By Rose Berg, Chandler Foundation We began last year with the lowest record of extreme poverty in human history, and now, as COVID-19 exacerbates existing inequalities, it also threatens to push as many as 100 million people into extreme poverty. The pandemic has further exposed weaknesses and inequities in our systems and institutions. Funding has […]
By Jan Schwier and Maddie Holland, Bridgespan Africa will likely not be spared from the public health and economic ravages of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But while the global community struggles to respond with timely aid and as funders focus on addressing the crisis in their own countries, homegrown sources of support have already sprung […]
By Carola Carazzone, Secretary General of Assifero– Italian association of grant-making foundations, member of the advisory board of Ariadne– European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights, DAFNE– Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, ECFI– European Community Foundation Initiative, Ashoka Italy and of the editorial board of Alliance magazine. In a recent paper, “The […]
By Paola Sanabria Given the emergency that humanity is facing, Innpactia wanted to contribute its expertise to mitigate the impact of the crisis and the effects of isolation in Latin America. For this reason, it offers a consolidation of calls related to Covid-19, open to all users registered on the platform, regardless of their type […]
By Matthew Simonds and Meg Yarcia, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness In developing and developed countries alike, the COVID-19 pandemic has been battering health systems and economies, leaving in its wake nearly half a million dead as well as millions of unemployed and hungry populations. In the countries where we work, we can see […]
The Leping Foundation that you founded was the first one to introduce social innovation approaches in China and is now recognized for its influence in the sector. Can you tell us a little bit about your philanthropic journey? I’ve been interested in philanthropy and social change since college. After more than ten years in […]
