As we approach the 5th African Philanthropy Conference, Alliance is assembling a team of bloggers to report from the event. We hope to be able to share the topics and themes from the conference with those who are unable to attend — and hear comments from those who are. Taking place from Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August 2024 at Elephant Hills Resort in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, the programme includes sessions on timely themes such as ‘Restitution of African …

A new philanthropy and impact investing partnership plans to accelerate the growth of early-stage social impact ventures in the Dutch and wider European markets.  In particular, Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation says it will combine its three-year non-financial support programme focused on scaling, with Shaping Impact Group’s wider reach and experience of mergers and acquisitions. Both work in the areas of social cohesion and health. Senior managing director and Europe director at DRK Foundation, Lisa …

Civil society organisations in the UK are under increasing pressure for support and with public finances constrained, ‘the size of the need is more than funders can meet’, according to definitive report looking into the UK’s philanthropic sector.  In the first of its kind, UK Grantmaking’s 2024 report is the biggest snapshot of the British philanthropy available to date.  According to its findings, the vast majority of the UK’s grantmakers are smaller organisations with an …

We are halfway through what is on track to be another record-breaking year for our climate. The impact of rising greenhouse gas emissions is no longer speculative – the consequences are being felt globally, from Saudi Arabia where, last month, over 500 Hajj pilgrims lost their lives to extreme heat to the U.S. where nearly 100 million Americans were under a heat advisory on the first day of summer.  For a crisis as complex and …