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How innovative financing is powering real change within the NGO sector
A vision for a better world, and unilateral actions are no longer enough to realise true change. In the wake of large-scale humanitarian need, disruptions in the traditional funding sources, and a growing funding shortfall, …
JRF’s Next Frontiers Conference
Next Frontiers: Stewarding Wealth for People & Planet, is the third year of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s funding, philanthropy and investment conference – paying attention to the whole wealth and finance ecology. This year, much …
Ukraine in need of ‘non traditional’ funding as short-term philanthropy ‘exacerbates’ uncertainty
One of Germany’s biggest foundations has warned that Ukraine is in dire need of ‘non traditional’ funding models, with short-term philanthropy having ‘exacerbated’ Ukraine’s volatile situation and international funding drying up by the end of the …
Embracing unrestricted funding to drive transformation
In 2022 we were grateful to become an early recipient of funding from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott. This was a huge boost for us because of the generosity ($20 million) but also because it was, unusually …
Marrakech to host 2024 APF Conference
“As African Philanthropy Forum convenes in Marrakech, Morocco, the theme echoes a call to action. It urges stakeholders to embrace a new era of philanthropy—one that is agile, collaborative and focused on catalysing funding to …
Melinda French Gates: Four things to note as she starts a new chapter
Much has been written about Melinda French Gates and what she calls her ‘new chapter’ – her philanthropic plans following her separation from Bill Gates and subsequent departure from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation …
The future of investing is impact
Like many foundations around the world, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is on a journey to make better use of our investment assets. As with our £50 million of annual grant-making, we want our £1.2 billion endowment …
Old habits prevent generous sustained funding for women and girls
Women’s and girls’ organizations received $8.8 billion in philanthropic support in 2020, which is 1.8 percent of total charitable giving – a key finding from the 2023 Women and Girls Index (WGI)*. A somewhat larger figure …
Trust, interconnectedness, and the climate sector
I left this year’s Philea forum reflecting on the importance of trust and the challenges of silos within philanthropy and the social sector. Over the course of the forum, sessions and panellists showcased the interconnectedness …
Is philanthropy rock and roll?
Under the title of ‘Trust and Philanthropy’, the 2024 Philea Forum sought to answer two pressing questions: how can philanthropic organisations build and maintain trust in the eyes of their beneficiaries? And how can they …
