The UN Refugee Agency (UNHRC), alongside the Islamic Development Bank, has launched the Global Islamic Fund for Refugees – a sustainable and Sharia-compliant fund that will open new Islamic philanthropic support to provide relief for millions of refugees. The fund comes at a time when forced displacement has reached unprecedented levels and become a critical global humanitarian and development crisis. ‘Forced displacement needs are at a record high and continue to rise. No institution alone …

Last week AVPN held their 8th Annual Conference, this time entirely virtually, and Alliance asked our readers in a poll for the session you’d like to hear most about. The winner was ‘Strategically leveraging corporate resources for social impact’ – take a look at our conference report below. This session was hosted by Steven Serneels, CEO & board member of EVPA. He spoke to Bruno Roche, the chief economist at Mars; Jae-Ho Choi, general manager …

Funding movements and shifting power to the global south A recent Alliance magazine event on feminist philanthropy saw an excellent panel discuss a broad range of fascinating questions, such as: What is feminist philanthropy? How does it differ from purely funding women and girls? What role do women’s funds play? And how can we achieve gender equality in the philanthropy sector? Here are some key highlights of what we took away from the discussion. How …

Alliance magazine will be hosting our next Breakfast Club on Thursday 12 December, sponsored by Oxford HR. This means ALL delegates will be able to attend for free to this event, which will be held at the Aga Khan Foundation’s Centre in London for the first time. Debates about power, diversity and equality, and social movements like #MeToo are focusing attention on philanthropy’s role in mainstreaming gender issues, supporting women’s rights and the representation of women …