As philanthropy grapples with increased demands and challenges, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation — which recently announced it would pause funding to U.S.-based NGOs — appears to be undergoing its own transformation.
CIFF is one of the largest philanthropic foundations globally, dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents. To achieve this mission, it works not only on child protection, health, and development, but also on climate mitigation and expanding access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, or SRHR.
During a session at the seventh International Conference on Family Planning that explored the role of philanthropy in shaping the future of family planning, CIFF’s executive director for SRHR, Miles Kemplay, offered candid insight into what one of the world’s largest private philanthropic organizations will do more — and less — of.