Barry Knight and Jenny Hodgson have written an excellent framing article for the current issue of Alliance Magazine, describing the important role of grantmaking as a tool for social change. They open by saying, “Increasingly, the practice of grantmaking as a tool for bringing about social change has fallen out of favour, replaced by newer,…
Mama Cash and AWID are partnering with theguardian.com to create a new ‘women’s rights and gender equality in-focus section’ on their global development website. The section launched on Tuesday, 4 February 2014 and provides a specific focus on the pressing issues affecting women, girls, and trans* people around the world and the critical work being…
Since we started building it, exciting things have been happening in the PSJP network around the world. In case you missed any of it, we wanted to bring you up to speed. Africa A few network participants convened a group of social justice philanthropy practitioners in Johannesburg in October 2012 to provide space to begin…
by Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez Arts and cultural activism is a key tool to transform attitudes in society and cultivate acceptance for marginalized communities. Creative in nature, arts and cultural activism often enables policy changes that seed new realities and lived experiences, and provides sustainable long-term solutions to human rights challenges. But despite its importance, grantmakers allocate…
The Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace is excited to present at the WINGSForum in Istanbul (March 27-929, 2014), a session entitled ‘Peaceful Networks’. We are asking the question – How can associations and networks best support their members who are working in areas of deep communal divisions and violent conflict? The…
The Foundations for Peace Network shares its latest newsletter. This issue highlights some of the recent projects and strategies that funders working in conflict areas are using for peace building, social justice and conflict transformation work. Click on the attachment to read the newsletter. FFP Newsletter 5.pdf
I with my colleague Meera, I have been running a 3-year fund-raising campaign named the “Sampanna (fulfilling) Campaign” (April 2011 – March 2014) for Tewa – Nepal Women’s Fund which has a goal to raise US $ 900000. Within this campaign, we built an equally ambitious plan of raising at least a US $ 100000…
We are excited to share this interview with Halima Mahomed from the latest edition of WINGS Dispatch. Halima talks to Chris de la Torre about the importance of including women’s voices in setting development and philanthropy agendas. Read the full interview with Halima here.
Join Alliance Maagzine for a Webinar on January 14 from 10:30AM-12PM EST Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/656456326 Increasingly, grantmaking is being dismissed as a serious strategy for achieving social change, with the real business being done by venture philanthropy, strategic philanthropy, and most recently catalytic philanthropy. This webinar roundtable will…
By Rita Thapa In my last blog I argued that philanthropy has no direct relation with wealth. Now, I want to recognize and emphasize how wealth has, can be, and needs to be used to leverage for societal transformation – for social justice, equity, and for peace. All over the world, the discerning good among…