This report was prepared by the OECD Centre on Philanthropy under the supervision and general guidance of Bathylle Missika, Head of the Partnerships, Networks and Gender Division of the OECD Development Centre. The report was co-ordinated by Laura Abadia, and the data collection process was led by Nelson Amaya. Ewelina Oblacewicz provided guidance. Sarah Stummbillig provided extensive drafting support, and Francesca Livraghi provided research assistance. The data collection was supported by Soumyajit Kar, Franziska Fisher, Zélie Marçais, Harry De Los Rios, Noemi Milo, Claudia Reyes Salas, Raymond Shama. Special thanks to Rui Wang, China representative for Global Giving, for her support in data collection from Chinese foundations.
Thanks go to Philippe Gafishi (Paris21), and Tomas Hos, Megan Grace Kennedy-Chouane, Cécile Sangare, Yasmin Ahmad and Priscilla Boiardi from the Development Co-operation Directorate for their inputs.
The external contributions in Chapters 1, 2 and 3 were received from: 360Giving, AFE Colombia, Fondation Botnar, Ford Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, WHO Foundation, World Diabetes Foundation and the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The report benefited from the guidance and insights of an external experts group (listed in Annex D), and in-depth review by Alberto Alemanno (The Good Lobby), Filiz Bikmen (Esas Sosyal), Hisham Mundol (Environmental Defense Fund), Rien van Gendt (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, European Cultural Foundation) and Natasha Ridge (Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research).
The report was prepared for publication under the direction of Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte, with support from Elizabeth Nash, Anne Thomas and Delphine Grandrieux. Mary Bortin gave editorial advice and copy-edited the report, and cover design and infographics are by Aida Buendia.
Our appreciation goes to Elizabeth Holbourne, Bochra Kriout, Laura Parry-Davies and Irit Perry for communication and media relations support and to Sonja Marki and Grace Dunphy for administrative support.
We also wish to express our sincere thanks to Max von Abendroth (Dafne – Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe), Shonali Banerjee (Centre for Strategic Philanthropy), Margareth Florez (RedEAmérica), Naila Farouky (Arab Foundations Forum), Carl Manlan (Visa), Polina Nyukhina (Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum), Graziela Santiago (GIFE), Carolina Suárez (Latimpacto), Clare Woodcraft (Centre for Strategic Philanthropy) for facilitating the engagement with foundations from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
The OECD Centre on Philanthropy would like to thank Fondation CHANEL, Ford Foundation, L’Oréal Foundation and Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research for their financial support for the report.
Finally, we wish to thank all foundations that took part in the survey for their co-operation and invaluable assistance in obtaining the data that allowed us to develop this report.