Author Archive:

Amy McGoldrick

Conference Report Amy McGoldrick 14 March 2024

Audacious Philanthropy: How Innovation, Risk, and Partnership Led to Transformational Impact in Education

Embracing innovation and partnership – and reshaping how we think about risk-enabled new, unconventional solutions to meet the needs of children and families in nearly impossible contexts. Ahlan Simsim’s funders were careful to ensure that …

Conference Report Amy McGoldrick 7 March 2024

Leadership of philanthropy, leadership by philanthropy

Philanthropy is grappling with the role it must play in responding to what is called the polycrisis – climate and environmental crises, entrenched economic inequalities, and social injustices. The material role that philanthropy can play …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 23 January 2024

The ancient technology of storytelling: Day Three, #ShiftThePower Summit

On day three, I attended one of the ‘buckets’ on Moving beyond logos, egos, siloes and haloes: Reimagining our own systems, organisational and governance structures in the pursuit of collective action and the good society. …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 22 January 2024

‘A moral imagination’: Day Two, #ShiftThePower Summit

Day two of the Summit in Bogotá, Colombia, began with a plenary called ‘Setting the scene’ with Marta Ruiz, journalist and former Commissioner of Truth in Colombia. ‘After the war, we don’t have peace – …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 22 January 2024

‘When the world is in crisis, the world is not together’: Day One, #ShiftThePower Summit

Over 700 delegates from around the world and across philanthropy, civil society and international development joined the three day #ShiftThePower Summit in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This is the second international Summit following on …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 26 October 2023

Building collective power at WINGSForum 2023

The final session I attended at WINGSForum2023 was Building Barriers, Shifting Power: A collaboration to reshape philanthropic infrastructure. Due diligence. Risk analysis. Compliance. Vetting. These words, Matthew Patten at Catalyst2030 acknowledges, can make us shudder. …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 26 October 2023

‘Killing our capacity for justice’: Advancing racial justice at WINGSForum 2023

The first session I attended was Advancing racial justice & transformation through philanthropy, run by Ana Maria Sanchez – Philanthropy director at Cemefi (Mexico); Cassio França – Secretary General, GIFE (Brazil); and Lori Villarosa – …

Conference reports Amy McGoldrick 26 October 2023

Elephants transforming philanthropy: Reforming international development at WINGSForum 2023

Reforming International Development had two – very different – sessions during the WINGSForum. The first was upon the terrace, dubbed the ‘Garden of Experimentation’, where statements were made and those in attendance were to choose …

Conference Report Amy McGoldrick 29 June 2023

Philanthropy Transformation Initiative

From climate change and inequality to unchecked Artificial Intelligence and pandemic risks, we face a global polycrisis that poses existential threats to humanity. Yet, there is hope as generosity and citizen action grow globally. The …

Conference Report Amy McGoldrick 19 June 2023

New giving vehicles and tools in philanthropy: a curate’s egg?

New giving vehicles and tools have proliferated in recent years. The conventional foundation model has been supplanted by the growth of donor advised funds, limited liability companies and personalised giving services. At the same time, …