As the world turns its eyes to Brazil’s presidential elections, Alliance director of philanthropy knowledge Rhodri Davies reflects on a different part of the country’s power structure: its ...

Nonprofits around the world face tighter public budgets and greater competition for private support than ever before. Those ...

Nonprofits around the world face tighter public budgets and greater competition for private support than ever before. Those ...

Over two days at the Community Foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand conference, I heard a phrase repeated again and again: our time has come.  It’s an exciting proposition. Community foundations across ...

Over two days at the Community Foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand conference, I heard a phrase repeated again and again: our ...

There are few questions more likely to induce squirming in a room full of grant-makers than the one posed by Alliance ...

What a lifecycle framework, a card game and a room of community foundation leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand sparked about courage. My recent learning journey in the community foundation movement has ...

There is a different kind of energy in a room when an organisation takes a moment to look in the mirror. Such was the ...

Following a morning of reflective keynotes setting the scene for Alliance’s 30th-anniversary celebrations, the room’s attention turned to a sector that has unparalleled global attention yet often sits ...

How philanthropy can fund Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets beyond a drop-down menu of alignments ‘Which SDGs does ...

How philanthropy can fund Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets beyond a drop-down menu of alignments ‘Which SDGs does your project align with?’ has become a familiar question in funding proposal ...

Funding systems can shape everything from who can afford to apply to what kinds of work survives and under what conditions.