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a place for philanthropic funders to connect and work towards greater impact.

The Philanthropy Lab is a place for philanthropic funders to connect, develop new forms of strategy, and work towards greater impact together.

Connect

We believe that to see the fundamental changes our world needs, we must fundamentally transform how philanthropy happens.

“We are going to a different place, let’s go differently.”

Nora Bateson

Who’s behind this?

The Philanthropy Lab was co-initiated and is facilitated by the Environmental Funders Network and the Bio-Leadership Project.

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Want to know more?

We are hosting three ‘discovery calls’ through March and April to meet the team and find out about joining as a new funder.

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Live workstreams

Evolving the tax system to serve life

This workstream is focused on exploring the points of confluence between the tax system and the climate and nature emergencies.
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Going beyond ESG

This workstream explores and acts on the misalignment between how organisations make grants and how they invest.
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Supporting the rights of nature movement

This workstream sets out to support the rights of nature movement to grow, knowing that giving nature back its rights will transform the way our economy functions - and how society views nature.
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Join

The Philanthropy Lab is a virtual campus for funders to come together and work in new ways. It’s open to all types and sizes of funding entities, from individual philanthropists to foundations, although the participants must have decision-making power about grant making.

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