Prateek Suri, one of India’s wealthiest people, has pledged some of his wealth towards a new philanthropic enterprise focused ...

Philanthropy’s traditional model of project-restricted funding has kept civil society weak and dependent. The USAID funding freeze should be a wakeup call for the sector, who must reimagine how it ...

Ruth Mapara, director of Masana wa Afrika, on the importance of trust-based, community-led philanthropy in Africa ...

Alliance magazine’s March 2025 issue is out now – launched in a new and revamped design. Subscribers can catch up in print ...

While many RLOs are small and hyperlocal (also a strength to be celebrated), this is a reductionist understanding. Worse, it ...

Together, guest editor Mohamed Ahmed and the managing director of awards, data, and learning at Lever for Change, Muhsin ...

Alliance magazine has been covering debates about whether UK foundations should have a payout requirement – but the argument ...

The US-based Knight Foundation will give $25 million towards nonprofit newsrooms as it aims to reinforce local news. ...

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) has encouraged clients to move USD $16m of idle assets into social enterprises in a pilot scheme to channel unused funds to social good.  The fund is now encouraging its ...

Up to €1.25b (five billion PLN) of investment is to be directed towards small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and women’s entrepreneurship in Poland over the next three years.  The investment will ...

Real and sustainable solutions to address displacement are those that work for all who are affected by it. This includes, of course, people who are forced to flee. But refugees are far from being on ...

As my other contributors have explained, refugee-led organisations (RLOs) are civil society groups managed and formed by refugees themselves. Their primary purpose is to bridge the gaps in ...