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July 2024: Around the world from our regional reps
Every month Alliance regional representatives provide a report on the latest happenings in philanthropy from their region. Below is roundup for July 2024 World’s First Accountability Summit on Disability Inclusion to be Held in Tokyo in …
Dutch right-wing leaders could make charitable giving harder
It has often been said that philanthropy is socially indispensable and politically invisible in the Netherlands. With the arrival of a new radical right-wing cabinet led by former top civil servant Dick Schoof, the omens …
‘No one is counting the bodies’: How philanthropy and the world have forgotten Sudan
Last week famine was officially declared in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since April of last year, civil war has wrecked the country resulting in the displacement of over eight million people and bringing nearly …
Leading global academics meet to discuss emerging political economies
Are we at a tipping point in conventional thinking about the economy? Can funders be part of solutions to problems that most of us have benefitted from? The dominant economic policies of the past 50 …
Philanthropy, we can’t keep straddling two worlds
Philanthropy talks a lot about decolonising wealth, yet there are so few examples where deep inner transformation, and the dismantling of colonial architecture has taken place or been sustained. Often, funders shift some practices and …
Let’s stop burying our heads in the sand – starting with Gaza
We need to face some uncomfortable truths about how our behavior is undermining the claims of philanthropy to be a legitimate force for good in the world. This article draws inspiration from the work of …
Purging Performative Culture
We recently took part in the first in a series of safe space #RID Pathways to Change conversations. These are an attempt to weave together various strands of activity to help build a picture of …
Mindset Matters
Last October, a group of us seeking to support ‘transformation’ in NGOs came together, facilitated by Mary Ann Clements, in an Action Learning Set (ALS). Six sessions later, we’ve enjoyed deep listening, learning and making …
New investment partnership to accelerate growth of European social enterprise market
A new philanthropy and impact investing partnership plans to accelerate the growth of early-stage social impact ventures in the Dutch and wider European markets. In particular, Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation says it will combine …
How to fund in the Global South with high impact
Back in 2001, labor rights activist Zehra Khan began informally organizing a group of home-based women garment workers, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Mama Cash—the world’s first international women’s fund—supported this grassroots movement from …
