Just Giving: Global Social Change Philanthropy

Since 2001, Grantmakers Without Borders has convened a major annual gathering focused on global social change philanthropy. These events have brought together a diverse assembly of up to 250 grantmakers, individual donors and global Southern activists, who learn, network, and explore collaboration through sessions that cover a wide range of grantmaking topics.

In 2008, Gw/oB's conference will pay special attention to issues of global warming and natural resource depletion. It is anticipated that climate change will have a disproportionately negative impact on the poor in the global South. The time is ripe for global grantmakers and their partners to think seriously about their work in the context of climate change and the equally challenging issue of natural resource depletion. How should global grantmakers working on women's rights, HIV/AIDS, education, indigenous rights and other critical issues be contextualizing their work in light of these urgent environmental issues? How can we ensure that efforts to address climate change do so in the context of promoting equity and justice and enabling the right to develop? Together we will explore strategies to deal with the social, cultural and economic factors that exacerbate global warming and natural resource depletion and how grassroots communities can build resilience and shape societies that are truly sustainable.

The conference will also feature a number of workshops focused on grantmaking practice, aimed at grantmakers and donors seeking to learn best practices in evaluation, democratic grantmaking, and a range of other essential practices and skills.

Selected Workshops
Addressing Climate Change: The Critical Role of Women
Strengthening China's Grassroots Movement to Address Climate Change
Funding Within the Legal Constraints of US Foreign Policy: Examples from Burma, Iraq, and Palestine
Making Monitoring and Evaluation Accessible for Small Community-Based Organizations
Encouraging Local Relief Capacity in Areas of Humanitarian Crisis
Water Rights and Management: Building Resilience to Changes Beyond Local Control
Movement Building at the Intersection of Health and Environment
Democratic Grantmaking: Doing Good or Draining Resources?
Going Green at the Office

Registration begins in March!

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