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Elika Roohi

Interview Elika Roohi 15 November 2022

Community at the centre: Why community-driven systems change is working for South and East Africa

The Firelight Foundation has been pioneering a community-driven systems change (CDSC) approach to its work with children and young people in Southern and Eastern Africa. What is distinctive about CSDC and what is it achieving? …

Conference reports Elika Roohi 15 November 2022

Nordic Foundations Conference: Kone, Brita Maria Renlunds, and KR Foundations on how ESG can be done

‘The world is changing – and it’s changing fast. It’s no longer an option for us to look down or avert our eyes. We must look up, face the facts and take responsibility, together’: that …

News Elika Roohi 1 November 2022

Global human rights funding is up, but for certain regions and groups it has decreased

Global funding for human rights is increasing, but grants are dispersed unevenly across the world, leaving major gaps in the field. A new report, out today, from Human Rights Funders Network and Candid found that …

Interview Elika Roohi 1 November 2022

Indy Johar on our extraordinary age

It is the end of summer, and before students come back to Istanbul’s Kadir Has University, around 100 members of the PEX community gather for the second PEXforum to explore what it means to drive …

Conference reports Elika Roohi 20 October 2022

2022 UKCF Conference: To get to the future, we must get through now

The 2022 UK Community Foundations conference focused on the future. But, taking place in Manchester, it was very much set against the crises of right now. What will the future look like for our communities …

News Elika Roohi 11 October 2022

Members of Swiss foundation boards think they are diverse. New research shows they’re not.

New research has found that on the boards of Swiss foundations: almost two third of trustees are men; less than five per cent of trustees are under the age of 40; and there is very …

Interview Elika Roohi 1 September 2022

Interview: Philanthropy Together’s Tyeshia Wilson says ‘take action now’

Tyeshia Wilson is the Director of Engagement at Philanthropy Together and a Founding Member of HERitage Giving Fund in Houston, Texas. HERitage is one of the first African American giving circles in Texas that fund …

Conference reports Elika Roohi 30 August 2022

At PEXforum 2022, democracy is on the agenda

Democracy funding is a tiny fraction of philanthropic giving – how can the sector use what resources are allocated in the most efficient way? A small group discussion at PEXforum 2022 dives into this question. …

News Elika Roohi 12 August 2022

Wellcome Trust has perpetuated racism, its own analysis finds

The Wellcome Trust – one of the wealthiest foundations in the world, with an endowment of $46.2 billion – has identified that it has made ‘insufficient progress’ and ‘perpetuated racism’ within the organisation, according to …

Interview Elika Roohi 2 August 2022

‘Invest in things that are uncertain’: Stefan Germann says shake it up

Switzerland’s Fondation Botnar has a mission familiar to the foundation world: improving the health of youth people. But the foundation’s specific focus is the inclusion of youth voices and the equitable use of artificial intelligence …