Author Archive:
Eleanor Margolis
2023: A Year in Philanthropy
The in-person event took place at The Foundry in London on December 13 2023, and included a panel on how AI and new tech are shaping philanthropy. This was followed by a workshop for in-person …
Politics and philanthropy
There is a long-running debate about the relationship between philanthropy and politics. Traditional received wisdom is that philanthropists should steer of politics, but there is a growing view that the two are inseparable and that …
Community philanthropy – reimagining the sector
Community philanthropy – people-led and people-centred approaches and models – is becoming all the more relevant against a backdrop of changing funding flows, and increasingly restrictive operating environments for civil society in many parts of …
The ecosystem – and why we can’t do without it
Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) which comprise the philanthropic sector, are as necessary to its existence as our own ecosystem is to our survival as human beings. In spite of this and of the signal …
Localising the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals are the international community’s flagship for social, economic and environmental welfare over the next several years; and the focus of the September 2023 issue of Alliance. If the SDGs are to …
The Future of Philanthropy
There is a need and opportunity for strategic philanthropy to drive large scale social change. Solving intractable problems requires philanthropy, government and business sectors working effectively together. But philanthropy’s impact is held back by a …
The next decade of systems change philanthropy
There is growing recognition that effective systems change work requires developing strategies alongside partners in the communities it seeks to serve, rather than instrumentalising them. But how and to what extent are systems change funders …