Author Archive:
Amy McGoldrick
What it means to talk about conflict
Alliance’s readers chose How should independent philanthropy engage in contexts of conflict and crisis? as its poll winner – an interesting choice, as an estimated 110 conflicts rage across the world. This fishbowl session was …
‘The miracle of Europe’
In beautiful but stormy Ghent, Belgium – sat in the beautiful and ornate theatre room of Viernulvier, I sat and waited for the first session of the day: Safeguarding democratic values: Breaking the silos of …
How is climate finance reshaping philanthropy?
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) at COP28 estimated that $500 billion is needed in developing countries in 2025 under the new finance goal to support climate action. UNCTD estimates this should …
Audacious Philanthropy: How Innovation, Risk, and Partnership Led to Transformational Impact in Education
Embracing innovation and partnership – and reshaping how we think about risk-enabled new, unconventional solutions to meet the needs of children and families in nearly impossible contexts. Ahlan Simsim’s funders were careful to ensure that …
Leadership of philanthropy, leadership by philanthropy
Philanthropy is grappling with the role it must play in responding to what is called the polycrisis – climate and environmental crises, entrenched economic inequalities, and social injustices. The material role that philanthropy can play …
The ancient technology of storytelling: Day Three, #ShiftThePower Summit
On day three, I attended one of the ‘buckets’ on Moving beyond logos, egos, siloes and haloes: Reimagining our own systems, organisational and governance structures in the pursuit of collective action and the good society. …
‘A moral imagination’: Day Two, #ShiftThePower Summit
Day two of the Summit in Bogotá, Colombia, began with a plenary called ‘Setting the scene’ with Marta Ruiz, journalist and former Commissioner of Truth in Colombia. ‘After the war, we don’t have peace – …
‘When the world is in crisis, the world is not together’: Day One, #ShiftThePower Summit
Over 700 delegates from around the world and across philanthropy, civil society and international development joined the three day #ShiftThePower Summit in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This is the second international Summit following on …
Building collective power at WINGSForum 2023
The final session I attended at WINGSForum2023 was Building Barriers, Shifting Power: A collaboration to reshape philanthropic infrastructure. Due diligence. Risk analysis. Compliance. Vetting. These words, Matthew Patten at Catalyst2030 acknowledges, can make us shudder. …
‘Killing our capacity for justice’: Advancing racial justice at WINGSForum 2023
The first session I attended was Advancing racial justice & transformation through philanthropy, run by Ana Maria Sanchez – Philanthropy director at Cemefi (Mexico); Cassio França – Secretary General, GIFE (Brazil); and Lori Villarosa – …
