PEXforum is the Europe-wide event which brings together a community that represents over 70+ regional, national, European and global philanthropy networks to collectively identify challenges and opportunities for the sector, share best practices, insights and projects, and spur collaboration in the field. The first PEXforum in Madrid in 2020 brought together 120 professionals in the philanthropy infrastructure field who forged a dynamic PEXcommunity. This year PEXforum is taking place on 24-26 August in Istanbul, Turkey, …

Alliance magazine has partnered with IIX Foundation and its annual flagship programme, SHE IS MORE 2022, to celebrate women and youth through art. This global art competition invites young artists across the world to share their voices through personal pieces of visual art that celebrate the value of inclusivity. The theme, Resilience, will shine a light on and celebrate untold stories of human resilience across the world. Applications to the SHE IS MORE 2022 competition …

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded its $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize to the Norwegian Refugee Council, an organisation working in more than 35 countries to support people forced to flee their homes. The Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a nonprofit. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) joins the roster of 26 prize laureates, including CAMFED, Homebody Industries, METAdrasi, and the Task Force for Global Health, among others. …

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 a report released this week. The foundation publicly recognised in June 2020 that it had perpetuated racism and acknowledged there is structural racism within Wellcome and the wider research system. However, though it pledged at the time to become an …