about 1 month ago // Devex Pro Live
The Agency Fund is redefining philanthropy by investing in human agency and backing tech-enabled, locally led groups working with governments. Its funder-doer model builds public goods, drives experimentation, and scales cost-effective social impact.
about 2 months ago // Devex Pro Live
The Innovation Foundation is using a social-lab model to scan public good-related challenges, build partnership ventures, and develop open-source tools and resources —deliberately shifting their model from transactional donor to catalyzing scalable community-led solutions.
about 2 months ago // Devex Pro Live
Shockwave Foundation is a 20-year, $50 million spend-down fund investing in climate adaptation, focusing on food and water security. What makes its model unique?
about 2 months ago // Devex Pro Live
Masana wa Afrika, an African-led grantmaker, is providing long-term, unrestricted funding to community-based organizations across Africa — trusting local leaders to determine priorities and create sustainable change.
2 months ago // Devex Pro Live
Blood:Water’s eight-year, trust-based grants pair flexible funding with organizational strengthening for African-led health groups — showing how funders can scale impact through long-term, locally led partnerships.
about 1 year ago // Sponsored by Humentum
The power imbalance between funders and civil society organizations is evident in the varied reporting formats required for grant compliance. Meet INPAG: The transformational initiative that will harmonize financial reporting across the sector.
over 3 years ago // Sponsored by Humentum
How can operating models that incorporate equity, resilience, and accountability be the strategic lever to shifting power within the global development sector? Humentum’s Dr. Christine Sow explains.
about 4 years ago // Sponsored by Humentum
Over the past nine months, a group of CEOs has met regularly to navigate the changing ecosystem for international NGOs. Humentum’s Christine Sow discusses the process.
over 5 years ago // Sponsored by Humentum
The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting global development in unprecedented ways. Will the sector be able to capitalize on this opportunity to finally advance the effectiveness of aid?