Uncategorized - Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace

As destitution returns to the UK, what can philanthropy do?

Posted on July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Barry Knight

Looking at the history of poverty, there appears to be one certainty: poverty has been a feature of every human society since time immemorial. As the Bible says: ‘The poor you will always have with you’ (Matthew 26:11). A breakthrough In the 19th century, philanthropy worked hard to overcome this, and by 1909 there was a…

Embracing complexity: Together we can!

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Carola Carazzone

Sometimes nightmares become real and dystopias – foreseen only in novels or movies – become true stories. On Thursday 13 February, Assifero was hosting one of the five Ariadne Forecast roundtables in Europe in Como (http://www.puntocometa.org/home-eng/), Italy. We were over 40 Italian funders, discussing the 2020 Forecast report elaborated each year by Ariadne. Only one…

Multiple means to reach a single goal – new paper explores systems to #ShiftThePower

Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by Barry Knight

In the 19th century, Victor LeGrand created an orderly, geometric railway system for France which was designed to bring about the full integration of the country. This was reckoned to be far superior to the Prussian rail system, which was a hodgepodge of lines run by 50 different companies. The French system, known as the…

Let’s play a new European tune

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Barry Knight

New promise Thirty years ago, European philanthropy stood on the brink of new promise. The formation of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) on 9 November 1989 – the same day that the Berlin Wall fell – ushered in a new era for philanthropy as part of a vision for a new Europe. There was hope…

April 05, 2019

Lambent Foundation is recruiting

Lambent Foundation is recruiting a deputy director, director of communications and a partner network manager.

Announcing a new study on philanthropy’s role in producing safe, healthy and just societies

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by Barry Knight

Candid (formerly the Foundation Center) and Centris (Rethinking Poverty) are conducting a study on the role of philanthropy in producing safe, healthy and just societies. At a time when many people are questioning the value of philanthropy, the study aims to clarify its role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies that provide access to justice for all…

The three giants – a parable…or possibly a conundrum

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Andrew Milner

In a remote time and place – it might have been anywhere - there was a village. The villagers cultivated their fields, harvested their crops and suffered the usual pains and pleasures people do. Then one day, a giant came. ‘This village belongs to me now,’ said the giant. ‘You must pay tribute to me…

U.S. foundation funding for philanthropic infrastructure outside the U.S. is declining, but we need a strong global philanthropy support ecosystem now more than ever

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Larry McGill

Earlier this month, the Foundation Center published a report detailing the latest available data on U.S. foundation funding for nonprofit and philanthropic infrastructure. The research spans twelve years and analyzes 21,148 infrastructure-related grants made by 881 funders to 511 organizations in 30 countries. What did we find and what do the findings mean for our collective efforts…