The Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) announced the launch of two new Communities – the Health for Human Potential (HHP) Community and the Just Energy Transition (JET) Community – at the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2025.
These Communities build on PAA’s ongoing efforts to convene stakeholders around shared challenges and to explore promising pathways for philanthropic collaboration, applying a systems lens to drive scalable solutions in energy, health, and education.
Each Community is helmed by Community Leads – PAA members – who will actively shape, fund and advance each Community’s work together with PAA. The Community Leads for each Community are listed in the next two sections.
Developed with PAA members and launched in 2024, the Communities initiative brings together funders, practitioners, and ecosystem partners to collaborate on shared missions and collectively fund high-impact, PAA-evaluated projects.
The first three Communities introduced at last year’s Summit were Blue Oceans, Sustainable Land Use, and Holistic & Inclusive Education. Since their launch, the first three Communities have forged various pathways, from peer learning and exchange of expertise to piloting collaborative projects.
“The Communities initiative was born from a simple idea: that we can do more, and do better, when we act together.
“Tackling complex challenges across health, energy, or education calls for differentiated approaches. To drive deep impact, it is critical for PAA to provide focused platforms for collaboration, apart from industry convenings such as the Philanthropy Asia Summit.
‘The two new Communities are another step forward in that direction. We are grateful to all our Community Leads for their commitment, partnership, and belief in our collective impact,” said Shaun Seow, Chief Executive Officer, Philanthropy Asia Alliance.
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