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Philanthropy is ripe for change: I explore how on Philanthropisms podcast
There is no typical career journey in philanthropy. Routes into and out of leadership roles are many and varied. I was reminded of that when I spoke recently to Rhodri Davies’s Philanthropisms podcast about my …
American giving remained strong in 2021, totalling $485bn
Private giving, including individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations, gave an estimated $484.84 billion to U.S. charities in 2021, according to research published in Giving USA 2022: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021. The …
LGBTI funding steadily growing, but eclipsed by sums spent on anti-LGBTI movement
Funding for groups working on LGBTI issues has been growing steadily – according to a report from the Global Philanthropy Project, it grew by three per cent from 2019 to 2020. However, it’s a small …
Giving flourishing in Turkey, finds TUSEV research
TUSEV, the Third Sector Foundation of Turkey, has released its Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey report for 2021, which provides an analysis of the sector. During Covid, half of individuals reported engaging in some …
How can donors empower grassroots change? New research explores
A new study from Bridgespan identifies five mindsets and pathways that NGOs and donors throughout Africa and India can adopt to support communities aiming to solve their own socio-economic challenges. Over the past decade, there …
Environmental groups need more support, finds Environmental Funders Network research
UK environmental groups are driving forward the actions needed to tackle the climate and nature crises, but need more support to act at the speed and scale required, according to the Environmental Funders Network’s latest …
Failure is rewarded in the coin of wisdom
Talking openly about what went wrong is not about recrimination, but about grasping the opportunity to improve We all want to achieve our goals. That means we need to know how to make those aspirations …
Leadership and intentionality
Organisational learning is more than just falling forward, it’s about developing a clear, intentional pathway to success At Laudes Foundation, we closed 2021 with an event for staff which was about sharing failures and drawing …
An opportunity we can’t afford to miss
Faced with the biodiversity crisis, failures of conservation projects give rise to much soul-searching. However, for the same reason, a closer look at these failures is vital The scale and severity of the current biodiversity …
Global Updates
This is our round-up of philanthropy news around the world featured in the June 2022 issue of Alliance: The Americas $1bn Gender Fund aims to transform systems Gates board adds four new trustees How Latin …
