The Global Fund for Community Foundations interviewed Marwa El-Daly, founder of the Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF), about the circumstances surrounding the Foundation’s establishment, and how these have been re-shaped by the events of the Arab Spring. Read the article by clicking here.
Click here to read the article from 50.50 inclusive democracy by Jackie Copeland-Carson, Pan-Africanising Women’s Philanthropy: Anatomy of an Emerging Social Movement.
Hi everyone. Here is a gripping video about the work TrustAfrica is doing to enhance women’s rights.
post by IndiaKnowledge@Wharton – read the article here or download it below. Global Philanthropy – Why Western Models May Not Work Everywhere.pdf
Click here to read a post from the Chronicle on Philanthropy about “Philanthropy’s Role in Stopping Gun Violence.” What do you think?
TrustAfrica recently caught up with Hakima Abbas, deputy director of Fahamu. We spoke with her about African social justice philanthropy at the 1st Pan-African Grantmakers Assembly, which was convened November 3-5 in Nairobi, Kenya, by the African Grantmakers Network. Watch the video here.
In a piece featured on the Huffington Post blog and as an Opinion in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (both of which are attached), Mark Rosenman calls for charity and foundation leaders to challenge the greed for money and power that corrupts US democracy, serves economic elites while diminishing and denying the rest of society, and…
More than the Poor Cousin: Community Foundations as a New Development Paradigm by Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight – from the Global Fund for Community Foundations MORE_THAN_THE_POOR_COUSIN_.pdf
Attached are materials from the Council on Foundations Convention’s Social Justice Track: Ruesga, G.A. and Puntenney, D. (March 2010). Social Justice Philanthropy: An Initial Framework for Positioning this Work. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace. Kirsty and the Evaluators: Getting a Grip on Evaluation. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace. Evaluation Frameworks for…
The Ford Foundation worked with a consultant on a project about engaging about the issue of structural racism with Community Action Agencies, community foundations, civic groups and others around the country. The resulting report (attached) is for the philanthropic sector on how various organizations have introduced and carried out work of breaking down racial barriers.…