Philanthropy has become a key player in the global conversation about the post-2015 development agenda and the SDGs, with initiatives aimed at fostering collaboration between philanthropic organizations, UN agencies, governments, and civil society. In the past year, significant progress has been made, including the establishment of a data portal for philanthropic giving and pilot programs in several countries to facilitate engagement and coordination for SDG implementation. Future strategies will focus on strengthening partnerships, expanding awareness, and enhancing the capacity of local philanthropic organizations to support sustainable development efforts.

1. Over the past year,spurred bythe workof the SDGPhilanthropy Platform,
philanthropy hasemerged as amoreactivestakeholderinthe globalconversation
aroundthe Post-2015 DevelopmentAgendaandSustainable DevelopmentGoals
(SDGs).As aresult, solid groundworkhas been laidfor philanthropicorganisationsto co-
create transformativesolutionsto achieving the SDGs.
VISION
Strong partnerships between philanthropic
organisations, the United Nations, governments,
civil society, and business to achieve the
Sustainable DevelopmentGoals.
OUTCOMES
● Thephilanthropic sector is actively
engagedinglobalandnationalplanning
andimplementationactivities around
sustainabledevelopment.
● Allcountriesmovetowardcreatingamore
enablingenvironmentfor philanthropyto
contributeto sustainabledevelopment.
STRATEGY
Throughmulti-stakeholderpartnerships atthe
countryandgloballevels andafree, widely
availablewebsite, wewillworkto catalyse
philanthropicengagementindeveloping
innovativeandtransformative solutions to
achievingtheSDGs.
Activities willfocus onbuildinggreatercapacity
andabetter environmentfor philanthropic
organisationsto support SDGimplementationat
threelevels:
● Development policymaking
● Globalandcountry-levelcoordinationamong
implementingpartners
● Strategicpointsofentrytothisworkfor
individualfoundations
ACCOMPLISHMENTS INYEARONE
1. Createdatrack for philanthropyto engage
withthe government-andUN-ledSDGprocess
andtoparticipate informativeevents
andactivities.
2. Developedcountry-levelpilotsforphilanthropic
collaborationwithlocal partnersinColombia,
Ghana,Kenya,andIndonesia.
3. Createdacredibleandaccessible onlinedata
andknowledgeportalonphilanthropicgiving
relatedto development goals:SDGfunders.org
4. Creatednewknowledgeproducts on
philanthropiccontributionsto sustainable
development, includingreports,casestudies,
mappingof foundations incountries, and
videos.
5. Reachedout to 1,000+foundationsglobally
andinpilot countries andfacilitatedgreater
awarenessofphilanthropy’sroleinpromoting
the newSDGs.
SDGfunders.org, builtbyFoundationCenter, presents
knowledgeanddata using interactive mapsandcharts
that can be filteredbygrantmakers andgrant recipients
at the global,regional, andnationallevel, as wellas by
specific MDGs, andeventually,specific SDGs. The site
envisions providing aspace for onlinecollaboration
amongcommunitymembers andwillmakeawiderange
of resources, such as whitepapers, research, and
evaluations,easily accessibletothe public.

2. WHAT’SNEXT
1. Expand and deepen strategiccollaboration
withmorefoundations and partners
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Identify,learnfrom,andnetworkwithother
SDG-relatedinitiatives
Expandinto additional countries,including
the developedworld
2. Communicate opportunities and outcomesto
the funding community
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Increase awareness of the benefits of greater
coordination among private and public donors,
andbetweendonors andgrantees
Gather,disseminate,anddiscuss lessons learned
3. Developservices for funders that facilitate
greater engagementinthework
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Consolidate researchandbuilddiagnostic tools and
thematicroadmapsforphilanthropyandotheractors
aroundspecificSDGs
Facilitate goal-based collaborationsdesignedtomake
faster,deeperprogressonachievingtheSDGs
4. Deepen philanthropic engagement atthe
countrylevel
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Buildcapacity of local philanthropicorganisations
andgovernmentto collect anduse datarelevant to
the countrycontext
Facilitate, incubate,andprovidecatalyticfunding
formulti-stakeholder SDG projects
A dynamic & expandingpartnership
FOUNDINGFUNDERS
FordFoundation
ConradN. Hilton Foundation
The MasterCard Foundation
IMPLEMENTINGPARTNERS
United Nations Development Programme
● Connectingphilanthropytonational
policydiscussions to implement
theSDGs
● Facilitatingpartnershipsand
producingandsharingknowledge
Rockefeller PhilanthropyAdvisors
● Creatingopportunitiesfor
foundations to connectwithdevelopment activities
thatallowthemtoleveragetheirgiving
● Sharingwithfoundations the resources and
servicesavailabletothemthroughparticipation
inthePlatform
FoundationCenter
● Buildingin-countrydataand
analyticcapacity
● Providingthe technical infrastructurefor
operatingandexpandingSDGfunders.org
ANEXPANDINGNETWORKOFPARTNERS
The Platform welcomes additional partners to support
itswork and reach.
Empoweredlives.
Resilientnations.
Council onFoundations
EuropeanFoundation
Centre
Worldwide Initiativesfor
GrantmakerSupport
Association of
Corporate & Family
FoundationsColombia
Can philanthropy afford to be
absent from this work?
SDGfunders.org . contact@sdgfunders.org . @PhilSDGs and#PhilSDGs
Association of Philanthropy Indonesia
Organizational Development and
Communication
Research,EducationandPartnership
AdvocacyandFacilitation
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Perhimpunan Filantropi Indonesia