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Maverick Collective’s Rena Greifinger on gender equity and changing the status quo
A women’s funding initiative is about more than funding causes which others won’t. It’s about a different way of seeing women in philanthropy. Rena Greifinger, managing director of Maverick Collective, and director for Philanthropy at …
COP28: Rockefeller Foundation targets net-zero emissions for $6 billion endowment
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that it will pursue a net-zero emissions target for its $6 billion endowment. According to its website, the proposal makes it the largest private US foundation to pursue a net …
No one left behind: How philanthropy can support 65 million energy workers
As the world transitions to renewable energy, the landscape is changing fast for the 65 million people who work in fossil fuels and the communities relying on them for income. The millions of workers in …
Participatory grantmaking: Common parlance, but not yet common practice
Though the principles and practice of participatory grantmaking have made headway recently, the notion that funders know best is still prevalent While many assume the participation of communities affected by funding in philanthropy is a …
Foundations’ role in shaping policy
Foundations have a legitimate role to play in shaping public policy, but that legitimacy depends on high standards of governance and transparency In a world grappling with the aftershocks of a global pandemic, enduring conflicts, …
The advocacy question: Why philanthropy should use its voice for good
The First Nations referendum in Australia has highlighted how philanthropy increasingly acknowledges that engaging with advocacy is vital to achieving truly meaningful social change. Even if at first you don’t succeed… On 14 October 2023, …
Philanthropy, policy, politics: three p’s in a pod
Philanthropy’s political engagement need not be ‘party political’, but to achieve its ends, it should work with both policy and politics In 2005, Maytree received the Paul Ylvisaker Award for public policy engagement from the …
Political innovation: Prevention is better than cure
Ensuring the body-politic remains healthy, rather than treating it when it is sick, should be the aim of philanthropy Popular narratives in contemporary philanthropy concentrate on solving complicated social problems while changing the systems that …
The business of anti-democracies
While mainstream funders might shy away from an overtly political stance in their philanthropy, those who seek to undermine democratic principles often have no such scruples Anti-democracy movements have been at work for much longer …
Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing wealth in the time of collapse
Reviewed by Vanessa Thomas, Black Feminist Fund Post Capitalist Philanthropy by Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy is a beautiful offering, at a time, when we all navigate a world on fire, in both literal and …
