Philea publishes “Funding Organisational Development: From Insight to Action”
Philea has published “Funding Organisational Development: From Insight to Action”, a new guide that offers practical guidance for funders looking to design organisational development (OD) support that responds to today’s challenges while fostering healthier organisations, stronger ecosystems and greater impact.
Philanthropic support for OD support as evolved considerably in recent years, with many funders increasingly embracing a more holistic and interconnected understanding of what makes organisations strong, resilient and impactful. While such perspectives have long been central to OD practice, they are now gaining broader traction within philanthropy, shaping how support is designed and delivered.
This shift includes moving away from one-off or ad-hoc capacity-building grants towards more holistic support; embedding OD within core funding; and increasing peer-learning around how to fund and accompany OD work. At the same time, organisations face growing pressure, from funding instability and shrinking civic space to rising complexity and demand, all of which make resilient, adaptive organisational capacity more critical than ever.
This guide offers practical insights to help funders develop and implement approaches to funding OD that are coherent, values-aligned, and grounded in partner agency, trust and long-term resilience. Drawing on interviews with experienced OD practitioners, it offers a practical, ten-step framework for designing an OD support programme, from developing a new approach to renewing an existing one through a stronger equity and power-sharing lens.
This guide was produced by the Organisational Development Community of Practice to help funders strengthen the resilience, effectiveness and long-term sustainability of their partners, building on the 2020 report “Funding Organisational Development: A Smart Investment to Multiply Impact”.
Read here: “Funding Organisational Development: From Insight to Action”
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