As we approach the sunset of Fenomenal Funds in June 2025, we find ourselves reflecting deeply on the journey of this innovative feminist funding collaborative.
Étiquette : Multi-régional
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Cross-pollinating knowledge: Feminist funds redefine what counts
What happens when feminist funds rooted in the Global South come together—not just to exchange knowledge, but to radically reimagine how it is created, valued, and used for accountability and learning?
Réimaginer la chaîne de ressources philanthropiques : Les leçons du parrainage fiscal et des fonds intermédiaires
Par Phoebe So, initialement publié sur The Center for Effective Philanthropy, 2 juillet 2024 Dans le secteur philanthropique, les intermédiaires et les sponsors fiscaux jouent un rôle essentiel. Ils sont les maillons essentiels qui relient les ressources des donateurs aux causes historiquement négligées et aux communautés marginalisées. La mise en commun des fonds, le soutien administratif et l'absorption des risques permettent aux groupes de base de [...]
La recherche d'un partenaire d'apprentissage de manière féministe
Learning log by Shama Dossa, MEL Manager Acknowledgement: Fenomenal Funds would like to acknowledge the contributions to the article’s analysis from the following Learning and Evaluation Working Group members: Amy Arbreton (Hewlett Foundation), Diana Medina (Fondo Semillas), Nancy Akanbombire (Prospera Secretariat), Nina Madsen (Open Society Foundations), and Zanele Sibanda (Fenomenal Funds). “Learning something is […]
Stratégie d'apprentissage
Learning in the context of Fenomenal Funds is an emergent, adaptive, and co-evolutionary process. We see learning as an integral part of the grantmaking process in both the design and implementation phases. In our bold experiment as a feminist-funding collaborative that combines pooled funding, shared governance, and participatory grantmaking, the stakeholders involved are interacting in […]
Apprendre en équipe
Behind the scenes with Fenomenal Funds learning partner – the KIT Royal Tropical Institute team At Fenomenal Funds we see learning as an emergent, adaptive, and co-evolutionary process. In our experimentation as a feminist-funding collaborative, all stakeholders are interacting in a power-sharing process – responding and adapting to each other so that what emerges and […]
Notre théorie de la transformation
Notre théorie de la transformation Notre théorie de la transformation capture la façon dont nous voyons le modèle Fenomenal Funds contribuer au changement dans les écosystèmes philanthropiques. Dans notre cas, la transformation est encadrée par des valeurs et une éthique féministes centrées sur les besoins des fonds pour les femmes. Il est basé sur la […]
Estrategia de aprendizaje
El aprendizaje en el contexto de los Fondos Fenomenales es un proceso emergente, adaptativo y coevolutivo. Entendemos el aprendizaje como parte integrante del proceso de concesión de subvenciones, tanto en la fase de diseño como en la de ejecución. En nuestro audaz experimento de colaboración para la financiación feminista, que combina la financiación común, la […]
Les quatre résultats
So what does it mean to catalyze change in an ecosystem? When the board of the Hewlett Foundation invited their Global and Development team (since renamed to Gender Equity and Governance) to submit a concept for a special initiative, they joined forces with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to commission research to inform the […]
Décoloniser le savoir dans la philanthropie
By Shama Dossa What does it mean to use power-building and feminist approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in philanthropy? This is the question we Shama Dossa, [Fenomenal Funds] and fellow feminist practitioners Clara Desalvo [FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund], Boikanyo Modungwa [Purposeful], and Ramatu Bangura [CRIF]) posed to funders at the […]