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Audacious Philanthropy: How Innovation, Risk, and Partnership Led to Transformational Impact in Education
Embracing innovation and partnership – and reshaping how we think about risk-enabled new, unconventional solutions to meet the needs of children and families in nearly impossible contexts. Ahlan Simsim’s funders were careful to ensure that …
Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges as UN delivers warning
Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in 2023, according to a report released the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to mark the beginning of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month …
Funders need to see beyond carbon
There were no alarm bells. It was an ordinary Friday for most people, but a special one for us at Waste Warriors, a non-profit organisation in the Indian Himalayan region. It was our 11th Foundation …
#IWD2024: Beyond feminist ‘buzzwords’
This International Women’s Day, Alliance is spotlighting the work of those fighting for gender equality and justice within philanthropy and beyond. Our coverage is guided by an intersectional feminist approach – one that recognises how …
What philanthropy can learn from Afrofuturism to end violence
What other ways of knowing can philanthropy embrace to imagine our future? As we bear witness to the inhumanity of empire and grieve the reality of climate collapse, it is Black, Brown and Indigenous women …
Our struggle is one struggle, until the day that we are all free
This International Women’s Day the stakes feel higher than they have felt in our living memory. The shallow activism of the girl-boss-ing lean-in generation never more hollow, redundant. Everywhere we look – from our small corner …
Interview: Championing trans philanthropy with Antonia Belcher and Alexus D’Marco
Around the world, trans organisations are protecting their communities from human rights violations, discrimination and violence. While the journey ahead is long, funding is fragile. More than half of trans groups globally have annual budgets …
Defending the defenders: Funding for climate and gender justice
‘Above all, funders must become and view themselves as partners – with us, the Women Environmental Human Right Defenders (WEHRDs). This partnership can only thrive if funders genuinely grasp the context in which WEHRDs operate, …
Building a base of Black feminist power in philanthropy
This February, The Black Feminist Fund convened 100 members of the Black Feminists in Philanthropy Network (BFiP). This was part of the broader Black Feminisms Forum which brought together 400 Black feminist organisers, activists, scholars, …
Leadership of philanthropy, leadership by philanthropy
Philanthropy is grappling with the role it must play in responding to what is called the polycrisis – climate and environmental crises, entrenched economic inequalities, and social injustices. The material role that philanthropy can play …
