Latest from Alliance


Practical advice

A self-assessment tool for foundations on participatory practices

12 April 2023
Diana Samarasan and Katy Love

With the fragile state of democracy, growing inequality, social movements calling for action, and demands to address systemic injustices, philanthropic …

Practical advice

7 best practices in participatory grantmaking

10 April 2023
Kelley Buhles

Participatory grantmaking has been practiced in modern philanthropy for over 40 years, and beyond that, the act of communities determining …

Practical advice

10 solutions to scale gender lens investing

19 November 2022
Daniel Rostrup

Why is gender lens investing still just a ‘drop in the ocean’ of mainstream finance? I recently had the pleasure …

Practical advice

What I learned from well-being week

29 August 2022
Hayley Roffey

Global Fund for Children Managing Director Hayley Roffey reflects on GFC’s decision to close for a week over the summer. …

Practical advice

Operating Archetypes: a new tool for analysis and action

20 August 2022
Olga Tarasov

Given the recent and ongoing seismic shocks to society from the pandemic, increased recognition of systemic inequities, and climate change, …

Practical advice

The cost of living crisis demands a Covid-style response

11 July 2022
Naomi Chapman

Life is getting more expensive for everyone. In Britain, the official inflation rate is 9.1 per cent. America is not …

Practical advice

So you want to do a participatory strategy?

18 March 2022
Rachel Stephenson Sheff

Love the intention – but let’s make sure you get it right. These days, the word ‘participation’ – or rather, …

Practical advice

15 best practices for hosting virtual or hybrid fundraising events

5 February 2022
Steve Bernat

Like many activities, the onset of the pandemic abruptly put an end to in-person fundraising. Now in our new normal, …

Practical advice

What are the best practices for online giving? Here’s three from our research

2 February 2022
Andy Jones

Ten years ago, nonprofit fundraisers waited for the postal service to make their daily delivery of mail at the office …

Practical advice

How unrestricted should funding be?

25 November 2021
Hugh Davidson

INGOs prefer unrestricted funds, often for good reasons. For funders this can feel like: ‘Just give us the money and …

Practical advice

How to stop making assumptions and accelerate community-led change

22 September 2021
Hannah Lee

This article is part of a series of articles about Community-Led Philanthropy, co-hosted by GlobalGiving. The conversation explores the ways philanthropy …

Practical advice

Flexible funding is the right way forward – but we still need to measure impact

20 September 2021
Sarah Denselow and Seth Reynolds

One of the healthiest shifts we’ve seen from this pandemic has been the rise of more flexible trust-based forms of grant-making. But this …