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Shafi Musaddique
UK civil society under pressure as donor advisory funds influence grows
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 …
Open Society Foundations kickstarts grantmaking with $400 million climate prosperity fund
Open Society Foundations has pledged $400 million towards supporting climate-friendly economic development in Global South countries, ending its yearlong grantmaking freeze. The initiative is the first significant announcement since the appointment of Binaifer Nowrojee as …
Vaccination trust rise after ‘successful’ philanthropic intervention in Punjab region
The number of patients being vaccinated in Pakistan’s rural Punjab region has risen, with the overall number of patients needing healthcare in the most remote areas dramatically falling, two years since the Global Muslim Philanthropy …
Rwanda and Ethiopia lack ‘clarity’ on philanthropy laws and regulations
Rwanda and Ethiopia lack clarity in their philanthropic regulatory framework. According to two reports published by the East Africa Philanthropy Network analysing each country’s philanthropic landscape, huge gaps persist in holding back the development of …
Canva co-founders named as Australia’s second most giving philanthropists
The billionaire co-founders of graphic design tech company Canva have been named as the second most giving philanthropists in Australia. Husband and wife Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, both in their late 30s, along with …
India warned it must achieve climate jobs transition differently to West
India must prioritise job creation through a climate lens in a way that is done differently to the West, according to a leading Indian social impact advisor. Rathish Balakrishnan, co-founder of Sattva, a social impact …
Cross border European media fund launches to ‘serve the common good’
A groundbreaking new cross border European media fund has been launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in a bid to create a sustainable journalism industry and ‘serve the common good’. The Media Forward Fund, which …
Multi billionaire Warren Buffett to cut ties with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – after his death
Warren Buffett, the world’s tenth richest person with a net worth of $129 billion, has changed the way his wealth will be handed down – and to whom. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman will no longer …
Ukraine in need of ‘non traditional’ funding as short-term philanthropy ‘exacerbates’ uncertainty
One of Germany’s biggest foundations has warned that Ukraine is in dire need of ‘non traditional’ funding models, with short-term philanthropy having ‘exacerbated’ Ukraine’s volatile situation and international funding drying up by the end of the …
Climate philanthropy ‘essential to bring us out of global crisis’, says former Ireland president
Ireland’s former president Mary Robinson has called on climate philanthropy to mimic Irish commitments and respond faster amid multiple global crisis. ‘Climate philanthropy has the opportunity to be nimble, to respond faster than others and …
