Coping with the crisis: how European donor associations fared

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

How were donor and foundation associations in Europe affected by the financial crisis and how did they respond? To find out, in summer 2009, Donors Associations and Foundations in Europe (DAFNE) began to collect information on the impact of the financial crisis on its members. Click here to read ...


Private Equity Foundation, UK and Germany

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

Founded in 2006, the London-based Private Equity Foundation (PEF) very quickly positioned itself as an important venture philanthropy fund in the UK. Its volume of financial investments reflected the success of its backers in a period of economic boom. Click here to read ...


One Foundation, Ireland

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

One Foundation is a private philanthropic fund based in Dublin, Ireland. It is a ten-year fund, set up in 2004 and operating to 2013. Its mission is to improve the life chances of disadvantaged children and young people in Ireland and Vietnam. To achieve this, One Foundation invests in mental health, integration of minorities and social entrepreneurship. Click here to read ...


Stiftung Mercator, Germany

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

Based in Essen, Germany, Stiftung Mercator is organized into three ‘competence centres’ – Education; Research and higher education; and International relations. Its grantmaking budget for 2009 is approximately €32 million, an increase of 50 per cent over last year. This planned long-term growth will continue despite the financial crisis as the founding family has stood by its decision to significantly increase its philanthropic investment. Click here to read ...


King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

The King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) is an independent foundation which is active at Belgian, European and international level. Its activity areas are poverty and social justice, democracy in Belgium and the Balkans, heritage, philanthropy, health, leadership, local engagement, migration, and development. The foundation was created in 1976 to mark the 25th anniversary of King Baudouin’s reign. Click here to read ...


The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a Portuguese private foundation founded in 1956 with a bequest from Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian. It actively pursues its statutory aims (in the fields of arts, charity, education and science) in Portugal and abroad through a wide range of direct activities, scholarships to individuals and grants supporting projects and programmes. As well as its head office in Lisbon, it has a branch in the UK and a cultural centre in Paris. Click here to read ...


Good Deed Foundation, Estonia

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

Good Deed Foundation invests in social enterprises and more traditional non-profit organizations that show the greatest potential to solve Estonia’s most pressing problems. In addition to providing long-term financial support, which includes grants, loans and the underwriting of loans, the foundation helps to recruit expert volunteers for its portfolio of investments. Click here to read ...


Fund 1818, Netherlands

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

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Fondation Ensemble, France

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

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The Northern Rock Foundation, based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, aims to tackle disadvantage and improve the quality of life in north-east England and Cumbria. It was established when former building society Northern Rock demutualized in 1997 and became a bank. Northern Rock pledged to give 5 per cent of its annual pre-tax profits to the foundation.

Fiona Ellis

Northern Rock Foundation, UK

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

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