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Now free to read: Grantmaking for social change?
First published 18 April 2014, by Alliance magazine. I’m going to lay my cards on the table: I believe that grantmaking can help achieve social change. But I also agree with so many of the …
Alliance Breakfast Club 19 March: Grantmaking for Social Change
In a world eagerly adopting venture philanthropy, strategic philanthropy and more recently catalytic philanthropy, is there still room for the ‘humble’ grant and if so what role can it play? This was the question before …
Aligning investing and grantmaking: thoughts from the social change/human rights field
A group of grantmakers in the arena of social change and human rights got together last week in Barcelona to share best practices (and failures) around funding. As part of this conversation, we held a …
Semillas’ philosophy: Building a network for investing in social change
Semillas (Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer), the only women’s fund in Mexico, has a defined and unique philosophy of philanthropy in Mexico, which is best displayed by our network of individual donors. This …
Just published: Interview with CIVICUS Secretary General Danny Sriskandarajah
Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah took up the post of Secretary General of CIVICUS in January. What does he think is most important about CIVICUS? What areas of work would he like to see more developed? Where …
Connecting two resources: social investments and social work
‘We are living in a world that is different from what we dream. Recently, we reached our limit and lots of us run to the streets to complain because we cannot stand the current situation …
Food for thought in the midst of Brazilian social unrest
When you arrive back home after five weeks of travelling, all you want is to unpack and snuggle in your bed. After spending three weeks in a HBS program in Boston and later spending two …
Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize announced as first winners are honoured
The Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize was announced at the Emerging Societies, Emerging Philanthropies International Forum in Peterhof, Russia, 1-2 July, following the prize ceremony for the first round of the prize and the lecture …
Giving with awareness for change
In many of Bogota’s supermarkets, when a woman pays for her shopping she is asked if she wants to donate ‘a few pesos to a cause’. There is usually not much variety in the causes. …
Is it time for RISKY goals, not just SMART ones?
Assessing impact is a challenge faced by every grantmaker – including those interviewed for a new report, Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking. Produced by the Foundation Center and the International Human Rights …
