Series - Editorial Fellowship: Transforming Funding Models

UK’s Lankelly Chase foundation to wind down, redistribute $236M within 5 years

Author Gabe Oatley
“We view the traditional philanthropy model as so entangled with colonial capitalism that it inevitably continues the harms of the past into the present,” the foundation said in a press release.

Why It Matters

In Canada and abroad, philanthropic activists have called on foundations to redistribute their assets to equity-seeking groups through asset transfers and spend downs. Lankelly Chase foundation’s announcement is one of the boldest responses yet.

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