#WINGSForum2023 has officially started! We’re thrilled to welcome you to 3 days filled with incredible speakers, discussions and networking in our collective aim to #TransformPhilanthropy . Follow along using #WINGSForum2023 and watch the plenaries live: youtube.com/@WINGSontheair

Thrilled to share some news! 🎉🎉 We'll be co-hosting a panel on “How Change Happens: Deepening the Philanthropic Transformation Convo' at #WINGSForum2023 on 4 Oct w/ UAF-Africa PSJP Network feat Barbara Nöst Maria Chertok Briggs Bomba tsitsi marylin + Barry Knight Tendisai Chigwedere

Our program associate Ogo Emenike penned some reflections for Alliance magazine on the Future of African Philanthropy & how the conversation on transformative processes felt more alive & palpable at the #AfPhilConf23 . Read here bitly.ws/VpSw and share your thoughts with us.

Our Learning Manager Tendisai Chigwedere is looking forward to the CIVICUS webinar next week on 26 Sept @ 16h00 SAST/10h00 EDT. 3 Rs in strengthening grassroot activism: Relationships, Resources & Risks. Let's talk! Register here to join the convo web.civicus.org/join

How closely do the interests of scholars align w/ those of activists & change-makers in terms of measurement? Join us on 27 Sept for a discussion connecting change-makers & academics aiming to forge new pathways for collaboration! #ShiftThePower

Register: bit.ly/mwm27sept

After nearly 3 incredible years leading the research agenda at Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, I’m feeling very bittersweet to be moving on. So proud of the amazing research, executive education, and advocacy work we accomplished! Special thanks to my amazing mentors, team and colleagues. ❤️🙌🏽💃🏽

Check out The Philanthropy Transformation Initiative Report, published by WINGS with the support of Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, which outlines ten core principles for driving change in the philanthropy sector. ow.ly/uwCP50PugTx

To #TransformPhilanthropy we must:
- Be an enabler by contributing to change at a greater scale
- Walk the talk by leveraging philanthropy’s assets
- Create the future by thinking long-term

Read more from Benjamin Bellegy: members.wingsweb.org/news/668237

Can we #TransformPhilanthropy ?

Philanthropy is questioning its practices, learning & exchanging ideas on how to best improve. Our groundbreaking new report, with the support of Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, shares 10 principles to guide philanthropy’s transformation: bit.ly/PTIReport

Don't miss the opportunity to attend #WINGSForum2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the WINGSForum scholarship programme. Engage in discussions, connect with industry experts and shape the future of philanthropy. Apply by June 26: ow.ly/ZaIV50OJTw6

8+ years later, Thabani Mutambasere and I are finally attending a conference together! Delighted to be representing Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at this year’s #ECAS2023 in Cologne. Powerful opening insights: Is there a future for African Studies in Europe?

Heartiest congratulations to our former Academic Director Kamal Munir, who was recently awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan for his contributions to education! See below for Kamal's perspectives on philanthropy, inequality, and educational ecosystems.

Late last year, we published a groundbreaking report on top donor giving in the GCC, in partnership with @followLGT. The full report is the first of its kind to feature insights from more than 30 regional philanthropists and experts.

Full report here: jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

CAPSI: Centre African Philanthropy & Social Invest receiving abstracts & research papers from academics & researchers for 2nd #AfricanPhilanthropyAcademicConference in Dakar from 31 July-1 August 2023. Submission deadline: 26 May 2023. Details available here bit.ly/3yM2EAk.

ICYMI: Decolonizing Wealth Project & Peace Direct will host a 3-day consultation on ‘Decolonizing Global Philanthropy' over 4-6 April.

If you're a decolonisation activist in the sector, join us to reshape global philanthropy!

Register by 11pm GMT, Friday 31 March:
platform4dialogue.org/en/a/decolonis…

Great to be part of the discussions on #ClimateChange and #Philanthropy at the @OECD_Centre #netFWD event connecting Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy research work with the community Dr Shonali Banerjee

Incredible to have you Charles Keidan of Alliance magazine in this pivotal moment for Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies. Your writing captures the electrifying energy that was palpable in the space. No turning back with UAF-Africa & the ecosystem in this field shifting process.

'The size & volume of funds that've come from the north was mammoth & when one has that dependance, it means that when parameters are set, it's institutions that get to decide who gets the funds, in what form, using what process, causing a complete power imbalance.'
-ClareWoodcraft

'Stay angry and take action!' - Deval Sanghavi

A big thank you to our speakers ClareWoodcraft, Deval Sanghavi, Rumana Hamied & titiw for sharing your journey & learnings with us. We're leaving this conversation inspired & looking to work together towards #ABillionThriving