Special feature

Sustainability: the grantmaker’s paradox

Termed the ‘S-word’ by development consultant Alan Fowler, sustainability is a matter of great interest to all actors in the development process. For grantmakers, who naturally wish to see the activities they support continuing when their support has ended, the first step is to come to terms with a paradox: that the ideal status for a grantmaker is eventual redundancy. Sustainability is a complex and relatively new way of thinking about economic and social organization. …