When the well runs dry: Rethinking development in the wake of donor withdrawal
In recent years, Africa has witnessed a quiet but significant shift in the development landscape. The gradual withdrawal of traditional ...
A case for movement building as community power
Movements have existed and have been organising long before “funding” and will continue to do so. ...
Beyond NGOs: Why civil society will survive and thrive
What happens when the NGO offices shut down, the donors walk away and the annual reports stop printing? If history ...
From Nepal to Nebraska: Rediscovering the power within communities
In today’s context, where international aid is shrinking and trust in global institutions like the UN and development agencies are ...
A measurement tool not defined by targets
With this method, there is never a final destination we seek to reach – but the journey is everything. We ...
Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit in Kathmandu, December 2026
#ShiftThePower Global Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2 – 4 December 2026 ...
Community philanthropy changes mindsets in Burkina Faso
Lenie Hoegen Dijkhof, Abdoulaye Sawadogo and Malo Debe According to the CIVICUS Monitor 2024 report, Burkina Faso’s civic space was downgraded to ...
What Hungary’s civil society funding crisis can teach us
Hungary has around 60,000 registered NGOs. A significant portion of these exist mostly on paper. Many operate in apolitical fields ...
Bonding, bridging and the reparative role of philanthropy
Civil society was once indistinguishable from community. It lived in cooperatives like Banyankore Kweterana, or the Ghana Marketing Association, in ...
The balancing act of being “More than just a Grantmaker”
At NTT, we have always wanted to set ourselves apart from the western INGO model of grantmaking ...
