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Funders’ Roundtable on the Future of Development

We are a platform to catalyze collaboration among philanthropic funders working to build a more trusted, effective, and equitable development system.

Are  you  a  grantmaker  or  philanthropy  organization  interested  in  the  future  of  development? 

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About  Us 

Mission

The Roundtable promotes high-impact collaboration among not-for-profit foundations and other grantmakers committed to a reimagined development system that is trusted, effective, and equitable.

What is it and what it offers:

  • An action-oriented collaboration and learning space.
  • Real-time intelligence, rapid learning, strategy development, agile action.

“The  time  to  act  is  now” 

Global power shifts, conflict, climate change, inequality, and technological disruption are reshaping the development landscape. Traditional aid is shrinking, civic space is under pressure and calls to address deep power imbalances are growing louder.

Amid these challenges lie opportunities for renewal. Emerging ideas — many led by voices from the Global South — offer new pathways toward a more trusted, equitable, and effective development system. Philanthropy can help seed, support, and scale this change.

  • “With crisis comes opportunity. For philanthropy, that opportunity is to stand with the Global South to shift the development landscape to one that centers their agency and intrinsic dignity.”

    Srik Gopal, President and CEO of Humanity United

  • “We must come together across divides, turning this moment into an opportunity to reimagine and create the systems and the institutions we need to ensure a more just and equitable world where people and nature flourish.” 

    Nancy Lindborg, CEO of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

  • “I urge international grantmakers to help build a new and more effective development and humanitarian system, build for the challenges and capabilities of the 21st century. We can also help make sure that local actors have a leading role in writing this new chapter.”

    Peter Laugharn, CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

The Four Shifts We Are Pursuing
The  Four  Shifts  We  Are  Pursuing 

  • Building a new era of international development cooperation

  • Remodeling development finance flows

  • Strengthening locally-led development

  • Improving philanthropic collaboration

Key  upcoming  events 

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Resources 

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: MAY, 2026 by TAI Collaborative

This past month continued the wave of “future of development” conversations taking place across philanthropy, civil society, multilateral institutions, and academia.

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: APRIL, 2026 by TAI Collaborative

We are excited to welcome Soheila Comninos as secretariat lead - some of you got to meet her in the sessions in Oxford.

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: MARCH, 2026 by TAI Collaborative

From shifts in developmentfinance to locally led approaches, philanthropic collaboration, and emerging trends, this newsletter is designed to help make sense of a rapidly changing landscape and surface what matters most for funders today.

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