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Perspectives to build upon from the 21st SwissFoundations Symposium

©SwissFoundations Foundations are predestined to help quickly and unbureaucratically in crises. To make this possible in the long term, the Swiss legal system would need flexibility and openness, especially today.

Maya Richman

Project Manager Digital Powers, Ariadne Network

Fieke Jansen

Researcher, Data Justice Lab

Opinions - 6 September 2022

Responsible grantmaking at the intersection of climate justice and digital rights

The science is clear: We are living in a climate crisis. We need to rapidly change to a more just and sustainable society. As a digital rights funders coalition, we…

Teresa Sanjurjo

Director, Fundación Princesa de Asturias

Opinions - 5 September 2022

Future culture: The role of European cultural foundations in times of uncertainty

Art and culture weave the future, because it only exists when we imagine it. And when exercising this imagination, creation projects its desires and fears, the worlds that should be,…

Darius Polok

CEO, iac Berlin

Opinions - 5 September 2022

Philanthropy shifting towards collective approaches

The field of philanthropy is in the midst of a radical transformation. It’s shifting from a paradigm of grant-giving and an impact logic based on a highly predictable world, to one that is open to collective approaches that are promising to tackle successfully complex and interconnected global challenges. This transformation requires places to connect and learn ‒ places like the PEXforum.

Alexandra Stef

Community & Learning Director, INSPIRE

Opinions - 18 August 2022

Community foundations: Chipping away at the gridlocks in systemic transformation

We are now living immersed in interconnected challenges of planetary scale, with climate change most deeply and devastatingly interlinked with everything. We see complexity play out live, cascading into society…

Barry Knight

Secretary, CENTRIS Trustees

Chandrika Sahai

Programme Manager, Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace

Opinions - 17 August 2022

How can philanthropy work with young people? Outlining the ‘Find, Equip, Enable, Connect and Track’ approach

In all their diversity, young people want philanthropy to support initiatives that empower them. They are calling for an equal partnership and meaningful engagement where philanthropy can create and invest…

Josiane Smith

Key Programmes Lead - Philanthropy, Social Innovation Exchange

Opinions - 6 July 2022

From dancing on the walls to dismantling them: A philanthropic landscape I’d like to see

It takes a certain type of person to scale a wall and dance on it almost upside down. Other than the two ballerinas doing just that on the final night…

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Opinions

Perspectives to build upon from the 21st SwissFoundations Symposium

Responsible grantmaking at the intersection of climate justice and digital rights

Future culture: The role of European cultural foundations in times of uncertainty

Philanthropy shifting towards collective approaches

Community foundations: Chipping away at the gridlocks in systemic transformation

Resilience: To be or not to be?

Community foundations in Europe: Movement building momentum

Navigating the shifting terrain of race and migration in Europe

Towards more engaged philanthropy infrastructure

Let’s talk about hope: Why we need a new story on climate

How can philanthropy work with young people? Outlining the ‘Find, Equip, Enable, Connect and Track’ approach

From dancing on the walls to dismantling them: A philanthropic landscape I’d like to see