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HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah is a force for change in the Arab region

Heba Abou Shnief 14 February 2023

HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah is the founder of Intisar Foundation and Alnowair; two non-profits focused on advancing mental health, youth well-being and women empowerment. A princess from Kuwait’s royal family, she is a formidable force for …

Jesper Nygård on finding a common ground for philanthropy in the Nordics

Andrew Milner 24 January 2023

Jesper Nygård is CEO of the Danish foundation, Realdania and chair of the Danish Foundation Knowledge Centre. He is also a long-time advocate of collaboration within and between the sectors. At the recent Nordic Foundations …

On the frontlines of reforestation: a conversation on funding Indigenous action

Erin Axelrod and Marcus Briggs-Cloud 17 January 2023

In the fight against the climate crisis, philanthropy must fund more projects led by frontline communities and Indigenous land stewards. Currently, Native American communities receive just 0.4 per cent of philanthropic funds from large U.S. …

Leong Cheung on leading one of the world’s largest institutional donors – and still being overlooked

1 Andrew Milner 10 January 2023

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is little known outside Hong Kong, yet through its philanthropic arm, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, its annual philanthropic expenditure puts it among the world’s top ten institutional …

Interview: Belinda Tanoto of the Tanoto Foundation

Andrew Milner 6 December 2022

While Indonesia regularly tops the rankings for individual giving, private endowed foundations are comparatively rare. The Tanoto Foundation is one such. Belinda Tanoto, daughter of the founder and a member of the foundation’s Board of …

Community at the centre: Why community-driven systems change is working for South and East Africa

Elika Roohi 15 November 2022

The Firelight Foundation has been pioneering a community-driven systems change (CDSC) approach to its work with children and young people in Southern and Eastern Africa. What is distinctive about CSDC and what is it achieving? …

Indy Johar on our extraordinary age

Elika Roohi 1 November 2022

It is the end of summer, and before students come back to Istanbul’s Kadir Has University, around 100 members of the PEX community gather for the second PEXforum to explore what it means to drive …

‘It’s time to speak out’: an interview with Philanthropy Roundtable’s Elise Westhoff

Charles Keidan 6 September 2022 For Subscribers

Widely seen as a conservative force, the Philanthropy Roundtable has increasingly given voice to perspectives which differ from the sector’s liberal establishment. In this exclusive interview, president and CEO, Elise Westhoff tells Charles Keidan why …

‘Invest in things that are uncertain’: Stefan Germann says shake it up

Elika Roohi 2 August 2022

Switzerland’s Fondation Botnar has a mission familiar to the foundation world: improving the health of youth people. But the foundation’s specific focus is the inclusion of youth voices and the equitable use of artificial intelligence …

Laurence Tubiana has a message for European philanthropy

Elika Roohi 19 July 2022

It is the end of May, and southern Spain is experiencing a heatwave so dramatic that temperatures in some cities are 16 degrees Celsius above average. A spokesperson for AEMET, the country’s national weather agency, …