WINGSForum 2010 will be hosted by the Associazione Italiana Fondazioni e Enti di Erogazione (Association of Foundations and Grantmaking Organizations) or Assifero and the Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio Spa (Association of Italian Foundations and Savings Bank) or ACRI.
Grants
New Publication from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Do Nothing About Me Without Me: An Action Guide for Engaging Stakeholders offers an overview of how grantmakers are reaching out to grantees, community members and other partners for smarter grantmaking.
Designtaxi.com: Getty Images Gets Charitable with 'Grants for Good'
Getty Images have announced photographers Sam Faulkner and Annie Marie Musselman as winners of its 2010 Grants for Good programme. Each photographer, together with their agencies, will be awarded US$15,000 to develop compelling new imagery that will “elevate the awareness of a nonprofit they have chosen to support”, the company said 24 June.
Alliance magazine March 2010 - Focus on … Chasing the butterfly: why small grants matter
With the global financial situation under the spotlight, many organizations are rethinking their grantmaking strategies. What place will small grants have in future funding plans? What may seem like a drop in the ocean now can have long-term effects that go way beyond the original scope of the grant, says guest editor Chet Tchozewski, president of Global Greengrants Fund.
The special feature includes contributions from individuals and organizations around the world with experience of making small grants. These include Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai; Marion Rockefeller Weber, who talks about her innovative ‘flow funding’ circles; Jacqueline Delia-Brémond, who tells us why she felt the need to set up a micro-grants programme alongside Fondation Ensemble’s main funding programme; Ezra Mbogori, director of a new human rights fund in East Africa, and Stephen Pittam of Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, both talking about small grants and social change; Nonette Royo, working to fund small environmental projects in South-east Asia; Helena Monteiro, who has seen the positive impact of small grants on communities in Brazil; and Bill Belding of the US-based Association of Small Foundations.
First Joint APPC and WINGS event in Asia held
On 27 to 29 April, the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium hosted the first regional Peer Learning Event (PLE) of the Worldwide Initiative for Grantmakers’ Support. Held in Hong Kong, the two and a half day event was attended by 14 WINGS network participants from Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.
APPC and WINGS begin collaborative efforts
As planned in its last board meeting in November 2008, APPC is currently pursuing partnerships with the Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS). APPC has accepted WINGS’ invitation to host the upcoming Peer Learning Event on Engaging Corporations in April 2009 in Hong Kong. This Event will be the first in a series of regional Peer Learning Events for the year and is open to grantmaker associations and support organizations in the WINGS network that are based in the Asia Pacific.
