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Time to change the way we invest

16 July 2019
Ellen Dorsey

A growing number of foundations are deploying a portion of their capital to mission aligned investment strategies. This is an important trend. Still, only a relatively small number of foundations seek positive environmental and social impact with their investments and often with only a small share of their corpus.

Conference Report 9 July 2019

Energy, curiosity and urgent questions on the AVPN agenda

The 2019 AVPN conference in Singapore put its cards firmly on the table from the start. The focus would be on big themes: education, gender equality, hunger and malnutrition, and climate change – most of all on climate change.

Analysis 2 July 2019

Alliance Breakfast Club: #Peacebuilding

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) opened its doors and welcomed attendees to Alliance magazine’s latest Breakfast Club on peace-building on a bright summer's morning.

Analysis 25 June 2019

#NextPhilanthropy: Global and local views on the state of philanthropy

#NextPhilanthropy and Alliance magazine host a panel at the Association of German Foundations gathering in Mannheim exploring global and local views on the state of philanthropy.

Conference Report 11 June 2019

International currents at the Association of German Foundations gathering in Mannheim

This year’s theme ’Our Democracy’ naturally resonated throughout the sessions, but others surfaced, too: the SDGs, the need for donors to take more risks and to be less blinkered in their approach and – democracy’s darker shadow - populism.

Latest issue: June 2019

Peace building

Guest Editors: Lauren Bradford, Hope Lyons and Rasha Sansur

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