The philanthropic fightback against ICE agents violently deporting and targeting communities across the US has received a new boost, led by a community on the frontline.  While funders, particularly ...
When it comes to funding air quality, philanthropy is very good at generating dashboards and less good at lasting policy ...
Pakistan’s higher education sector has called for philanthropists to move towards more structured, formalised philanthropy and shift away from solely giving towards emergency relief support. ...
When it comes to funding air quality, philanthropy is very good at generating dashboards and less good at lasting policy ...
On 2 March 2026, renowned Iraqi feminist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed was assassinated outside her home in northern Baghdad. Two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire as she stood ...
Slovakia’s courts slapped down a law that obligated local NGOs to provide information about their donors and file statements to their public financial statements.  The country’s constitutional court ...
In 2017, I was a grantmaker at the European Climate Foundation. I remember sitting in the basement of a grassroots NGO in Spain trying to understand how I could best support their work on climate ...
The US-based Center for Disaster Philanthropy has urged funders to step up and support relief organisations across the Middle East, as the US-Israel war on Iran and subsequent Iranian attacks across ...
Micro-finance NGO Good Return has received another Aus $1 million into its second impact investment fund for underserved women-led enterprises in Asia-Pacific.  The evergreen fund, which now holds $2.
Funders of all sizes and interests are grappling with how to localise their work and impact, goals that are easier to articulate than achieve in practice. Today, many funders have made public ...
In the final interview in this series on collective and collaborative giving, Tony Soh, Chief Executive of the National ...
Asia is at an inflection point. Withdrawal of aid, shifting global priorities, and declining bilateral support have left communities exposed, revealing the risks of external donor reliance. For ...