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BT and British Asian Trust launch digital tech project to empower young girls in India
British Telecommunications (BT) and the British Asian Trust announced a three-year programme to empower India’s youth, specifically adolescent girls. The programme aims to maximise the available opportunities for young girls between the ages of 10 …
New study on philanthropy’s role in producing safe, healthy and just societies
As part of an initiative to shine a light on philanthropy’s role in creating safe, healthy, and just societies, Candid (formerly known as the Foundation Center and Guidestar) and Centris (Rethinking Poverty) recently launched a …
#NextPhilanthropy webinar highlights
A new webinar series by WINGS is discussing some of the key issues from The Global Landscape of Philanthropy report, one year after it was launched. The report compiles a comprehensive picture of current trends …
Bernard van Leer study on Nicaragua’s formation of progressive childhood learning policies
Over the past 50 years, The Bernard van Leer Foundation has invested over half a billion dollars to benefit early childhood development around the world. Through partnerships, the Foundation has played a pivotal role in …
Global Updates
This is our round-up of philanthropy news around the world featured in the March 2019 issue of Alliance: The Americas New law to regulate endowments in Brazil Cross-border giving guide from CAF America 2016 election prompts …
Bernard van Leer study discusses reducing violence in El Salvador at its root
Over the past 50 years, The Bernard van Leer Foundation has invested over half a billion dollars to benefit early childhood development around the world. Through partnerships, the Foundation has played a pivotal role in …
Bernard van Leer study highlights educational improvements for indigenous children in Guatemala
Over the past 50 years, The Bernard van Leer Foundation has invested over half a billion dollars to benefit early childhood development around the world. Bernard van Leer commissioned journalists to write a series of six …
Vehbi Koç Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary
Vehbi Koç Foundation, established in 1969 as Turkey’s first private foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of activities around the theme of philanthropy. In a statement marking the foundation’s fifty years, Semahat Arsel, …
360Giving launch data visualisation platform for deeper grantmaking insights
Coinciding with Open Data Day, 360Giving is launching a free online platform called 360Insights where grantmakers who openly share their grants data can quickly see information on seven key areas, revealing how much they give …
New Latin American award on women and philanthropy
ELLAS-Women and Philanthropy has launched a new initiative to identify and increase the visibility of the role of women in community philanthropy across Latin America and in the Latino communities in the United States. With …
