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News - 15 May 2019

Making Innovation become Social Change: A role – and a new profile – for Foundations in the next few years

In the first decade of this century many European foundations, among them the Italians, saw social innovation as the added value they could provide to their communities. The process included…
News - 14 May 2019

Back to the future: Questions for foundations

1989 – What a time to be alive! The Berlin Wall came down. The Cold War was pronounced over. It felt as if we had entered a bright new future,…
News - 13 May 2019

Philanthropy: Creating impact in a constantly changing, interconnected world

As we contemplate the future of effective philanthropic work, one of the main obstacles that the sector must navigate is, paradoxically, the good feeling that the work of helping others…
News - 13 May 2019

African Philanthropy Meeting

The EFC is co-organising a meeting between African philanthropic organisations, and EFC members active in Africa, so as to better understand the landscape of African philanthropy, on 21 May, Paris.
News - 13 May 2019

EFC: indispensable partner in the ecosystem of philanthropy

Amazing to realise that this year it is 30 years ago that, following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the EFC was created. I have participated 29 times in the…
News - 16 April 2019

EFC Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe 2019

Applications are now closed. For the 4th edition of the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe, 20 mid-to-senior-level philanthropic leaders from China and Europe will gather from 15th-22nd September…
News - 22 March 2019

European Philanthropy Manifesto – Private resources for public good (2019)

News - 16 March 2019

Press release: European Philanthropy Manifesto launched on 20 March – please sign on!

On Wednesday 20 March the European Philanthropy Manifesto, including four key recommendations to introduce a Single Market for Philanthropy, was launched at Philanthropy House in Brussels…
News - 9 March 2019

Press release: European philanthropy sector pushes back on proposed Dutch law requiring disclosure of donor information

Brussels, 26 February – Responding to the recently proposed act on transparency of civil society organisations in the Netherlands, the EFC and DAFNE have filed a joint contribution…
News - 1 January 2019

Key Facts about European Philanthropy Working Internationally (2019)