Building the infrastructure necessary for philanthropy to operate and succeed is challenging. The first of those challenges is to increase the recognition of the critical role of the institutions dedicated to this task, the value of whose work often goes unrecognized.

The second challenge is to grow the field and make it stronger. As the report suggests, philanthropy infrastructure is usually weaker and less developed where it is most needed. Increasing the reach and impact of philanthropy infrastructure and improving its standards are crucial to its effectiveness.

WINGS, together with its members and partners, is committed to addressing these challenges, and an essential task in doing so is to build knowledge about the field. That is what this report aims to do. Building on WINGS’ 2014 report Infrastructure in Focus: A Global Picture of Organizations Serving Philanthropy, it presents a new global picture of philanthropy infrastructure and reflects on how we, as a field, can grow and strengthen philanthropy infrastructure worldwide.

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