Social Economy Action Plan – an opportunity for philanthropy
The publication of the action plan is a moment of celebration for the philanthropic and wider social economy sector, which has long advocated for such a policy. Philea is very…
News - 7 February 2022
Data on philanthropy – by us, for us
Philea, in collaboration with the European Research Network On Philanthropy (ERNOP), will host the first webinar of a new series focussing on data on philanthropy in…
Foundations always had numerous opportunities to come together at the EFC, one of the most important being via the Thematic Networks. Together with the Communities of Practice and…
News - 4 February 2022
Winter Meeting for National Associations 2022 – Building Resilience, Thriving in Uncertainty
The Role of Infrastructure Organisations ‘There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be…
News - 4 February 2022
Exploring the different levels of Organisational Development support
The first webinar of 2022 for the Organisational Development (OD) Community of Practice took place on the 26 January focussing on the various levels at which OD support can…
News - 4 February 2022
Betwixt and between: Banking foundations bridging legacy and better futures, societal and market forces
In 2021 the EFC co-organised a couple of peer exchanges together with Nordea-Fonden to create a space for foundations of banking origin to share experiences, challenges,…
News - 2 February 2022
Future of philanthropy: a global conversation
Alliance Magazine will host “Future of philanthropy: a global conversation” online on 10 February, the final conversation in a series of seven marking the organisation’s 25th…
News - 28 January 2022
The Human Rights Grantmaking Principles: a tool to transform philanthropy
As a field, human rights funding aims to move money to those working to protect and advance human rights. Yet, among funders who share that value, funding practices do not…
News - 28 January 2022
Unexpected parallels between philanthropy and taxation
At first sight, taxation and philanthropy have little in common. Whereas taxation is a coercive mechanism, through which states levy revenue and then reallocate it according their policy objectives, philanthropy…
News - 24 January 2022
SwissFoundations Symposium 2022
The SwissFoundations Symposium will take place on 1 September, 2022 at the Kultur und Kongresshaus in Aarau, Switzerland.