Southeast Asia is navigating a complex polycrisis of social, economic, and geopolitical pressures, with climate change emerging as the top concern among citizens in countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand—surpassing even unemployment or recession. Addressing these challenges requires a whole-of-society approach. Philanthropy can play a catalytic role in enabling long-term, systemic change—particularly in building climate resilience for the most vulnerable communities. This Primer provides an overview of the climate adaptation and resilience landscape in Southeast Asia—highlighting key risks and consequences, who’s doing what in action and funding, as well as outlining gaps and opportunities in the region. Geared towards funders, it suggests initial…

Southeast Asia is navigating a complex polycrisis of social, economic, and geopolitical pressures, with climate change emerging as the top concern among citizens in countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand—surpassing even unemployment or recession. Addressing these challenges requires a whole-of-society approach. Philanthropy can play a catalytic role in enabling long-term, systemic change—particularly in building climate resilience for the most vulnerable communities. This Primer provides an overview of the climate adaptation and resilience landscape in Southeast Asia—highlighting key risks and consequences, who’s doing what in action and funding, as well as outlining gaps and opportunities in the region. Geared towards funders, it suggests initial…

Preview discussion at Philanthropy Asia Summit 2025Leaders’ Breakfast (7 May 2025) Collaboration is difficult: each is unique and there is no “one-size-fits-all” model. Yet despite collective recognition of its importance, only afew resources exist delving into the mechanisms that enable successful collaboration. Asia in particular needs resources that can accelerate the learning curve for collaborative giving. In this preview of APC’s next issue of the Collaboration Catalogue Series, APC dives into its learnings and examples from collaborations it has been involved with since 2015. While some of the lessons may have wide application, these are framed with funder-to-funder collaborations in…

WITH ASIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION The US Government’s funding freeze on overseas aid threatens progress in education, healthcare, economic development, climate resilience, and more. To assess the full extent of consequences, APC and Asia Community Foundation conducted a rapid pulsecheck survey in Feb 2025, reaching over 350 respondents across 20 geographies in the region. The survey results were shared in a public briefing session on 28 Feb 2025, The Asia Situation Room. To generate the download link, please fill up the following form.

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The APC Botanical Companion This year’s Annual Report, revolving around a botanical motif, is inspired by APC’s theme for its annual member gathering: Moonshots and Green Shoots. Taking the ‘green shoots’ part of the equation, the Annual Report celebrates newly-planted seeds of collaborations, how the work in philanthropy is similar to that of gardening–providing the necessary care and conditions needed to help new programmes, innovations, and solutions thrive for a flourishing future. To generate the download link, please fill up the following form.

ISSUE 1 OF THE APC COLLABORATION CATALOGUE In the world of philanthropy, collaboration within and across sectors is agreed to be necessary to address the many complex challenges of the world. What is often less discussed is the how–particularly the difficulty of effective collaboration and the mechanisms that enable their success. In this new series the APC Collaboration Catalogue, we feature different Case Studies from different collaborations across the APC community. Each case study will illuminate how the collaboration went from idea to endeavour, the different forms of collaboration that took place, and key insights for others to learn from…

How does the practice of Philanthropy look like in Asia? In this brief overview, APC examines the unique characteristics that set it apart from the rest of the world, shaped by the region’s unique cultural and historical context. Prepared for Discussion at the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2024 Breakfast Roundtable on Philanthropy in Asia: The Bias for Action (Apr 2024) To generate the download link, please fill up the following form.

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