Past Bulletins
- Webinar: what kind of economy does a good society need? Plus, funding & civil society freedom, trust as tender, development as dignity & why #ShiftThePower is about baking a new pie, 08 October 2026
- Bring a poster to Kathmandu, what should follow from Nepal’s flash flood, and perspectives on Possible Now from Australia, the Philippines and Ukraine, 15 September 2026
- More Possible Now Stitching Fellows, flash floods in Nepal and #ShiftThePower and AI: who wants to talk?, 02 September 2026
- Registration is open for the Possible Now #ShiftThePower Global Summit! Plus, introducing the new Stitching Fellows & reflections on Possible Now from Ukraine & Hungary, 29 July 2026
- New research papers from India, Ukraine & Uganda, communities rise as aid shrinks in Kenya & Hungary's historic moment features at the Community Foundations Australia Forum, 02 July 2026
- Views from Palestine, Serbia, India & Indonesia on civil society resourcing, Indonesia for Humanity blossoms at 30 & lessons for civil society from the elections in Hungary, 12 May 2026
- What is Possible Now, community philanthropy in action in Northern Ghana and the crisis of democracy and civil society, 20 April 2026
- Join us on Wednesday! Building Bridges Between the #ShiftThePower and Agroecology Movements, 09 March 2026
- Building Bridges Between the #ShiftThePower and Agroecology Movements - join us on 11 March!, 25 February 2026
- Community is resource - alternative funding strategies for LGBTQI movements, new resources for "re-imagining" processes & the GFCF seeks a Summit Coordinator!, 06 February 2026
- Highlights from the Stories for Change Festival!, 29 January 2026
- Join us tomorrow for the Stories for Change Festival, live online on Thursday 15 January!, 14 January 2026
- Reminder: Join us at the Stories for Change Festival on Thursday 15 January!, 12 January 2026
- Stories for Change Festival – live on 15 January 2026!, 08 January 2026
- Save the date for the Stories for Change Online Festival! Plus, how communities of practice shift power & Bogotá's Fundación Territorial Paisano is thinking outside the box, 11 December 2025
- Reimagine civil society resourcing on 30 October, reflections from the GFCF Community Philanthropy Symposium and why a global living wage is needed now, 27 October 2025
- Building the new: Reimagining civil society resourcing in times of global transformation, 25 September 2025
- Finding parallels between Nepal & Nebraska, a view from Kenya on the essential role of local resources & why funders need to come alongside movements, 09 September 2025
- Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit, thoughts on the funding crisis from Hungary, Kenya and Brazil, plus new GFCF Chair, 23 July 2025
- Add your voice: Qualitative survey on alternatives to global development and humanitarianism, 22 July 2025
- Community philanthropy as a way forward in troubling times, rethinking the logic of measuring "results" & upcoming webinar on how communities in Ukraine are co-governing shared resources, 26 May 2025
- Stand with civil society: Read, sign and share our open letter, 07 May 2025
- Ukrainian community foundations in a time of war, rethinking the logframe & seeking out alternative systems for movement organizing, 29 April 2025
- Organizing in dark times, community philanthropy in action in Tanzania & GFCF seeks a documentary / communications consultant!, 10 March 2025
- Reminder: Tea, coffee, community & strategy - what does the freeze of USAID funding mean for us all?, 12 February 2025
- Tea, coffee, community & strategy: what does the freeze of USAID funding mean for us all?, 05 February 2025
- The end of foreign aid, an invitation to imagine an alternative eco-system for global development & how the #ShiftThePower Global Summit inspired new ways of working, 05 February 2025
- Announcing the 2024 / 2025 #ShiftThePower Fellows, the Community Foundations Australia #ShiftThePower Summit & how you can show your solidarity with Ukraine, 13 December 2024
- Join us to talk about The INGO Problem, 06 November 2024
- Apply to be a #ShiftThePower Fellow! Plus, did COVID-19 change donor practices & video highlights from Measuring What Matters in Bali, 17 September 2024
