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

Offers insights into scaling nonprofit programs, including the need for rigorous impact analyses, more focused funding patterns, capacity building, and…

Published: April 20, 2009

The purpose of the joint research project Urban Policies and the Right to the City: Rights, Responsibilities and Citizenship, launched…

Published: March 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

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

Published: January 01, 2009

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

Published: January 01, 2009

In February 2009, due to record temperatures and a prolonged heatwave, several firestorms merged and raged across the state of…

Published: January 01, 2009

The second title in the Poor Philanthropist Series, this monograph represents the culmination of a six-year journey; a journey characterised…

Published: January 01, 2009