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Four reasons why strong feminist movements are a must for healthy democracies
In December 2024, AWID, Alliance for Feminist Movements, Count Me In! consortium, Gender Funders CoLab, and Prospera will facilitate a day-long donor convening where bilateral and multilateral donors and private, family, and corporate foundations will …
For lasting peace, lead with localisation: Dr. Stella Voutta, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Research into the international development sector and its effectiveness by the H & D Davidson Trust points to a flawed system badly in need of reform. In this series of interviews, we talk to figures …
Four new partners join Alliance magazine’s ClimatePhilanthropy2030 commitment
Four new organisations have joined Alliance magazine’s ClimatePhilanthropy2030 commitment as official partners. Climate Justice Resilience Fund, Impatience Earth, the Pawanka Fund, and WINGS have all joined the climate reporting project, joining ten existing partners. ‘As we …
Embedding feminist principles in grant-making: A win-win for donors and grantees
Feminist organisations and movements have long called on funders to be more strategic and responsive in their grant-making practices to better support social change. Feminists have asked funders to be bold, take risks, and join …
We look to solve problems, not just provide funds, year after year: Gayatri Lobo, A T E Chandra Foundation
The instances where philanthropic capital has built public infrastructure and civic spaces, advocated for and achieved new legislation, or provided services not offered by the state do not always spring readily to mind, but they …
Enabling girls to step into their power: Four lessons for funders
In every corner of the world, girls, non-binary young people, and young feminist activists are on the very frontlines in struggles for freedom and liberation, and yet, too often left with little to no financial …
HIV is a feminist issue: A call to action for funders
The HIV epidemic poses a unique risk to the education, economic advancement, health, and rights of women and girls around the world. Globally, 53% of people living with HIV are women, yet the most recent …
Taxation and philanthropy: close relatives or complete strangers?
If philanthropy is seen as a voluntary form of wealth redistribution, what is the logic of part-funding it with public money, which in effect is what tax concessions do? This kind of either/or approach, which …
Does the penny cost more than it’s worth? The hidden cost of grant seeking
Infamously, the US government spends more than a penny to make a penny. Is grant-seeking similar? Does it cost the social sector more than what it is worth? Are organisations and enterprises collectively spending more …
Changing the funding model is a necessity: Hilary Pennington, Ford Foundation
Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation talks international development and turning the tables There is growing consensus that the system of international development is broken. But how to fix it is less certain. A report …