- Posters from the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, how CSOs & INGOs are faring on the #RoadFromBogotá & learning from networked experiences in Latin America, 05 August 2024
- Responses to the #TooSouthernToBeFunded report, why measurement is political & the need to nurture our movements, 06 June 2024
- #TooSouthernToBeFunded - sign the open letter to the OECD DAC, more #ShiftThePower Global Summit blogs & Shubha Chacko joins the GFCF board, 30 April 2024
- #ShiftThePower Global Summit highlights - part 2!, 07 March 2024
- Highlights from the #ShiftThePower Global Summit & Felecia Lucky joins the GFCF board, 29 February 2024
- Summit registration is closed (it's sold out!), last chance to join weaving conversations & more people behind the Summit!, 22 November 2023
- Summit registration closing, Generosas Award to be presented in Bogotá & upcoming weaving conversations!, 17 November 2023
- Next week's weaving conversations, grassroots transformation in Cauca, Colombia & more people behind the Summit!, 09 November 2023
- #ShiftThePower & the quest for transformation: plus more Summit news & weaving conversations!, 31 October 2023
- Upcoming weaving conversations & more people behind the Summit!, 20 October 2023
- What can we learn from networked experiences in Latin America, still time to submit ideas for Poster Session & more people behind the Summit!, 10 October 2023
- Call for posters, FCDO invites engagement on civil society funding & more people behind the Summit!, 25 September 2023
- Early bird registration closes today, upcoming weaving conversations on dignity & two new reports!, 15 September 2023
- Early bird registration ends Friday, upcoming webinar on shifting power in measurement & meet some of the people behind the Summit!, 12 September 2023
- The road to Bogotá – reflections on #ShiftThePower conversations in Nepal and Romania, plus Transforming Philanthropy Month in Brazil, 14 July 2023
- Apply to be a #ShiftThePower Fellow! Plus community philanthropy’s relevance in a complex world & reflections on trust, 14 June 2023
- Announcing dates for the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá, plus news from Mexico, Malawi, Palestine & the Philippines!, 08 June 2023
- Colombia to host #ShiftThePower Summit, consultant required for Mid-Term Review, a letter from Ukraine & civil society resourcing in Tanzania!, 01 March 2023
- Do you want to host the 2023 #ShiftThePower Summit? Plus, opportunity for a communications consultant & the power of south-south collaboration!, 10 January 2023
- Building bridges between African philanthropy & localization, why we all need to be systems thinkers, webinar on Ukraine & community philanthropy in Mozambique!, 16 November 2022
- Ukraine crisis update, meet the #ShiftThePower Fellows, decolonization vs. localization & why it’s time to re-think civil society resourcing!, 14 June 2022
- Ukraine crisis response, announcing the #ShiftThePower fellows & latest “#ShiftThePower & Me” from the Philippines & Brazil!, 18 March 2022
- Sister, brother or someone who cares…New report celebrates the power of Giving Circles! Plus, call for new GFCF board members & meet our Giving for Change partner in Palestine!, 03 December 2021
- #ShiftThePower & embracing complexity in Serbia, Mexico’s Comunalia turns 10, GFCF welcomes new board member & Giving for Change in Brazil & the Netherlands!, 04 November 2021
- Livelihoods & localism in the wake of COVID-19, meet the Giving for Change partners in Uganda & Brazil, plus a conversation about ownership of the “localisation” agenda!, 05 August 2021
- #Vaccines4All: Sign the open letter to UK & EU leaders calling for an end to vaccine hegemony, 20 July 2021
- A Treehouse to #ShiftThePower, embracing the circular economy in Costa Rica, call for consultants & introducing Giving for Change partners in Kenya & Ethiopia, 08 July 2021
- Why local giving is central to shifting power, introducing Giving for Change partners in Mozambique and Ghana - and much more!, 27 May 2021
- Our team is growing, new partnership with the EU & the power of practitioner-led research!, 31 March 2021
- New partnership with Dutch government takes community philanthropy to the next level, cartooning to #ShiftThePower & meet our new Chair!, 26 February 2021
