Grantmaking
The Messy Middle: What UK Community Foundations Can Teach America
You might be well-endowed, but it’s what you do with it that matters.
Systems
Systems
Philanthropy’s Identity Crisis: Talking VC, Acting Procurement
In strategy sessions and on websites for foundations and philanthropists across the globe, you'll increasingly hear the language of Venture Capital investing. "Catalytic funding." "First-mover advantage." "Disruptive innovation." This isn't coincidence — it's a deliberate shift as philanthropy increasingly
AI
Using AI to fix grant-making
Why we think grant-making needs to improve, how we think our platform can support that, and why the model we’re offering enables it.
Systems
Going multiplayer. What does a collaborative platform mean for charities?
When businesses work together, we call it collusion. It’s usually illegal. But for charities, it’s “collaboration”. Apparently, not working together is “damaging to communities”. Legally, the UK has a Government department dedicated to “promoting competition”. But the UK also has a Government department that explicitly advises: “Working together