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£10m donation to fund Edinburgh University Futures Institute
Scotland’s University of Edinburgh has received an anonymous £10m donation to fund its Futures Institute. The Institute will scan wide horizons. It will bring together research and teaching from across the University and, beyond, it …
How can funders use theory of change to promote systems change and tackle systemic problems?
Systems change remains a hot topic in the social sector. For good reason. The complexity of the challenges we face today is hard to grasp—from homelessness and poverty to climate change and the refugee crisis. …
The pursuit of mutually assured survival
Why are the worlds of philanthropy and the media still so far apart? What could and should be done to bring them together and realize the promise of a reciprocal relationship? In this special feature, we look at the space where these two worlds collide, and what happens as …
Now is the time to build a movement for philanthropic equity
I congratulate Alliance for bringing even more global attention to the issues around diversity in philanthropy in the September special feature. In this unprecedented political climate where the most basic rights are under threat, philanthropic professionals and institutions in the …
Rule of the road for non-profit journalism funding
As the traditional advertising model for media continues to shrink, the role of philanthropic funding in journalism has reached a new moment of importance. It is merely the latest sign, that in September 2017, the …
Safeguarding the Guardian
At a time when challenges to media independence pollute and distort the news landscape and traditional revenue models continue to erode, independent media organizations are thinking innovatively about how best to fund high-quality independent journalism. …
Looking beyond the echo chamber
The global context in which the 2017 Trust Conference took place was particularly challenging. There are many reasons to conclude that we are seeing a global regression in Women’s rights; the US reinstatement of the …
Legacy award honours social justice in US philanthropy
The Marguerite Casey Foundation with The Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) and Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) recently announced the winner of the 2017 Patiño Moore Legacy Award, awarded to The Rev. Dr. William J. …
The SDGs: a call to collective action
The SDGs are universal – they apply everywhere and to everyone. So where does philanthropy come in? Let’s begin with a bit of history. The broad framework for aid and development from 2000 to 2015 …
Five insights for funders to amplify agroecology
‘Agroecology is the mainstream food system in West Africa. It is about working with nature, and this is the natural way people have lived for centuries’, shared Bern Guri, a Ghanaian sustainable agriculture advocate at …