Futures work in philanthropy is allowing us to expand our horizon and move from mere reaction to anticipation – also in times of intersecting crises. However, our approach to foresight needs to be informed by a critical lens that centres community governance, non-extractive relationships building, peripheral knowledge and honours plural realities.

Pro-democracy organisations share a blind spot: They assume agreement on what democracy means, but it is contested. Mapping the terrain of disagreements is essential to know what we are defending without becoming exclusionary.

Why the Journalism Funders Forum’s latest snapshot should push philanthropy from shared concern to shared responsibility.

As the pressures on our societies intensify, philanthropy can’t afford to keep young people at the margins—and young people can’t afford to see philanthropy as distant or outdated: building bridges between Gen Z and foundations, especially within governance and strategic decision-making, is beneficial and necessary for both.