Another Way Is Possible

Another Way Is Possible

Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit in Kathmandu, December 2026

Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit in Kathmandu, December 2026

#ShiftThePower Global Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2 – 4 December 2026 ...
Community philanthropy changes mindsets in Burkina Faso.

Community philanthropy changes mindsets in Burkina Faso.

Lenie Hoegen Dijkhof, Abdoulaye Sawadogo and Malo Debe According to the CIVICUS Monitor 2024 report, Burkina Faso’s civic space was downgraded to ...
What Hungary’s civil society funding crisis can teach us

What Hungary’s civil society funding crisis can teach us

Hungary has around 60,000 registered NGOs. A significant portion of these exist mostly on paper. Many operate in apolitical fields ...
Bonding, bridging and the reparative role of philanthropy

Bonding, bridging and the reparative role of philanthropy

Civil society was once indistinguishable from community. It lived in cooperatives like Banyankore Kweterana, or the Ghana Marketing Association, in ...
The balancing act of being “More than just a Grantmaker”

The balancing act of being “More than just a Grantmaker”

At NTT, we have always wanted to set ourselves apart from the western INGO model of grantmaking ...
Colouring outside the colouring book: Seeing all the colours in enablement. Part 2

Colouring outside the colouring book: Seeing all the colours in enablement. Part 2

Dumi Gatsha A funder recently told me how they do not work on ”identity politics.” I was confused by this ...
To be effective or neutral?

To be effective or neutral?

This article is not an emotional claim, but a justified attempt to stop the systemic harm that occurs under the ...
Numbers or meanings? How the logic of measuring results in donor relations is changing

Numbers or meanings? How the logic of measuring results in donor relations is changing

How does measurement for local donors differ from measurement for institutional (international) donors? In other words, what do international donors ...
Resource on the decline: How will NGOs deliver on their mission priorities?

Resource on the decline: How will NGOs deliver on their mission priorities?

We witnessed similar abandonment not long ago. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the West went into an overdrive of ...
Pull together and pool together

Pull together and pool together

In these challenging times, we need these home-grown, home-owned initiatives focused on fostering both financial support and solidarity. In my ...