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Endowment building in the Arab region: Revamping an old institution

Riham Ahmed Khafagy 18 July 2023

It’s well known that Arab philanthropy is inspired by the region’s religious and spiritual traditions. Rooted in local societies, Christian and Islamic charity have adopted various ad hoc mechanisms and institutional forms for giving, depending …

Next Frontiers conference challenging traditional philanthropy attracts over a thousand attendees

Shafi Musaddique 18 July 2023

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s ‘Next Frontiers’ event in London, on July 11, gathered over a thousand people as traditional norms of philanthropy were challenged.  Led by journalists Yuan Yang of the Financial Times and Hettie …

When it comes to the global financial architecture, it’s time to shift the power

Jonathan Glennie 13 July 2023

There’s only one thing people hate giving away more than money. Power. In fact, the power to give away money is something people with large amounts of it tend to greatly enjoy. But power is …

Reforming International Development: Crowdsourcing Invitation

Reforming International Development 13 July 2023

Read a translation of this article in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, or Ukrainian. What is this? This is an invitation to crowdsource with and beyond our community and activist networks, so we co-create a diverse …

We must be continuously strengthening the ecosystem of African philanthropy: Jackie Asiimwe, CivSource Africa

1 Andrew Milner 12 July 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10 part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …

You can’t change anything if you don’t have structure organisations: Rodrigo Pipponzi, Editora MOL

Andrew Milner 11 July 2023

As part of our series of interviews with leaders of social impact infrastructure organisations and their funders, in partnership with Propel Philanthropy and WINGS, Alliance talks to Rodrigo Pipponzi, founder of Editora MOL and of …

Asian Youth Wellbeing Fund announced by AVPN

Simon Hungin 8 July 2023

The $3 million fund announced at the AVPN Global Conference 2023 is the first philanthropic pooled fund that focuses on youth mental wellbeing across Southeast Asia and South Asia, with AVPN being supported by Yayasan …

AVPN Constellations Awards laureates 2023

Simon Hungin 4 July 2023

The 2023 iteration of AVPN’s Constellations Awards focuses on collaborations that advance gender equality in Asia. With huge gaps still existing within the sector, strong, deliberate, and proactive collaborative action is required in order to …

Eight Asia gender equality fund recipients announced

Simon Hungin 1 July 2023

On 20 June 2023, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) announced the selection of eight non-profit organisations (NPOs) across South Asia, South East Asia, and North East Asia, to receive funding as part of the highly-anticipated …

Pushing the needle on what communities need: Neera Nundy, DASRA

Andrew Milner 26 June 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10 part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. Over …