Erica Cadbury Opinions - 29 January 2020 100 years of the Barrow Cadbury Trust This blog was originally posted on the Barrow Cadbury Trust website on 23 January. This year is our centenary. For the last hundred years…
Opinions - 9 December 2019 Avoid making a drama out of a crisis The EFC’s Communications Professionals in Philanthropy Network held its Autumn Meeting in Athens, hosted by the Bodossaki Foundation from 21-22 November 2019. The meeting focused on members’ experiences in…
Maria Fola Opinions - 4 December 2019 Reflections on crisis communications – how prepared are we? A few weeks ago, a group of passionate communications professionals met in Athens, Greece, to deep dive into the issue of crisis communications. This was the autumn meeting of the…
Virginia Ruan Opinions - 6 November 2019 Communication is the strategy This blog was first published on Alliance on 31 October Communications strategy: what is it exactly in the context of a grant-making foundation? How can we use…
Ruzanna Ter-Ghazaryan Opinions - 31 October 2019 Reflections from EFC’s Grantmakers East Forum 2019 This blog was first published by Alliance Magazine on 30 October 2019. It was a pleasure to participate in the EFC Grantmakers East Forum (GEF)…
Antoaneta Ivanova Opinions - 30 October 2019 Are we digitalising civic movements? This blog was first published by Alliance Magazine on 29 October 2019. During the EFC Grantmakers East Forum in Tbilisi, the donors in attendance were…
Guido Barilla Opinions - 28 October 2019 Fight climate change with your fork Until recently, most private foundations ignored climate change. Rather, they preferred to combat its negative effects such as migration and health care. This is useful, but it left unanswered many…
Lourdes Marquez de la Calleja Opinions - 15 October 2019 30 years of the EFC Ahead of addressing the 74th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly this year on September 26th in New York, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, took a selfie,…
Lynda Mansson Opinions - 14 October 2019 From pioneering to building for lasting impact: 25 years of MAVA grantmaking This blog was previously posted on the MAVA Foundation website. This year marks the 25th anniversary of MAVA grant-making. Established originally as a vehicle…
Marika Hedin Opinions - 7 October 2019 A new role for the EFC Congratulations EFC on celebrating 30 years of fruitful networking and peer-learning! As a relative newcomer to the philanthropic sector, I already feel welcome: through an inspiring first meeting with Gerry…
Jeremy Farrar Opinions - 1 October 2019 Why we need to reimagine how we do research This post originally appeared on the Wellcome Trust website on 10 September 2019. The emphasis on excellence in the research system is stifling diverse…
Shannon Lawder Opinions - 17 September 2019 An unorthodox meeting becomes a 30-year partnership One early morning in August 1990, Mott Foundation Chairman Bill White was on a tour bus in Krakow, Poland, while attending the Johns Hopkins Second Annual International Fellows in Philanthropy…
