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After Covid year, new safeguarding framework for foundations
The Association of Charitable Foundations and the Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC) have launched a new safeguarding framework for foundations. The framework, which is a revised version of the one first developed by ACF in 2018, incorporates new …
Ariadne publish 2021 forecast for European social change and human rights funders
Ariadne Network have published the 2021 Forecast for European Social Change and Human Rights Funders. This year the report looks at the challenges and opportunities this year might bring for grantees; how funder practice could …
Giving grew more than 10 per cent in 2020 thanks to small donors
In the United States, charitable giving grew 10.6 per cent in 2020 driven by the increased need during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, in 2020 charities received gifts of all sizes …
ERNOP seminar series aims to bridge gap between study and practice in philanthropy
The European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) has launched an event series aiming to bridge the academic-practice divide in philanthropy. Comprised of monthly seminars beginning Tuesday, 23 March, the events will cover a broad range …
The European moment for philanthropy?
The coronavirus has taught us three lessons: First, it is possible to put an economic system on hold everywhere in the world at the same time in a few weeks when the threat is assessed …
With Amsterdam’s new Centre for Grantmaking Research, opportunities for study open
Unrestricted funding enables grantees to respond flexibly in times of crisis, helping them to build sustainable and resilient organisations, and it also enables innovation and scaling-up of existing initiatives. This is one of the key …
Denis Mizne: supporting vaccination, education, and leadership in Brazil
A year ago, the Lemann Foundation – a family foundation in Brazil that focuses on education and capacity-building – received an email from Oxford. It was proposing a partnership: would the Lemann Foundation help organise …
African philanthropy is emerging as a force. How can it increase support to African NGOs?
When the first confirmed sub-Saharan Africa case of Covid-19 was detected in Nigeria in February 2020, many African governments moved quickly to contain the virus. While other parts of the world struggled to slow the …
Scaling up: what’s it worth?
Alliance recently held a webinar on ‘scaling up’ within the sector, sponsored by the H&S Davidson Trust. We were joined by a stellar set of panellists: Ann Mei Chang, a leading expert on social innovation …
New guide for funders looks at strategic use of time horizons
To give as much as possible, as fast as possible, or to limit giving to a rate that enables an in-perpetuity existence? These are questions that philanthropists and charitable foundations are increasingly considering as more …
