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Emerging Impacts: The Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts : Results from Year Two of a Three-Year Study
November 28, 2023This report outlines the extent to which Mackenzie Scott's unrestricted funds have had an effect on recipients of her funding. Over three years, she gave more than $14 billion in unrestricted support to more than 1,600 organizations. An analysis of her donations are included within, inclusive of the challenges, surprises, effects and figures of how this funding affected recipients over the past 1-3 years.
From “Innovation for Localization” to “Local Philanthropy, Localization and Power”
November 17, 2022n 2021, five organizations – Save the Children Denmark, Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR), West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF) and the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) participated in an ambitious and experimental joint project.The aim of the project was to "test durable, locally rooted funding mechanisms" in Somalia and Ghana, with the broader purpose of contributing – by demonstration – to efforts within the international humanitarian aid and development sector to transform and localize aid. The purpose of this learning report, curated by the GFCF, is to capture some of the main insights and reflections ofthe participating organizations and to consider the broader implications of and lessons from the project. It focuses on the experiences of those involved and the larger question of how unorthodox configurations of actors and new and different kinds of partnerships might contribute towards transformative change within the international aid system.
Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2022
December 14, 2021Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit in the digital age. Each year, the Blueprint provides an overview of the current landscape, points to big ideas that matter, and directs your attention to horizons where you can expect some important breakthroughs in the coming year.
Building a Powerful Digital Impact Community: Learnings from The Mesa’s Pilot Period
March 10, 2021This report offers a behind the scenes look into the design, build, and test phases of The Mesa and discusses the ways in which the social impact space - especially at the major gift level - can use technology to better collaborate and connect for good. It features interviews with their pilot partners, who provide first-hand accounts on what it takes to run a growing impact-focused community. They dive into how to create effective, meaningful online communities that prompt greater giving from wealth holders. If you're serving clients, members, or donors, this publication can collaborate on discussing what role you can play in revolutionizing philanthropy through technology and community.
11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2021
January 1, 202111 Trends in Philanthropy for 2021 is the fifth edition of this annual report. You'll find among these essays that the critical questions we face in the aftermath of the chaos and trauma of 2020 are ones the sector has been wrestling with for years, but must now address more forcefully, including:the sprawling impacts of wealth inequality;significant declines in public trust in institutions and in each other;the bright and dark sides of technological proliferation; andthe systemic racism permeating so many aspects of our society and democracy.Each of these trends has real implications for our day-to-day work, how we carry out our missions, and how we broaden our frame on public good. Many of our colleagues and communities have been hard at work on these issues for years, even generations. Others have embraced shifts in focus and practice in response to a remarkable year. This work gives us hope, and we'll be keeping an eye out to see whether these shifts prove permanent or more temporary.
Global Giving Circles
December 21, 2020This is a very relevant study which highlights how this new, more democratic, and local form of giving is spreading. There are 426 giving circles (GC) outside the US and estimate that in 2018 they gave away a combined $45.74 million in grants and involved 42,200 members. Among many of the specific findings, we found global GCs to be more frequently connected to a GC network and more often to be independently run (vs hosted) than their US counterparts, to be overwhelmingly local in their focus, and overall much younger than their US counterparts with 92% founded in the last decade.
Philanthropy and COVID-19 in the First Half of 2020
August 26, 2020The rapid spread of COVID-19 has created a global health and economic crisis that is testing regions around the world. In response, foundations, corporations, and individuals have been disbursing funds to nonprofits to help communities cope with these unprecedented challenges. Candid has been closely tracking the global private philanthropic response to COVID-19 through news stories and other publicly available resources as well as from funders who have reported disbursements directly to Candid. In this report, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid look at the philanthropic dollars that were distributed for COVID-19 in the first half of 2020.
Future of Philanthropy: the Key Trends : Meta-analysis of Forecasts
January 1, 2020This working paper has been prepared at the request of the Center for Philanthropy Development of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation and offers a review of the key trends in global philanthropy development. It features and analyzes opinions of leading international experts and organizations of the philanthropic sector about factors, contexts and principles influencing philanthropy of the future, as well as cause-and-effect links between them. Better understanding of sector-wide and worldwide transformation processes would enable philanthropic organizations to use more informed approach to strategic target setting. The suggested vision of key development vectors in the sector may serve as a basis for further researches and professional discussions.
WINGS Strategic Plan 2018-2022
June 28, 2018This paper sets out WINGS' strategic priorities for 2018-2022. These priorities stem in large part from an analysis by WINGS of trends both in the world generally and in philanthropy in particular. At the same time WINGS remains fully committed to the ongoing activities that are part of its core mission, as detailed below.
Going beyond Charity: How can Government and Philanthropy collaborate more effectively?
April 19, 2018APC has compiled the narratives of 25 such impactful philanthropists from across the region to form ASEAN Impact 25: a catalogue that outlines the overall impact of their efforts, the motivations that drive their philanthropic work and the milestones they have set for their philanthropy in the coming years. Our hope is that these stories will encourage fellow philanthropists to introspect on their own journey, take risks, create unique opportunities to make a difference and redefine traditional philanthropy.
Future of Philanthropy
April 6, 2018The intention of this report is to consolidate expert views from nine workshops in seven countries aroundthe future of philanthropy and how it will develop. This understanding will make it easier to shape a strategy that will address upcoming challenges and opportunities. We offer a summary of the key trends and drivers that will be influential and identify areas of potential change. As such the report provides insight about the leading edge of philanthropy today as well as where it might go in the future. This report is written for anyone with an interest in philanthropy and how to make it more effective with higher impact in the future. We hope it will be useful to individuals, charities and other NGO's, businesses and governments as well as advisors to each of these audiences.
CAF World Giving Index 2017: A Global View of Giving Trends
September 1, 2017The CAF World Giving Index looks at how and why people around the world give to charity. In this eighth edition of the CAF World Giving Index, data have been collected in 139 countries, which represents 95% of the world's population. The report includes questions about three different types of giving behaviour, with each country ranked according to their answers to: -Helping a stranger-Donating money-Volunteering timeKey findings:-Every Western country in the top 20 has a decreased score this year.-For the second year running, Africa sees an increase in all three giving behaviours, compared to its five year average.
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