Nick Deychakiwsky is a senior program officer working in the Enhancing Community Philanthropy program area of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s Civil Society Program.  In late 1990, Deychakiwsky moved to Ukraine, where he worked in various roles supporting democratic and economic reform before joining the Mott Foundation in 2000. Working in the Foundation’s former Prague office, he was responsible for grantmaking in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova until late 2006. Deychakiwsky subsequently managed U.S. and …

Alfanar, founded two decades ago, was the first venture philanthropy organisation in the Arab region. Myrna Atalla, who has been with the organisation as Executive Director since 2010, sat down with Alliance Regional Representative Heba Abou Shnief to catch up about funding the region and how venture philanthropy has fit into that landscape. Heba Abou Shnief: Thank you for taking the time to talk to us about Alfanar’s pioneering work in the Arab region. Can …

Soheir Asaad is Director of Advocacy at Rawa, a Palestinian grassroots community fund using community-led participatory grantmaking across Palestine. Since 2018, over 60 grants have been awarded to grassroots community-based initiatives. Alliance digital editor, Charlotte Kilpatrick and executive editor, Charles Keidan talked to Soheir Asaad in July to discuss how Palestinian community philanthropy is navigating a path through the crisis in Gaza. Charlotte Kilpatrick: What are the chief obstacles that you see with philanthropic aid, …

Alliance Investment Editor Claudia Cahalane chats to AVPN’s chief of impact investing, Vikas Arora in a tea break on the last day of the AVPN global forum, Abu Dhabi, and discovers his conference highlights.  ‘Imagine a world where every individual, every community has the means to thrive. A world, where we treat our planet with the reverence it deserves, safeguarding it for our children and future generations,’ came the opening address by Vikas Arora, Chief …