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Philea’s European Manifesto calls for a ‘philanthropy single market’
Philanthropy Europe Association (also known as Philea) has called for the establishment of a single market for philanthropy that it says could unlock potential billions of euros worth of grants and incentives. Published in its …
Why it’s time to flip the knowledge hierarchy and disperse power.
Having spent most of my professional life in Perú’s non-profit sector, I have seen many behaviours and patterns that have prioritised and perpetuated the knowledge of power holders – mostly international donors – over community …
Refugee Leadership Needs to be at the Center of Crisis Response
There are more refugees in the world now than ever before in recorded history. They exhibit extraordinary resilience and resourcefulness in dealing with challenges most of us would fear to face. And yet the international …
Investing in the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Against a backdrop of rising authoritarianism, democratic backsliding and deteriorating armed conflicts worldwide, people working to defend human rights and freedoms are facing growing threats and attacks. Indeed, over 401 human rights defenders were killed …
LGBTQI issues chronically underfunded despite UK government pledge
LGBTQI issues face chronically underfunding from both government and wider philanthropic institutions with ‘very few in the philanthropy sector [are] aware of how underfunded the LGBTQI movement is’. That’s according to new research commissioned by …
UK commitments to social justice yet to be demonstrated in grantmaking practices
For the second year running, the Civic Power Fund and Jon Cracknell from The Hour Is Late have analysed social justice grantmaking in the UK. Funding Justice 2 looked at over £950 million worth of grants, …
A call to support human rights defenders’ protection networks
On December 10th we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an occasion to reflect on the past and envision the future role of human rights in addressing the world’s profound …
COP28: Philanthropy forum hails ‘paradigm shift’, critics dismay at ‘new Davos’
Philanthropy’s role in discussions at COP28 represents a “paradigm shift” that could have a “multiplier effect” on accelerating climate solutions, according to Badr Jafar, chair of the COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum. Business and …
Time to reassess the tradition of keeping philanthropy and politics separate
In the early years of the Christian era, Pliny the Younger, then administrator of the Roman province of Bithynia-Pontus, wrote to the Emperor Trajan asking for permission to establish a ‘society of 150 firemen’ in …
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 …
