Alliance@PND

Through an agreement with UK-based Alliance magazine, PND is pleased to be able to offer a series of articles about global philanthropy.

In pursuit of reciprocity: speaking with Gerry Salole
February 7, 2021Caroline Hartnell, a former editor of Alliance magazine, chats with Gerry Salole, who recently stepped down as CEO of the European Foundation Centre, about the changing philanthropic landscape and some of the key lessons he has learned over three decades in the field....

Philanthropy’s role in rolling out UHC
January 6, 2021Philanthropy has an important rile to play in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage, writes Ngoku, but it needs to pay attention to some key issues....

Self-care and gender equity
December 9, 2020Complementing healthcare systems with new self-care devices, drugs, and the use of digital health can help transform how individuals, especially women and girls, engage with health systems, write Weisert and Petroni, and are critical to pandemic response efforts....

Hitting the bull's-eye
November 9, 2020Foundations' missions and investments may never be perfectly aligned, writes Elsworth, chief executive of UK-based Access — The Foundation for Social Investment, but the center of the target is always worth aiming for....

Making philanthropy’s superpower super
October 9, 2020While foundation investment directors might look more like Bruce Wayne than Batman, writes ShareAction's Tomson, a growing number of them are taking action to protect the long-term value of their investments and to facilitate impact in line with their charitable objectives....

Investing for a just transition
September 7, 2020The need to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity for a just transition to a clean economy – an opportunity, argues Robins, that foundation investors must act on....

Working together to make the difference
August 10, 2020If foundations are to help bring about the changes that people in Africa want, Muhiwa writes, they need to support social movements....

Learning from the past to create the present
July 8, 2020Two stories from philanthropy's past, writes the Rockefeller Archive Center's Wimpee, illustrate the deliberate and often unexpected ways in which philanthropically funded work has proved to be impactful....

On climate justice, funders could do better
June 12, 2020Philanthropy is falling short, writes Milner, when it comes to supporting a grassroots climate justice movement that is spreading rapidly around the globe....

Following the Leadership of Indigenous Women
May 10, 2020As a feminist funder, writes McIntyre, we believe that when people who experience the deepest forms of oppression actively represent their own interests, the solutions are more effective and progress is more enduring....

Memories of a Philanthropy Pioneer
April 8, 2020In the latest installment of our series, Richardson and Ruiz-Capillas pay tribute to the longtime chair and CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and staunch champion of the philanthropic sector, William S. White....

Window of Opportunity for Women's Funds
March 6, 2020The time is ripe to push for gender equality and social change, writes Gillespie, and women's funds hold the key....

A World Free From Violence: Let's Move
February 5, 2020The decade-long history of Move to End Violence, an operational program of the NoVo Foundation, provides many lessons about the dismantling of structures and narratives of oppression, write Dennis, Hung, and Shifman....

Shifting the Power in a Feminist Funding Ecosystem
January 6, 2020Rhetoric supporting women and girls is all very well, writes Miller, but it needs to be matched by a corresponding increase in funding for feminist movements....

Why Feminism Is Liberating for Men
December 10, 2019Beyond asking men to cede power and space, writes Troll, feminism can guide our quest for radically different ways of organizing our societies and our organizations....

Europe Has an Opinion on Philanthropy
November 5, 2019The first European Economic and Social Committee "opinion" entirely dedicated to philanthropy comes at a crucial time, writes Forrest, and is likely to set the tone for philanthropy-related debates under the new mandate of the European Parliament and Commission....

LGBTI Human Rights: Pushing Back Against the Push-Back
October 7, 2019Hart, director of the Global Philanthropy Project, shares details of a funders' collaborative that is mobilizing grantmaker support for LGBTI rights advocates and communities facing hostility....

Human Rights: A Bread and Butter Issue?
September 6, 2019Economic rights need to take center stage, writes Ibezim-Ohaeri, before civil and political rights actually mean something for the millions of people globally living in deep poverty....