About WINGS
About WINGS
WINGS is the only global network dedicated to bringing the philanthropy sector together to strengthen giving, increase its impact, and contribute to more just, equitable, and sustainable societies.
We work across regions and contexts to connect organisations across philanthropy, strengthen coordination across the field, and improve the conditions that allow philanthropy to grow and operate effectively.
Everything we do is grounded in partnership with our members. WINGS does not replace national, regional, or thematic philanthropy organisations; it helps connect them. By strengthening relationships across the ecosystem, WINGS enables knowledge, resources, and influence to flow more effectively across regions and contexts. By working across diverse contexts and political environments, WINGS helps the field identify emerging patterns, exchange practical knowledge, and respond more collectively to complex global challenges.
What WINGS strengthens
WINGS works to strengthen the ecosystems and relationships that philanthropy depends on.
This includes:
- Enabling environments
- Cross-regional learning and exchange
- Shared knowledge and research
- Coordination across networks and organisations
- Collective engagement across the field on global issues
Through this work, WINGS helps philanthropy operate more effectively across different political, cultural, and economic contexts.
How WINGS works
WINGS operates as a global connector across the philanthropy support ecosystem.
Rather than acting in place of national or regional networks, we help connect them, strengthening relationships, sharing knowledge across contexts, and creating opportunities for collaboration and collective action. In this way, WINGS helps hold the global ecosystem together while supporting locally led priorities and action.
By working across diverse contexts, WINGS helps the field compare experiences, identify emerging challenges and patterns, and develop more informed and collective responses to global issues.
Our work includes:
WINGS holds the global ecosystem together and allows each to respond in a more agile way.
Our Values
- Curiosity: We ask questions, explore complexity, and remain open to learning across different regions and perspectives.
- Collaboration: We believe stronger outcomes come from shared learning, trust, and collective effort.
- Authenticity: We aim to communicate honestly, act consistently with our values, and build trust through transparency.
- Accountability: We take responsibility for our work, remain open to feedback, and stay accountable to the members, partners, and communities we work alongside.
- Inclusion & Solidarity: We work to ensure philanthropy reflects diverse experiences, contexts, and voices, especially those historically excluded from decision-making.
- Caring: We value relationships, wellbeing, and ways of working that support sustainable collaboration and mutual respect.