Author Archive:
Eva Rehse
Shifting power starts at home – transforming our organisation to transform the world
Our beloved Power Shift community emerged from the understanding that philanthropy must not only shift more money towards equitable, intersectional, community-led solutions, but also transform its practices and the philanthropic sector itself. Many of us …
Community-led change and the importance of measuring what matters
This article is part of a series of articles about Community-Led Philanthropy, co-hosted by GlobalGiving. The conversation explores the ways philanthropy can support community-led change. Local communities around the world invest unmatched time, resources and energy …
Still critical friends
I welcome the critique of Alliance’s future editorial direction (Alliance 100th issue, September 2021). And I’m pleased to see Alliance magazine using its 25th anniversary as a moment for reflection. Alliance stands alone as global …
The state of climate funding heading into COP26
COP26, rightly critiqued for its exclusionary approach, will shape how governments respond to the climate crisis. It is also as an organising moment for civil society, and a chance for funders to make public commitments …
Funding through a climate lens: How can funders strategically respond to climate change?
Climate change is the largest and most pervasive threat to both people and the planet. Yet, too often funders still tend to think of climate change as siloed in our analysis and responses, or a …
Just Giving: Why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better
Reviewed by Eva Rehse, Global Greengrants Fund, Europe The latest book by Rob Reich, co-director of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, is the most recent in a series of examinations on the …
Winners Take All: The elite charade of changing the world
Reviewed by Eva Rehse, Global Greengrants Fund, Europe ‘The master’s tools,’ Audre Lorde famously wrote, ‘will never dismantle the master’s house.’ Anand Giridharadas’ new book is a reflection on what this means for the change-makers …
Calling time on top-down approach
Browsing through the June 2018 issue, I was struck by the interview with Scottish philanthropist, Sir Ian Wood. Notwithstanding that his philanthropy undoubtedly has had some positive impact, I was surprised by Wood’s somewhat anachronistic …
Not all intermediaries: A call for partnership in the #ShiftThePower conversation
Readers may remember a 1980s television advert about the ‘Man from Del Monte’. It showed a representative of a global fruit firm visiting a farm somewhere in South America – European, patrician, clad in pristine …
