This year’s campaign theme – Solidarity, Unity, Impact – aims to shine a light on the power of solidarity and unity within our sector and its potential to tackle…
News - 5 September 2022
Philanthropy shifting towards collective approaches
The field of philanthropy is in the midst of a radical transformation. It’s shifting from a paradigm of grant-giving and an impact logic based on a highly predictable world, to one that is open to collective approaches that are promising to tackle successfully complex and interconnected global challenges. This transformation requires places to connect and learn ‒ places like the PEXforum.
News - 18 August 2022
Community foundations: Chipping away at the gridlocks in systemic transformation
We are now living immersed in interconnected challenges of planetary scale, with climate change most deeply and devastatingly interlinked with everything. We see complexity play out live, cascading into…
News - 10 August 2022
Community foundations in Europe: Movement building momentum
Community foundations took root in Europe in the 1980s. Since then, they have spread to 22 countries and evolved in their form and function, adapting to changing social, economic…
News - 9 August 2022
Organisational Development Community of Practice – Providing support to networks
Register to attend The Organisational Development Community of Practice will host an event on “Providing support to networks”…
News - 4 August 2022
How to make a foundation data-driven with the Data Science Group
Making the decision to become a foundation that puts data at the centre of its activity requires not just a vision, but the ability to translate that vision into…
News - 11 July 2022
Towards more engaged philanthropy infrastructure
What is on the hearts and minds of the leaders of philanthropy infrastructure organisations? In this interview, Rana Kotan, Secretary General, the Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV) and…
News - 7 July 2022
KoneKtor – Philanthropy East Forum – Resilience in times of crisis
The KoneKtor – Philanthropy East Forum (formerly Grantmakers East Forum) will host its annual meeting on 27-29 September in Warsaw, Poland, exploring “Resilience in times of crisis”, hosted…
News - 7 July 2022
How can philanthropy work with young people? Outlining the ‘Find, Equip, Enable, Connect and Track’ approach
In all their diversity, young people want philanthropy to support initiatives that empower them. They are calling for an equal partnership and meaningful engagement where philanthropy can create and…
News - 6 July 2022
From dancing on the walls to dismantling them: A philanthropic landscape I’d like to see
It takes a certain type of person to scale a wall and dance on it almost upside down. Other than the two ballerinas doing just that on the final…