Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176707 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
DIIS Working Paper No. 2014:10
Publisher: 
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
During the past decade attention paid to the role of private foundations in international development cooperation has intensified, as several of these have increased their global giving and transformed their approach to philanthropy from reactive grant-making to strategic social impact. While having been identified in the macro context of the world's biggest foundations, we have yet to see if such processes have also occurred at micro-level. This working paper makes one such contribution by exploring the international activities of Danish foundations. It finds that while the bulk of these continue to have a domestic focus, grant-making on global issues is increasing. In parallel, several of the foundations have undergone transformations in organisation of and approach to grant-making, including the adoption of more specialised and strategic approaches. Many are building capacity to be involved not just in funding, but also project conception, implementation and evaluation, increasing their role in global issues.
ISBN: 
978-87-7605-707-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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