- What does "community-led" really mean, launch of new multi-language platform & a new addition to the GFCF team!, 04 December 2020
- We're hiring, measuring what matters, African narratives & community resilience in Mexico!, 29 October 2020
- The story behind the hammer mill, GFCF seeking a consultant & community philanthropy's ongoing response to COVID-19 in Brazil, Romania & South Africa, 06 October 2020
- Covid-19: latest GFCF grants & updates from Brazil, China, Mexico & Serbia. Plus GFCF & KCDF embark on new partnership, 14 July 2020
- Our Covid-19 response grants, why donors must accelerate their commitments & community philanthropy's response in Brazil, Hungary, Russia & South Africa, 28 May 2020
- GFCF response to Coronavirus, how local radio can advance human rights & an open letter to INGOs, 06 April 2020
- Three months on from Pathways to Power, podcasts on community philanthropy & new partnership with GlobalGiving explores “community-led”!, 25 February 2020
- Are INGOs ready to give up their power? Plus coverage of the Pathways to Power Symposium: hash-tags, systems change & the example of Haiti!, 12 December 2019
- What role for community philanthropy in funding the SDGs? New grants support community leadership, stories from Zimbabwe & Russia, plus podcasts & webinars!, 21 October 2019
- The women driving grassroots philanthropy in Latin America, 45° change shows the way & latest on "Pathways to Power" Symposium, 26 September 2019
- New blog & report consider 'what is community philanthropy?', a podcast on making aid agencies work & why community philanthropy is our best hope, 05 September 2019
- Join the 'Pathways to Power' conversations, 07 August 2019
- Send your ideas for the "Pathways to Power" Symposium & The Healing Solidarity Collective on the importance of "weaving" to #ShiftThePower, 24 June 2019
- Announcing the “Pathways to Power” Symposium, GFCF gets a new look & participatory grantmaking in Palestine!, 13 June 2019
- 20 years of community foundations in Russia, mobilizing the Romanian diaspora & will the SDGs “leave no-one behind”?, 07 March 2019
- Launch of the Dalit Community Foundation, Twitter Chats ask if it's #TimeToRedefine, Q & A with the HER Fund & new GFCF research grants!, 17 December 2018
- The story of a hash-tag, challenging the development dinosaurs, learning from failure in Romania and engaging corporates in Vietnam, 14 September 2018
- Community philanthropy: the Movie! Plus Romania’s community card, bold ambitions in Hungary, African Philanthropy Network conference & new GFCF grants programme!, 18 June 2018
- How community philanthropy shifts power: new from Grantcraft – coverage of launch events & blog responses from CAF, CIVICUS & more! Plus news from Russia, India and Italy!, 07 May 2018
- Moving from donor dependence in Zambia, new grants available and can INGOs embrace community philanthropy?, 29 March 2018
- Uncovering Brazil’s grassroots philanthropy, Nebraska’s "magnetic" hometowns & new report: "A Year to #ShiftThePower"!, 31 January 2018
- How Kenyans and Romanians (in Belgium) are building vibrant communities, human rights & local funding, have your say on the Community Foundation Atlas!, 15 December 2017
- European community foundations tackle social inclusion & migration, “donor organizers” vs. “philanthropists” in the U.S., participatory grantmaking in Palestine & a #ShiftThePower rap in Australia!, 31 October 2017
- Why re-thinking poverty is a global issue, resilient funders and #ShiftThePower news from Brazil, Kenya, Nepal & Bosnia, 19 September 2017
- Shifting power in humanitarian aid, talking durable development in Kenya, news from Vietnam, Hungary & new GFCF staff member!, 14 June 2017
- New GFCF Chair, reports on human rights, extractives & Russian rural funds - and more Summit highlights!, 22 March 2017
- Full coverage from #ShiftThePower Summit & refugees and migration focus of new GFCF programme, 24 January 2017
- Graca Machel to speak at Summit, join our #ShiftThePower Twitter chat & development aid’s negative impacts on peace-building in Sri Lanka, 22 November 2016
- Confronting philanthropy's image issues, Media Fellowships for Joburg Summit, Beyond Buzzwords and community foundation news from China!, 13 October 2016
