#ShiftThePower
@shiftthepower.bsky.social
We are a movement of people and organizations working to tip the balance of power in the development sector and the international aid system https://shiftthepower.org
When Shila & Nish of Freedom Studio (Nepal) visited the Nebraska Community Foundation, they saw big differences & surprising similarities. Nebraska’s community philanthropy models offered new inspiration for Nepal, especially as global aid shrinks shiftthepower.org/2025/08/20/f...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
August 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
When Shila & Nish of Freedom Studio (Nepal) visited the Nebraska Community Foundation, they saw big differences & surprising similarities. Nebraska’s community philanthropy models offered new inspiration for Nepal, especially as global aid shrinks shiftthepower.org/2025/08/20/f...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
🚨 Gov'ts are weaponizing climate crises to ban protests, militarize resources, & criminalizing environmental defenders, but communities are pushing back with the local resources they have. 🌍 Join us for a critical 3-part series👇
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
June 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨 Gov'ts are weaponizing climate crises to ban protests, militarize resources, & criminalizing environmental defenders, but communities are pushing back with the local resources they have. 🌍 Join us for a critical 3-part series👇
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
Civil society around the world is reimagining & building new systems. It's also saying "we don’t want to go back to what we had before the cuts, because that wasn’t a system designed by us or for us." Sign this to stand with CSOs www.standwithcivilsociety.org
#ShiftThePower @peacedirect.bsky.social
#ShiftThePower @peacedirect.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Civil society around the world is reimagining & building new systems. It's also saying "we don’t want to go back to what we had before the cuts, because that wasn’t a system designed by us or for us." Sign this to stand with CSOs www.standwithcivilsociety.org
#ShiftThePower @peacedirect.bsky.social
#ShiftThePower @peacedirect.bsky.social
🌍 Funding cuts are hitting hard, but local orgs are also building a new system rooted in mutual aid, community philanthropy and solidarity saying, "what we need now is not rescue, but recognition."
✍🏽 Sign this open letter to #StandWithCivilSociety
#ShiftThePower standwithcivilsociety.org
✍🏽 Sign this open letter to #StandWithCivilSociety
#ShiftThePower standwithcivilsociety.org
May 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🌍 Funding cuts are hitting hard, but local orgs are also building a new system rooted in mutual aid, community philanthropy and solidarity saying, "what we need now is not rescue, but recognition."
✍🏽 Sign this open letter to #StandWithCivilSociety
#ShiftThePower standwithcivilsociety.org
✍🏽 Sign this open letter to #StandWithCivilSociety
#ShiftThePower standwithcivilsociety.org
A Poem: This is a no solicitation space.
"...The funders meant to say, “even though I am here, I am still inaccessible to you...”
Anonymously published under the Unmute Yourself Series shiftthepower.org/unmute-yours...
#ShiftThePower
"...The funders meant to say, “even though I am here, I am still inaccessible to you...”
Anonymously published under the Unmute Yourself Series shiftthepower.org/unmute-yours...
#ShiftThePower
March 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A Poem: This is a no solicitation space.
"...The funders meant to say, “even though I am here, I am still inaccessible to you...”
Anonymously published under the Unmute Yourself Series shiftthepower.org/unmute-yours...
#ShiftThePower
"...The funders meant to say, “even though I am here, I am still inaccessible to you...”
Anonymously published under the Unmute Yourself Series shiftthepower.org/unmute-yours...
#ShiftThePower
📍What we are reading. So powerful. Full article in link below.
February 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📍What we are reading. So powerful. Full article in link below.
What we are reading: Facing the Aid Freeze: What We Must Do Now and Tomorrow by Dzikamai Bere theciviclens.org/facingaidfre...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
What we are reading: Facing the Aid Freeze: What We Must Do Now and Tomorrow by Dzikamai Bere theciviclens.org/facingaidfre...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
Meet Pham Truong Son: Director of the Tinh Than Foundation, Vietnam🇻🇳✨ With decades in community development, Son champions micro-credit for the urban poor & explores strategies to shift from charity to community philanthropy amid shrinking civic space #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Meet Pham Truong Son: Director of the Tinh Than Foundation, Vietnam🇻🇳✨ With decades in community development, Son champions micro-credit for the urban poor & explores strategies to shift from charity to community philanthropy amid shrinking civic space #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Karolina Soliar: Advocacy Manager for Ukraine’s National Network of Local Philanthropy Development.🇺🇦✨ A communications expert, Karolina drives community-led initiatives & explores how local-INGO collaboration fosters solidarity & systemic change #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Meet Karolina Soliar: Advocacy Manager for Ukraine’s National Network of Local Philanthropy Development.🇺🇦✨ A communications expert, Karolina drives community-led initiatives & explores how local-INGO collaboration fosters solidarity & systemic change #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Era Shrestha: A development practitioner & board member of Tewa in Nepal. 🌸✊ Era champions social movements for marginalized communities & explores power dynamics in feminist organizations & funding ecosystems. #ShiftThePower
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shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Meet Era Shrestha: A development practitioner & board member of Tewa in Nepal. 🌸✊ Era champions social movements for marginalized communities & explores power dynamics in feminist organizations & funding ecosystems. #ShiftThePower
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shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet June Omune: Advocate & Grants Manager at Dignitas. Champion for participatory development in Kenya. ⚖️🌍 Her work unlocks local philanthropy by bridging communities & social causes. Excited for her insights on reimagining equitable financing! #ShiftThePower
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shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Meet June Omune: Advocate & Grants Manager at Dignitas. Champion for participatory development in Kenya. ⚖️🌍 Her work unlocks local philanthropy by bridging communities & social causes. Excited for her insights on reimagining equitable financing! #ShiftThePower
shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Snehlata (Sneh) Nath: Co-founder of Keystone Foundation & a champion for eco-development among India’s communities. 🌱🏔️ An award-winning activist, Sneh explores barriers to community-centered philanthropy & redefines community success through participatory partnerships. #ShiftThePower
January 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Meet Snehlata (Sneh) Nath: Co-founder of Keystone Foundation & a champion for eco-development among India’s communities. 🌱🏔️ An award-winning activist, Sneh explores barriers to community-centered philanthropy & redefines community success through participatory partnerships. #ShiftThePower
Meet Ntombi Mcoyi: Human Rights Programme Manager at Africa Unite, South Africa. 🌍 With 14+ years in conflict mediation, Ntombi works with communities towards social cohesion. Her research tackles power shifts in capitalist structures & communities #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Meet Ntombi Mcoyi: Human Rights Programme Manager at Africa Unite, South Africa. 🌍 With 14+ years in conflict mediation, Ntombi works with communities towards social cohesion. Her research tackles power shifts in capitalist structures & communities #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Vica K. Larasati: Vica is the Co-Founder of Qbukatabu in Indonesia and a leader in feminist-queer activism. 🌸🏳️🌈 Vica’s work bridges art and social justice, focusing on knowledge management to strengthen movements & communities. Looking forward to Vica's insights! #ShiftThePower
January 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Meet Vica K. Larasati: Vica is the Co-Founder of Qbukatabu in Indonesia and a leader in feminist-queer activism. 🌸🏳️🌈 Vica’s work bridges art and social justice, focusing on knowledge management to strengthen movements & communities. Looking forward to Vica's insights! #ShiftThePower
🌍 Meet Hellen from KCDF, an avid marathoner, based in Kenya, she champions locally-led philanthropy & advocacy for local orgs,striving to amplify community voices in devt & governance✨ She is committed to social mov'ts & tackling systemic inequalities #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 Meet Hellen from KCDF, an avid marathoner, based in Kenya, she champions locally-led philanthropy & advocacy for local orgs,striving to amplify community voices in devt & governance✨ She is committed to social mov'ts & tackling systemic inequalities #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Doel: Senior Manager at Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action, India. 🌍 With a focus on communications & partnerships for social justice, Doel is exploring how to strengthen community philanthropy & grassroots resource mobilization 🌱 #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Meet Doel: Senior Manager at Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action, India. 🌍 With a focus on communications & partnerships for social justice, Doel is exploring how to strengthen community philanthropy & grassroots resource mobilization 🌱 #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Facundo: A visionary leader, always full of 🌞energy & driving sustainable change in rural Argentina. 🌾 As Director of the Rural Communities Projects Bank, Facundo uses local co-design to empower communities. His work fosters resilience & knowledge-sharing. #ShiftThePower
January 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meet Facundo: A visionary leader, always full of 🌞energy & driving sustainable change in rural Argentina. 🌾 As Director of the Rural Communities Projects Bank, Facundo uses local co-design to empower communities. His work fosters resilience & knowledge-sharing. #ShiftThePower
Meet the fellows: Graciela Hopstein is a professor, researcher & advocate for social justice and democracy. 🌎 With incredible leadership in philanthropy & grassroots development, her work maps how intersectional philanthropy fosters local solutions. #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Meet the fellows: Graciela Hopstein is a professor, researcher & advocate for social justice and democracy. 🌎 With incredible leadership in philanthropy & grassroots development, her work maps how intersectional philanthropy fosters local solutions. #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Éva is a changemaker in Hungary, fostering grassroots transformation.🌱As Volunteer Coordinator for Labor Café & a founding member of Local Threads CF, Éva builds active, purpose-driven communities. Her research explores the power of collective purpose #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Éva is a changemaker in Hungary, fostering grassroots transformation.🌱As Volunteer Coordinator for Labor Café & a founding member of Local Threads CF, Éva builds active, purpose-driven communities. Her research explores the power of collective purpose #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
Meet Lena: 🌍✨ As Bond's lead for anti-racism & decolonization, Lena has been reimagining the global development sector towards justice, equity, feminist leadership and collective care at its core. #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Meet Lena: 🌍✨ As Bond's lead for anti-racism & decolonization, Lena has been reimagining the global development sector towards justice, equity, feminist leadership and collective care at its core. #ShiftThePower shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
🌍✨ Meet Adior Ibrahim Awok: Championing refugee rights & inclusion at Cohere, Adior is redefining partnerships in the humanitarian sector. With a focus on trust & agency, she explores how community philanthropy can truly #ShiftThePower for with international devt🔥 shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌍✨ Meet Adior Ibrahim Awok: Championing refugee rights & inclusion at Cohere, Adior is redefining partnerships in the humanitarian sector. With a focus on trust & agency, she explores how community philanthropy can truly #ShiftThePower for with international devt🔥 shiftthepower.org/2024/12/13/a...
70% of orgs that receive individual giving are more that 5 years old. 50% of these orgs have a budget under USD 100,000 per year.
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#ShiftThePower
December 4, 2024 at 2:20 PM
70% of orgs that receive individual giving are more that 5 years old. 50% of these orgs have a budget under USD 100,000 per year.
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
December 4, 2024 at 2:18 PM
🌍 Who’s really in charge? Local leaders or global giants? The INGO Problem is up for debate, and we’re not holding back. Join us on 2nd December for a conversation on this shiftthepower.org/event/the-in...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
November 27, 2024 at 4:09 PM
🌍 Who’s really in charge? Local leaders or global giants? The INGO Problem is up for debate, and we’re not holding back. Join us on 2nd December for a conversation on this shiftthepower.org/event/the-in...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower