Civil society, nonprofits & NGOs

Health systems encompass the institutions, organizations, and resources (physical, financial, and human) assembled to deliver healthcare services that meet population needs. In many low- and middle-income countries, health systems are faced with a huge burden …

The African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation is set to formally begin work this January, in what is shaping is up to be a year of new institutions and philanthropic endeavours tackling public health across the continent. …

Successful nonprofit fundraising is often found through storytelling, a powerful rendition of the impacts an organization can make through its mission. When applied to victim advocacy organizations, even the most survivor oriented nonprofit can unintentionally …

Progressive philanthropic groups the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector have described a US lawsuit, in which a foundation providing support to black women entrepreneurs is accused of being racially discriminatory by nature, as an …

Avila Kilmurray is the migration and peace building executive at the Social Change Initiative. Her work in peace building stretches back to 1975 when she was active in the community center and philanthropy in Northern …

The charity sector is waking up to the value of lived experience – the insights of people directly affected by an issue. There’s a growing recognition that involving people with lived experience in decision-making is …

The Cardano Foundation has announced a partnership with Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, to provide blockchain education and explore the use of the technology, that underpins cryptocurrency, in the energy sector.   The non-profit foundation, based in …

Singapore is loosening rules for private and community foundations, allowing them to go beyond the remit of giving grants.   A new set of rules, called the Guidance on Regulation of Grantmakers, foundations will be …

The 2023 Ghana philanthropy conference in Accra called for the inclusion of a framework to help promote philanthropy’s role in sustainable development within the West African nation.   The two-day conference, taking place between November 21-22, …

While Asia is home to nearly half of the world’s households living in poverty, it also has the fastest-growing concentration of wealthy families – and great potential to deploy philanthropic capital to create social and …