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| Global Philanthropy Project | |
|---|---|
| Name | Global Philanthropy Project |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Area served | International |
| Focus | Human rights, public health, social justice |
Global Philanthropy Project is an international initiative focused on coordinating philanthropic support for sexual health and human rights causes across multiple regions. It engages foundations, donors, activists, and institutional partners to shape funding strategies affecting policy and service delivery. The Project operates at the nexus of advocacy, grantmaking, and research to influence public policy debates and civil society capacity worldwide.
The Project convenes actors from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Packard Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Walton Family Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Rothschild Foundation, Temasek Foundation, Soros Fund Management, Wellcome Trust, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Knight Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Simons Foundation, Gates Cambridge Trust, Pershing Square Foundation, Azim Premji Foundation, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Open Society Institute, Omidyar Network, Z Zurich Foundation, Yad Hanadiv, European Commission, United Nations Development Programme, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GAVI, UNICEF, UNFPA and regional bodies to align philanthropic strategies. It addresses issues linked to sexual and reproductive health through alliances with NGOs such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Family Planning 2020, Population Council, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Marie Stopes International, PATH, CARE International, Oxfam International, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Médecins Sans Frontières, Red Cross, Save the Children, World Vision International, ActionAid, BRAC, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps and Doctors Without Borders. The Project combines philanthropy, research, advocacy, and capacity building drawing on expertise from institutions like Harvard University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cambridge, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, UCLA, Cornell University, Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, King's College London, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration.
The initiative emerged amid global debates involving actors such as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, Jacinda Ardern, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres, Margaret Thatcher, François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jair Bolsonaro, Mohammed Bin Salman, Sheikh Hasina, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Aung San Suu Kyi, Erdogan, Vladimir Putin in the context of policy shifts and donor responses. Early phases engaged stakeholders from European Union, African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, G7, G20, and philanthropic networks influenced by reports from World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, OECD Development Assistance Committee, UNAIDS Strategy, WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health and policy frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals, Paris Agreement and human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The Project evolved through consultation with legal entities such as International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights and through partnerships with advocacy campaigns like Women Deliver, #MeToo movement, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and public health responses to outbreaks including HIV/AIDS epidemic, Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, Zika virus epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic.
Governance draws on board models similar to The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, Ford Foundation Board, Gates Foundation Board, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Board, Open Society Board, and nonprofit law precedents from jurisdictions such as United States Department of Justice, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Internal Revenue Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, European Court of Auditors and corporate governance principles advanced by International Corporate Governance Network. Leadership engages executives with backgrounds from The Aspen Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, World Economic Forum, Atlantic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Brookings Institution, Chatham House, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, RAND Corporation, International Crisis Group, Mercator Institute for China Studies, German Marshall Fund, Fraser Institute and think tanks such as Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute and Center for American Progress.
Funding streams include grants and donations modeled on practices from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and contributions routed via fiscal sponsors like Tides Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, CAF America, Philanthropy Australia, Charities Aid Foundation and donor-advised funds associated with Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, Schwab Charitable. Financial reporting aligns with standards from Financial Accounting Standards Board, International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and auditing by firms such as Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG. Economic impact assessments reference studies from International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, OECD and research by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, RAND Corporation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Brookings Institution.
Programs span grantmaking, advocacy, research and emergency response in coordination with entities like UNAIDS, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, Global Fund, GAVI, World Bank, USAID, DFID, SIDA, Danida, NORAD, JICA, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS, CDC Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PATH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Oxford Global Health Network and advocacy platforms such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Planned Parenthood, International Planned Parenthood Federation. Programmatic work targets intersections with initiatives like Family Planning 2020, FP2030, Every Woman Every Child, Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health, SheDecides, Girls Not Brides and research collaborations with Guttmacher Institute, Population Council, Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Lancet, Nature, Science, New England Journal of Medicine, BMJ.
Collaborations include partnerships with philanthropic umbrellas such as European Foundation Centre, Council on Foundations, Philanthropy Europe Association, International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, Global Philanthropy Forum, Philanthropy New York, African Philanthropy Forum, Latin American Donors Network, Asia Philanthropy Circle, Middle East Philanthropy Forum, multilateral agencies including United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank and civil society consortia like Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Stop TB Partnership, Roll Back Malaria Partnership, Global Network of People Living with HIV, International Civil Society Support.
Critiques reference debates involving Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Milton Friedman, Thomas Piketty, Naomi Klein, Michael Sandel, Paul Farmer, Samantha Power, Robert D. Putnam, Inequality: What Can Be Done?, The Shock Doctrine, Capital in the Twenty-First Century and controversies around philanthropic influence exemplified in high-profile disputes involving Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Pierre Omidyar, MacKenzie Scott, Laurene Powell Jobs, Richard Branson, Carlos Slim, Sheldon Adelson, Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Yevtushenkov with critiques voiced by advocacy organizations like Oxfam International, Global Justice Now, Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen and investigative reporting by outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg News, Reuters, Al Jazeera, BBC News, ProPublica concerning transparency, accountability, conditionality and influence over public policy. Debates also engage legal scholars and institutions including Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Oxford Faculty of Law, European Court of Human Rights and policy forums like Davos at the World Economic Forum.
Category:International non-profit organizations