Join Alliance magazine today at 2 p.m. BST to listen in on a conversation exploring the role of philanthropy in creating a more just and equitable future. As Alliance celebrates its 25th anniversary and marks 100 issues covering global philanthropy, we’re spending today commemorating those milestones with an expert panel. The panel features Ingrid Srinath, Director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Ashoka University, India, and member of the Alliance editorial advisory board; …

The Prince’s Foundation, which brings together the philanthropic activities of the heir to the British throne, is under formal investigation, Scotland’s charity regulator has confirmed. ‘We have written to the trustees informing them that we will investigate… under the powers set out in section 28 of the Charities and Trustee Investments (Scotland) Act 2005’, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OCSR) posted on its website. The news is a significant escalation, with the OCSR …

Despite sharp differences in their approach to global health, Bill Gates and George Soros’s respective foundations have teamed up to support medical technology through an initiative by the Soros Economic Development Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to acquire diagnostic technology group Mologic. Mologic Ltd is an innovator in the development of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, including tests that can help combat tropical diseases such as dengue, bilharzia, and river blindness …

Philanthropic funding for clean air amounts to 0.1 per cent of grants worldwide, according to a new report from the Clean Air Fund. And while philanthropic funding for clean air projects has increased, it is largely disbursed by climate, environmental, and energy funders, and mainly directed to North America, Europe, India, China, and global projects. Clean Air Fund’s study, released today on the United Nation’s clean air day, also found that governments worldwide funnelled 21 …