Reports

Funding Report “First of its Kind” for Region

Grantee partner Dalan Fund’s report introduced the first-ever analysis for funding in intersectional organizing across Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central and North Asia (CEECCNA), titled “Growing Against All Odds: Mapping Funding for Intersectional Organizing in the CEECCNA Regions”.  ...

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Leading Gendered Response to Crisis

On April 2, 2025, a ‘Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) – Myanmar Earthquake’ brief was released to address the devastating gendered impacts of the March 28, 2025 earthquake in Myanmar....

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Pushing for Disability Inclusive Funding  

In March 2025, two Channel Foundation grantee partners released a groundbreaking new publication, Activists from Strength: What You Need to Know to Be a Disability and Gender-Inclusive Funder....

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Building Peace as a Feminist

The Feminist Peace Initiative, in collaboration with the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Denver, has launched the Feminist Peace Playbook: A Guide to Transforming U.S. Foreign Policy, released on 13th March 2025....

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Defunding Freedom

A new report from Channel partner Outright International, Defunding Freedom: Impacts of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts on LGBTIQ People Worldwide, sheds light on the stark realities facing LGBTIQ movements around the world due to the sudden unexpected freeze and rollback of U.S. foreign aid starting in January 2025....

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The Human Cost

In light of the sudden and unexpected suspension in February 2025 of the United States Agency for International Development‘s (USAID) lifesaving humanitarian programs, the Channel Foundation and others in our sector are concerned with the widespread potential impacts on our partners and on the globe....

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WRN’s Legacy Endures

Honoring a Legacy of Peace and Advocacy: The Women’s Regional Network Sunsets, but Its Flame Endures  The Women’s Regional Network (WRN), a trusted grantee and partner of the Channel Foundation since 2011, together championing the rights and voices of marginalized women in South Asia’s most conflict-affected regions, made the difficult…...

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Defending Rights, Risking Lives in Mesoamerica

In October 2024, the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) publicly launched their latest report “Data that Hurt Us, Networks that Save Us: 10+ Years of Attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica,” which outlines the alarming rise in violence against women human rights defenders (WHRDs) across…...

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Underfunded Yet Unstoppable

Channel Foundation is pleased to share research from a new report, “Seeds for Harvest: Funding gender, climate, and environmental justice” that reveals the critical role and severe underfunding of women-led climate and environmental initiatives. Published on Sept. 26, 2024, the report was collaboratively put together by several Channel colleagues —…...

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Better Playbook for Global Crisis

Channel Foundation, as a member of the Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and in collaboration with 20 philanthropic organizations is proud to announce a pioneering resource – The Crisis Coordination Playbook for the philanthropic community....

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