• Assessing Research for Philanthropic Funding: Innovative Approaches

    A report that aims to explore approaches taken by foundations to enhance the fairness, transparency and effectiveness of evaluating research proposals for funding
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  • “Philanthropy Back to the Drawing Board: Shaping a Future Agenda”

    Rien van Gendt’s latest book offers a fresh look at the way foundations function and position themselves
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  • European Day of Foundations and Donors

    #October1Europe is a day for celebrating our sector, and sharing solutions to challenges that will help us build tomorrow, together.
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Philea nurtures a diverse and inclusive ecosystem of foundations, philanthropic organisations and networks working for the common good. We help our members to get inspired, act together and achieve greater impact by sharing data and knowledge, exchanging best practices, connecting around common themes, engaging in policy work, and more.

Cross-cutting Themes

Climate

We are now well into the 10-year countdown to slow the warming of our planet. In this decisive decade, actions taken by markets, governments and citizens will determine liveability on our planet for the next century.

Democracy

Democracies across the world have faced unprecedented challenges in recent years ‒ from narrowing civic space, to curtailment of freedom and equality, to the spread of misinformation.

Equality

Philea members have pointed to striving for equality as an urgent issue that must be addressed by philanthropy now and in the coming years. Rising economic inequality has exacerbated virtually all of the problems philanthropy works on.
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Delphine Moralis
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Opinions – 1 October 2023

Trust in the future – looking ahead to a philanthropic world in transition

Brieuc Van Damme, who has been CEO of King Baudouin Foundation for a little over a year, sat down with Philea’s CEO Delphine Moralis to discuss key issues for the sector as it marks the European Day of Foundations on 1 October.
News – 27 September 2023

Philea expresses solidarity with the victims of the floods in Libya

We were all deeply saddened by the devastating floods that struck Derna and the surrounding areas in Libya, resulting in profound loss of life and wholesale destruction. Our hearts go…
News – 26 September 2023

Philea publishes “Assessing Research for Philanthropic Funding: Innovative Approaches”

Philea has published “Assessing Research for Philanthropic Funding: Innovative Approaches”, a report on responsible research assessment that aims to explore diverse approaches taken by foundations to…
News – 15 September 2023

Philea expresses solidarity with the victims of the recent earthquake in Morocco

We, like countless others across the globe, were deeply saddened by the earthquake that recently struck Morocco, resulting in profound loss of life and widespread destruction. In the wake of…
News – 14 September 2023

State of the Union – Democracy and Rule of Law high on the agenda but where is our contribution to this?

The third and last State of the Union (SOTEU) address by President Ursula von der Leyen of this legislative term, took place on 13 September under…
André Wilkens
Director, European Cultural Foundation
Isabelle Schwarz
Head of Public Policy, European Cultural Foundation
Opinions – 12 September 2023

Russia’s war in Ukraine is testing the European sentiment. So far, it holds!

On 9 May, Europe Day, the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) launched the second edition of the European Sentiment Compass. The survey, which annually…
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