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Alliance magazine 14 March 2024

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Alliance magazine 14 March 2024

How leading funders build strong, resilient nonprofits in India

Pritha Venkatachalam, Shashank Rastogi and Aditi Sharma 12 March 2024

Chronic underfunding of nonprofits’ ‘true costs’– programme expenses, core administrative expenditures, organisational development investments, plus reserve funding – blunts the impact funders and nonprofits strive for. As a result, neither party lives up to its …

Funders need to see beyond carbon

Vishal Kumar and Marisha Thakur 11 March 2024

There were no alarm bells. It was an ordinary Friday for most people, but a special one for us at Waste Warriors, a non-profit organisation in the Indian Himalayan region. It was our 11th Foundation …

Dasra 2024: Progress and action on menstrual health in India

Annmarie McQueen 8 March 2024

Every month, 25% of girls and people who menstruate in India miss school because of their period. Hopefully one day, that number will be zero. This year the Dasra forum hosted a virtual session looking …

Private philanthropy on the rise in India, Dasra report finds 

Shafi Musaddique 6 March 2024

Private philanthropy is on the rise in India, mostly powered by family-backed philanthropy, and is predicted to expand by 10 to 15 per cent year-on-year over the next five years, according to a new report …

The future foundations of giving in Australia

Krystian Seibert 5 March 2024 For Subscribers

A recent Productivity Commission inquiry report sets out draft proposals for reforming policies supporting Australian philanthropy. In February 2023, the Australian government commissioned the Productivity Commission to undertake a wide-ranging inquiry to identify and assess …

Give While You Live: A practical guide to more & better giving in Australia

Michael Alberg-Seberich 5 March 2024 For Subscribers

Reviewed by Michael Seberich, managing director, Wider Sense ‘The philanthropic sector has grown over the last 10 years in Australia, but nowhere near the growth of wealth creation,’ says Peter Winneke, who believes that especially …

The social impact opportunities of AI in India

Alex Counts 27 February 2024

To paraphrase Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, trends such as financial and technology innovation, the proliferation of social media, and globalization can massively help or harm society’s most vulnerable people. Which scenario becomes reality depends …

CEO of Temasek Foundation explains what sets Singaporean philanthropy apart

Fan Li 27 February 2024 For Subscribers

Last December, Alliance’s Tokyo-based East Asia Representative, Fan Li, had a chance to sit down with the CEO of Temasek Foundation, Ng Boon Heong at the Asia Philanthropy Congress 2023. Boon Heong talked about how …