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News - 18 February 2020

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announce new Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has announced a new prize, the “Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity” that will award €1 million to the individuals…

Press Release - 11 February 2020

EFC launches call for input for latest mapping of European environmental funding

Collecting and analysing data from philanthropic organisations, the fifth volume of the mapping seeks to build upon and extend the breadth of the previous mapping of 2018 which covered over 4,000 grants worth €583 million.

News - 10 February 2020

Ford Foundation supported documentary “American Factory” wins Oscar for Best Documentary

The documentary “American Factory” has won the Oscar for Best Documentary at the 92nd Academy Awards. The documentary investigates what happens when a Chinese company comes to Moraine, Ohio to…

News - 6 February 2020

Philanthropy Advocacy participated in the European Investment Bank´s Board Seminar with Civil Society

On Tuesday 4 February 2020, Philanthropy Advocacy (DAFNE and EFC) participated at the annual seminar between the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Board of Directors and civil society organisations at the…

News - 6 February 2020

Association of Charitable Foundations publish new report ”Impact and Learning”

The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) has published a new report ”Impact and Learning” that seeks to shed light on how foundations…

News - 6 February 2020

Press release: EFC launches call for input for latest mapping of European environmental funding

Brussels, 5 February 2019 – The European Foundation Centre’s European Environmental Funders Group is launching a call for input for the fifth edition of its environmental funding mapping, building…

News - 5 February 2020

Former Chair of Grantmakers East Forum, Haki Abazi is appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo

A former Chair of the EFC’s Grantmakers East Forum, Haki Abazi has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo and Minister of European Integration. A…

News - 5 February 2020

Call for input for the 5th EFC mapping of ”Environmental Funding by European Foundations”

Working on the environment? The EFC needs your input for the 5th edition of the mapping ”Environmental Funding by European Foundations” due to be published this year. This mapping of…

News - 5 February 2020

Italy celebrates 5th National Day Against Food Waste

On 5 February Italy is holding its 5th National Day Against Food Waste, established by the Italian Ministry of the Environment in partnership with the Spreco Zero (Zero Waste) campaign…

News - 5 February 2020

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and ”la Caixa” launch joint fund for arts and social inclusion in Portugal

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and ”la Caixa” have launched the PARTIS & Art for Change programme, a new joint initiative worth €1.5…

News - 4 February 2020

Wellcome Trust release statement urging for increased sharing of research data and findings related the novel coronavirus outbreak

The Wellcome Trust has released a statement calling on researchers, journals and funders to ensure that research findings and data relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV)…

News - 3 February 2020

Confronting disinformation, disintegration and the erosion of democracy with Eurozine

The links between disinformation and democracy are in no way, shape or form a new phenomenon, as highlighted by the EFC’s Gerry Salole when opening up a recent joint workshop,…

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