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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, …
Philanthropic Futurist predicts the next wave of philanthropy
We are living in a time of transformative change in the philanthropic field. In 2016, I was starting to feel the acceleration of this change and created a future of philanthropy model that envisioned a …
Charities in South Asia embrace cryptocurrency
A growing number of charities in South Asia are accepting donations via cryptocurrency, in the hope that this will increase contributions from those working in the finance and tech sectors. ‘Donations of all kinds are …
Who decides what is effective in Effective Altruism?
In the weeks following the FTX collapse, and the subsequent breakdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s reputation, some of the scrutiny has turned to Effective Altruism (EA) – the philanthropic movement that Bankman-Fried championed for years (evidently …
2022: A Year in Philanthropy
At the end of a long and tumultuous year, Alliance hosted an event at the Aga Khan Centre in London. Looking at the key trends and topics of 2022, we began with a livestreamed panel …
Peer Dialogue: Putting equity in pole position
Don’t wait for disasters to happen – fund preparedness. And make sure equity is at the heart of what you do, otherwise the direct effects of the disaster will be compounded by inequalities. Above all, …
Building power in communities
It feels like it’s been quiet in UK funder land in relation to tech. It may just be that I am out of the loop and that there are funding programmes focussed on tech. Or perhaps …
Effectively over: What Does Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall mean for philanthropy and Effective Altruism?
Last week offered a rare opportunity to watch one of the world’s biggest philanthropists self-combust in real time. The spectacular downfall of crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (commonly known as SBF) and his cryptocurrency exchange FTX resulted …
Indy Johar on our extraordinary age
It is the end of summer, and before students come back to Istanbul’s Kadir Has University, around 100 members of the PEX community gather for the second PEXforum to explore what it means to drive …
How can we build a new future for journalism that belongs to all of us?
In recent years, while policymakers, investors, and, yes, funders have often had warm words to say about the value of independent journalism, when it comes to cold, hard cash or meaningful policies, in a world …
