Driving impact for persons with disabilities – Impact transfer

Zero Project The Essl Foundation, a charitable foundation from Austria, launched the Zero Project in 2011. Since then, the project has identified more than 700 good practices of inclusion of persons with disabilities based on innovation, impact, and scalability. These practices have been analysed, communicated, and connected to policymakers and… Read More

What if every foundation cared about climate?

The time for what ifs is decidedly over – every foundation needs to care about the climate crisis, because everything you hold dear and do is impacted by and impacts the future of humanity and our planet. Now is the time to move climate funding out of its… Read More

Why fund climate justice?

I was 16 when I saw the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and became acutely aware of the severity and urgency of the climate crisis. When choosing where I wanted to study for university, I chose Middlebury College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont because of its… Read More

Future of the Grantmakers East Forum

If you were to evaluate the success of initiatives to support philanthropy, the Grantmakers East Forum (GEF) would score very highly.  Results of a review being undertaken by the Steering Committee show that GEF has played a central role in building the philanthropic sector in Central and Eastern Europe and… Read More