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Special feature Stefan Schurig 1 June 2021

Applying the lessons of Covid

Covid-19 is a global vulnerability experience. The F20 platform can help philanthropy play its part in applying the lessons to climate change While governments are currently trying to prepare for the worst impacts of the …

Opinion Alette van Kralingen 26 May 2021

Response: Here’s how we build local

This article is a response to Building local is central to shifting power by Jenny Hodgson. The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs is excited to have entered into a strategic partnership with the Giving for Change …

Opinion Shalinder Carter 23 May 2021

Racial justice and climate action

The Black Lives Matter movement, the killing of George Floyd, extreme storms, apocalyptic wildfires, soaring temperatures, and an increase in droughts and floods – all  in 2020 – and all against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, …

Opinion 2 Delphine Moralis 11 May 2021

You can’t play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra

Preparing for the launch of the latest edition of our Environmental Funding by European Foundations publication, I mentioned the topic to my eldest son who said that this was the most important thing he had …

Conference Report Amy McGoldrick 4 May 2021

Alliance webinar: Future of philanthropy in Latin America

As part of Alliance magazine’s anniversary celebrations this year, celebrating Alliance’s 25 years at the heart of global philanthropy, we have launched a series of events on what the future of philanthropy holds in different …

Opinion Lan Keqi 26 March 2021

‘Life on land’: the Lao Niu Wetland Protection Project

Established in 2004, the Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Foundation works mainly on environmental protection, culture and education, and industry promotion. Its work involves multiple SDGs. As of 2019, it has carried out 255 public welfare …

Opinion Delphine Moralis 24 March 2021

Mainstreaming children’s rights: an investment for a better tomorrow

Thirty-one years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ‘progress has gone backwards on every key measure of childhood’ according to a report published earlier this month by UNICEF. As …

Opinion 1 Byron Bitanihirwe 12 March 2021

Harnessing the power of philanthropy to support mental health during Covid-19

As the nature of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, a number of socio-economic and public health vulnerabilities have been exposed. These vulnerabilities range from student equity and job uncertainty to overwhelmed healthcare systems – …

News 1 Elika Roohi 10 March 2021

Andrew Steer named President and CEO of $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund

Andrew Steer, who currently serves as CEO of the environmental non-profit World Resources Institute, will join the Bezos Earth Fund as President and CEO in the coming weeks, announced Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos yesterday. According …

Letter John Barnes 2 March 2021

How to fund health advocacy

As noted by Angela Nguku in your issue on global health philanthropy (Alliance, December 2020), advocacy by civil society has been a critical part of the progress in health over the past 20 years. Civil …