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  • 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)

  • Event

    Blueprint 2025 – Blurring Boundaries (with Lucy Bernholz)

    A recording of a conversation between Rhodri Davies and Lucy Bernholz, author of the Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2025.

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter Dec 2024 (#26)

  • 12th Dec 2024

    2025 Philanthropy & Civil Society Trends and Predictions

  • Podcast featured in: BBC Radio 4

    Free Thinking: Gifts and Gratitude

    Rhodri Davies appears as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Free Thinking programme to discuss “gifts and gratitude”.

  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter Nov 2024 (#25)

  • 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.