Freedom in Practice

Rising Tide Spark Fund for Collaboration September 6, 2024 Following the success of our first round of Spark Fund for Collaboration grants in 2022-2023, at the Grantee Summit in May 2024, Rising Tide Foundation launched its second Spark Fund for Collaboration. This is a designated fund for former or current RTF grantees to develop and […]

Entrepreneurship and Land Rights: Rising Tide’s Recent Grantee Visit in Uganda and Tanzania August 19, 2024 In July, Isabelle Hirs and Alexander Hammond from Rising Tide’s Freedom in Practice team visited two grantees in Uganda: Teach a Man to Fish and Cadasta Foundation.   The journey began with a visit to Teach a Man to

Working Toward a Freer Future: Introducing Rising Tide’s Five New Inspirational Partners August 15, 2024 We at the Rising Tide Foundation are thrilled to have backed numerous exciting projects in recent months that embody classical liberal principles and promote private sector solutions to address societal issues.  From projects that support Ukrainian entrepreneurs offer alternative solutions

Grantee Summit 2024: Agency & Flourishing May 31, 2024 The Rising Tide Foundation (RTF) hosted its second grantee summit in May. Over four days, we welcomed over 45 grantees from 15 countries to Schloss Marbach on the picturesque shores of Lake Constance. Beyond sparking collaborations, inviting grantees to share best practices, and creating a marketplace

Advancing Freedom Worldwide: Meet Rising Tide’s Eight New Exciting Partners March 18, 2024 At the Rising Tide Foundation, we’re delighted to have supported many exciting projects in the last few months that put classical liberal principles into practice and advance private sector solutions to societal problems. From projects that advance economic literacy in former communist

Practical solution to addressing multidimensional poverty: Champions app November 21, 2023 Multidimensional poverty plagues the globe and prevents people from realizing their potential and contributing meaningfully to society. Responses from government and philanthropy are overly bureaucratic and disconnected from the poor themselves, often resulting in a lack of opportunity for people to exercise personal agency

Lanzarote Co-creation Forum November 02, 2023 In September, the Rising Tide Foundation in partnership with Universidad de las Hesperides and with the support of Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM), hosted the first ever “Expect the Unexpected” Co-creation Forum in Lanzarote, Canary Islands.  At this forum, we invited organizations that run exciting projects related to our Freedom

New addition to the RTF Team – Welcome Alexander! October 03, 2023 We are delighted to introduce our new colleague, Alexander C. R. Hammond, who joined the Rising Tide Foundation team as Program Manager in October 2023. As a Program Manager in Freedom in Practice, Alexander oversees a portfolio of grants that promote moral agency,

Rising Tide Spark Fund for Discovery September 20, 2023 We are thrilled to announce the launch of Rising Tide Foundation’s new Spark Fund for Discovery. In addition to our ongoing grant making process, we are offering organizations the opportunity to submit an application for new and innovative projects that enhance AGENCY + FLOURISHING in our