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The EFC is delighted to share that the Barrow Cadbury Trust’s Chief Executive Sara Llewellin has been awarded a DBE (damehood) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours…

On Wednesday, 9 June 2021, EFC Members gathered online for the 32nd Annual General Assembly, the first AGA for both the EFC Chair, Angel Font, and CEO, Delphine Moralis. This…

In a plenary resolution adopted on 10 June, MEPs note that the new conditionality instrument to protect the EU budget in force since 1 January 2021 applies also to the…

There is a growing trend to treat philanthropy like a business venture, framing development challenges as business opportunities, donations as investments, and beneficiaries as entrepreneurs.

The cost of housing in most European countries has become simply unaffordable for many. With over 120 million people in the European Union at risk of poverty and social exclusion,…

Hanna Stähle, Philanthropy Advocacy, shares the highlights from a panel including Vice President Timmermans exploring the role of foundations in the Gobal Green Deal, hosted by F20 at the German Foundation Days.

The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time and requires urgent action. There is only one decade left to act. “We cannot do this without civil society”, said Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans who is in charge of the European Green Deal. And further: “The way in which foundations can operate in our societies is the reflection on the quality of democracy in Europe,” showing his willingness to engage in a dialogue for a better operating environment for philanthropy and civil society.

The EFC has published its Annual Review and Financial Statement for 2020 following approval at the Annual General Assembly which took place online on 9 June. The Review follows…

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The Collective Power of Philanthropy Networks. Read Carola Carazzone's full keynote speech at SwissFoundations Symposium.

ACF have published their first annual report tracking the progress of signatories of the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.

The second session of the new EFC Community of Practice on Imagination, Regeneration and Foresight on 20 May placed at the heart of the discussion the question, “whose voices,…