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Anchoring systems in an era of transition
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (124+ words) In their welcoming remarks, the convenors contextualised the moment amid deep systemic inequalities and mounting community pressures, warning that African civil society can no longer rely on fragile, imported project structures that are vulnerable to collapse if Western foundations withdraw....
A call to reshape global development
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (291+ words) Alliance magazine A call to reshape global development Daily, free-to-view philanthropy content providing a space for news, thinking, debate and peer exchange among philanthropy practitioners worldwide. As the USA celebrates its 250th anniversary, what state is its philanthropy in? Pakistan climbs…...
Power transfer in practice: From rhetoric to structural redesign
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (434+ words) Alliance magazine Power transfer in practice: From rhetoric to structural redesign Daily, free-to-view philanthropy content providing a space for news, thinking, debate and peer exchange among philanthropy practitioners worldwide. As the USA celebrates its 250th anniversary, what state is its philanthropy…...
The $100 trillion opportunity: Women inheritors can cut the racial wealth gap
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (383+ words) Disrupting this flow is an enormous opportunity. What if instead of the status quo, we could leveragethe greatest wealth transfer in history to create the greatest voluntary redistribution of wealth in history? In short, as my mom demonstrated before my…...
From climate action to stronger philanthropy
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (399+ words) The nearly thousand-strong Philanthropy For Climate movement has brought into focus the sector's unique strengths and greatest challenges. The movement's most recent report illustrates how. A male polar bear walking on sea ice in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago,…...
Democracy, innovation, and the funding of civil society in Latin America
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (627+ words) It was 2002 and joy poured out of'Taller de Vida,'a small Colombian NGO. Two dozen kids were rehearsing a play about their experiences as internal refugees from the civil'war'and their laughter showed they were spotlighting strength, not suffering." At that…...
What the earthquake response in T'rkiye reveals about funding gender justice work
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (818+ words) LGBTQI+ groups used dating apps and encrypted channels to locate and support survivors who could not safely seek help through formal routes. What I witnessed was a gap that was financial, but also deeply conceptual in how gender justice work…...
The heart of justice: Why philanthropy should take note of the African disability protocol
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (297+ words) Mawazo ya Haki: Kwa nini Wafadhili Wanapaswa Kuzingatia Itifaki ya Masuala ya Ulemavu Afrika Her name might be Amina. Or Zawadi. Or Neema. She is a young Deaf woman in Tanzania. Brilliant, determined, andbrimming with potential. But every morning she…...
Brazil's Casa Fund launches "simplified call' for grassroots battling bureaucracy
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (101+ words) Registration is open until July 14for the Simplified Call " Direct Support to Community Initiatives." The call will selectup to 100 projects, with support ofup to R$ 20, 000for eachproposal. The call bets on'a simpler, more accessible model adapted to the reality of communityorganisations," said…...
The architecture of inheritance: What the Post-Aid world can learn from Apartheid South Africa
1+ week, 2+ day ago (797+ words) In late April I sat in a room'in'Oxford; a room I would not normally be in. Yet there I was, the CEO of a Somali organisation,'behind closed doors'with leaders of some of the most consequential foundations in global development'Ford,…...