Partnering with the Philanthropy Reform Alliance (PRA) is an invitation to work differently. We are building a collective of practitioners, organisations, funders and allies who believe that changing development requires more than new policies, strategies or language. It requires us to examine how power is held, how decisions are made, whose knowledge is valued, and how resources move. As an Alliance Partner, you become part of that work — contributing your experience, questions, resources and perspective while helping shape the direction of the Alliance.

Why Partner with us

Co-create reform initiatives Work with PRA to design and test initiatives that respond to the realities of how philanthropy and development systems operate — from funding and partnerships to decision-making, knowledge, and accountability.

Host Unlearning Labs in your context Bring the PRA Unlearning approach into your organisation, network, country or community. Partners can host tailored Unlearning Labs that create space for teams and stakeholders to examine assumptions, power and practice together.

Adapt and apply PRA approaches Access and adapt PRA’s emerging frameworks, tools, and methodologies — including the Surface → Disrupt → Reframe → Practise cycle — to support reflection and practice change within your own organisation or ecosystem.

Shape the Reform Agenda Bring your experience, questions and institutional perspective to PRA’s twelve-area Reform Agenda, helping identify where change is needed and what meaningful reform can look like in practice.

Co-create new tools and knowledge Work alongside PRA and other partners to develop practical tools, curricula, learning resources, case studies, and practice-based evidence that can be shared across the wider ecosystem.

Connect across the ecosystem Build relationships with community-rooted organisations, funders, INGOs, intermediaries, researchers and practitioners who are exploring more equitable approaches to power, funding, partnerships and development.

What partnership could look like

Depending on the partner, this could include:

  • Hosting a PRA Unlearning Lab or dialogue

  • Co-designing a new reform initiative or experiment

  • Adapting PRA tools and approaches for your organisation or network

  • Co-funding a Lab, learning initiative or

  • Move resources through the KIN Fund

  • Contributing expertise, knowledge or lived experience

  • Providing opportunities for PRA participants to experiment in practice

  • Co-producing research, stories, tools or learning

  • Joining cross-ecosystem conversations on reform

  • Becoming an Unlearning Companion and supporting future cohorts

  • Supporting locally led organisations through the PRA Solidarity Network

Ready to partner with us?

We are looking for partners who are willing to learn with us, question with us, contribute to the work and be changed by it. Whether you bring knowledge, relationships, resources, institutional influence or simply a willingness to unlearn, there may be a place for you in the Alliance.

Let's explore what we could build together.