As non-profits consider how to strengthen capacity for the future, communications warrants attention at the executive level. It isn’t something to deploy at the end of a process; it’s a strategic lever in how trust is built, tested, and sustained from the start.
Funding for gender justice rarely fits neatly into a single funding category. It requires both front-line service and system-level advocacy and it’s hard to capture in an elevator pitch. This is where gender justice and trust-based philanthropy must come together.
When leadership often looks like secrecy and fighting to protect power over justice, feminist leadership is different. For YWCA Canada, that means acting with integrity no matter who’s watching, and sharing power, not hoarding it.
Legal representation can have a significant impact on women and children’s socio-economic outcomes. And yet, access to a family lawyer is still considered a luxury for many women.
Ending gender-based violence requires a whole-of-society approach. Collaboration between these two large societal institutions creates stronger, more adaptive supports for women, children, and gender-diverse people fleeing violence.
Ten practical use cases illustrate how AI is becoming part of the non-profit sector’s core infrastructure – and the strategic implications for boards, executives, and funders.
Philanthropy has a crucial role to play in supporting the chronically underfunded work of gender justice organizations – which are holding communities together in an age of precarity – and the moment is now.
Les fondations ont constaté une augmentation spectaculaire des demandes de financement pour les mêmes montants accordés. Existe-t-il une possibilité pour les organismes philanthropiques de collaborer davantage face à ces pressions?
