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News - 28 January 2020

NOW ONLINE – EFC European Environmental Funders Group Spring Meeting – Philanthropy and the Global Commons: environmental challenges and opportunities

View the agenda. The EFC’s European Environmental Funders Group (EEFG) will dive into ”Philanthropy and the Global Commons: environmental challenges and opportunities” in an online meeting on 1…
News - 24 January 2020

George Soros announces $1 billion gift to launch Open Society University Network

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Open Society Foundations Founder and Chair George Soros announced on Thursday a $1 billion gift to start the Open Society University Network—an unprecedented…
News - 16 January 2020

The European Social Catalyst Fund is launched at Philanthropy House

The deadline for applications has been extended to 11 September. The European Social Catalyst Fund (ESCF), a brand new initiative between the…
News - 6 January 2020

Facing Change – exhibition launch

The ‘Facing Change’ exhibition will launch in Philanthropy House on the 16 January and run until March 2020. The exhibition captures the real-life changes experienced by those who have been supported…
News - 12 December 2019

Facing Change

Philanthropy House and its exhibition may be closed due to COVID-19, but the EFC still strives to highlight the work of all members and bring to…
News - 5 December 2019

Understanding and implementing intersectional grantmaking with the Disability Thematic Network and Gender Equality Network

The EFC’s Disability Thematic Network (DTN) and Gender Equality Network hosted a joint peer-learning meeting exploring intersectional grantmaking on 20 November in Philanthropy House, Brussels. The EFC’s…
News - 6 November 2019

Building at the Crossroads of Royale and Treurenberg (2019)

News - 31 October 2019

Reflections from EFC’s Grantmakers East Forum 2019

This blog was first published by Alliance Magazine on 30 October 2019. It was a pleasure to participate in the EFC Grantmakers East Forum (GEF)…
News - 19 September 2019

Next exhibition to visit Philanthropy House announced – SIGNs of CHANGE by SIGN Network

  The next exhibition to be displayed in Philanthropy House will be SIGNs of CHANGE by the SIGN Network, created in celebration of their…
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…