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Practicing ‘language justice’ in our grantmaking is one way that funders can be more inclusive and address power relations in our work with partners. In an earlier article, we discussed why FJS believes that language …

Rural Uganda. Atlanta, Georgia. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gallup, New Mexico. Italy. Norway. Denver, Colorado. These are the places in which The InteRoots Initiative – a small, agile nonprofit made up of an executive director and a …

The current system for funding initiatives to address global malnutrition is deeply flawed. Characterized by time constraints, inflexibility, and lack of imagination, current funding models hamper the vital efforts of nonprofit organizations striving to improve …

The Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded by George Soros in 1979 with the goal of boosting human rights and democratic institutions globally, has announced Binaifer Nowrojee as its new president. The appointment breaks with a …

With today’s knowledge of the importance of providing trauma-informed care to our program participants, why are we not enforcing these same standards in our fundraising practices? When we are working with individuals who have survived …

Buildings are the world’s biggest asset class and contribute nearly 40 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity. Yet less than 4 percent of climate philanthropic money goes to funding the transition …

Alliance magazine has updated its submission guidelines to include information in six languages. The move comes after Alliance published transparent submission guidelines in September 2023 following recommendations in an externally led EDI audit conducted in …

Embracing innovation and partnership – and reshaping how we think about risk-enabled new, unconventional solutions to meet the needs of children and families in nearly impossible contexts. Ahlan Simsim’s funders were careful to ensure that …

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in 2023, according to a report released the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to mark the beginning of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month …