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Local leaders have the solutions: why aren’t we funding them?

Alejandra García Muñiz, Denise Raquel Dunning and Josie Ramos 26 April 2024

Lucy was born with a motor disability and uses a wheelchair. She grew up in a small community outside San Luis Potosí in Mexico and is the youngest of 10 children. For most of her …


79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79)

Alliance magazine 25 April 2024

GDP growth is not the answer…

Rebecca Hanshaw 25 April 2024

At the recent Global Inclusive Growth summit hosted by the Mastercard Centre for Inclusive Growth, we heard how gender inequality is bad for growth and leaves ‘trillions on the table instead of catapulting gross domestic …

We can’t hashtag our way to change

Mary Ann Clements 25 April 2024

In developing Healing Solidarity in 2018, I was trying to reignite conversations about re-imagining ‘development’ which had been happening for decades. At the time, I was amazed by the 1500 e-responses and took it as …

AVPN: UAE commits $125 million for global health, poverty alleviation, and species conservation

Alliance magazine 25 April 2024

A raft of funding commitments from government and philanthropic bodies has accompanied the start of a major gathering of philanthropy and impact investors in Abu Dhabi. The announcements at AVPN Global – a network that …

Elon Musk: An enemy of philanthropy

Charles Keidan 24 April 2024 For Subscribers

The billionaire’s philanthropy is corrosive to everything philanthropy should stand for For one of the world’s richest and most famous men, who exerts a magnetic forcefield of attention, it is remarkable that comparatively little has …

Belfast celebrates a peace process by posing questions to Philanthropy

Avila Kilmurray 23 April 2024

Reflecting on discussions held in Belfast, framed by the question ‘Countering Violent Conflict and Polarisation: How Can Donors Help?’ Melanie Greenberg (Humanity United) praised the event – ‘I think it was for creative imagination, moral …

Climate change, misinformation and the UK election

Harriet Kingaby 23 April 2024

There are three core issues we can’t afford to ignore this year. First, globally we experienced the hottest February in recorded history, second is that more than half the world’s population is going to the …

The emerging story of philanthropy and peace

Barry Knight 23 April 2024 For Subscribers

Recent growth in violent conflict across the world means that philanthropy has little choice but to address it. While the world’s media are focused on Ukraine and the Middle East, other regions including Sudan, Ethiopia, …

How philanthropy can aid the shift from fossil fuels

Surabi Menon and Saliem Fakir 22 April 2024

COP28 paved the way for a consensus-built commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. However, the implementation and pathways for the transition will be complex and require responsible and equitable managem­ent. Philanthropy can help facilitate …