Master of Social Investment and Philanthropy
Course Description
This program is designed for individuals involved in - or contemplating involvement in - personal giving (whether as donors, trustees or advisers). It is also aimed at those working within NGOs, government, business, not-for-profit, philanthropic and related private sector agencies that provide and manage grants and/or raise funds for the wellbeing of Australian citizens: generally called 'philanthropy' or 'social investment'. It provides graduates with policy and applied research skills, conceptual development and technical management and new technology skills.
Aims & Objectives
This program will develop appropriate conceptual, management and administrative skills, explore underlying issues of values and ethics confronting grant-makers, and provide knowledge of and experience in analytical and practical skills. In particular, this course aims to integrate social, environmental, ethical and economic concerns with effective funds dispersal and management approaches. Its uniqueness is the integration of personal and organisational values and ethics, economics, sociological analyses and business management techniques in philanthropy and social investment.
At the completion of the master program, it is expected that students will have:
- Developed their skills and capacities as practitioners in the fields of social investment, including grantmaking, fundraising, donor activity and social enterprise
- Developed ability in coherent and critical analysis to improve the social investor capability of organisations through understanding, developing and successfully applying knowledge
- Developed an ethical framework within which they can evaluate and make decisions
- Understand the legislative and governance environment in which social investment is undertaken
- Deepened their understanding, through reflective experience, of how they might manage themselves as applied social investors in their roles as leaders/managers/consultants/researchers
- Explored ways of working collaboratively in order to understand and contribute to personal and organisational responses to social investment
- Developed an ethical framework within which they can evaluate and make decisions
- Developed an ethical framework within which they can evaluate and make decisions
The Master of Social Investment and Philanthropy is for:
- Personal givers, and those interested in starting philanthropic programs.
- Advisors to grant makers: Trustees, financial advisers, lawyers, solicitors, estate planners and others providing advice to high-net-worth families.
- Corporate personnel whose responsibilities include Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, corporate/community partnerships, charitable giving, sponsorship and cause-related marketing activities.
- Fundraisers responsible for the generation of revenue for non-profit enterprises.
- Personnel in community agencies, 'for-purpose' organisations, social enterprises, and businesses whose work includes a significant social dimension.
- Public managers, political advisors, administrators and 'philanthocrats' having management and policy development roles in the government and philanthropic sectors.
