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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.
News - 5 June 2026

Hungary’s turning point: Civic mobilisation beyond civil society

NGOs, grassroots and philanthropic organisations are increasingly labelled, contested and treated as political actors, not necessarily because their missions have changed, but because the environments around them have.
News - 1 June 2026

The city we want to live in by 2050: Using philanthropy to shape the future

The urban future is often painted in dark colours. Yet we choose to believe that we will still want to live in our cities by 2050 - not by resignation, but by choice. Getting there requires deep transformations in how we build, plan, and inhabit our cities - transformations that neither public authority nor the market can deliver alone.
News - 20 May 2026

Dear Generations of the Future

We hope this message finds you well. In 2026 we begin so many messages this way that it’s almost lost its meaning, but in this case, we really…
News - 13 May 2026

The money is there. The question is why it is not moving

Philanthropy does not have a capital shortage. It has a deployment problem. With more than $251.5 billion held in donor advised funds while civil society organisations collapse for lack of operating support, the sector faces an uncomfortable question: what is the money waiting for?
News - 12 May 2026

Agriculture and food systems: The new frontier for (climate) philanthropy

Disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz have exposed how deeply food systems depend on fossil fuels and geopolitical stability, while highlighting the absence of a long-term transition strategy. For philanthropy, this opens a new frontier focused on systemic resilience across climate, health, democracy, security and economic transition.
News - 11 May 2026

From ambition to delivery: How European philanthropy can do more to deliver for people and the planet

European philanthropy needs to act collectively and at scale, to think bigger than individual climate programmes and invest in civil society ecosystems and anchor climate governance within Europe’s democratic institutions.
News - 11 May 2026

Futures School: Sandbox now accepting applications for 2026 cohort

Philea’s Futures School: Sandbox is now accepting applications for its second cohort, taking place online from 3–5 November 2026. The programme is for junior, early, and mid-career philanthropy…