agaglegacyproject

For 25 years, Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group (AGAG) has been a professional community and intellectual home for funders mobilizing resources to benefit African communities—a space where grantmaking practitioners exchanged ideas, built relationships, and challenged assumptions about American philanthropy’s role on the African continent. AGAG operated as a fiscally sponsored project of Tides until it ceased operation in 2025. 

The AGAG Legacy Project is a curated collection of materials that were produced by AGAG about the people and practices that shaped American private philanthropic support for African communities. By making them available to the public we ensure that the knowledge, research, and conversations that are part of AGAG's legacy remain accessible to the public. These resources can help to guide future generations of grantmaking practitioners funding in Africa and inform research about American private funding engagement with Africa.