & Family Philanthropy
Aydın Doğan Foundation (Turkey) · Praekelt Foundation (South Africa) · Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation (Pakistan) · Yellowwoods (South Africa)
University of Pennsylvania
Penn GSE — Frontier Philanthropy Case StudiesPenn GSE Professor of Practice Sharon Ravitch, with post-doctoral fellow Reima Shakeir and Gul Rukh Rahman of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, released case studies of eight family philanthropies operating in the Global South — hosted on Penn’s ScholarlyCommons repository.
View the ERFIP Collection on ScholarlyCommons →In the Media
Articles & Press
The Philanthropist
Decolonizing the Philanthropic Mindset — Interview with Gul Rukh Rahman
Alliance Magazine
Harnessing the Voice of Global South Philanthropists — Interview with Firoz Ladak
Penn GSE
Ensuring frontier philanthropy makes a lasting impact
Edmond de Rothschild Family Philanthropy
ERFIP — Empowering Families for Innovative Philanthropy
TrustAfrica
EmpoweRing Families for Innovative Philanthropy (ERFIP) — Shaping the Future of Africa
IETP
Article — Firoz Ladak