Why Ukraine (and other crises) urgently need more human rights funding
Rights-focused grants promote access to aid that is equitable, holistic, and more easily distributed to local civil society.
Cuestionario Individual
A questionnaire for funders (Spanish translation) to determine a culture of care at the individual, organizational, and grantee levels.
My decade of failure
Everyone has their own experience of professional failure – each in their own way. Mine was at the end of 2012 when I said goodbye to my colleagues at the Pears Foundation for the last time.
Is philanthropy finally ready to embrace intelligent failure?
Owning and learning from failure is a thing most foundations still seem eager to put off. Many of the reasons for this are evident, but three main obstacles prevent them from seeing learning from their failures as a science rather than an art
Building Equitable Evidence: It’s Time to Look to Participants as Experts in Their Own Experience
Participatory measurement can causally link to outcomes and positively influence capacity building and advocacy.
Accelerating Equitable Grantmaking: Seizing the Moment to Norm Multiyear, Flexible Funding
Multi-year, flexible funding requires funders to overcome obstacles by implementing accelerators.
Racial Justice and Social Transformation: How Funders Can Act
A report for those interested in advancing racial justice in the UK.
Gender-Lens Philanthropy: A practical guide for Canadian foundations
This guide is intended to help foundations increase the impact of their grantmaking by increasing the awareness of gender as an important factor throughout the organization and the granting process.
Moving More Money to the Drivers of Change: How Bilateral and Multilateral Funders Can Resource Feminist Movements
Feminist movements are key drivers of transformative and lasting change. Yet they continue to receive just 1% of all gender focused aid. The case for WHY feminist movements need more and better funding has long been made, and is increasingly heard. Now HOW funding moves needs to change.
Transformative Philanthropy for Racial Justice
We created the Democracy Frontlines Fund to enable experienced anti-racist organizers to do their crucial work. They taught us how to do philanthropy better.