Reports, frameworks,
and practical resources
for strengthening
philanthropy support ecosystems

This paper discusses the legislative environment under which civil society, particularly organized formations, operate in Africa. It examines twelve African…

Published: January 01, 2009

This report presents a summary of what 174 grant recipients (out of a total of 305 surveyed) of the Foundation…

Published: January 01, 2009

Why is Mexico's third sector underdeveloped? Despite the importance of this question, there is no persuasive answer. The usual mono-causal…

Published: January 01, 2009

This investigation into the wide and varied world of family foundations reveals common patterns amongst those that have thrived in…

Published: January 01, 2009

From Charity to Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy, provides a preliminary overview of Arab philanthropy in eight countries of the…

Published: December 01, 2008

This study representers an excavation of patterns of giving in South Africa through an interrogation of this phenomenon in the…

Published: December 01, 2008

This is a "mapping exercise" on the definitions, current concepts and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) worldwide. It aims…

Published: November 21, 2008

Between 2000 and 2008, first the Council on Foundations and then WINGS itself published a series of reports on the…

Published: October 02, 2008