Strategy itself has a shelf life. When philanthropy cannot adapt at the speed of the world it seeks to change, responsible stewardship can inadvertently become strategic lag.

Anticipatory action can protect lives and livelihoods, help scarce humanitarian funds go further, and move decisions closer to communities that understand the risks. As climate shocks become more frequent and more predictable, philanthropy has a responsibility to act before crises peak.

Africa’s just transition cannot be built on narratives of vulnerability. This piece calls for philanthropy to shift power, invest in agency and enable locally led transformation.

Extreme heat disproportionately impacts mental health, particularly for vulnerable groups. Philanthropy can catalyse change by funding community-outreach, advocacy, resilient mental health systems and the research behind it.

Public-benefit foundations are important societal actors. How they are governed is therefore of legitimate public interest: Who makes major decisions for the foundation? Who ensures that these decisions comply…

Over the past two years, discussions across Europe involving foundations, civil society organisations and EU institutions have increasingly converged around a shared conclusion: the next European Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is more than a negotiation over funding. It is a broader reorganisation of how Europe intends to pursue its priorities, engage stakeholders and organise its action over the next decade.