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News - 4 October 2022

What if? Reimagining Philanthropy: How Can Funders Ensure that Partnership is the Norm in Efforts to Drive Systems Change?

The 5th What if? Reimagining Philanthropy event “How Can Funders Ensure that Partnership is the Norm in Efforts to Drive Systems Change?” will take place online on 27 October…
News - 29 September 2022

Next Gen at Philea Forum 2022: The view from Brazil

Next Gens are newcomers to the sector – those either at the start of their professional careers or those who are making a career change from other sectors. The 2022 Philea Forum lasted four days, and when it ended, it was just the beginning for me.
News - 26 September 2022

PEXforum 2022 – The Road to Istanbul

The 2022 PEXforum, co-hosted by Philea and the Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV), brought together 106 participants representing 69 organisations from 20 countries to jointly…
News - 14 September 2022

EuroPhilantopics 2022: Co-creating the Future of Europe in Difficult Times

Register to attend EuroPhilantopics 2022 will take place on 6 December, bringing together Philea’s members and representatives from EU institutions…
News - 12 September 2022

Conference for Nordic Foundations 2022

The Conference for Nordic Foundations 2022 “Look up – look North” will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 10-11 November. The world is changing at a…
News - 7 September 2022

Perspectives to build upon from the 21st SwissFoundations Symposium

©SwissFoundations Foundations are predestined to help quickly and unbureaucratically in crises. To make this possible in the long term, the Swiss legal system would need flexibility and openness, especially today.
News - 5 September 2022

European Day of Foundations and Donors 2022

This year’s campaign theme – Solidarity, Unity, Impact – aims to shine a light on the power of solidarity and unity within our sector and its potential to tackle the…
News - 5 September 2022

Philanthropy shifting towards collective approaches

The field of philanthropy is in the midst of a radical transformation. It’s shifting from a paradigm of grant-giving and an impact logic based on a highly predictable world, to one that is open to collective approaches that are promising to tackle successfully complex and interconnected global challenges. This transformation requires places to connect and learn ‒ places like the PEXforum.
News - 18 August 2022

Community foundations: Chipping away at the gridlocks in systemic transformation

We are now living immersed in interconnected challenges of planetary scale, with climate change most deeply and devastatingly interlinked with everything. We see complexity play out live, cascading into society…
News - 10 August 2022

Community foundations in Europe: Movement building momentum

Community foundations took root in Europe in the 1980s. Since then, they have spread to 22 countries and evolved in their form and function, adapting to changing social, economic and…