Alliance editor Charles Keidan interviews Maurice Makoloo, regional director of the Ford Foundation in eastern Africa, to discuss the relationship between civil society and the private sector, the need for investment in philanthropy infrastructure, and the Ford Foundation's commitment to combating inequality

The Wildlife Conservation Network and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation have announced the launch of the Lion Recovery Fund

Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation... Start discovering some of the L-PDAY2017 speakers

Forget the paradigm that many believe Millennials to be the “Me Generation.” Research proves them to be the “Us Generation.” “Us” encompasses the world.

Last month, we shone a bright spotlight on Impetus-PEF, a London-based foundation that is doing a great job of investing in the performance of its grantees. The Impetus-PEF story is so rich with insights that we want to put more meat on the bones here.

Billions of dollars are being donated without strong evidence about which ways of giving are effective reports Caroline Fiennes, funder of Giving Evidence. Recipients of funds are increasingly scrutinized, but the effectiveness of donors is not.

In March, we focused our monthly update on Impetus-PEF, a London foundation "walking the talk" of high performance--not just by investing in the performance of its grantees but also by looking introspectively at its own performance.

The European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) has produced what is probably the clearest and most reliable account of European philanthropy to date – but, as it acknowledges, ‘best yet’ does not mean ‘best possible’. Paradoxically, in fact, it probably says more about what we don’t know than about what we do.

PMF Integro Fund I will invest in private-equity funds that offer the potential for compelling financial returns while demonstrating positive environmental or social impact, or both.

Our interview with Martin Short, CEO of The Power of Nutrition, analyzes a results-based model to invest in sustainable and scalable initiatives able to contrast undernutrition in children