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American Express American Express believe that serving our communities is not only integral to running a business successfully, it is part of our individual responsibilities as citizens of the world. The mission of their program is to bring to life the American Express value of good corporate citizenship by supporting diverse communities in ways that enhance the company's reputation with employees, customers, business partners and other stakeholders. They do this by supporting visionary not-for-profit organizations.

AVINA Stiftung MISSION To contribute to sustainable development in Latin America by encouraging productive alliances based on trust among social and business leaders and by brokering consensus around agendas for action.

VISION They seek a prosperous, integrated, and democratic Latin America,inspired in its diversity, built in solidarity by its citizens, and known globally for its own model of sustainable and inclusive development. They want to be recognized as an effective and innovative organization that contributes to the sustainable development of Latin America.

Bernard van Leer Foundation (NEF member)* The Bernard van Leer Foundation funds and shares knowledge about work in early childhood development and child rights. Download or order their free publications and browse their projects for disadvantaged young children we support through partner organisations around the world. The foundation was established in 1949 and is based in the Netherlands.

Their income is derived from the bequest of Bernard van Leer, a Dutch industrialist and philanthropist, who lived from 1883 to 1958. Working with other organisations, their mission is to develop and support programmes that create significant positive change for children up to the age of eight who are growing up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage. Their vision is one of a world where, in spite of such circumstances, young children reach their full potential.

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Their goals for more than half a century have been to Strengthen democratic values, Reduce poverty and injustice, Promote international cooperation and to Advance human achievement.

A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political, economic and social systems that promote peace, human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends. They believe that the best way to meet this challenge is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located; to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors; and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and all levels of society.

The German Marshall Fund of the United States The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe.

GMF does this by supporting individuals and institutions working on transatlantic issues, by convening leaders to discuss the most pressing transatlantic themes, and by examining ways in which transatlantic cooperation can address a variety of global policy challenges. In addition, GMF supports a number of initiatives to strengthen democracies.

King Baudouin Foundation (NEF member)* The mission of the King Baudouin Foundation is clear and at the same time wide-ranging: to help to improve living conditions for the population. In its 1976 Constitution the Foundation is described as "an independent structure that encourages original ideas and sets up new projects."

The King Baudouin Foundation supports projects and citizens who are committed to create a better society. In this way we can make a lasting contribution towards greater justice, democracy and respect for diversity.

Mercator Fund (NEF member)* A project of the Network of European Foundations, the Mercator Fund’s mission is to support innovative philanthropic projects.

The Mercator Fund works as a catalyst for programmes and initiatives in areas where European foundations and international partners can cooperate on pressing global issues. In particular, to link European philanthropy with Arab philanthropy, the Mercator Fund invites foundation actors from each region to coordinate their efforts, learn from each other, and put in place the building blocks for future cooperation.

Charles Steward Mott Foundation (NEF member)* "It seems to me that every person, always, is in a kind of informal partnership with his community. His own success is dependent to a large degree on that community, and the community, after all, is the sum total of the individuals who make it up. The institutions of a community, in turn, are the means by which those individuals express their faith, their ideals and their concern for fellow men." - Charles Stewart Mott, 1875-1973

This central belief of Charles Stewart Mott was the basis upon which the Mott Foundation was established as a private foundation in 1926. While this remains the guiding principle of the Foundation's grantmaking, we have refined and broadened our grantmaking over time to reflect changing national and world environment conditions.

Network of European Foundations (NEF) The Network of European Foundations (NEF) is a flexible not-for-profit international organisation. Its headquarters are located in Brussels (Belgium).

The mission of NEF is (a) to act as an operational platform to develop projects between foundations and other types of organised philanthropy and other giving programmes; (b) to develop programs related to Europe and the role of Europe on the global stage; and (c) to give a European perspective and opportunities for European experience to regional/local initiatives.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (NEF member)* Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) is an independent foundation with the goal of promoting and supporting research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

In 1962, the Riksdag approved a donation from Riksbanken (the Swedish Central Bank), aimed at celebrating Riksbanken’s 300th anniversary in 1968 and, simultaneously, supporting an important national objective.

*Alliance is a project of NEF (Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation)

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GIFE, Brazil
ICD, Uruguay
CAF Southern Africa

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