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…
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European Cultural Foundation launch second round of Democracy Needs Imagination grants call
The European Cultural Foundation is launching a second round of grants calls for the Democracy Needs Imagination programme, following the…
Freedom – the Baltic way
“All injustice and oppression eventually come to an end. The spirit of freedom is stronger than any slavery. Sooner or later, any lies will be illuminated by the truth. Let’s…
Wake up, philanthropy!
Anyone who has ever been to Augsburg knows that it has a city within the city. I mean the Fuggerei, the oldest existing social settlement in the world. Here, surrounded…
The writing is on the wall
I read all the stories that were submitted to the EFC for our 30th anniversary blogs with delight. I am thrilled at the richness and sheer diversity of storytelling and…
Verena Ringler leads call for an #EUCitizenCommissioner
The European strategy expert, and proposed candidate for Austrian EU Commissioner by opposition party NEOS, Verena Ringler, has led a call for an EU Citizen Commissioner, to support citizen relations…
Philanthropy is a guest at other people’s tables … but is it time to play musical chairs?
Are we doing enough? And are we doing enough of the right thing? Writing this blog, I began to reflect on the passage of time – how much changes, how…
