{"id":5436,"date":"2025-07-15T18:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:07:37","slug":"centre-for-philanthropy-and-civil-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2025\/centre-for-philanthropy-and-civil-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/TreesStudentsRichcraftSignOnRight1600-1600x700.jpeg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>Canada&#8217;s first Chair in Philanthropy is key to establishing a world-class Centre<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"centre-for-philanthropy-and-civil-society\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada&#8217;s only graduate program in philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, the MPNL program, would be the ideal home for Canada&#8217;s first Centre for Philanthropy &#8212; and would multiply the focus on important initiatives, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wip\/wip-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women in Philanthropy<\/a>. Dr. Susan Phillips, CM, explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Susan Phillips, CM, talks about a new Centre for Philanthropy at Carleton University\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z6s5bD1V7no?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"chair-in-philanthropy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair in Philanthropy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/LinseyAtPodiumMPNLbanner500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/LinseyAtPodiumMPNLbanner500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/LinseyAtPodiumMPNLbanner500-320x310.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Linsey Sherman-Zekulin speaks on behalf of a collaborative group of donors during MPNL&#8217;s &#8220;Celebrating Philanthropy&#8221; event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Housed at Carleton University, the Chair in Philanthropy builds on the successful <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MPNL program<\/a> and is key in establishing a Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society. Below, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2024\/linsey-sherman-zekulin-member-of-the-mpnl-advisory-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linsey Sherman-Zekulin<\/a> speaks on behalf of a collaborative group of anonymous donors who recognize that Carleton is uniquely situated for a Chair and Centre: MPNL is the only graduate program of its kind in Canada; it has a depth of expertise developed over the 13 years of its existence; it&#8217;s located in the nation&#8217;s capital and serves the entire country; and it links the philanthropic and nonprofit elements of our sector through research, scholarship and thought leadership. She&#8217;s introduced by Brenda O\u2019Neill, Dean of the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs (FPGA), at Carleton University, during the MPNL program&#8217;s &#8220;Celebrating Philanthropy&#8221; event on June 26, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iPUrrfLF2Qw\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society Canada&#8217;s only graduate program in philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, the MPNL program, would be the ideal home for Canada&#8217;s first Centre for Philanthropy &#8212; and would multiply the focus on important initiatives, such as Women in Philanthropy. Dr. Susan Phillips, CM, explains: Chair in Philanthropy Housed at Carleton University, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":5438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1133,39,1046],"tags":[1038,47,46,48,49,142,1255,1254,51,50,52,53,54,175,190,191,58,59,60,62,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,973,691,69,1242,70,71,74,73,75,76,77,72,78,82,83,84,17,23,81,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,18,93,95,94,19,97,96,787,98,99,100,101],"class_list":["post-5436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about","category-news","category-research-impact","tag-1038","tag-academia","tag-academic","tag-canada","tag-carleton","tag-centre-for-philanthropy","tag-centre-for-philanthropy-and-civil-society","tag-chair-in-philanthropy","tag-charitable","tag-charities","tag-charity","tag-civic","tag-civil-society","tag-data","tag-diploma","tag-dpnl","tag-endowment","tag-federal","tag-foundation","tag-fund-raising","tag-fundraising","tag-giving","tag-global","tag-government","tag-graduate","tag-international","tag-leadership","tag-linsey-sherman-zekulin","tag-master","tag-masters","tag-masters-2","tag-mpnl","tag-ngo","tag-non-governmental","tag-non-profit","tag-nonprofit","tag-nonprofits","tag-not-for-profit","tag-npo","tag-organization","tag-panl","tag-perspectives","tag-philanthropic","tag-philanthropy","tag-philanthropy-and-nonprofit-leadership","tag-pnl","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-program","tag-public","tag-regulation","tag-report","tag-research","tag-resources","tag-school-of-public-policy-and-administration","tag-sector","tag-social-impact","tag-society","tag-sppa","tag-studies","tag-study","tag-technology","tag-univ","tag-university","tag-voluntary","tag-world"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5436"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5976,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions\/5976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}