Resource Category: Social Justice Philanthropy General

November 2016

Claiming Agency: Reflecting on TrustAfrica’s First Decade

Published in celebration of TrustAfrica’s 10th anniversary, Claiming Agency: Reflecting on TrustAfrica’s First Decade takes an in-depth look its work as an African-led foundation that set out to do things differently. Edited by Halima Mahomed and Elizabeth Coleman, the book has been published in partnership with Weaver Press. Founded in 2006, when solutions to Africa’s challenges were often developed outside its borders, TrustAfrica sought to…

March 2016

Al Mulhem in Social Justice Work

Al Mulhem (“Inspirer” in English), authored by Hania Aswad is a training guide for civil society, published by the Naseej Foundation in September 2015. Drwaring from the Arab Region, Al Mulhem provides a theoretical and philosophical as well as practical framework to practitioners, activists and CSOs eager to applying Social Justice and Right based principles in their…

June 2015

Summary Report: Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace in South and South-East Asia

In September 2013, the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace and the Global Fund for Community Foundations convened a small group of grassroots indigenous foundations in Shillong in the North East of India. The convening was hosted by the Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India and included foundations from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh,…

May 2015

A Tangled Web: The Perceived Influence of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Legislation on Corporate Social Investment in South Africa

Since 2004 South Africa has had in place legislation that regulates theresponsibilities of business to the transformation of society, and thisregulation includes an element that relates to corporate philanthropy. Todate, however, very little has been documented about the influence of thislegislation on corporate philanthropy. A new research report by HalimaMahomed, A Tangled Web: The Perceived…

December 2014

European Values – Promoting Solidarity at a Time of Austerity. What Role can Philanthropy Play?

A summary report based on discussions at a convening in Brussels, Belgium, October 7-8, 2014 This report presents a summary of the discussions that took place at a convening organized in Brussels on Oct 7-8, 2014 by the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (PSJP).  The event was arranged in collaboration with…

September 2014

Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace: A Summary Report from Latin America & the Caribbean

This report, published in September 2014, summarises the findings of a baseline study on philanthropy for social justice and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. It gives a glimpse of an emerging body of foundations that are providing resources for movements for structural and systemic transformation in the region. The study reveals that the…

July 2014

Framing the Discourse, Advancing the Work Philanthropy at the Nexus of Peace and Social Justice and Arts and Culture

‘Where overt protest is repressed, arts and culture are a subversive way to give people voice…unfortunately from a philanthropic perspective, this has not been a place where resources for change have flowed…,’ said Barbara Ibrahim (John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, Cairo) at a convening of social justice philanthropy practitioners in February…

June 2014

Lessons for Today’s Social Justice Movement from the Freedom Funders

  The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) has released “Freedom Funders: Philanthropy and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1965” to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The paper explores the impact of four foundations that defied convention by supporting the leadership organizations of the civil rights movement. While this financial support was modest, it…

April 2014

What does Community Philanthropy Look Like?

What makes the global spread of community philanthropy organizations so exciting is the variety of forms they take, adaptations to different local contexts, challenges, resources, and leaders. The core similarities matter— all in some way help geographic communities mobilize financial and other kinds of capital for improvement of the lives of residents. But so do…

April 2014

Of Narratives, Networks and New Spaces: A Baseline Mapping of the African Philanthropy Infrastructure Sector

Halima Mahomed, March 2014, The Rockefeller Foundation The report provides an overview of the current state of infrastructure for philanthropy in Africa.  It suggests that the sector is small, but growing steadily in numbers and diversity of offering. Both challenges and opportunities are highlighted stressing overall significant progress in the sector (in terms of capacity,…