Another Way Is Possible

Another Way Is Possible

Beyond the Checklist: Rethinking CSO due diligence in complexity

Beyond the Checklist: Rethinking CSO due diligence in complexity

Dawit Dessie When I was in grad school, there was a strong push to limit overhead expenses to just 10% ...
How collective care and holding each other’s hands could change the global aid sector

How collective care and holding each other’s hands could change the global aid sector

Musimbi Epillose Musimbi Epillose The concept of #ShiftThePower is rapidly taking over the old development approaches. For a long time, ...
What a Balinese massage taught me about measuring what matters

What a Balinese massage taught me about measuring what matters

Nina Fitzsimons In July 2024, the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) extended their global reach to include Australia in ...
Leading, learning and letting go: PSJP’s journey

Leading, learning and letting go: PSJP’s journey

Chandrika Sahai At Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (PSJP) our goal has been to centre the normative values of ...
Philanthropy that transforms

Philanthropy that transforms

We fund marginalized groups because we believe that is the way to strengthen access to rights. We see democracy as ...
From the road to Bogotá to continuing the dance of the revolution in sustaining ourselves and nurturing our movements

From the road to Bogotá to continuing the dance of the revolution in sustaining ourselves and nurturing our movements

Burn-out is not an isolated issue but one that affects many across social movement. Collective care involves a commitment to ...
Measuring community wellbeing; beyond numbers and donor agendas

Measuring community wellbeing; beyond numbers and donor agendas

If we want the people to be resilient, how can we build a vision of evaluating that based on well-being? ...
A call for proposals, but only if you are from the “right part” of the world

A call for proposals, but only if you are from the “right part” of the world

Studying the ways in which aid remains restricted has been the progressive discovery of how little we still understand the ...
Tied Aid: A development challenge that refuses to go away.

Tied Aid: A development challenge that refuses to go away.

At this time, when governments of developing nations are increasingly skeptical of foreign funding, barriers imposed by the donor countries ...
To my feminist siblings, there is a funding crisis in feminist activism.

To my feminist siblings, there is a funding crisis in feminist activism.

When the sector talks about donor fatigue or donors saying they don’t see where the money is going. Well, only ...