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Category: Current issues

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter June 2025 (#32)

  • 26th Jun 2025

    ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #10

  • Article featured in: Alliance Magazine

    Foreign Waters

    Rhodri Davies is quoted in the article exploring the role of global philanthropy in the context of massive aid cuts.

  • 12th Jun 2025

    Róisín Wood: Philanthropy & Civil Society in Northern Ireland

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter May 2025 (#31)

  • 1st May 2025

    Sarah Jeffrey, Victoria Tayler & Lonnie Hackett: Risk, Success & Failure in Philanthropy & International Development

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter April 2025 #30

  • 18th Apr 2025

    Natasha Friend and Maria Ahmed: Participatory Grantmaking

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters newsletter March 2025 (#29)

  • Article

    Is Elon Musk right that “empathy is the fundamental weakness of western civilization?”

    28th March 2025

    We explore Elon Musk’s recent claim that “empathy is the fundamental weakness of Western civilisation” – what does it mean, where does it come from, and is there is any truth in it?

  • 6th Mar 2025

    Farai Chideya: Philanthropy, Democracy & Multiracial Pluralism

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter February 2025 (#28)

  • 20th Feb 2025

    Edouard Morena: Climate philanthropy

  • Article

    Philanthropy at a Time of Chaos

    10th February 2025

    Following a barrage of executive orders and policy announcements from President Donald Trump which posed major challenges for civil society organisations, we take a look at some of the key questions for philanthropy at a time of chaos.

  • Article featured in: Chronicle of Philanthropy

    Foundations Remain Largely Mute as Nonprofits Face Slashed Federal Funding

    Rhodri Davies comments on the implications for philanthropy of severe cuts in US federal grant funding.

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter January 2025 (#27)

  • Learn from our past to better understand our future.

    Philanthropy has a long and varied history. We’ve created bite-size chapters that you can jump in and out of to better understand philanthropy.