- The essential role of local funding for civil society, 13 new research grants on global community philanthropy, new staff at GFCF & registration open for the Global Summit!, 21 June 2016
- Refugees in Europe, new “burning issues” grants from GFCF and DR Congo’s first community foundation launched, 22 March 2016
- Announcing the Global Summit on Community Philanthropy, Europe's refugee crisis, Alina Porumb accepts Olga prize in Beijing!, 27 November 2015
- Why Africa needs a strong community philanthropy sector, Brazil's burgeoning philanthropy scene, from Sri Lanka to South Africa, new GFCF grants and board member!, 09 September 2015
- Is community philanthropy “the little development engine that could”? Plus SDGs and stories from Nepal, Costa Rica, Hungary and Palestine!, 08 June 2015
- Getting bilaterals on board, Mozambique’s first YouthBank, talking environment in Mexico and the GACP is looking for an evaluator!, 27 March 2015
- Ten years of northeast India's only indigenous grantmaker, raising environmental awareness in Russia’s Urals, philanthropy and power, call for consultants for Pakistan research!, 11 February 2015
- Corrected: Environment and community philanthropy in Nepal, board changes at GFCF, building philanthropy in Mongolia and 100 years in Cleveland!, 05 December 2014
- Environment and community philanthropy in Nepal, board changes at GFCF, building philanthropy in Mongolia and 100 years in Cleveland!, 05 December 2014
- Building local philanthropy in Northeast India, YouthBank's potential in South Africa & a global line-up of community philanthropy in Cleveland!, 17 October 2014
- New community foundation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Global Alliance for Community Philanthropy hosts Washington event, GFCF welcomes new board member!, 18 August 2014
- Community foundations and China, UN conference discusses philanthropy and development, GFCF partner reports from Ukraine, reflections on “What’s next for community philanthropy", 07 July 2014
- New GFCF environment grants, accountability in community philanthropy under the spotlight & Balkans foundations mobilize to help flood-affected communities, 27 May 2014
- Introducing the Global Alliance for Community Philanthropy, Olga prize-winner announced and bringing grantmaking in from the cold!, 08 April 2014
- Growing community philanthropy in Costa Rica, new GFCF grants programme and introducing finalists for the Olga Prize!, 05 February 2014
- GFCF expands its team, join the community foundation atlas project and 10 years of CFs in Latvia, 18 November 2013
- Community philanthropy in Asia, new board member for GFCF, nominations for the Olga Alexeeva prize, 27 September 2013
- Building a community foundation in Zimbabwe, Haitian study visit to Kenya, job opening at GFCF, 07 August 2013
- Announcing the first winner of the Olga Alexeeva prize, new GFCF initiative on CFs and environment, update on the Haiti CF Initiative, 15 April 2013
- Tell us how we're doing! Plus engaging Bedouin communities, latest YCE webinar & two perspectives on grassroots grantmaking, 04 February 2013
- The rise of African philanthropy, news from Russia and Hungary, reflecting on the GFCF's youth programme, 11 December 2012
- Who will you nominate for the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize? Join the conversation on Social Good in Brazil, 06 November 2012
- New report on African community foundations, GFCF looking for consultant, MyMachine in South Africa, 19 October 2012
- Changes to GFCF board, Olga Alexeeva prize announced & new grants in Vietnam, Jordan, Sri Lanka, 13 August 2012
- Community Philanthropy and Lessons from Northern Ireland, Revolutionizing development through CBOs, 29 June 2012
- Nebraska to Cape Town, Social Justice, and Empowering Communities in Ecuador, 22 May 2012
- The New Generation of Community Foundations; Dalit Foundation: YouthBank webinar - March 2012, 21 March 2012
- Value of Community Philanthropy, Haiti, Olga Alexeeva , YCE webinar - February 2012, 24 February 2012
- Grants to India, Nepal; GFCF's new online resource centre, January 2011, 20 January 2012
- GFCF E-bulletin Issue 3, 07 December 2011
- GFCF E-bulletin Issue 2 – updated, 01 November 2011
- GFCF E-bulletin Issue 1, 24 September 2011
- April e-bulletin, 07 April 2011