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‘You need a few data, otherwise you don’t exist’
‘You need a few data, otherwise you don’t exist,’ said Benoit Fontaine of the King Baudouin Foundation, speaking at a High Tea meeting co-hosted by the EFC and Alliance in Brussels on 19 November. The …
EVPA’s annual conference challenges a whole sector: can we do more?
Is the venture philanthropy community in Europe in a time of uncertainty really backing the changemakers in the right way? Is it reaching its full potential? Can we do more? These questions were the red …
What can foundations do to support the European project?
‘Foundations and Europe: Think, Act, Change’ was the title of the European Foundation Centre’s second Autumn Assembly, held in Brussels on 12 November. A majority of Europeans are sceptical about the European Union and what …
Seeding the Future of Europe: NEF marks tenth birthday with unconventional summit
The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is an independent grant giving and programming foundation based in the Netherlands. It was founded almost 60 years ago by leading European thinkers, including Denis de Rougemont and Robert Schumann, who …
Europe is a cause
This summer I had the chance to visit the Rockefeller Archive Center in Tarrytown, New York State. During that stay I was able to glance at some of the diaries that employees of the Rockefeller Foundation …
Crisis on our minds
So Cyprus has now asked for a bailout. With the fifth EU country taking this last resort measure, the Eurocrisis is deepening. At the EFC we’re constantly thinking and talking about what this crisis means …
Social innovation: from buzzword to byword
In recent years, social innovation has become a buzzword in the corridors of foundations and their partners, and yet the concept is far from new. In fact, social innovation has been around as long as …
Venture philanthropy in Europe hits €1 billion
€1 billion, the cumulative total of philanthropic investment by venture philanthropy in Europe. This was the big announcement at last week’s European Venture Philanthropy Association(EVPA) annual conference in Turin. The sum, drawn from the first analysis …
Giving in perpetuity or spending out: pros and cons
As director of GrantCraft in Europe, I always have my ear to the ground so as to pick up on the impulses and trends that are driving the foundation sector which can later serve as …
An AGA in a day: the EFC and DAFNE Autumn Assembly
In an attempt to foster greater collaboration among foundations and donor networks, the EFC, in cooperation with DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, 21 members across Europe collectively serving more than 5,500 donors and …
