Cross-Border Giving: From Aid to Investing in Community Philanthropy

As foreign aid declines and cross-border philanthropy faces new challenges, investing in community-led philanthropy and local leadership offers a more sustainable path for equitable and resilient development.

Ukrainian Community Foundations Are Protecting Local Ownership, Even in Wartime

Ukrainian community foundations are working to balance international wartime aid with sustained local philanthropy by prioritizing community-led needs, building trust, and using external funding to strengthen — not replace — long-term local giving and engagement.

Developing Community Philanthropy Through Civic Listening in Spain

Using civic listening as a strategic practice, community foundations can help create a shared awareness among local nonprofits, businesses, public institutions, and residents about the problems facing their communities and the solutions worth pursuing.

Community Catalysts: Six Lessons from Local Philanthropy

This blog offers valuable insights on amplifying the impact of local philanthropy, embracing collaboration, and scaling community-led initiatives to foster long-term growth and resilience throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

Nonprofits are too often presented with a limited narrative: that merger or closure are the only two options when facing a financial crisis. Our research has identified nine strategies to consider.

Inside The Foundation Review, Volume 18, Issue 1

This issue of The Foundation Review draws attention to topics often overlooked in mainstream research — everyday decisions and infrastructure choices that shape philanthropic practice and its impact.

11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2026

For this tenth edition of the Trends report, we reflect on the themes that have shaped our sector over the past ten years and name both enduring shifts and new developments.

The Evolving Landscape of Philanthropy: Collective Practices, Digital Tools, and the Search for Connection

Philanthropy is shifting from institutional to participatory and from elite to networked as digital tools expand access and collective practices redistribute power among the new generation of philanthropists.

Community-Led Movements are Driving Climate Action

Climate action from grassroots organizations, Indigenous communities, and large-scale funders alike is working to fill the gaping holes left by eliminated federal funding, research teams, and entire agencies.

Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy

This issue features articles on the use of AI in philanthropy, highlighting leaders who forged ahead while acknowledging risks, deploying AI for different purposes, and then thoughtfully reflecting on their experiences.