Association Burkinabè de Fundraising (ABF), Burkina Faso
ABF accompanies civil society organizations that work towards durable community development, particularly in terms of mobilizing local support and resources.
Meet ABF: “#ShiftThePower is not just about money, it is also about having the will to move together”
Brazil Philanthropy Network for Social Justice, Brazil
The Brazil Philanthropy Network for Social Justice brings together funds, community foundations, and donors that mobilize resources from diverse sources to support groups, collectives, movements and civil society organizations working in the fields of social justice, human rights, citizenship and community development. The Network was created in 2012 with the purpose of promoting and diversifying a philanthropic culture in Brazil that guarantees and expands resources for social justice.
Meet the Network: “Money is power but knowledge is power too”
Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço (CESE), Brazil
For more than 40 years, CESE has worked in the promotion, defence and guarantee of rights in Brazil. It does this because it knows that inequality and injustice persist. Set up by Christian Churches, CESE’s mission is to strengthen civil society organizations, particularly grassroots actors, which are engaged in struggles for political, economic and social transformations that lead to the structures within which democracy and justice can prevail.
Meet CESE: “We should not be seen as contractors or implementers of strategies designed by other actors”
Dalia Association, Palestine
The Dalia Association is a community foundation that realizes the rights of Palestinians to control resources for their own durable development for generations to come. Dalia’s mission is to mobilize and utilize resources to empower a vibrant, independent and accountable civil society, through community-controlled grantmaking.
Meet Dalia: “Our mission is to mobilize people to respond to their own needs”
Development Expertise Center (DEC), Ethiopia
DEC facilitates child-centred, comprehensive development interventions to create a safe and conducive environment to fulfil the best interest of underprivileged children. It focuses its work in four main areas: child development; life skills development; skills and entrepreneurship; and, advocacy.
Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), Kenya
Since its establishment in 1997, KCDF has built a strong basis for community-driven development approaches and is unique in Kenya as a pioneer of community philanthropy and sustainable development. KCDF works through strategic partnerships in Kenya, both at the national and community levels, and strongly believes in the ability of communities to identify and prioritize their needs and – with a little external support – to pursue their own solutions to these needs.
Micaia Foundation, Mozambique
Micaia works in Mozambique to help people challenge poverty and create lasting change in their lives and communities. Micaia is a family of organizations and socially oriented businesses all working towards the same mission: to help create the conditions in which Mozambican people can secure their well-being and develop their capabilities to prosper.
Meet Micaia: “Giving us the reins to drive our own development path”
STAR Ghana Foundation, Ghana
The STAR Ghana Foundation works to increase the effectiveness of citizens and civil society to achieve an equitable, inclusive society. It works with civil society to connect their interests with others and help to ensure all voices are heard by decision-makers, at both the local and national levels.
Meet STAR Ghana: “It is possible to do development differently”
Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF), Uganda
UNNGOF is an independent and inclusive national platform for NGOs in Uganda that was launched in 1997 to create space for NGOs to reflect, strategize and take action on matters of mutual interest. UNNGOF is a membership organisation with over 650 members across the country.
Meet UNNGOF: “We need to stop being organizations and institutions and just be people trying to make change”
West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), Ghana
WACSI strengthens civil society in West Africa to be responsive, collaborative, representative, resilient and influential through knowledge sharing, learning, connecting and influencing. Its vision is a peaceful and prosperous West Africa where development is driven by its people.
Meet WACSI: “Donors should move beyond activity-based support”
Giving for Change is led by a consortium of four organizations, including the Kenya Community Development Foundation, and:
Africa Philanthropy Network (APN), Tanzania
APN is the only continent-wide network of organizations and individuals in Africa and its diaspora that promotes the culture of philanthropic giving. APN brings together an ecosystem of philanthropy support institutions and civil society member organizations serving different forms of philanthropy in 48 African countries. Established in 2009, APN was conceived as a space for African institutions to interrogate and intervene in the power dynamics that shape how resource mobilization, distribution and spending impact the possibilities of transformative change in Africa.
Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), South Africa
The GFCF works to strengthen, harness and demonstrate the value of community philanthropy as an essential element of community‑led development and as a strategy for shifting power. Through small grants, technical support, peer exchange and evidence-based learning, the GFCF helps to strengthen community philanthropy institutions around the world.
Meet the GFCF: “It’s about moving away from a cold, prescriptive way of looking at the world”
Wilde Ganzen, Netherlands
Wilde Ganzen is a Dutch NGO, founded in 1957 with a mission to reduce poverty and inequality through community-led initiatives. It supports community-based organizations in the Global South and their Dutch fundraising partners in joint efforts to achieve a better future. It works with the firm belief that communities must have control over their own development.
Meet Wilde Ganzen: “Everyone has power – how to unleash and unlock it is what matters”