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What is a better place? Making decisions in difficult times
What makes a place a good place? A good world to live in? What is acceptable, and what is not, what is considered decent, fair and respectable, and what is not? What Global Giving identified as the Neutrality Paradox describes precisely what my colleagues and I experience from the perspective of an intermediary. betterplace is Germany’s best-known online fundraising platform and every day we decide which fundraising events to promote, which projects to host, and …
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The objectivity paradox
In an era of fake news, filter bubbles, and sock puppets one could be forgiven for doubting the idea of a shared reality. But we live on a planet made of actual, physical matter. There are, in fact, galaxies and rivers and honeybees. Civil society is also real. Living, breathing human beings devote their time and bodies and resources to try to make the world better. There are data points about these people, their organisations, …
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Towards a new kind of funding partnership
In the wholly uncertain context of 2020, the funding landscape for many has been turned on its head, forcing us …
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Reflecting on 25 years of progress for gender equality – and how far there is to go
Twenty-five years ago, the World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted a Platform for Action that transformed national and international …
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Repair, recycle, renovate?
What Europe and the transatlantic relationship can expect from a United States with Joe Biden as President. An Irish-American Catholic …
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Managing neutrality paradox dilemmas by confronting their sources
For a platform like GlobalGiving, which has nonprofit partners all over the world, each home country’s reality varies. This lends …
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Covid-19 accelerates positive change in the way philanthropy operates
Funding global health issues through networked and systems approaches offers greater opportunity for impact during the crisis and beyond. The …
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How the public health system in Brazil was strengthened during the pandemic
The story of an emergency fund structured in one week that raised $8 million. When I look back and see …
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Why do feminists continue to receive just 1% of all gender equality funding?
The answer lies, in part, in how funders fund. Feminist movements are key drivers of transformative and lasting change; the …
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The role of art and academia in inspiring global tolerance
Today marks the International Day of Tolerance. It is a day that serves to remind us that we are all …
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Systems thinking can support research translation and crossing the ‘valley of death’
Funders of health and medical research play a unique and important role. Beyond supporting individual projects and striving to achieve …