New promise Thirty years ago, European philanthropy stood on the brink of new promise. The formation of the EFC on 9 November 1989 – the same day that the Berlin…
News - 15 July 2019
Researchers and practitioners explore ways to ease cross-border philanthropy in Europe
At a pre-conference event ahead of the 9th International Research Conference of the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) a group of researchers and practitioners came…
News - 15 July 2019
Philanthropy for the Twenty-first Century
When in the early 1980s I became part of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH), then in 1986 its General Director, I had nearly 20…
News - 10 July 2019
EFC Chair Massimo Lapucci and other members to speak at the UN event ”Philanthropy & the SDGs”
The EFC’s Chair, Massimo Lapucci, will be speaking at the UN event ”Philanthropy & the SDGs” special event taking place in New York on the 16 July, alongside representatives…
News - 10 July 2019
Joan Weinstein to be new director of the Getty Foundation
Joan Weinstein has been announced as the new director of the Getty Foundation, moving on from her previous position as deputy director, and acting director. Weinstein…
News - 9 July 2019
EVPA Annual Conference 2019
The European Venture Philanthropy Association‘s (EVPA) 15th Annual Conference will take place on 5-7 November 2019, in the The Hague, in collaboration with ImpactFest. The two-day…
News - 9 July 2019
Social Impact Measurement and Management
The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) is organising a course on Social Impact Measurement and Management in Philanthropy House, Brussels on 26-27 September 2019. The course, organised in…
The Operations Professionals Network Summer Meeting 2019 will take place in Philanthropy House, Brussels, from 8-9 July, and will provide its participants with the opportunity to learn, exchange…
News - 8 July 2019
A global strategy for a divided Europe: Philanthropy without borders
During the 2019 EFC conference in Paris, French illustrator Plantu showed us a shrewd vignette with a clear message: “Before 1989 one could not even meet, today everything is…
News - 19 June 2019
EFC Strategic Learning Network kicks off in Brussels
The EFC has launched a network of philanthropy professionals focused on strategic learning. Experts on strategy, monitoring, evaluation and learning from 23 foundations convened on 5 June 2019 at…