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Advocacy

Collaborating for Effective Social Activism in West Africa: Experiences, Enabling Factors and Challenges

Social Activism Social Movements Civic space

How to Prepare Your Proposal in under 60 Minutes

Proposal writing

Strengthening Advocacy, Communication and Brand Recognition through Social Media in West Africa

Social Media

Corporate Social Responsibility

Social Accountability Guidebook for CSOs, 2nd Edition

Social accountability

The fundsforNGOs Guide for NGOs on Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility

Covid 19

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Society Organisations in Ghana

Civil Society Organisations Sustainability

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Society Organisations in Liberia

COVID-19 Civil society organisations

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria

COVID-19 Civil Society Organisations

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Society Organisations in Sierra Leone

COVID-19 Civil Society Organisations

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Society Organisations in The Gambia

Civil Society Organisations COVID-19 CSO and Government CSO and Funders

The role and protagonism of civil society in the facing of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

Civil Society organisations COVID-19

Uncovering Potential of Domestic Resource Mobilisation During COVID-19 in Ghana

Domestic resource mobilisation

Gender

Our Voices, Our Environment: the state of funding for women’s environmental action

Women Environment

The Status of women’s leadership in West Africa

Women

The Value of Mobilizing Local Resources for Women’s Rights in the Global South and East

Women Civil Society Organisations Case studies

Innovations/trends

A Nonprofit’s Guide to Giving Days

Fundraising innovations

CAF Research and Insight: EXPLORING TRENDS AND IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE

Fundraising

CHALLENGING THE MYTHS, INDIVIDUAL GIVING for African Civil Society Organizations Report 2024

African Philanthropy Community philanthropy Domestic resource mobilisation Statistics

The Top Nonprofit Trends in 2022

Fundraising innovations

Miscellaneous

Civil Society and Development in West Africa: Practitioners’ Perspective

Civil society organisations

How NGOs can convert good project ideas into Successful Project Proposals

Project Proposals

How NGOs can use and benefit from Google Ads?

Advertising Fundraising

Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) website

Community Philanthropy Partnerships and Networking Advocacy

Messaging this Moment: a Handbook for Progressive Communicators

Communication techniques

Open Learning Campus: Accelerating solutions through learning

Learning resources

The Art of Knowledge Exchange: Results-Focused Guide for Development Practitioners

Knowledge dissemination tools

The Public Benefit Organizations Act, 2013

Public benefit organizations (PBO)

Philantrophy

A guide to understanding and applying community philanthropy

Community philanthropy

Africa Philanthropy Network (APN) website

African philanthropy CSO law

Alliance Magazine on Global Philanthropy

Community Philanthropy Social investment examples

Assessment of The Legal Environment for Civil Society In Ghana

CSO law

Baseline Study for the Development of Community Philanthropy in Burkina Faso

Philanthropy Community philanthropy CSO and funders

CAF WORLD GIVING INDEX 2021: A global pandemic special report

Community Philanthropy Volunteering Statistics

Creating an enabling environment for philanthropy through tax incentives

Philanthropy Tax reduction Public Benefit Organisations (PBO)

East Africa Philanthropy Network

African Philanthropy CSO and government CSO law Domestic resource mobilisation Fundraising Knowledge dissemination tools Partnerships and networking

From “Innovation for Localization” to “Local Philanthropy, Localization and Power” A learning report on collaboration across systems

African Philanthropy Community philanthropy Domestic resource mobilisation Donor relations Donors, international Learning resources Localisation agenda Partnerships and networking Philanthropy Power shifting

Giving for Change annual learning & reflection meeting 2024

Partnerships and networking Advocacy African Philanthropy

Giving for Change: Global Partners Learning and Reflection Workshop Event Final Report

Partnerships and networking African Philanthropy Fundraising examples Fundraising innovations

How distance and technology affected philanthropy in Kenya: A review of the journey of Harambee

African Philanthropy

Indigenous and Afro-descendent Ancestral Practices and Philanthropy in the Americas

Mutual support Community philanthropy

Local giving in Africa

African Philanthropy Case studies Community philanthropy Domestic resource mobilisation Faith-based giving

National advocacy and influencing workshop report

Advocacy African Philanthropy Women Partnerships and networking

Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace

Philanthropy

Philanthropy in Brazil: a working paper

Philanthropy

Philanthropy in Indonesia: a working paper

Philanthropy

philanthropyfundraising.eu

Masterclass fundraising

Report of Independent Study of the Status of Philanthropy in Tanzania

Philanthropy

Strengthening an enabling environment for community philanthropy in east africa: research on local resource mobilisation trends

African Philanthropy Community philanthropy CSO law Domestic resource mobilisation Knowledge dissemination tools Partnerships and networking

Study on traditional and cultural philanthropy in Burkina Faso

Philanthropy

The case for Community Philanthropy: How the Practice Builds Local Assets, Capacity, and Trust—and Why It Matters

Community philanthropy Community-led development Domestic resource mobilisation

The Shadow Side of Philanthropy

African Philanthropy Philanthropy

The value of community philanthropy: Results of a consultation

Community philanthropy Domestic resource mobilisation Donor relations Donors, international Philanthropy

WOMEN AND PHILANTHROPY IN AFRICA, Synthesized findings from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda

African Philanthropy Community philanthropy Women Women and youth leadership

Resource Mobilisation

Africa funding landscape: profile of funders focused on Africa/perspectives from the field

CSO and funders

Building a Successful Relationship with Corporate Donors

Corporate Donors

Donors for Small NGOs to create Bigger Impact

Donors, international

Embracing Change: Local fundraising stories

Fundraising Fundraising examples

Faith-based Giving as Alternative Funding Model for Civil Society Organisations in Ghana

Faith-based Giving

FCDO Engagement Report on shaping the Future of Centrally Managed Civil Society and Civic Space Programming; Executive Summary

Donors, international CSO and funders

Guidebook on Alternative Funding Models for Civil Society Organisations in Africa

Fundraising Civil society organisations

How can Short Concept Notes attract Large Funding

Project Proposals

Shifting the Power

#ShiftThePower: the rise of community philanthropy

Community Philanthropy

Community-driven change: The power of grassroots-led change for long-term impact

Community-led development

Fostering Equitable North-South Civil Society Partnerships: Voices from the South

Civil society organisations

From Poverty to Power – case studies of public campaigning/influence developing country/donor governments.

Advocacy Shift the Power Campaigning

Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) website

Community Philanthropy Shift the power Community-led development

Localisation Agenda, Shift the Power and African Philanthropic Models in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal

Localisation Agenda Shift the Power Community Philanthropy

Planning and Managing Leadership Transitions among CSOs in West Africa

Leadership transition

Reflecting on the role community giving can play in transforming people's wellbeing and development in resource strained communities

Community philanthropy Community-led development

Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations In Development: Starting From The South

Civil Society Organisations Community-led development CSO and funders Domestic resource mobilisation Donor relations Donors, international Learning resources Partnerships and networking Power shifting Shift The Power

Resources or race? Explaining (un)equality in international development partnerships.

Shift The Power Partnerships and networking

Sustainability

Civil Society Organisations’ Sustainability in Ghana: Striving, Surviving or Thriving?

Sustainability Civil Society Organisations

FundsforNGOs Grants and Resources for Sustainability

Fundraising tools Donor relations CSO and funders

Investing for Civil Society Organisations: A Path to Financial Stability

Civil Society Organisations CSO and funders Fundraising

National Civil Society Sustainability Strategy for Civil Society in Ghana

Sustainability

WACSI Research reports and WACSI Case stories

Technology for Development Women & Youth Leadership Civil Society Organisations