SIGNs of CHANGE – 10th Anniversary of SIGN Network exhibition opening
The latest exhibition to be displayed in Philanthropy House, SIGNs of CHANGE, provided by the SIGN Network will have an opening event…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
The European foundation sector has come a long way
The early days I am somewhat in awe of the pioneering vision and optimism shown by the foundations that came together to found the EFC in 1989 and also of…
Wake up, philanthropy!
Anyone who has ever been to Augsburg knows that it has a city within the city. I mean the Fuggerei, the oldest existing social settlement in the world. Here, surrounded…
“The place where operations professionals can speak their language and be completely understood” – Operations Professionals Network summer meeting 2019
The EFC’s Operations Professionals Network (OPN) held its summer meeting on 8-9 July 2019 in Philanthropy House, Brussels, to open up discussions and dialogue on topical operational issues…