Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) is a global, independent, not-for-profit network that brings together over 140 associations and support organizations serving philanthropy in 54 countries around the world. The WINGS network:

• creates opportunities to learn from and support one another;
• develops modes of communication and collaboration among themselves;
• contributes to the strengthening of philanthropy worldwide.

WINGS was created in January 2000 to provide a forum for grantmaker support organizations; to support them and provide a means for them to support each other in their often isolated work; and to represent and give them voice. Nowadays, WINGS serves as a meeting place for those engaged in building the institutional infrastructure to support philanthropy everywhere in the world.

Set up on a rotating basis, the WINGS secretariat has been located in Washington DC, Ottawa, Brussels and Manila. In 2011, in response to changing times and new challenges, it moved to a permanent home in São Paulo, Brazil.