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To shift power, fund entire ecosystems

1 Clare Gibson Nangle and Devon Kearney 10 January 2023

It’s a classic tale of the trajectory of a nongovernmental organization (NGO): a well-meaning organization grows rapidly, crafts a beautiful strategy, and has all the right subject-matter expertise in place, only to realize late in …

Foundation funding practices: Triggering change from within

Karsten Timmer 23 December 2022

Criticism of inflexible and unfair funding practices of foundations is not limited to the US and the UK. On the contrary: Just recently, a call organized by the Berlin-based consulting firm Phineo gave room for …

7 habits of highly participatory donors & NGOs

Emily Sullivan, YET4H, We Trust You(th), Copper Rose Zambia, CHOICE for Youth & Sexuality, Green Girls Platform, IYAFP and ¿Y yo, por qué no? por qué no? 30 November 2022

Ready to improve your work with young people? This is for you! Many donors and NGOs have the intention of working more collaboratively with young people. These intentions have been demonstrated through consensus statements, challenges, …

An African civil society perspective on localizing international funding

2 Rose Maruru 14 November 2022

Philanthropy can help lead the way in shifting international humanitarian and development funding to local and national organizations. African civil society organizations will be an important part of this shift. African CSOs have long been …

Why impact assessment remains crucial for good and effective philanthropy

Dan Corry 5 November 2022

A lot of good ideas have come from the fashion for so-called trust-based philanthropy. We at NPC have pushed funders to make more of their grants unrestricted for ages, so we were pleased to see …

Collaboration in philanthropy: three projects that illustrate the latest trends

Sabrina Grassi 18 October 2022

In a world in transition, where crises, disruptions, and uncertainties are occurring with increased intensity since the first half of the 20th century, we can see that philanthropists are seeking to act concretely on these …

A call to foundations: make it easier for charities to apply for funding

Caroline Fiennes 12 October 2022

The system by which charities apply to charitable foundations for funding is dreadful. When I ran an operational charity, I and the team spent far too long on it – often simply re-writing and re-formatting …

The next evolution of international philanthropy: Localization

Kathleen Enright, Peter Laugharn and Benjamin Bellegy 10 October 2022

American foundations should feel pride about one of the key headlines from an event at the U.N. General Assembly last month: a new report on global giving found their giving has skyrocketed in recent years, …

How a UK philanthropist is responding to the cost of living crisis

Kate Symondson 6 October 2022

I began my philanthropic journey in the midst of the pandemic, tasked with turning my family’s charitable fund into a purposeful, strategic foundation at a time when it felt utterly necessary to do so. The …

The UK’s mini-budget is mixed news for philanthropy

Allan McKinnon 1 October 2022

Philanthropy is often seen as a private thing, separate from business interests, markets and fiscal policy, but of course, it is deeply intertwined. So, what does the Chancellor’s mini-budget mean for your charitable giving, and …