Archive

News - 12 November 2025

Portuguese Foundation Centre launches Commitment for Climate Action

The Portuguese Foundation Centre has launched the Portuguese Foundations Commitment for Climate Action, a framework for foundations to integrate climate across their work, on 24 October,…
News - 6 November 2025

How systems leadership could hold the key

The question is not "who is leading?" but "what leadership capacities are we cultivating?"
News - 4 November 2025

Organisational Development Community of Practice – Learning from Across the Atlantic

View the programme Register The Organisational Development Community of…
News - 3 November 2025

Operations Professionals Network – Bridges over Troubled Waters: Collaboration across Boundaries

The Operations Professionals Network will host “Bridges over Troubled Waters: Collaboration across Boundaries“ in London from 2-4 December 2025. This two-day gathering will examine how foundations can deepen collaborative…
News - 31 October 2025

Philea calls on the European Commission to reconsider withdrawing the European Cross-Border Association

Philea strongly opposes the European Commission’s proposal to withdraw the Directive on European Cross-Border Associations (ECBA) within 6 months, as was announced on 21 October 2025.
News - 28 October 2025

Philea and EFA concerned about Meta ban on advertising for civil society and philanthropy

In official documents published at the end of September, Meta announced its decision to ban all advertising relating to political, party-political, electoral or social issues within the European Union from…
News - 16 October 2025

Evidence and Learning Community of Practice – The Paradigm Shift: Equitable and Participatory Approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

View the programme Register The Evidence and Learning Community…
News - 9 October 2025

Beyond charity: How philanthropy can drive equality and systemic change

What role can philanthropy play in strengthening democracy and equality? How can it move beyond funding projects to tackle deeper challenges like polarisation, inequality and erosion of trust?
News - 7 October 2025

Power, equality and inclusion in philanthropy

Funders can’t just hand out money and hope for the best. We need real partnerships - especially with those experiencing and tackling inequality every day. But how do we build those partnerships in a way that feels fair?
News - 29 September 2025

Five years at Philea (and learning every day)

It’s been, to the day, exactly five years since I joined the world of philanthropy. I had, until then, only courted the sector from behind a veil, as a grantee of philanthropic foundations who had generously supported my work in protecting children and their rights.