# Enabling Institutions for Civil Society List of institutions, programs, and initiatives that exist primarily to support civil society organizations through funding, capacity-building, advocacy, networks, infrastructure or knowledge production. These are meta-level actors that strengthen the civic ecosystem by enabling the work of others. --- ## 🌎 Latin America (multiple countries) ### La Sobremesa **description**: A consulting collective that facilitates reflection and learning processes for civil society in Latin America offering accompaniment, curated spaces, and practical tools. **people**: [Anca Matioc](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ancamatioc/) (Founder and Director) **website**: [https://www.lasobremesa.co/](https://www.lasobremesa.co/) ## 🇧🇷 Brazil ### Confluentes **description**: Initiative based in Brazil that allocates philanthropic funding to selected civil society organizations through an annual curation process. It operates as both a funding mechanism and a space for collective engagement around strategic causes such as racial equity, environmental protection, public policy improvement, and the rights of women, Indigenous peoples, and traditional communities. **people**: [Carolina Botelho](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-botelho-4b6b9b2a/), [Inês Mindlin Lafer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/in%C3%AAs-mindlin-lafer-3674a17/) **website**: [https://confluentes.org.br](https://confluentes.org.br) ## 🇬🇧 United Kingdom ### 2027 **description**: A UK-based program designed to diversify and strengthen the grant-making sector by placing individuals with lived experience in frontline community roles into full-time positions at foundations and trusts. It combines a 12-month paid job with a tailored professional development and mentoring programme, aiming to reshape who gets to influence funding decisions in civil society. **people**: Baljeet Sandhu (Coordinator) **website**: [https://www.2027.org.uk](https://www.2027.org.uk)