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How innovative financing is powering real change within the NGO sector
A vision for a better world, and unilateral actions are no longer enough to realise true change. In the wake of large-scale humanitarian need, disruptions in the traditional funding sources, and a growing funding shortfall, …
Investing in Black feminist worlds: The power of intergenerational convening spaces
In February, close to 400 visionary Black feminists from around the globe gathered in Barbados for the 2024 Black Feminisms Forum. An undertaking of the Black Feminist Fund and a multigenerational curatorial team, this dynamic …
Aligning investments and grantmaking behind your mission: Can foundations do it?
There are increasing calls for foundations to align their multi-billion dollars of investments in the global capital markets with their mission for public good. Is this a realistic ambition? What are the barriers to achieving …
June 2024: Around the world from our regional reps
Every month Alliance regional representatives provide a report on the latest happenings in philanthropy from their region. Below is roundup for June 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review(SSIR) Japan Relaunched By Fan Li, East Asia Regional Representative …
Philanthropists are funding drug research the wrong way
In February, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) launched the ‘More Research, Less Cancer’ campaign, which, in their words, aims to get ‘high-value donors and philanthropists to raise £400m to tackle the disease, making it the largest …
Why climate philanthropy must increase funding to grassroots agroecology movements
Constructing climate-friendly, healthy food systems that are good for the planet and people remains one of humanity’s great challenges. The ‘modern’ food systems put in place over the past century – with many technologies and …
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Philanthropy’s Role in Financial Relief for Nonprofits
Imagine being charged with critical life-changing responsibilities while being starved by the same public actors to whom you are accountable. This is the crazy-making situation nonprofits are finding themselves in, whether they are housing the …
Why investigative journalism should spark change in the world
Democracy relies on truth and transparency. In 2024, a year where half the world’s population will have the chance to vote in elections, there has never been a more crucial time to shine a light …
New report calls for shifting the paradigm of the common good
Of the many global crises we face, which do you address first? And how do you deal with the complexity each one of them poses? Is philanthropy helping, or does it need a redesign? Does …
Philanthropy and the problem of the Outer Commons
As I look around at the lack of political consensus on what to do about poverty, public health or climate, and as I listen to the arguments and debates in the media, I do wonder …
