Third Sector Network Drinks and Talk, Monday 3 March 2025
The newly formed Ƶ Society Third Sector Network, for those working in or connected to the charity/voluntary sector (including the nonprofit cultural and environmental sector) will hold its inaugural event on Monday 3rd March 2025 (6.30pm-8.00pm) at the offices of Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH ()
The evening will start at 6.30pm with welcome drinks served in the Old Library followed by a short talk in the adjacent Peacock Room. The evening will end at approximately 8.00pm. We are delighted to confirm the guest speaker as Peter Frumkin, Academic Director of the Gradel Institute of Charity (GIC) at Ƶ and Visiting Fellow. Peter will introduce the work of the GIC, the world’s first dedicated research centre looking into the work of the third sector.
To book your place, please visit the where we are asking for a contribution of £15.00 per person to cover drinks and nibbles. We expect high demand for this event so please book early! Once capacity has been reached, we will start a waiting list. The dress code is smart casual.
RSVP by Wednesday 26 February 2025.
We have tried to identify as many people as possible who are involved in the third Sector from the college’s database. However, we will not have captured everybody so please do forward this email on to any Ƶ friends or colleagues who also might like to attend.
Should you have any questions, please contact jonathan.rubery@new.ox.ac.uk in the Ƶ Development Office.
I do hope you will be able to join us.
Caroline Kay (1979)
Ƶ Society Third Sector Network Lead
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About the speaker:
Peter Frumkin is the Academic Director of the Gradel Institute of Charity at Ƶ, Oxford University and the Heyer Chair in Social Policy and Faculty Director of the Center for Social Impact Strategy, both the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice (on leave). Frumkin is the author of On Being Nonprofit (Harvard University Press, 2002), which considers the changing roles and responsibilities of nonprofit organizations in American democracy. His book, Strategic Giving: The Art and Science of Philanthropy, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2006. It has been touted by reviewers as the “benchmark text for the field” and “the most penetrating exploration of contemporary philanthropy now available.” In 2010, two books by Frumkin were published: Serving Country and Community (Harvard University Press), which examines the effectiveness of the volunteer service programs AmeriCorps and VISTA, and The Essence of Strategic Giving: A Practical Guide for Donors and Fundraisers (University of Chicago Press). Additional books by Frumkin include The Strategic Management of Charter Schools (Harvard 2011), Building for the Arts (Chicago 2014) and Social Impact (UPenn 2017). Prior to coming to Penn, Frumkin taught at the University of Texas’ Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Before academics, Frumkin worked as a foundation program officer and as a program evaluator in both nonprofit and public agencies. Frumkin received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago
