On Friday 13th December at 16:00 – 17:00 GMT, join @awdf01 the twitter handle for the African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF) for a twitter conversation on African philanthropy with @TheoSowa , AWDF’s Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the African Grantmakers Network (AGN). Let’s talk about African philanthropy, how we give back, build communities, and…
Too few foundations support human rights in the Global South, and many of those northern funders who do support rights continue to make old mistakes. There are new players in unexpected places, however, who offer promising examples. The next generation of foundations in the Global South will likely be the vanguard of experimentation and learning.…
The Global Fund for Community Foundations has announced the appointment of two new senior members of staff, Avila Kilmurray and Wendy Richardson, who will be joining the GFCF in early 2014. Avila has been the Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland since 1994 and has received international recognition for her work around philanthropy…
Expanding the Philanthropic Dialogue on the Middle East and North Africa Oct 29-30, 2013 in New York Arts and Culture in Transformative Times: Expanding the Philanthropic Dialogue on the Middle East and North Africa is a two day conference to be held in New York on October 29th and 30th.The even marks ArteEast’s 10th Year.…
By Rita Thapa During heightened civil war in Nepal, I went to visit an abandoned village burned to ashes by the Maoists (for the government had armed local civilians to retaliate with the Maoists). The lurking smell of death was strong enough to keep neighbours at bay even on the 13th day I arrived there.…
Mama Cash is looking for a full time Senior Programme Officer – Body, for 36 hours a week. Mama Cash aims to strengthen its grantmaking by hiring an ambitious and experienced feminist activist to manage a thematic grantmaking portfolio titled Body. The portfolio supports women’s, girls’ and trans people’s groups, organisations and initiatives that push…
In 2011 the Taso Foundation, as part of the partnership grant from Global Fund for Women started work with the aim to develop a draft law on philanthropy and promote the culture of philanthropy in Georgia. This program is still underway, having been continued with the support of Open Society – Georgia Foundation. Beginnings Besides…
The Global Fund for Community Foundations has been appointed Secretariat of the Global Alliance for Community Philanthropy, a new multi-donor, multi-stakeholder initiative supported by founding partners, the Aga Khan Foundation USA, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and USAID, which aims to make the case that growing local ownership and accountability leads…
Por Chandrika Sahai y Ana Criquillion Read this post in English here. En la actualidad, la región de América Latina y el Caribe está pasando por enormes cambios. Su situación económica está cambiando y algunos de los países de la región son incluso considerados ahora como mercados emergentes. Mientras tanto las estructuras sociales, económicas y…
Courtesy of www.alliancemagazine.org The September 2013 issue of Alliance Magazine focuses on philanthropy and power. In his article, ‘The power of money’ guest editor Stephen Pittam explores how philanthropy can best use the power brought by increased resources, as it enters its “second golden age”, to increase its impact on social justice and promoting a…