The title of the whole initiative of which the recently ended Bellagio Forum was part is The future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Well-being. Going on the title alone, the two questions that seem to call for answers are: how do philanthropy and development relate to each other? And how does the concept of well-being work as a call for action?
So did the Council on Foundations’ grandly named Summit live up to its ambitions? With over 3,000 people attending, the Summit, it certainly succeeded in bringing in the numbers. But it succeeded in much more than that.
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