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Christine Sow

Christine Sow has led global organizations for 25 years through growth, transformation, and financial turnaround. Most recently, she served as CEO of Humentum, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving the operating models for social good organizations.

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How one foundation is spending down on climate adaptation
12 Nov 2025
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?
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This grantmaker offers a model for long-term, African-led philanthropy
10 Nov 2025
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.
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Why a funder chose to move to 8-year grants
27 Oct 2025
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.
Sponsored by Humentum
Sponsored by Humentum
Opinion: New harmonized financial reporting will truly shift power
30 Oct 2024
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.
Sponsored by Humentum
Sponsored by Humentum
Opinion: A necessary operating model for equity in global development
8 Jun 2022
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.
Sponsored by Humentum
Sponsored by Humentum
Opinion: How INGO CEOs are acting their way into the future
22 Oct 2021
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.
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Sponsored by Humentum
Opinion: Post-pandemic opportunities to improve global development
27 Apr 2020
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?
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