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Asian social outcomes marketplace launches with finance from Gates Foundation and Google.org
AVPN and a new venture called OutcomesX has today launched an initiative called the Social Outcomes Platform across Asia. Initial financing comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, google.org and the Sorenson Impact Foundation. …
We can’t hashtag our way to change
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 …
Elon Musk: An enemy of philanthropy
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 …
Bangladesh memories push Swarovski Foundation director to change power imbalance
Swarovski Foundation director Jakhya Rahman-Corey says there is a power imbalance between funders and grantees remains rife in philanthropy. ‘Unfortunately, there is a power imbalance between funders and organisations on the ground and to recognise …
Belfast celebrates a peace process by posing questions to Philanthropy
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
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
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, …
Empowering Indigenous communities: The rise of Indigenous-Led Funds
Over the last few years, we have seen attention going to initiatives that aim to redistribute funding in a way that acknowledges that those who are in closer proximity to the communities they serve have …
UBS Foundation launches first Greater China partnership with regional social enterprise
UBS Optimus Foundation Hong Kong has launched a joint partnership with non-profit social enterprise Project Melo. As its seed funder, the partnership involves a competition aimed at tackling the some of the most pressing environmental issues facing …
‘Shift the Power’: Narrow internal gaze or shaping an equal future?
Seven hundred extraordinary people from philanthropies, developmental agencies, NGOs, and community groups, gathered in Bogota, Colombia last December to deliberate on the unequal power distribution in the global developmental sector,[1] and to find paths to …
