Author Archive:
Heiko Specking
Foundations and civil society engagement: The raison d’être of small foundations engaging on community level
Small foundations tend to target local issues, rather than chase large scale national impact. There is a different dynamic in their engagement with beneficiaries and therefore the impact of their work needs to be considered …
The Swiss Foundation Code 2015: A state of the art regulatory for grant-making foundations
The new Swiss Foundation Code (SFC) 2015 was launched last month, in Zurich. This completely revised third edition of self-regulatory governance guidelines consists of three core principles and 29 (three more than the 2009 code) …
Social impact bonds: made in Switzerland – finally!
In 2010 the first social impact bond was launched in the UK. In its very nature this innovative structured fixed-income instrument proved the concept of realising a reasonable financial return along with a measurable social …
SwissFoundations Symposium 2015: How foundations reach their goals
Swiss Foundations, the association of Swiss grant-making foundations, chose a picturesque place for a day-long annual symposium on 3 June 2015. Three hundred participants were warmly welcomed at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, a well-respected Swiss …
