Resources
REPORT
Feminist philanthropy: Dismantling silos and raising long-term funding
Candid, Feminist philanthropy: Dismantling silos and raising long-term funding, 6 September 2023 – A report from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy found that US nonprofits working to advance women’s and girls’ causes received $7.9 billion in support in 2019, just 1.9 percent of overall charitable giving.
TOOL
Field Catalysts: The Versatile, Essential Tool Missing from Philanthropy’s Systems Change Toolbox
The Center for Effective Philanthropy, Field Catalysts: The Versatile, Essential Tool Missing from Philanthropy’s Systems Change Toolbox – this article focuses on a tool needed to achieve population-level impact — a field catalyst — with the aim of increasing relationship-building across silos in research, practice, policy, and philanthropy.
Opportunities
- Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society – The Practitioner Fellowships at the Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) welcomes applications for its 2024-2025 cohort. The programme aims to catalyse and support a broad range of projects led by the selected fellows that can inform and improve the vitality of digital civil society.
- Black Feminist Fund – Applications for the Solidarity Fund are now open. The Solidarity Fund provides core, flexible grants to support timely initiatives that respond to or create an opportunity for change, enable solidarity across geographies, movements or people, seed new projects, collectives or ideas, or support wellness, safety and security.
Events
International Fundraising Congress, 18-20 October 2023. Resource Alliance invites Catalyst 2030 members to attend IFC2023 — geared to teach on (re)thinking how to achieve purpose, to collaborate, to form new coalitions together, to be inspired, via big debates, masterclasses, co-creative workshops and open discussions. Resource Alliance is offering a dedicated discount code of £175 off for Catalyst 2030 members. Please reach out if interested in attending.