#ShiftThePower without make-up
The 2024 Cazumbada* was a journey into brutal honesty. There was no staging. There was no show for donors or colleagues. There was no story-telling. …
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Communities have enormous power when they are connected and inclusive
There’s something special about this place. It’s easy to know why people have moved from all over Australia and the world to be here. The …
Show your solidarity with Ukraine through action
This open letter was authored by the National Network of Local Philanthropy Development in Ukraine, and also appears on their website. Add your signature to this …
Building power together and creating space for change
At the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), the #ShiftThePower Fellowship idea started with several questions: How can we discuss and reflect on issues of power? How …
What I learned from the #ShiftThePower Fellowship
When I received the confirmation email about being selected for this fellowship, with The Global Fund for Community Foundations I was both excited and nervous. …
From transaction to transformation: A possible path for funder-grantee relationships?
For too long, the interaction between funders and grantees has been reduced to little more than a transactional exchange. Money flows one way, deliverables flow …
The system we want – A curation of posters exhibited at the #ShiftThePower Global Summit
In December 2023, 730 people from 77 countries met in Bogotá for the #ShiftThePower Global Summit. Participants represented the range of the civil society and funding …
Did the pandemic prompt a rethinking of funder-grantee dynamics?
The pandemic also saw funders who had previously shied away from social justice work become more amenable to funding these critical areas.
Sentido: A poem on alternative measurement systems
By Yasmin Morais we flatten our storiesto fit the metricsthe linesthe timesthe tablesthat are so logicalthat lose their colorand are so coldthey lose their meaningthey …
What a Balinese massage taught me about measuring what matters
In July 2024, the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) extended their global reach to include Australia in the #ShiftThePower movement. I was fortunate enough …