There is something about this term “self-published” that downplays the local funding provided by communities in supporting the literary arts.

Movements have existed and have been organising long before “funding” and will continue to do so.

What happens when the NGO offices shut down, the donors walk away and the annual reports stop printing? If history and current events are any guide, civil society does not die. It simply changes form.

With this method, there is never a final destination we seek to reach – but the journey is everything. We seek continuous improvement, and not a defined “perfect” target.

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

Born from the collaboration between Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur and Rede Comuá, the Global South House is a bold platform, created by and for the Global South. It is dedicated to political a...

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

A funder recently told me how they do not work on ”identity politics.” I was confused by this because we both acknowledged that civil society is in crisis. Most especially, with the recent economic re...

No one ever claims to hold power within philanthropy. I have met countless people who are well paid, who hold positions of power and/or are backed by endowments. Many of these always refer to another ...

It’s striking how enduring the logframe has been. Perhaps because many organisations were smaller and more centralised then, adoption was easier. Or perhaps once embedded in donor systems, it was too ...

Here’s what I’ve observed: the things we try to reform are rarely the ones that matter most. Reform tends to fixate on what can be measured, managed, and credited—where reformers still believe control is within reach—while quietly avoiding what they don’t understand, where control is harder to find.

“Connections create value. The social era will reward those organizations that realize they don’t create value all by  themselves. If the industrial era was about building things, the social era is ab...

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) are corpses. They have been devoured and buried alive while they were still throbbing. They are t...

As local rights groups seek alternative funding sources, the closing space for civil society makes this even more imperative. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on closing space for civil ...

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

Trump cutting off USAid reminds us how much power we surrender to those who fund our work. We need a new mindset

Trump cutting off USAid reminds us how much power we surrender to those who fund our work. We need a new mindset

Everyone in our organisation understands the importance of data. We have intentionally built a system where every team member is involved in monitoring and evaluation. We don't have an in-house specia...

I came into the development sector as a very passionate person. That passion drove my career from the “entry-level” to various senior roles. I rose to eventually manage one of the international organi...

I came into the development sector as a very passionate person. That passion drove my career from the “entry-level” to various senior roles. I rose to eventually manage one of the international organi...

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

For those focused on resource activism for organisational survival, the title of this post could suggest the privileged luxury of a well-funded foundation. But don’t be fooled. As a founder of Navsarj...

For those focused on resource activism for organisational survival, the title of this post could suggest the privileged luxury of a well-funded foundation. But don’t be fooled. As a founder of Navsarj...

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.

It’s almost always the same argument. Or excuse. Governments joining the accelerating global trend of restricting civil society at home like to claim that they are protecting their country against med...

Powerful, people-led networks are taking shape around the world to respond to increasingly complex global challenges. This includes the growing community philanthropy movement, which challenges tradit...

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