This is our round-up of philanthropy news around the world featured in the September 2018 issue of Alliance:

The Americas

• Carson out of SVCF
• New picture of Colombian foundation sector
• NoVo puts $34m into Radical Hope
• PSJP explores state of philanthropy in Brazil

Europe

• Stop Soros laws last straw for OSF in Hungary
• European foundations failing on diversity
• German Donors Award for Dreilinden founder
• Link tax breaks to greater transparency, urges NPC

Africa and the Middle East

• TrustAfrica to manage Kiisi Trust grants
• Community philanthropy initiative launched in Palestine
• Governance practices and transparency weak among Gulf NPOs

Asia and Pacific

• New LGBTQI fund for Asia
• Asian SPOs need continuum of capital to succeed, says AVPN
• Marriage equality campaign honoured by Philanthropy Australia