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Henrik Lehmann Andersen

Opinions - 8 May 2019

Nordea-fonden expands its focus to promote civic participation

This article has been adapted from the original in Danish by Sune Holm Pedersen and includes key lessons learned Denmark has a strong democratic…

Opinions - 6 May 2019

Talent is Universal – Opportunity is Not

So true. This point was eloquently driven home by the story of the eight-year-old homeless refugee who just won the New York State Chess Championship. We need…

Jennifer Clarke

Opinions - 15 April 2019

Increasing impact and visibility through non-financial support

The crisis in Greece prompted us to fundamentally rethink our strategy and how we could best meet the growing social needs for the finite resources of the…

Opinions - 8 March 2019

The Zero Project – Evolution of an inclusive conference

At the end of February, we held our eighth annual Zero Project Conference and our sixth at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. Its theme, and that of the research…

Opinions - 20 February 2019

The fruits of funder cooperation: learnings from the EFC’s European Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (EFSAF) network

EFSAF is an EFC network of European foundations who cooperate at European level to empower civil society engaged in shifting European agricultural and food policies towards more sustainability. EFSAF members…

Andrew McCracken

Opinions - 23 January 2019

Now is the perfect time for a Citizens’ Assembly

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has a long track record of supporting innovative community initiatives. Since 1979, the Foundation has awarded over £100 million in grants to…

Opinions - 11 January 2019

Human-animal relations increase collaboration between humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences

Kone Foundation, based In Helsinki, Finland, funds research in humanities, social sciences, environmental sciences, as well as artistic research, but since we appreciate crossdisciplinarity, we consider…

Candan Fetvacı

Opinions - 19 October 2018

Empowered girls, empowered futures” – It is not a dream!

At the Aydın Dogan Foundation we have been working on the education and empowerment of girls for more than 15 years now. The UN’s declaration of October 11th as…

Jules Kortenhorst

Opinions - 5 October 2018

Climate change is an ‘everything’ problem – philanthropists can make it an ‘everyone’ solution

Jules Kortenhorst is the former CEO of the European Climate Foundation, and current CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute Ten years ago, Europe’s first philanthropic organisation devoted solely to cutting planet-warming…

Opinions - 4 September 2018

What does a mission-driven HR department look like?

his post originally appeared on the Ford Foundation’s excellent “Equals change blog“ At the Ford Foundation, we believe it’s important to model the kind of change…

Opinions - 30 August 2018

The Development Set and its role in perpetuating poverty

‘Although we move with the better classes, our thoughts are always with the masses.’ (Ross Coggins, 1976) In 1976, an exasperated development worker, Ross Coggins, attending his umpteenth futile meeting to discuss…

Opinions - 9 July 2018

Can foundations contribute to social cohesion in Europe?

The following is a speech made by Dr Rien van Gendt during the Humanity in Action International Conference, which took place in Strasbourg from 5-8 July 2018: I want to…

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