IKEA Foundation's new strategy bets big on climate and local leadership
By Raquel Alcega // 01 June 2026
The IKEA Foundation has been funding development work for decades, but today’s iteration looks vastly different from the version that guided its previous strategy. Marilia Bezerra, its chief programs officer, laid it all out in a Devex Pro Funding Briefing last week.
As Bezerra put it: “How do we fight global warming with and for the many people?” For the foundation, that means ditching its previous two-pillar structure — climate on one side, livelihoods on the other — for work that is genuinely intersectional.
Here are the key takeaways.
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Raquel Alcega
Raquel Alcega leads the data research and analysis at Devex, providing advice to organizations on the latest funding and programmatic trends that shape the global development space. She also heads up the news business content strategy and designs internal knowledge management processes. Prior to joining Devex’s Barcelona office, she worked in business development in Washington, D.C., and as a researcher in Russia and Mexico.
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