EDGE Funders Alliance

We are a community of 320 donors, foundation officers, trustees and advisors in more than 30 countries, passionately engaged in local, national and international grantmaking within 103 diverse institutions with differing priorities and strategies, but a shared belief that equity and justice are critical to furthering sustainable, global well-being.

Membership is based on support for our mission and values, and is open to grantmaking foundations and programs as well as to individual major donors and staff, trustees and advisors with philanthropic and other institutions, whose purpose is to provide funds to promote the public good.

Our community funds greater equity and sustainable practice today, while exploring and supporting strategies that address systemic challenges and contribute to transformational change over the long term.

EDGE Funders Alliance organizes within philanthropy to raise awareness and deepen understanding of the interconnected crises threatening our common future, to increase resources for systemic alternatives that support justice, equity and the well-being of the planet.

EDGE works towards two main goals:

1. BUILDING COMMUNITY: facilitate the emergence of connections and trust between individuals and organisations who share the conviction that systemic answers are essential  to address the interconnected crises situation of our times – a home for systemic change philanthropy.

2. CHANGING PHILANTHROPY: build a consistent voice to challenge the philanthropy sector and shift practice towards accountable relationships supporting systemic change and transformative actors.