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News - 28 October 2019

Fight climate change with your fork

Until recently, most private foundations ignored climate change. Rather, they preferred to combat its negative effects such as migration and health care. This is useful, but it left unanswered many…
News - 15 October 2019

30 years of the EFC

Ahead of addressing the 74th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly this year on September 26th in New York, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, took a selfie,…
News - 30 September 2019

The 4th edition of the Philanthropic Leadership Platform – China-Europe took to Beijing to share experiences, ideas and inspirations on an intercontinental level

The 4th edition of the Philanthropic Leadership Platform – China-Europe took place in Beijing from 15 to 22 September and provided countless opportunities for its 20 participants to…
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 - 15 September 2019

Philanthropy Prizes (2019)

News - 12 September 2019

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…
News - 10 September 2019

A philanthropic coalition for climate emergency and social justice

We have ten years, ten short years left to activate the transition towards a global system able to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In addition to the environmental…
News - 9 September 2019

Paris Peace Forum 2019

The 2019 Paris Peace Forum will take place from 11-13 November. For its second edition, the Call for Projects of the Paris Peace Forum received more than 700 project submissions…
News - 5 September 2019

Cooperation beyond borders

Congratulations, EFC, and many happy returns! Privately established foundations working for the common good are central to European history, first appearing in recorded history when Plato founded the “Academia” in…
News - 3 September 2019

The path forward for philanthropy − Harnessing the powerful voices of the young

Michael Mapstone of the Charities Aid Foundation looks back on 30 years of the European Foundation Centre and examines how the institution has evolved, the challenges…