Treasure Chest
We share insights from our work with 300+ grantee partners and from the expertise of our locally-based grantmaking teams and advisors.
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Read OMG Funding!
Yes, there is cause for excitement when talking about multiyear general operating dollars — MYGOD.
Read Playing Cupid: Curated Connections & Beyond
We are big on building community and fostering collaboration — it is, after all, embedded in our foundation’s history and values.
Read We Realized Something:
In the spirit of the new year, Segal Family Foundation has a resolution of sorts: say out loud when we make a misstep, and fix it.
Read Change Isn’t Linear: Gladys Onyango, In Her Own Words
Director for Program Impact & Learning Gladys reflects on lessons learned during this journey.
Read The Best Support for Disability Work Is *with* the Disability Community
The world of philanthropy has a unique opportunity to make a significant impact by supporting organizations that are greatly overlooked.
Read Unrestricted Funding, Unlimited Advantages
Despite a growing number of funders making a case for flexible, unrestricted funding, the trend has been slow to catch on in Africa, where most funding available to nonprofits is still majorly limited to specific projects or programs.
Read Becoming Our Partners’ Best Partner
We were proud to hear from the 2023 Grantee Perception Report that, because of their relationship with us, our partners are able to raise more money, collaborate with peer organizations, and learn from each other.
Read The Donor Salon, Rethinking How to Catalyze Change
Within the philanthropy sector, there is an abundance of resources offered to doers, and it’s seldom thought that donors might need the same.
Read Back, But We Never Left: AGM Returns with a Bang
The city of Kigali saw over 600 people convene in the name of transforming how change happens in Africa, representing organizations from all parts of the philanthropy universe.
Read Literacy as Localization
Books serve as a portal to the world, but when that world is overwhelmingly foreign to the reader, then it can be difficult to relate to the content.
Read Beyond Compliance: Towards a Reflective & Collaborative Approach to Championing Safeguarding in Global Philanthropy
The question is now no longer whether to implement safeguarding but rather how to do so in a way that’s meaningful for everyone involved.
Read Dear Donors, Put Your Money Where The Mind Is
Traditional approaches to mental health needs are often confined within Western biomedical systems, rendering them unaffordable or low in quality given the obstacles African countries face.