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News - 14 December 2023

How can philanthropy contribute to a safe, healthy, and just world?

Philanthropy can act when it needs to.  Yet, at the same time, philanthropy has not always geared itself up to make positive contributions in situations of conflict, and certainly, has not brought all its resources – financial and connective – to bear on the current challenges. 
News - 4 December 2023

Working in ways that meet the complexity of this time

Earlier this year a group of foundations who make up the Foundation 3.0 initiative met in Amsterdam for their yearly Strategic Round Table. It’s an opportunity for peer learning across European foundations who are focussed on systemic change. In 2023 the theme was ‘Adopting cross-cutting perspectives to increase impact’.
News - 14 November 2023

The movers of tomorrow

Young adults in Europe have great concerns about the future. Eight out of ten question whether their generation should have children. Although many believe their country will do more to…
News - 14 November 2023

Philanthropy’s engagement in the Middle East

Amidst the ongoing situation unfolding in Israel and Palestine, Philea stands in solidarity with all the victims, all their families and all their children. We are committed to sharing…
News - 17 October 2023

Philea Forum 2024

Philea Forum 2024   View the programme The Philea Forum 2024 will take place on 27-30 May…
News - 1 October 2023

Trust in the future – looking ahead to a philanthropic world in transition

Brieuc Van Damme, who has been CEO of King Baudouin Foundation for a little over a year, sat down with Philea's CEO Delphine Moralis to discuss key issues for the sector as it marks the European Day of Foundations on 1 October.
News - 27 September 2023

Launch event for the second edition of UK Funding Justice

As social justice becomes an increasingly urgent issue in philanthropy, this report analyses 18,816 grants from 60 known social justice funders. These grants total £952.4 million, or around 21% of…
News - 12 September 2023

Russia’s war in Ukraine is testing the European sentiment. So far, it holds!

On 9 May, Europe Day, the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) launched the second edition of the European Sentiment Compass. The survey, which annually…
News - 5 September 2023

Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe 2023

The Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe 2023 edition will take place on 17-23 September in Brussels. Created in partnership with Stiftung Mercator and the…
News - 24 July 2023

On ecosystem, shared values and the long view: How a foundation in Spain creates a blueprint for the future of philanthropy

Philea and BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt convened Futures Philanthropy in June to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing philanthropy, and the need to embrace the long view for the benefit of today’s and future generations.