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News - 14 October 2026

Forewarned is forearmed: Why philanthropy should act before a crisis unfolds

Anticipatory action can protect lives and livelihoods, help scarce humanitarian funds go further, and move decisions closer to communities that understand the risks. As climate shocks become more frequent and more predictable, philanthropy has a responsibility to act before crises peak.
News - 12 October 2026

Reimagining philanthropy’s role in Africa’s Just Transition: From vulnerability to agency

Africa’s just transition cannot be built on narratives of vulnerability. This piece calls for philanthropy to shift power, invest in agency and enable locally led transformation.
News - 7 October 2026

Things are getting heated: What philanthropy can do to integrate mental health into extreme heat solutions

Extreme heat disproportionately impacts mental health, particularly for vulnerable groups. Philanthropy can catalyse change by funding community-outreach, advocacy, resilient mental health systems and the research behind it.
News - 9 September 2026

The trouble with our institutions – should philanthropy play a role?

Our institutions were reasonably effective for many decades, providing peace and prosperity. But that very track record of success has often made them rigid and inflexible, and given space for the populist right to promise to burn them down.
News - 1 September 2026

European Day of Foundations and Donors 2026

News - 27 August 2026

Mediterranean Children’s Movement: Peace Conference 2026 – Connected by Sea for Peace

The Mediterranean Children’s Movement will host the Peace Conference 2026 under the theme of “Connected by Sea for Peace” on 25-29 November in Valetta.
News - 1 July 2026

From Ukraine: A new model for supporting civil society under stress

As philanthropy seeks more effective ways to support local actors in complex crises, Ukraine offers valuable lessons. Emerging experience suggests that combining organisational strengthening with care, reflection and flexible accompaniment can help local organisations sustain agency, resilience and impact when conventional support models reach their limits.
News - 23 June 2026

The real infrastructure of resilience is relational

What makes communities capable of navigating disruption? The 2024 floods in Poland, Spain and Romania showed how community foundations, rooted in place, draw on deep relational infrastructure to hold communities together during crises.
News - 18 June 2026

Leaders Convening on Long-Term Governance and Democracy in Europe

Philea, the Belgian Federation of Philanthropic Foundations and the School of International Futures (SOIF) will host “Leaders Convening on Long-Term Governance and…
News - 9 June 2026

How Ukrainian society gives under full-scale invasion

Relying solely on international resources is not enough - building domestic capacity and broadening civic participation in philanthropy matter just as much.