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News - 24 January 2020

George Soros announces $1 billion gift to launch Open Society University Network

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Open Society Foundations Founder and Chair George Soros announced on Thursday a $1 billion gift to start the Open Society University Network—an unprecedented…
News - 13 December 2019

EFC and Eurozine Meeting – Confronting disinformation, disintegration and the erosion of democracy: The role of cultural journals

The EFC and Eurozine will jointly host a meeting on the role of cultural journals in the area of democracy on 28 January in…
News - 6 November 2019

Building at the Crossroads of Royale and Treurenberg (2019)

News - 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)…
News - 7 October 2019

European Democracy Network meeting – New mandate, nEU opportunities for philanthropy?

Register now The EFC’s European Democracy Network will host a network meeting for the members to come together, discuss and reflect ”New…
News - 19 September 2019

Next exhibition to visit Philanthropy House announced – SIGNs of CHANGE by SIGN Network

  The next exhibition to be displayed in Philanthropy House will be SIGNs of CHANGE by the SIGN Network, created in celebration of their…
News - 19 September 2019

EU Supranational Risk Assessment partially lowers risk rating for NPOs

In July this year, the EU published its 2019 Supranational Risk Assessment (SNRA). Philanthropy Advocacy, a joint initiative of DAFNE and the EFC, and its joint Legal Affairs Committee…
News - 18 September 2019

SIGNs of CHANGE – 10th Anniversary of SIGN Network exhibition opening

  The latest exhibition to be displayed in Philanthropy House, SIGNs of CHANGE, provided by the SIGN Network will have an opening event…
News - 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…
News - 16 September 2019

Open letter to new Commission and Parliament calls for protection of EU values and civil society

The Active Citizens Fund has released an open letter calling on EU decision-makers to protect European values as outlined in Article 2 of the EU Treaty, with a specific call…