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From the margins to mainstream: Learning from Dreilinden’s investment in global LGBT+ communities
Around the world, LGBT+ communities regularly face hostile living and working environments and are less likely to be successful when applying for investment, even though they represent anywhere from around ten to 25 percent of …
October 7: Trauma and reckoning for Jewish and Israeli philanthropy
On 7 October 2023, the armed wing of Hamas and several Palestinian groups launched coordinated attacks from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 1,200 people. There is evidence of rape …
Catastrophe in Gaza. Perspectives from Palestine and beyond
Nearly a year of horrific war in Gaza has passed since the attacks of October 7th. The death toll is estimated to be 41,000 — a staggering number that includes 16,500 children. More than half …
Young people are the best renewable energy: We need to fund their work.
In the face of the triple planetary crisis – climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss – community-led solutions are emerging as a beacon of hope for just climate action. Among these, youth-led grassroots movements are …
Five percent or more
Foundations everywhere should donate at least five percent of their assets each year. That shouldn’t be controversial The social contract between society and its key institutions is fraying. In an ideal world, philanthropic institutions – …
Interview: Avina and the essential role of the Global South leading on climate change
At the F20 conference in Rio De Janeiro in June, Alliance digital editor Charlotte Kilpatrick spoke with Laura Señan Cagiao, director of strategic partnerships at Fundación Avina about the importance of Global South participation in …
Funding reproductive justice for the long fight after Dobbs
Two years after the disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, reproductive rights are still under attack in the Supreme Court and in statehouses around the country. …
Taxation, wealth inequality & philanthropic collusion
There is no denying that financial wealth disparities in the US have reached obscene proportions. The total wealth of households with more than $50 million in assets–the wealthiest 0.1 per cent, approximately–has exceeded $30 trillion. …
‘No one is counting the bodies’: How philanthropy and the world have forgotten Sudan
Last week famine was officially declared in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since April of last year, civil war has wrecked the country resulting in the displacement of over eight million people and bringing nearly …
Supporting our sanity: The crucial role of philanthropy in artists’ lives
Putting forward an argument about the precarious nature of being an artist is tricky because when we think of artists and creativity, the mental picture is usually: glamour, fame, accolades, and, dare I say, wealth? …