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Harold K.L. Castle Foundation 2024 Impact Report
Full text linkThe Harold K. L. Castle Foundation is one of the largest private foundation based in Hawaii. Each year the Directors award grants to nonprofit organizations benefiting the people of the State of Hawaii. Originally, grants focused on the Windward side of Oahu, youth, private education, arts and culture, and health care. The Foundation's current investments are focused on public education redesign and enhancement, nearshore marine resource conservation, and strengthening the communities of Windward Oahu. Since its inception, the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded over 60 million going to organizations serving Windward Oahu. Currently, the Foundation disburses an average of $6 million in grants per year
Segundo Barómetro de FilantropÃa en Chile
Full text linkEl Barómetro de la FilantropÃa en Chile es un estudio longitudinal que revisa de manera periódica las condiciones económicas, legales y culturales para el desarrollo de la actividad filantrópica, presentando datos actualizados del sector y midiendo un Ãndice dedesarrollo de la filantropÃa en Chile. Combina datos de fuentes oficiales y encuestas a empresas y fundaciones donantes, donatarias y ciudadanos, generando un mapa de las tendencias y percepciones sobre el sector.La primera aplicación del Barómetro de la FilantropÃa en Chile fue publicada en el año 2019, analizando la información del año 2018. Desde entonces, ha sido un documento de consulta muy relevante para el sector.Este documento refleja la segunda versión del estudio, analizando el año 2023, y el perÃodo de 5 años entre ambas medicione
Foundationsâ Actions for the EU Mission Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities : Version 1.0
Full text linkThe EU Mission "Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities" under Horizon Europe aims to achieve climate neutrality in cities by 2030. 112 cities are participating, including 100 from EU member states and 12 from associated countries. These cities must sign the Climate City Contract (CCC), outlining their actions and investments.The CCC has three components: the Commitment, the Action Plan, and the Investment Plan. The EU Commission reviews each CCC and may award the EU Mission Label, unlocking further funding opportunities. Currently, 53 cities have earned the EU Mission Label.The analysis of 52 CCCs reveals that 58 foundations are involved across 22 cities in 11 EU member states (source: https://netzerocities.app/knowledge-ccc). This booklet highlights the foundations' actions and additional philanthropic actors advancing urban climate neutrality.A first section explores the wide range of actions and commitment of the foundations involved in the CCCs, while the second broadens the investigative scope to identify and analyze additional philanthropic actors whose initiatives, though not formally acknowledged in the contracts, significantly advance urban climate neutrality objectives
Caminos para Promover Diagnósticos Participativos
Full text linkEl desarrollo sostenible y la promoción de comunidadessostenibles orientan a un importante sector de la filantropÃainstitucional en América Latina. Sin embargo, como muestra lainvestigación realizada por el CEFIS sobre la localización de losObjetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), las entidadesfilantrópicas de la región podrÃan jugar un papel aún másrelevante en la segunda fase de la Agenda 2030 si profundizaránen funciones de mayor alcance e impacto (CEFIS, 2023).Â
Racial Equity Organizational Self-Assessment of Climate Program Grantees
Full text linkThe Barr Climate Program team partnered with Community Centered Evaluation and Research to design and implement the Racial Equity Organizational Self-Assessment. The assessment provides: 1) Climate grantees a snapshot of their racial equity efforts, activities, and strategies to help benchmark progress over time and 2) the Barr Climate team and others interested with an aggregated view of grantees' racial equity work
Granting Movement: The Impact of Cultural Philanthropy on African American Concert Dance in the 1960s and 1970s
Full text linkThis research report addresses the influence of cultural philanthropy on African American concert dance during the 1960s and 1970s. This period, known as the postwar "dance boom," saw significant philanthropic support for the performing arts from institutions such as the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Although Black dancemakers received less funding than white-led ballet companies, they nonetheless used their grants to innovate aesthetically and broaden the sociopolitical role of dance in American life through publications, community-based performances, and educational workshops. Using examples from the grant application files of Carole Johnson (founder of the Modern Organization for Dance Evolvement) and Alvin Ailey (director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), this report reveals how Black dancemakers leveraged modest grants to propel their artistic and civic missions, blending dance forms and fostering community engagement with their art. In so doing, the report also underscores the archival significance of grant application files, which contain key insight into artists' creative ideas and intentions. Ultimately, the report concludes that it is essential to assess "offstage" dynamics of funding and production in order to appreciate dance's cultural significance and real-world impact
Impacts of Learning Communities for Institutional Change & Excellence (LCICE): Summary of Evaluation Results
Full text linkThis summary provides key findings from a study looking at the impacts of the Learning Communities for Institutional Change & Excellence programs
Agindo em conjunto para elevar a filantropia: Orientação da WINGS sobre como criar um ecossistema de apoio
Full text linkO guia mostra como um ecossistema de apoio à filantropia pode ser construÃdo. Ele utiliza um conjunto de ferramentas e abordagens que podem ser adaptadas por pessoas em diferentes paÃses para construir o sistema que desejam, mapeando as relações entre organizações e identificando quem faz o quê para impulsionar a filantropia. Ele foi elaborado para permitir a criatividade e a invenção. O objetivo é inspirar a área, sugerindo maneiras de aprimorar seu trabalho, em vez de estabelecer regras rÃgidas e padronizadas. Embora sejam sugeridas etapas especÃficas, estas não implicam um processo rÃgido a ser seguido. A ação depende do contexto e das necessidades especÃficas do setor filantrópico
Building foundations for collaborative transformation: a philanthropy sector needs analysis
Full text linkThe world faces multiple interconnected crises: an urgent need for equitable green, digital and social transitions; rising radicalisation and conflict; growing threats to democratic freedoms; and shrinking civic space – all while experiencing unprecedented cuts to international development aid. The current system clearly lacks resilience and capacity to address these challenges. Yet within these crises lies an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine our approach to development.Tackling today's societal challenges requires raising our level of ambition to deliver far more transformational impact: tackling root causes, innovating new models and shifting systems to leave behind a long-term sustainable legacy that delivers for people and planet.This is only possible by aligning and combining the powerful levers from public, private, people and, more and more, investors. Philanthropy has a vital role to play in making such collaborations happen, offering far more than funding. With its unique flexibility, convening power, and appetite for risk, philanthropy can drive transformational change by enabling bold, cross-sector collaboration. It must now move beyond traditional grant-making to unlock the collective resources of all sectors to address systemic issues at their root.However, despite a growing recognition of the power of partnerships, turning intention into action remains difficult. The Partnering Initiative, WINGS and Philea have come together to conduct a needs assessment to understand how the foundation sector itself must change in order to make the necessary shift.This needs assessment, developed through extensive research with over 50 foundations, provides valuable insights into current partnering practices, challenges faced, and future aspirations. By identifying key barriers and sharing good practices, it equips foundations with knowledge of the internal changes needed to maximise impact through partnerships
ALUMNI GIVING â SHIFT THE POWER & LOCALLY LED DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON
Full text linkThis paper examines the "Alumni Giving" concept in Cameroon, focusing on its relationship with locally-led development initiatives and the shift-the-power agenda. Alumni associations comprising groups of former students from different educational institutions are pivotal community philanthropic actors in Cameroon. These groups leverage their resources, including financial contributions, to support their alma maters and broader community needs, thus contributing significantly to local development. The research identifies alumni giving as a critical factor in enhancing community well-being, facilitating access to education and supporting health and sanitation projects