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June 21, 2024

Feminist Funds and Philanthropy in North Africa

By Leila Hessini, a Transnational Strategist, Philanthropic Advisor and Reproductive Justice Advocate with more than 25 years of organizing and grantmaking experience. For five years, she was vice president of... More

June 17, 2024

Solutions to Support the Nonprofit Sector in Namibia

By Ronny Dempers, the Executive Director of Namibia Development Trust, which, through a people-centred approach to development, increases the capacities and livelihoods of marginalized communities and empowers them to act... More

June 13, 2024

A New Plan for a “Labour Force Strategy” for the Nonprofit Sector

Anita Khanna is the National Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at United Way Centraide Canada, which is a federated network of United Ways and Centraides governed by volunteer... More

June 4, 2024

African Philanthropies: “Our Narratives, on Our Terms”

By Halima Mahomed, who's an Independent Philanthropy Researcher and Consultant. Halima is also a Senior Philanthropy Consultant at TrustAfrica and an Associate Researcher at the Centre on African Philanthropy and... More

May 22, 2024

MPNL Course Sends Students to South Africa

Four students flew from Canada to Johannesburg as part of an MPNL online course, Philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals, during which they conducted field work with their South African... More

May 9, 2024

Philanthropy in Kenya: The Mobile-Money ‘Harambee’ Spirit

By Grace Maingi, Executive Director, Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), in Nairobi, Kenya If you stop any Kenyan on the streets of Nairobi and ask them if they’re a philanthropist,... More

May 7, 2024

Reform in Ontario’s Developmental Services Sector?

By Michael Hiscoe. Developmental services (DS) is an often overlooked but significant sub-sector of the Ontario nonprofit space. This research paper examines the current funding model for the DS sector... More

April 26, 2024

Philanthropy in Egypt

Noura Selim is the Executive Director of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, the largest family foundation in Egypt. She spoke to PANL Perspectives about the rapid expansion of philanthropy... More