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Poll: Which session at Asia Philanthropy Congress 2024 would you most like to read about?

Alliance magazine 11 November 2024

Asia Philanthropy Congress 2024: Working Together to Achieve Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, on November 29th 2024. Organised by The Nippon Foundation, the Asia Philanthropy Congress was launched …


Spain community foundation spearheads floods response as climate investment concerns ignored

Shafi Musaddique 7 November 2024

A Spanish community foundation has led the response to repairing the damage caused by the devastating floods in southeast Spain that left more than 200 people dead – the worst natural disaster the country has …


Shift power or completely transpose it? One organisation’s journey

Nina Blackwell 5 November 2024 For Subscribers

Firelight was established in the late ‘90s in Silicon Valley as private philanthropy supporting children, youth and communities in Southern and Eastern Africa. But after a decade and a half of giving, we found ourselves …

How to make sure your endowment investments match your mission

Louise Eldridge 2 November 2024

Many people will have heard of divestment in fossil fuels by now. Last year the Church of England made headlines when it announced it was abandoning investments in oil and gas firms. Earlier this year …

Ideas to impact: Kevin Starr on how the Mulago Foundation is transforming philanthropic funding

Alliance magazine 1 November 2024

Research into the international development sector and its effectiveness by the H & S Davidson Trust points to a flawed system badly in need of reform. In this series of interviews, we talk to figures …

ClimateWorks Foundation to invest $2 million in youth-led climate solutions 

Shafi Musaddique 1 November 2024

ClimateWorks Foundation will invest $2 million investment towards the youth climate justice movement, in a bid to plug the funding gap and bolster youth-led climate solutions.  Currently, youth-led climate justice groups receive less than 1 …

Overlooked and underfunded: Why we should all be investing in African adolescents

Beatrice Likando and Jenny Groot 31 October 2024

By 2075, over half the world’s youth will be African. This remarkable projection isn’t just a statistic; it’s a call to the global philanthropic community. Africa’s rapidly expanding youth population is its greatest asset. Or …

Resources needed after US election ‘to make sure that all votes are counted fairly’, warns $200 million democracy-focused funder 

Shafi Musaddique 29 October 2024

With the US election just days away, a democracy-focused funder has signalled the alarm bell that more is needed to strengthen the increasingly fragile state of democracy in the country.  ‘Given the avalanche of disinformation …

USAID and Johnson Foundation sign commitments to bolster Latin American and Caribbean health workers

Shafi Musaddique 25 October 2024

USAID and the Johnson Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding to help build and strengthen the global health workforce, starting in Latin America and the Caribbean.   The non-binding agreement between the foundation – the …

Rockefeller Foundation hires congressman for newly created US policy team 

Shafi Musaddique 23 October 2024

The Rockefeller Foundation has opened a new US programme and policy team, set to be spearheaded by a congressman.   The US team will focus on a number of core issues such making US climate …