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Vital systems, healthy communities: reflections on the 2021 Global Philanthropy Forum
This year’s Global Philanthropy Forum brought leading philanthropists together online to take an expansive look at what is needed to create healthy communities, in a way that promotes equity and well-being for all. The forum …
European Parliament discusses need for a single market for philanthropy
Is there a need for a single market for philanthropy? The European Parliament launched a discussion of this question last week. The initiative calling for public-private partnerships for the common good was welcomed by EC …
EFC Annual Conference 2021: From crisis to opportunity
Alliance magazine is proud to have been a media partner at this year’s European Foundation Centre conference in Vienna, Austria. We’d like to thank the following contributors: Lucy Bernholz Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and …
Alliance webinar: Future of philanthropy in Europe
The face of European philanthropy is changing. Funding priorities, strategies and practices are being re-examined in response to wealth inequality, the climate emergency and the Covid pandemic. To meaningfully contribute to Europe’s most pressing issues, …
Reading the conference from an arts & cultural perspective
During the Conference, I was looking for society, democracy, climate and philanthropy tracks in arts and culture. The discursive part of the Conference program was arranged around four tracks: society, democracy, philanthropy, and climate. …
In pursuit of digital humanism
Last week, The EFC held their 2021 Annual Conference, and Alliance asked its readers what session they would like to hear about most in a poll. The winner was ‘Philanthropy’s new normal’ in the Philanthropy …
A fresh look at the European philanthropy ecosystem: is there a place for Ukrainian practices?
Becoming a part of the European philanthropic community for Ukrainian entity was not easy: almost half a year had passed from the time when we filled out the application form to the day when) Zagoriy …
McKnight Foundation joins growing number of institutions decarbonizing endowments
The McKnight Foundation has committed to bringing its $3 billion endowment to net-zero by 2050. The announcement puts the foundation in company of a growing number of institutions that are working to reduce the environmental …
Oak Foundation appoints Masego Madzwamuse to direct Environment Programme
The Oak Foundation has appointed Masego Madzwamuse as director of its Environment Programme. Madzwamuse, who was previously CEO at the Southern Africa Trust, joined the Geneva-based team last month. ‘Masego has an established track record …
Multiple lessons from multiple crises: a five-step roadmap for philanthropy
The EFC Annual Conference 2021 started off with a trailer video, where multimedia artist André Heller said ‘Vienna is a perfect place to be born and a perfect place to die. In between, it is …