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We need to talk about leadership in philanthropy
Negative stereotypes about philanthropy and philanthropic leaders abound. It’s time to demystify our work In 2021, as part of my executive MBA programme at Warwick Business School, I used my dissertation to explore the leadership …
An end to aid failure
Despite manifest failures and repeated criticisms, the machinery of international development remains substantially unchanged. It’s time for a radical overhaul A recently-launched study demonstrates overwhelming support for root and branch reform of international development. The …
Where are Brazil’s civil society funders?
MacKenzie Scott understood our needs in the fight to achieve social and environmental justice. We need Brazil’s philanthropists to do the same I’m starting this story with a heavy heart. Despite planning to bring new …
Tales of dynamism and diversity: Reflections on the AVPN 2022 conference
Andrew Milner reflects on the debate at the heart of the AVPN 2022 conference that he recently attended in Bali The Asian decade: it was on the AVPN’s 2022 conference masthead, it was proclaimed from …
Searching for keys to unlock cross-border giving in Asia
Asia is home to one-third of all billionaires. A new report examines why so much of their philanthropy stays domestic and how to unlock more cross-border giving. Over the past 30 years, Asia got rich. …
From rhetoric to reality: practicing partnership in philanthropy
The rhetoric on the need for partnership to increase our impact is deafening, but what does it mean in practice? Philanthropists are increasingly recognising that they can only achieve innovation and impact by supporting and …
Decolonising ourselves to decolonise philanthropy
On situated knowledge, locus of enunciation, and other migrations – the story of Spain’s Calala Fondo de Mujeres We are a group of diverse women who understand ourselves as a mixed foundation. We are natives …
Impact investing in the endowment: Why do it and how to get started
In the UK, the largest 300 endowed charitable foundations have over £72 billion in total assets. Yet, despite the field of impact investing originating from within the foundation community, the vast majority of these assets …
China’s super-rich embrace strategic philanthropy
China’s wealthy elite are beginning to take a long view of the development of Chinese society After more than 40 years of rapid development and reform, China has accumulated a huge amount of social wealth …
How philanthropy can help tackle violent extremism
The fight against the far-right Golden Dawn group in Greece shows how funders can equip civil society for similar struggles Extremism seems to be on the rise internationally, even in societies where it had appeared …
