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Major funders call for increased support for Black Feminists
Philanthropy doesn’t invest enough in Black feminist social movements – and the need to increase funding to these organisations is urgent, reads an open letter from the Black Feminist Fund, signed by major funders including …
A power shift to the front lines of the climate crisis
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF) provides grants to organizations that support women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples to create and share their own solutions for climate resilience. CJRF puts people, their rights, and their lived …
Ignore digital equity at your own peril: your funding is ineffective without it
Almost half of humanity lives in a state of digital inequity – lacking the internet connectivity they need to participate in today’s digitized world. They are overwhelmingly our most vulnerable, most marginalized communities – the …
Power and knowledge hierarchies in philanthropy, activism and beyond
Black, feminist, lesbian, Audre Lorde once famously wrote; ‘The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house’. As was discussed at the ‘Philanthropy Party’, a two-day interactive conference hosted by the UK Funders Collective, …
Are barriers to digital technology preventing civil society organisations from achieving their potential?
‘Civil society organizations collectively serve millions of the most vulnerable people on earth. We must ensure they have the tools they need to improve people’s lives and achieve their missions’, Chris Worman, Head of Strategy, …
Effective Altruism: Down but not out
Looking back from the future, rather than forward to it as effective altruists tend to do, the year 2022 may come to be seen as both the apotheosis and nadir of the effective altruism (EA) …
11 key trends for philanthropy in 2023
The Johnson Center for Philanthropy has released its annual trends in philanthropy report and identifies networks and connections as key trends for 2023. ‘The philanthropic sector is an ecosystem: a web of interdependent actors, infinitely …
World Economic Forum initiative hopes to generate $3tn a year for climate action
The World Economic Forum has launched an initiative to generate $3 trillion a year by leveraging philanthropic and public capital to tackle climate change and nature loss. Giving to Amplify Earth Action, or GAEA, is …
CAF webinar to explore what donors need to know about giving in India
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), in partnership with CAF India, will be hosting a webinar on ‘Giving to India – what donors need to know’ on Monday, 23 January 2023. What are the most effective and …
