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Philea, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo launch survey to understand foundation’s data work
Philea and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo are conducting a survey on data work in philanthropic foundations with the aim of mapping out what activities European foundations are currently undertaking when it comes to data. …
Egypt’s growing and changing philanthropy sector with CARE Egypt’s Hazem Fahmy
In Egypt, philanthropy is becoming more independent and sustainable, while also more open to experimentation and learning. And nowhere is this better exemplified than in the recent change in status for CARE Egypt – previously …
Women can take a bigger lead in giving, says African philanthropist
Philanthropist Tsitsi Masiyiwa wants to create more pathways for women funders who have historically been limited by traditional gender roles. ‘We have women funders, but there are very few’, Masiyiwa said to DevEx. Masiyiwa is …
Tech Matters launches as independent nonprofit to address global challenges with digital solutions
Tech Matters, a tech-for-good organisation focused on bringing the power of tech to social change leaders, is now a new independent nonprofit. The organisation was founded in 2019 by serial tech and social entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman. …
Modernizing philanthropy for the 21st century
We live in a changing world, one marked by a cascade of seemingly intractable challenges – and ever-increasing new challenges coming in different forms. From climate change to economic inequality to the threat of global …
IKEA, CIFF give $67m to Clean Air Fund to tackle global air pollution
The Clean Air Fund, the world’s largest philanthropically funded organisation focused on tackling air pollution, has received a funding boost of $67 million from both IKEA Foundation ($40 million) and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation …
Forward, open and global: TPW comes of age
One of western philanthropy’s most elite networks showed it is ready to open up – and step up – to the challenges of the times. Charles Keidan reports from The Philanthropy Workshop (TPW) summit held …
Reimagination needed to focus on roots of our crises
No shortage of bold ideas to build new futures: Day 1 at TPW Global Summit I was thankful to be invited by the Skoll Foundation and The Philanthropy Workshop to attend their Global Summit earlier …
Listening to the spaces in between
Recently I was at a roundtable meeting at a prestigious philanthropic institution, in which potential solutions to climate change were being discussed. Everyone was talking about the problems; repeating the same old lines and the …
Alliance for philanthropy and partners builds on COP27 commitments with Vietnam government
A partnership between philanthropy and government in Vietnam will support the country’s ambitious climate and energy goals to reach net-zero by 2050. Last month, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) signed memorandums …