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Online fundraising website Bmycharity to close

11 March 2010
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UK-based fundraising website Bmycharity is to close next week after a sponsorship deal collapsed, leaving it without the resources it needs to continue. The site, which was set up in 2000, stopped taking commission charges in October last year, stating that it would instead be funded by business sponsorship. Earlier this month, the firm announced it had recruited its first corporate sponsor, financial services company Interactive Investor – and managing director Ben Brabyn said the company had not pulled out of the sponsorship deal. Click here to read ...


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Call for Nominations: 2010 Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Europe

3 March 2010
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Underlining the need to remove obstacles to cross-border working

Rosa Gallego
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

More than 90 people attended the seminar on cross-border philanthropy in Europe, organized by the Academy of European Law (ERA), the European Foundation Centre (EFC), King Baudouin Foundation, Fondation Fournier-Majoie and Transnational Giving Europe, which explored the barriers foundations face when working across borders and reviewed the latest legal and fiscal developments and possible solutions. Click here to read ...


3rd Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding

Pier Mario Vello
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Hosted by the Wellcome Trust and attended by about a hundred people from research institutes, universities and foundations, the third annual Forum on Philanthropy and Scientific Research Funding took place in London on 2-3 December. Under the general title ‘Philanthropy: a growing asset for research’, the focus was on three key subjects: how foundations have developed innovative funding models for research; how evaluation can be used to improve the quality of research and decision-making; and how foundations and universities can work together to produce better research. Click here to read ...


Small grants and social change
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Small grants and social change

Stephen Pittam
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

When the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust more than doubled in size in 1988 following the takeover of the Rowntree Company by Nestlé, an interesting debate took place within the trust over whether it should split into two. A key issue was whether the trustees were comfortable with the greater power increased wealth would bring. Twenty years on, it is hard to believe that the debate happened. The trustees quickly grew used to their increased spending power. Click here to read ...


Italian foundations join forces in Africa

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

The Fondazioni4Africa initiative, set up in May 2008, represents an important commitment to joint working by the four major Italian foundations engaged in overseas development work: Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione Cariparma, Fondazione Cariplo and Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Its aim is to provide a platform for more strategic intervention and collaboration among the partners in order to maximize the effectiveness of their work. Click here to read ...


Investors' perspectives - Connecting mission and investment policy
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Investors' perspectives - Connecting mission and investment policy

Boudewijn de Blij
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

In March 2007, a Dutch TV programme revealed that the Dutch Cancer Foundation had some of its capital invested in cigarette companies and that quite a few pension funds were invested in companies manufacturing landmines and cluster bombs. These revelations spurred a heated debate in many quarters, including the boardroom of Fund 1818, about where the funds of charitable institutions and pension funds should be invested. Click here to read ...


EFC - Foundation Week to take foundations’ work to wider audience

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

A wide variety of activities, from debates about the role of foundations in society to cultural activities and exhibitions showcasing the impact of foundations’ work, is scheduled to take place during the first-ever EFC Foundation Week, from 31 May to 4 June in Brussels. Entitled ‘Foundation Week: Foundations’ Work’, the week aims to connect foundations with the public, European Union policy and decision makers, and other stakeholders so that each can learn from the others about matters affecting Europe and its citizens. Click here to read ...


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NEF - Religion and democracy a growing debate in Europe

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

The NEF Religion and Democracy initiative has raised a lot of interest among the public, as the recent publication of three reports and the increasing demand for them demonstrate. The three reports address the debates around education, health and the building of mosques in Europe. A fourth report, on religion and prejudice, will be published shortly. Click here to read ...


Monitoring EU regulations: when cooperation works

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Counter-terrorism measures implemented by the European Union can have a detrimental effect on the work of foundations and other non-profit organizations (NPOs) operating both in and beyond the EU. That is why the Stockholm Programme, the new EU programme in the area of freedom, security and justice for 2010-14, has been such a focus of attention and concern for the EFC in recent months. Click here to read ...


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