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…
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Philanthropy sector and NPO coalition engage with Financial Action Task Force
The philanthropic sector, represented by Hanna Surmatz from the EFC on behalf of the wider philanthropic infrastructure (WINGS), engaged with the Financial…
Why are we doing this? How foundations are thinking differently about their missions
Historically foundation activity has largely meant grant giving, and as grant givers much of our attention has focussed on “how” questions: How do we communicate our requirements? How do we…
Open letter to new Commission and Parliament calls for protection of EU values and civil society
The Active Citizens Fund has released an open letter calling on EU decision-makers to protect European values as outlined in Article 2 of the EU Treaty, with a specific call…
Scaling Impact for Social Investors
The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) is organising a course on Scaling Impact for Social Investors, in cooperation with the Catolica Lisbon Business School, in…
20 participants selected to take part in the EFC Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe 2019
20 participants from Russia and Europe have been selected to take part in the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia- Europe 2019, a new EFC exchange programme aiming to…
How not to lose trust and miss a window of opportunity
As the general set up of Europe underwent fundamental changes in 1989, it seemed that European foundations were getting their act together to help trigger them. One might remember this…