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Interview: Cecilia Conrad on working with MacKenzie Scott and the Lever For Change model

Elika Roohi 29 August 2023

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $14 billion to some 1,600 nonprofits since 2019 – a pace of funding unlike any had seen in modern billionaire philanthropy. Up until recently, the process for getting a …

Unleashing philanthropic impulse: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Andrew Milner 28 August 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) and the benefits they bring to the sector. This interview …

Interview: Marina Feffer Oelsner, Co-founder, Generation Pledge

Andrew Milner 22 August 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …

Annette Dhami of Dark Matter Labs on philanthropy’s boring revolution

Charles Keidan 10 August 2023

A common refrain at Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Next Frontiers conference in London last month is that ‘philanthropy needs a new operating system’. If that’s the case, then what are the implications for the infrastructure which …

We’re building a movement and changing mindsets: Karen Ansara, NEID Global

Andrew Milner 9 August 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …

Interview: Marc Salzmann and Sabrina Grassi, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation

Andrew Milner 1 August 2023

Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is what Sabrina Grassi, its Director General, and Marc Salzmann, its Partnership Manager describe as an umbrella foundation, providing hosting facilities as an alternative for individual philanthropists to set up their own foundations …

We are trying to create systemic change to build greater accountability and transparency: Ruth Shapiro, CAPS

Andrew Milner 1 August 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. This interview …

The role PSOs play is much broader than funders understand: Dave Biemesderfer, United Philanthropy Forum

Andrew Milner 21 July 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. This interview …

Interview: Ajay Piramal

Andrew Milner 20 July 2023

One of the keynote speakers at this year’s AVPN Conference was Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group and the Piramal Foundation. Is he wearing two hats, a corporate one and a philanthropic one? Not …

We must be continuously strengthening the ecosystem of African philanthropy: Jackie Asiimwe, CivSource Africa

1 Andrew Milner 12 July 2023

Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10 part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …