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Fund 1818, Netherlands
Fund 1818 is a regional fund, working in the area around The Hague, Netherlands. Since 1992, when it emerged from a socially oriented bank, it has usually spent around €10 million on around 1,000 grants …
Good Deed Foundation, Estonia
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 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
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 …
King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium
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, …
Stiftung Mercator, Germany
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 …
One Foundation, Ireland
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 …
Private Equity Foundation, UK and Germany
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 …
Holding corporations accountable for climate change
Although China has overtaken the United States in recent years as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, during the same period its production of export goods has been responsible for half of the growth …
The indigenous peoples climate action fund
Responding to the scientific and social complexities of the climate crisis requires bringing all of humanity’s wisdom into the room and working in ways that build bridges across traditional boundaries. Foundation leadership must deploy a …
The barefoot approach to climate change
Mohandas Gandhi once said: ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’. With that simple piece of wisdom, one man brought down the largest empire the world has ever seen. Global warming, on …
