On 22 May 2023, Philea published the sixth edition of its Environmental Funding by European Foundations report, the most comprehensive of its kind, which covers topics ranging from thematic focus of environmental grantmaking, to geographical …

Nearly 10 years have passed since my first European Foundation Centre conference in Sarajevo. I remember entering a very homogenous space where women, the LGBTQ+ community, young and racialised people, were an absolute minority. At …

In a session called Creativity for Social Change, Lwanda Xaso said, ‘We must change ourselves from the inside – and tackle our own resistance to change.’ An energizing thread I found weaving through Philea from …

Aside from the delights of lunches at the Dalmatian village, the fascinating exploration of Zlarin’s coral heritage, and connections with fellow funders against the gorgeous Adriatic backdrop, what do I take away from this year’s …

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. Over …

The first-ever cross-racial community of donors and movement leaders, the Donors of Color Network (DOCN), recently announced a new funding baseline of $120 million through the Climate Funders Justice Pledge (CFJP) for Black, Indigenous, and …

‘Imagine possible’, reads an advertisement on a large-scale banner when I am passing the security check to the central hall of the Brussels airport. Coloured in intense, deep ocean blue, the ad immediately catches my …

1. A heated argument about unrestricted funding Early one morning some years ago, my wife Sandra and I were marooned in the lounge of our hotel in Kolkata, because a visit to one of our …

In this article, we report progress on our consultations across the ‘development’ ecosystem in the nine months since the publication of the Jigsaw report that called for root and branch reform of international development. The …

For the past four years, the Trialogue Business in Society Conference has been held in South Africa (2023, 2022 and 2021 in-person and hybrid; 2020 virtual; and 2019 in-person) showcasing important developments across the corporate …