ELAS+ launches research that analyzes the post-pandemic scenario of organizations led by cis, trans and other trans-identity women in the country
To celebrate Philanthropy Month and demonstrate in data how women's activism is impacting the philanthropic ecosystem, ELAS+ Doar para Transformar launched, as one of the activities of Common Network, the search For Feminist Philanthropy: A Look at Women’s Activism in Brazil. The survey presents a profile of civil society organizations led by women, analyzing the contexts and main challenges faced by these initiatives.
441 formal and informal organizations from all over Brazil were heard, led by cis, trans and other trans-identity women, who signed up to the Women in Movement 2023 call for proposals and authorized the use of the data collected. The survey parallels the research “Activism and Pandemic in Brazil”, carried out by ELAS+ in 2020, with data collected at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective of today's survey is to analyze the post-pandemic scenario of initiatives and analyze how philanthropy needs to act to strengthen these organizations.
To discuss these issues, ELAS+ promoted an online debate, with the participation of the executive coordinator of Rede Comuá, Graciela Hopstein, and the director of Programs at the Ibirapitanga Institute, Iara Rolnik, who analyzed the initial conclusions of the survey. The conversation is available in full on the channel ELAS+ Youtube.
Donation Culture
Since the coronavirus pandemic, the culture of donation is gaining more and more relevance in Brazil. In 2020, 66% of Brazilians said they had made some type of donation, and 37% said they had donated money to a specific cause. Two years later, the number of donors increased: 84% made donations and almost half, 48%, made cash donations.
The data comes from the Doação Brasil survey, carried out by the Institute for the Development of Social Investment (IDIS), and also reveals how the impact of the pandemic can result in a cultural change: 38% of donors say that the experience led them to donate more to NGOs .
The co-founder and general director of ELAS+, Amalia Fischer, believes that this context favors a deeper debate on philanthropy. “There is a difference between those who practice charity and those who practice philanthropy. Charity generally seeks an emergency solution to suffering situations. The objective of philanthropy is to solve the problems that generate suffering. The challenge is to show that the work of philanthropy is permanent. It's not fashion. We are important agents in building a fairer society, strengthening democracy and fighting all types of discrimination”, highlighted Amalia.
She also assesses that an effort is needed to strengthen feminist philanthropy, working so that more and more women occupy leadership and decision-making spaces, especially in philanthropic organizations and funds. “It is a necessary movement to bring more flexible resources to women's organizations, to show that through a grantmaking Based on trust in organizations, social change happens in a more profound way. It is the women who know the needs and solutions in their territories”, concluded Amalia Fischer.
By: Comunicação Elas+ Donate to Transform
