Decisions we make today will impact generations to come. Incremental change will not get us solutions to climate change, backsliding democracy or ageing population in Europe. Intergenerational fairness provides a lens to enable deep, structural change and to reshape governance, manage systemic risk and renew democratic legitimacy in Europe. It enables funders to see the future not as danger, but as a responsibility.

In Romania, philanthropy infrastructure is relatively young, still consolidating, and deeply shaped by the country’s post-transition realities. Understanding how it has developed – and where it may go next – offers useful insights for peers working in other emerging or rapidly changing philanthropic ecosystems.