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Over the last few years, we have seen attention going to initiatives that aim to redistribute funding in a way that acknowledges that those who are in closer proximity to the communities they serve have …

Seven hundred extraordinary people from philanthropies, developmental agencies, NGOs, and community groups, gathered in Bogota, Colombia last December to deliberate on the unequal power distribution in the global developmental sector,[1] and to find paths to …

Let’s start by recognizing that we have a responsibility to acknowledge and engage with how power shapes our organisations and the flow of financial resources to social movements. Yet, to discuss power we need to …

The bid to drive cross-border giving and break borders within philanthropy has received another boost.  The Myriad Alliance, a global network of organizations that each provide cross-border grant services to donors, has announced a raft …

For some time, the philanthropic sector has grappled with perplexing dichotomies in leveraging education technology (EdTech) to impact children’s learning. Should EdTech investments prioritize bolstering fundamental learning skills such as literacy and mathematics, or should …

For every $100 in wealth held by white households in the U.S, Black households hold only $15, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. ‘Centuries of discrimination in public policy, financial …

When the Propel partners first began working together, we set out on a mission to do grant making differently. We knew this would mean unravelling and unlearning what we know about funding, in order to …

Research released by Legacy Futures in the first quarter of this year revealed stark differences across generation cohorts in wealth, the age at which people reach life milestones, and their attitude towards legacy giving. Boomers …

We want to open and broaden the philanthropy conversation.   That means taking active steps to include, welcome and amplify previously excluded voices and making them more central to the philanthropy conversation.  Following our external …

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson tells us, ‘strong communities are born out of individuals being their best selves.’ Yet we’re forced to operate in a system which exerts control by compartmentalising, and a nonprofit industrial complex geared …