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Not the TPW I knew!
On three weeks notice, I recently received an unexpected invitation to pitch The Philanthropy Workshop in London! I’m based in California’s Silicon Valley and have known TPW for many years as a local experiential learning …
Accelerating the impact of giving in India
At the 14th Dasra Philanthropy Week, diverse stakeholders from the social impact sector gathered to convene and collaborate on ideas for sustained action for a transformed India. The event featured diverse leaders of grassroot organisations, …
How can philanthropy catalyse a system-wide change in EdTech?
Prolonged online teaching periods during pandemic lockdowns prompted a discussion on Educational Technologies (EdTech). A series of damning reports, published now that some time has passed since pandemic lockdowns, showed that the most popular online teaching …
Imagination Infrastructures – resourcing the work of other possibilities.
‘What lies ahead? Reimagining the world. Only that.’ – Arundhati Roy. On Wednesday this week over 800 people have signed up to attend Imagination Infrastructures – a time between worlds. The interest in this event …
‘For the youth by the youth’: Young grantmakers reflect on their participatory grantmaking
Last year, the nine of us served as youth grantmakers for a youth-led fund called the Spark Fund. We had the unique experience of designing the grantmaking process and delivering financial support to youth-led and …
Getting global education back on track
Collaboration across sectors has the power to transform philanthropy into a more valuable instrument for social welfare. This has never been more important than in the aftermath of Covid. The impact of Covid on education …
How collective impact can shift funding practices
To make a dent in the major problems we face, collaboration is necessary. But first of all, we need to get funders to support collective action The achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …
Peer Dialogue: ‘Walking the talk of transformation’
Don’t just state your values – live them. Romy Krämer of the Guerrilla Foundation and Kavita Ramdas, independent philanthropy adviser and founder of KNR Sisters Consulting who also has long experience of institutional philanthropy, discuss …
The luxury of a long-term lens: Speaking with Nippon Foundation’s Yohei Sasakawa in Japan
Now 83, Yohei Sasakawa has been at the head of the Nippon Foundation since 1981. As he explained to Alliance digital editor Elika Roohi when the two sat down to talk at the Asia Philanthropy …
Philanthropy at the crossroads
The truth of philanthropy’s intentions is contained in actions, not words From the pandemic to nuclear and technological threat, inequality and climate change, we are confronted with a polycrisis, many elements of which are rooted …