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How can philanthropy catalyse a system-wide change in EdTech?
Prolonged online teaching periods during pandemic lockdowns prompted a discussion on Educational Technologies (EdTech). A series of damning reports, published now that some time has passed since pandemic lockdowns, showed that the most popular online teaching …
Candid campaign to measure equitable funding practices
Demographics via Candid, a campaign launched publicly online earlier this month, aims to relieve the demographics data-request burden, reducing inefficiencies and allowing nonprofits additional time to devote to their missions. As a result of both …
Philanthropy: now is your moment to have an impact on tech
The Silicon Valley dream of innovation has begun to sour. Algorithms amplifying disinformation, exacerbating the exploitation of workers and entrenching racial bias are among the concerns that have prompted governments to start work on regulation …
Indiana University research explores digital philanthropy trends
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has released a report, ‘Digital for Good’, examining technology-enabled giving and its implications for the future of philanthropy. The report explored the use of new and evolving …
Ignore digital equity at your own peril: your funding is ineffective without it
Almost half of humanity lives in a state of digital inequity – lacking the internet connectivity they need to participate in today’s digitized world. They are overwhelmingly our most vulnerable, most marginalized communities – the …
Are barriers to digital technology preventing civil society organisations from achieving their potential?
‘Civil society organizations collectively serve millions of the most vulnerable people on earth. We must ensure they have the tools they need to improve people’s lives and achieve their missions’, Chris Worman, Head of Strategy, …
Philanthropic Futurist predicts the next wave of philanthropy
We are living in a time of transformative change in the philanthropic field. In 2016, I was starting to feel the acceleration of this change and created a future of philanthropy model that envisioned a …
Charities in South Asia embrace cryptocurrency
A growing number of charities in South Asia are accepting donations via cryptocurrency, in the hope that this will increase contributions from those working in the finance and tech sectors. ‘Donations of all kinds are …
Who decides what is effective in Effective Altruism?
In the weeks following the FTX collapse, and the subsequent breakdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s reputation, some of the scrutiny has turned to Effective Altruism (EA) – the philanthropic movement that Bankman-Fried championed for years (evidently …
2022: A Year in Philanthropy
At the end of a long and tumultuous year, Alliance hosted an event at the Aga Khan Centre in London. Looking at the key trends and topics of 2022, we began with a livestreamed panel …
