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Advancing philanthropy by advancing knowledge

Amir Pasic 22 September 2022

Indiana’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has launched a professional doctorate in philanthropic leadership – the first degree of its kind. Most people interested in philanthropy are ‘doers,’ seeking to make a meaningful social contribution. …

Alliance event: Decolonising philanthropy

Amy McGoldrick 20 September 2022

Over the past few years, the term decolonising philanthropy has come to prominence. But what does it mean? Is it only applicable to those places where there is a legacy of European settlement imposed on …

Alliance digital event: Climate finance and philanthropy: beyond carbon offsets

Amy McGoldrick 16 September 2022

Institutional philanthropy is in a significant moment of change. It is vitally important to think about the opportunities for foundations for strategies that go beyond carbon emissions. In this event, we partnered with Mercer to …

Within our culture of violence, normalizing sex buying as freedom begs another look

2 Panagiota Caralis 16 September 2022

As millions of Ukrainian women and children are forced to flee their homes in hopes of surviving Russia’s war, they face another significant threat: men seeking to buy sex and the dangers of getting lured …

Can philanthropy rise to the challenge of combating climate change?

Phil Buchanan, Naomi Orensten and Katarina Malmgren 10 September 2022

Climate change is widely acknowledged as the existential crisis of our time, a ‘code red for humanity‘, in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. With the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last month …