By Lester M. Salamon, Johns Hopkins University Energetic efforts are being made at the present time to promote the development of community foundations or other community-based philanthropic institutions in less-developed and transition regions around the world. A crucial barrier to the success of these initiatives, however, is the general lack of capital to underwrite […]
By Naina Subberwal Batra, AVPN CEO Whether I am speaking with a small social purpose organisation just embarking on its impact journey or leaders of long-established foundations, we always circle back to the same conundrum: how do we allocate limited resources, like philanthropic capital, most effectively so that we do not compromise on one […]
Since our last newsletter, where we shared the impact of Covid-19 as well as our members’ response in China, there has been a worldwide proliferation of the virus. As in the case with China, our members and the philanthropy community has moved with speed and agility in response to the crisis. Given it has impacted […]
By Benjamin Bellegy, WINGS Executive Director At the time of writing this note, more than half the human population is under lock-down and a huge proportion of all human activities have halted, generating a deafening silence and propelling humanity into the unknown, placing strain on the global economy and raising deep doubts about our […]
COVID-19 has upset virtually every industry in China, as people were ordered to remain at home and not return to their place of work after the Chinese New Year. This includes WINGS’ four members based in the country, along with millions of other Chinese citizens. WINGS checked in with its members in the country, and […]
The WINGS Network is made up of over 150 philanthropy support organizations from 50+ countries, and is growing every year. See some of the organizations that joined for 2020 below, and get to know your network. Check out our map to see which countries WINGS members are based in. From WINGS, a warm welcome to […]
