Rhodri Davies, a Pears Research Fellow at the University of Kent's Centre for Philanthropy and the host of the Philanthropisms podcast, writes that in 2022 philanthropy and civil society stand at a moment of potentially enormous change, which will require making choices and facing up to challenges....

Laura Garcia, president and CEO of Global Greengrants Fund, and Eva Rehse, executive director of Global Greengrants Fund UK, discuss the fund's participatory grantmaking model, which center the expertise and lived experience of local activist advisors, who accompany and fund grassroots movements, especially those led by women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and people with disabilities....

Chris Gee, who represents the Oak Foundation on the board of the Healthy Food Healthy Planet initiative, argues that the current global food system is incompatible with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals....

Michael Jarvis, executive director of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and Savior Mwambwa, a program officer for the Economic Justice Program and Soros Economic Development Fund at Open Society Foundations, argue that with a generational shift in tax reform underway worldwide, now is the moment to engage, mobilize smart funding, and have a major impact....

The increase in environmental philanthropy coincides with the growth of strategic grantmakers, such as the European Climate Foundation and African Climate Foundation, which act as intermediaries, connecting large funders to policy makers, grassroots organizations, and campaigners working to advance solutions focused on decarbonization and climate justice.....

WINGS executive director Benjamin Bellegy explains why his organization has engaged forty philanthropy networks from across the globe to launch the International Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change, which calls on all philanthropic actors, regardless of their mission, size and nature, to act....

Gemma Bull and Tom Steinberg, authors of Modern Grantmaking: A Guide for Funders Who Want to Believe Better is Possible, write that when grantmakers co-design funding with partners, it shows that they value their grantees and respect their needs and helps funders promote equity by eliminating barriers that may be excluding people....

When a depleted social system doesn't have the funds to support public goods and services that are also overlooked by philanthropy, what happens then?

Six years ago, a group of French foundations joined forces to help tackle social polarization and create a more inclusive society. Lescot and Destrée look at what the collaboration has achieved....

Few practices have incurred more odium than slavery, writes Grono, and yet it persists. Building a philanthropy-backed sustainable litigation ecosystem is key to ending it for good....

The strongest response to a crisis like COVID, writes Peter, is a collective one that prioritizes agility and strategic reflection — for funders as well as grantees....

Caroline Hartnell, a former editor of Alliance magazine, chats with Gerry Salole, who recently stepped down as CEO of the European Foundation Centre, about the changing philanthropic landscape and some of the key lessons he has learned over three decades in the field....

Philanthropy has an important rile to play in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage, writes Ngoku, but it needs to pay attention to some key issues....

Complementing healthcare systems with new self-care devices, drugs, and the use of digital health can help transform how individuals, especially women and girls, engage with health systems, write Weisert and Petroni, and are critical to pandemic response efforts....

Foundations' missions and investments may never be perfectly aligned, writes Elsworth, chief executive of UK-based Access — The Foundation for Social Investment, but the center of the target is always worth aiming for....

While foundation investment directors might look more like Bruce Wayne than Batman, writes ShareAction's Tomson, a growing number of them are taking action to protect the long-term value of their investments and to facilitate impact in line with their charitable objectives....

The need to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity for a just transition to a clean economy – an opportunity, argues Robins, that foundation investors must act on....

If foundations are to help bring about the changes that people in Africa want, Muhiwa writes, they need to support social movements....