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Global South leaders face a funding desert. 260,000 global foundations — just 47 in Africa. 🌍 And only 583 grantmaking foundations in India 🇮🇳, none identified in Southeast Asia, with a mere 859 across Latin America. 🌎 Meanwhile, 95% are based in Europe and North America. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦 (Which helps explain why local NGOs receive just 0.4% directly of all international humanitarian assistance.) That’s stunning. This Harvard research acknowledges the Global South data is incomplete. Plus, this study doesn’t include the everyday non-institutional #philanthropy in some countries. But this study still reminds us that we’re far — far — from achieving localization. It’s “a hierarchy, within which the Global North does the giving, and the Global South mainly does the receiving,” says Ayo Adene. “... we are stuck in a premise loop, like a bad dream, in which the only solution is to wake up.” What to do? Of course “philanthropy arose because of the gaps between the have and have nots,” says Animah Kosai. So ultimately, “it’s the global system and inequities that need to be addressed.” Until then: ❓ Can foundations transfer more assets to funders in the Global South? That way, locals decide how to grant it within their own communities. ❓ Can we start a joint venture in regions where foundations don’t exist? Then, there’s never a country without a robust and locally-led grantmaker. ❓ Can funders add local team members in the Global South? So at least grantmaking decisions are proximate — since the money is not. ❓ And at the least, can we fund more community-based #nonprofit leaders, from where much of the wealth was extracted in the first place? What other ideas do you have? It’s time to redraw the philanthropy map. Because real localization = local leaders 𝙖𝙣𝙙 local funds. 💪🏽💛 (𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘋. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭) ______________________________________ Follow Kevin L. Brown to get fundable & findable. Then repost ♻️ to help your network.