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Aligning investments and grantmaking behind your mission: Can foundations do it?
There are increasing calls for foundations to align their multi-billion dollars of investments in the global capital markets with their mission for public good. Is this a realistic ambition? What are the barriers to achieving …
JRF’s Next Frontiers Conference
Next Frontiers: Stewarding Wealth for People & Planet, is the third year of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s funding, philanthropy and investment conference – paying attention to the whole wealth and finance ecology. This year, much …
Philea Forum 2024: Trust and Philanthropy
In an era marked by the ongoing erosion of public trust in established institutions and growing demands for democracy, equality, climate action and social justice, the conference offered a space for philanthropy practitioners to share …
AVPN Global Conference 2024: One Asia, One Future
AVPN Global Conference 2024 brought together investors, philanthropists, corporations, policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and implementing organisations from around the world, working for impact within the Gulf Cooperation Countries and all territories eastward as far as Australia …
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 …
Philea Research Forum 2024
The Research Forum was a unique space for knowledge exchange, critical networking and deep-diving into research and innovation funding practices by foundations. Hosted by Fondazione Cariplo, with the support of the Cariplo Factory, the Research Forum aimed …
Dasra Philanthropy Week 2024: Thrive through Equity
Celebrating its 15th edition, Dasra Philanthropy Week 2024 invited a convergence of diverse stakeholders and voices within the development ecosystem anchored around the theme of ‘Thrive through Equity’, to help shape a collective perspective for …
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 …
PEXforum 2024: Where are we in philanthropy infrastructure today?
PEXforum 2024, co-hosted with Acri and Assifero, brought together philanthropy infrastructure professionals from all over Europe. From problem-solving to exploring, from knowing to unlearning, from change-making to change-seeking: how can we embrace the new roles …
