Proximate

1 month ago | proximate.press | Joana Mortari |Patricia Silva

This article invites you into a space of reflection rather than prescription. We explore how philanthropy intersects with the social construction of the feminine—not to offer neat conclusions, but to hold complexity with care. For some readers, the questions we raise may feel abstract or uncomfortable. That’s intentional. In these tensions, we find the possibility of deeper transformation. Philanthropy is in a moment of questioning.

1 month ago | proximate.press | Ben Wrobel

April 2025April 2025April 2025Supported By : In Partnership With:No inverno passado, o Fundo Socioambiental Casa realizou uma das suas maiores ações de seus vinte anos de história. Juntamente com a CAIXA, lançou a Teia da Sociobiodiversidade, injetando R$ 53 milhões (US$ 9,6 milhões) em organizações de base voltadas para a economia da Sociobiodiversidade e Soluções baseadas na Natureza.

1 month ago | proximate.press | Ben Wrobel

In the basement of the Ford Foundation’s offices, there’s a framed print of an old New Yorker cartoon that I think about a lot. A man in a suit stands at the window of an office, tossing money into the street. Another man rushes in, saying, “Just a minute, young man. That’s not quite the way we do things here at the Ford Foundation.”Ford is such an interesting institution because it has spent decades thinking about the how of philanthropy.

2 months ago | proximate.press | Kendra Hurley

In 2021, when two U.S. senators introduced the Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act to speed up the payout of funds from donor-advised funds, it was the first time many lawmakers became aware of the issue. But the ACE Act was not the first major legislative battle over DAF reform. Before DAFs were debated in the halls of Washington, D.C., they were discussed in the halls of Sacramento.

Dec 1, 2024 | proximate.press | Ben Wrobel

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