What once had no name is now Black Philanthropy
Philanthropy is presented as a strategy that turns the idea of donations into a notion of social investment capable of driving transformative actions for communities and groups in vulnerable situations. Despite its recent contributions to democracy, philanthropy is permeated with colonial aspects in terms of the distribution of resources around the world, which poses challenges to the beneficiaries. This is what we understand from the article “Is the Decolonization of Philanthropy Moving Forward?”, written by Allyne Andrade e Silva and Graciela Hopstein, for Comuá Network.
The Root Philanthropy Seminar takes place
On September 21st, the Root Philanthropy Seminar took place here at Instituto Procomum. The event was our contribution to the “Month of Philanthropy that Transforms”, a movement promoted by Rede Comuá dedicated to debating, making visible and promoting the practices of Community Philanthropy and Socio-Environmental Justice and demonstrating their contribution to social transformation, access to rights and strengthening civil society and democracy.
“How much is it worth?” donation campaign: FunBEA’s experience with socio-environmental groups on the north coast of São Paulo
FunBEA (Brazilian Environmental Education Fund), in 2022, launched the donation campaign “How much is it worth?”, with the intention of supporting three socio-environmental collectives that work with community-based actions, environmental education, culture and art on the Coast North of São Paulo.
Challenges of mobilizing resources in Brazil to support socio-environmental and social justice causes
At the beginning of 2022, FunBEA – Brazilian Environmental Education Fund began planning and structuring the donation campaign “How much is it worth?”, which was launched to the public in July of the same year. The objective of the campaign was to support three socio-environmental movements that work with community-based actions, environmental education, culture and art on the North Coast of São Paulo, recognizing the work of these collectives for the conservation of the Atlantic Forest and popular culture.
Experiences of donation circles in Brazil: what are the main findings?
The giving circle can be a strategy to strengthen community and social justice philanthropy, by bringing together donors and causes/organizations to be supported in a more horizontal and dialogical way.
Donation circles: what do international experiences point to?
Philanthropy has different strategies when it comes to mobilizing resources, and one of them is donation circles – in English called giving circles. The donation circle is a strategy that brings together donors and organizations that receive resources.
Training in Political Advocacy in Politics in Maré
This article aims to present the initiative related to the “Month of Philanthropy that Transforms”, carried out by Redes da Maré in partnership with Rede Comuá. Throughout September, we planned and organized training in Political Incidence aimed at residents of the group of 16 Maré favelas, located in the north of Rio de Janeiro. For us, thinking about philanthropic actions that are capable of impacting in the medium and long term the history of inequalities that we experience in the group of Maré favelas is urgent and structuring for the change we want in the world.
What is this community philanthropy in ICOM consultancies?
Uncovering factors involved in the development and promotion of community philanthropy, in line with my research, allowed me to discover important evidence that is worth sharing.
Philanthropy that Transforms Month promoted debates and connections
The month of September, dedicated to giving visibility and debating the practices of community philanthropy and socio-environmental justice, focused debates, productions and sharing of knowledge around these agendas.
Rede Comuá, its member organizations and partners collaboratively promoted 39 in-person and/or virtual activities, which generated 177 hours of transformative content for Brazilian philanthropy and more than 200 materials produced and/or shared.
What once had no name became Black Philanthropy
Philanthropy is presented as a strategy that transforms the idea of donations into a notion of social investment capable of driving transformational actions for communities and groups in vulnerable situations. Despite its recent contributory role to democracy, philanthropy is permeated with colonial aspects in the distribution of resources around the world, which creates challenges for beneficiaries. This is what we understand in the article “Is the Decolonization of Philanthropy advancing?”, written by Allyne Andrade e Silva and Graciela Hopstein, for Rede Comuá.
With this context, experiences lived by clubs, associations, fraternities and black personalities seem to cause surprise when confronted with the universe of philanthropy.