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COP28: Rockefeller Foundation targets net-zero emissions for $6 billion endowment 

Shafi Musaddique 5 December 2023

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that it will pursue a net-zero emissions target for its $6 billion endowment. According to its website, the proposal makes it the largest private US foundation to pursue a net …

Participatory grantmaking: Common parlance, but not yet common practice

Katy Love and Diana Samarasan 5 December 2023 For Subscribers

Though the principles and practice of participatory grantmaking have made headway recently, the notion that funders know best is still prevalent While many assume the participation of communities affected by funding in philanthropy is a …

Political innovation: Prevention is better than cure

Johanna Mair, Sébastien Mena and Melisa Özcelik 5 December 2023 For Subscribers

Ensuring the body-politic remains healthy, rather than treating it when it is sick, should be the aim of philanthropy Popular narratives in contemporary philanthropy concentrate on solving complicated social problems while changing the systems that …

Biden Administration announces over $140 million in grants towards indigenous land restoration

Shafi Musaddique 29 November 2023

The Biden-Harris administration has announced a joint public-private partnership, that includes a major conservation foundation, in providing $141.3 million spread over 74 grants.  In a statement, the US government said it, alongside the National Fish …

Mackenzie Scott’s large, unrestricted donations down from 2020, but continues to transform philanthropy 

Shafi Musaddique 28 November 2023

A three-year study released by the Centre for Effective Philanthropy examining the impact of unrestricted donations from major US philanthropist Mackenzie Scott says her giving has had a transformative effect, despite the size of her …

Giving Tuesday: Find Sustainable Success in 2023

Cara Dickerson 23 November 2023

In 2022, over $3.1 billion was raised on Giving Tuesday, and donor retention is 2.4 times higher from that day as opposed to any other time throughout the year. In recent years, it’s no secret …