| AFD | Agence Française de Développement |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| AVPN | Asian Venture Philanthropy Network |
| AWDF | African Women's Development Fund |
| BFF | Black Feminist Fund |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CLEF | Child Learning and Education Facility |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| COP30 | 30th Conference of the Parties |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| DAC | OECD Development Assistance Committee |
| DCD | OECD Development Co-operation Directorate |
| DEReC | Development Evaluation Resource Centre |
| DEV | OECD Development Centre |
| DFI | Development finance institution |
| DRM | Domestic resource mobilisation |
| ECCE | Early Childhood Care and Education |
| EEA | Education Above All Foundation |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| EU | European Union |
| FfD4 | Fourth Financing for Development Conference |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GFC | Green Climate Fund |
| GPE | Global Partnership for Education |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IATI | International Aid Transparency Initiative |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFFEd | International Finance Facility for Education |
| KMGBF | Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| LEAP | Leadership Excellence in Asian Philanthropy |
| LSE | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| LIC | Low-income country |
| LLD | Locally led development |
| LMICs | Lower middle-income countries and territories |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MDB | Multilateral development bank |
| MRI | Mission-related investments |
| netFWD | OECD Network of Foundations Working for Development |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| PDB | Public development bank |
| PPPPs | Public-Private-Philanthropy Partnerships |
| PPPs | Public-Private Partnerships |
| RCT | Randomised controlled trial |
| SCALE | System Change Architecture for Learning Excellence |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEACEF | Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility |
| SPA | Seville Platform of Action |
| SRHR | Sexual and reproductive health and rights |
| STD | Sexually transmitted disease |
| TOSSD | Total official support for sustainable development |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UMICs | Upper middle-income countries and territories |
| US | United States of America |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WFA | Women's Fund Asia |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Private Philanthropy for Development (Third Edition)
Taking Stock of Philanthropy’s Contribution to Development
