International Grantmaking

About this issue

In an increasingly complex and globalized world, many grantmakers now view international engagement as an imperative.

As new global initiatives encourage more cross-border and cross-sectoral collaboration, and GivingUSA finds 2016 giving for “international affairs” totaling $22 billion, we devote this season’s issue to international grantmaking. Along with a primer and our resource roundup, you’ll find multiple angles on global philanthropy, from an examination of Sustainable Development Goals and the “closing space” for civil society to diaspora philanthropy, gender lens investing, the international role of community foundations, grantmaking in China, and more.

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation’s Brad Cameron-Cooper and Paragon Philanthropy’s Andrzej Kozlowski serve as guest co-editors.

Risk, Finances & Compliance

First Do No Harm: Reflective Practice for Grantmaking in the International Human Rights Context

Strategy & Planning

Project Drawdown’s Blueprint of Possibility to Reverse Global Warming—A Guide for Grantmaking

Partnerships & Collaboration

How Philanthropy Adds Value to India’s Effort to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Gender Lens Investing and Moving the Needle on the Sustainable Development Goals

Organizational Learning

Supporting Evidence-Based Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Strategy & Planning

Shifting the Meaning of Community: U.S. Community Foundations Increase Their International Giving

Strategy & Planning

Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals in Your Grantmaking

Strategy & Planning