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Marlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune

Guter Rat is an experiment that merges participatory grantmaking and citizens assemblies

Proximate
Marlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune – here's how it worksMarlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune – here's how it works
Five Memorable Films by Sex Workers

Grab some popcorn and check out these films that screened at Whorehouse Cinema and the Red Umbrella Film Festival

Chloe Marshall
Five Memorable Recent Films by Sex WorkersFive Memorable Recent Films by Sex Workers
Musical Theatre as Artistic Activism

An excerpt from Dr. Imogen Flower's academic study of the Sex Worker's Opera

Imogen Flower
Musical Theatre as Artistic ActivismMusical Theatre as Artistic Activism
What Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found Out

Justice Fund Toronto pushed a law that's forcing Canadian millionaires to give away more of their money

Kevin McClendon
What Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found OutWhat Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found Out
The Young Donors Driving Participatory Philanthropy

With $68 trillion on the line, young donors at Resource Generation and elsewhere are pushing grassroots models

Abigail Higgins and Ben Wrobel
Are Young Philanthropists Driving Participatory Philanthropy? Are Young Philanthropists Driving Participatory Philanthropy?
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