21 days ago // Devex Pro Live
In a talk with Shelly Helgeson of Connective Impact, we examine how closed funding pipelines, lower risk tolerance, and the loss of USAID are reshaping philanthropy — and why relationship building now matters more than ever.
about 1 month ago // Devex Pro Live
As aid budgets tighten, Radical Flexibility Fund is rethinking how civil society is financed — using loans, recoverable grants, and participatory governance to shift power, build sustainability, and move beyond grant dependency.
about 1 month ago // Devex Pro Live
As aid budgets shrink, the Novo Nordisk Foundation is rethinking global development by combining systems-level research, flexible funding, and rapid humanitarian response — focused on NCDs, food systems, and climate resilience in LMICs.
3 months 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.
3 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.
4 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?
4 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.
4 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.
over 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.