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Alliance magazine and SSIR launch exclusive joint digital subscription offer

Alliance magazine 26 February 2019

Alliance magazine and the Stanford Social Innovation Review are offering a one year digital-only subscription to BOTH for only $69.95USD. This offer is available until Thursday 28 February. SSIR is a must-read for any serious …

Building partnerships and pooling resources for development

Jayapadma RV 22 February 2019

Funding resources are a crucial part of the work that Gram Vikas is able to do among rural communities. Over four decades, the organisation has received support from a range of organisations and individuals who …

Prince Charles announces $100 million fund for empowering women in South Asia

Alliance magazine 14 February 2019

The Prince of Wales announced the launch of a $100m Outcomes Fund for women and girls across South Asia and its ambition to raise this fund over the next five years. The fund will support …

Interview: Xu Yongguang, Narada Foundation

Andrew Milner 12 February 2019

Founded in May 2007 by Zhou Qingzhi and Xu Yongguang, at a time when most of the country’s existing foundations were operating foundations, Narada Foundation was the first grantmaking foundation in China dedicated to providing …

If philanthropy is to be successful at systems change, it needs to better examine its own role

Stacey Thomas 12 February 2019

Systems change has gained buzzword status over recent years, something that is discussed with earnest enthusiasm and exclamations of, ‘if we are ever going to see long-lasting and generational change, we need to change the …

The social sector must recognise and talk about failure

Rohini Nilekani 9 February 2019

With pressure to show returns on philanthropic capital, there’s little room to discuss failure. In order to mitigate huge organisational and programmatic risk, a culture of admitting failure needs to be built. A lot of …

The Akshaya Patra Foundation awarded Gandhi peace prize

Alliance magazine 30 January 2019

The Akshaya Patra Foundation have been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for their contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of school children in India. For the first time since 2014, the Government of India …

CEGA forum unveils new resources for environmental funders in China

Alliance magazine 26 January 2019

The China Environmental Grantmakers Alliance (CEGA) has launched and information platform aiming to remedy the lack of basic information in environmental grantmaking in China. The CEGA Environmental Protection Organization information platform will also help optimise …