23 Dezember 2020 | Blog le Temps, Großzügigkeit und deren Vermittlung,

Etienne Eichenberger – Esprit de Noël, esprit de famille 

En mars, ma fille ainée de 15 ans me demandait si l’épidémie du Covid19 entrerait dans l’histoire avec un grand « H ». J’aurais été alors bien en peine d’anticiper ces mois éprouvants que nous avons tous vécu, qui marqueront sans nul doute les histoires de chacun d’entre nous. Ces dernières semaines, nous avons pu […]

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10 Dezember 2020 | News,

We are moving out to new offices

We would like to inform you that Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and WISE philanthropy advisors are moving their offices. We thank you in advance for taking note of our new address to update your database: Place de Cornavin 2 1211 Geneva 1 Post office box and phone numbers of each organisation remain the same. We invite […]

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08 Dezember 2020 | Presse,

« Philanthropy comes to the rescue of health », Bilan, 27 november 2020

In its 2020 edition of the series „The 300 richest in Switzerland“, the magazine Bilan devoted a dossier on philanthropy and the strong mobilization of donors for health, reinforced by the current health emergency context. Etienne Eichenberger contributed to this notebook by reviewing in particular the collaboration of the foundation he chairs Swiss Philanthropy Foundation […]

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08 Dezember 2020 | News,

The hosted fund „ella Fund“ is starting an innovative project to improve the health of mothers and newborns in Senegal

Created in 2016, this philanthropic fund aims to promote the empowerment of women and girls around the world by improving their access to education, health care and entrepreneurship. Biologist and successful entrepreneur, Erin Gainer is the founder. Alongside her family, she sits on the Steering Committee, while being very involved in the implementation and monitoring […]

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07 Dezember 2020 | News,

Meeting with a Swiss organization beneficiary of the TGE network: The MSC Foundation

Teams from the Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation spoke with Marina Anselme, Secretary General of the MSC Foundation, a public utility organization member of the Transnational Giving Europe network. The opportunity to discuss the activities carried out by the organization and its development prospects. But also the advantages and opportunities represented by […]

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02 Dezember 2020 | News,

SPF Blog on „Le Temps“ platform | „Why give?“, Prof. François Dermange

On the occasion of „Giving Tuesday“, day of generosity, we tried to answer this question, by giving the floor to François Dermange, guest of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation Blog on the Le Temps platform. In his testimony, which is both contemporary and timeless, he gives us his thoughts on the motivations for generosity, notably through […]

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01 Dezember 2020 | Blog le Temps, Großzügigkeit und deren Vermittlung,

François Dermange – Pourquoi donner ? 

Les études de neuro-imagerie le montrent : le comportement généreux procure du plaisir et, par sa connexion à d’autres zones du cerveau, participe à créer une sensation de bonheur. Cela fait-il de la recherche du plaisir la motivation à donner ? Certains le pensent, qui trouvent là une justification empirique aux thèses avancées voici deux […]

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30 November 2020 | News,

SPF Blog on Le Temps | „Thought on generosity and foundations“, Loïc Pfister

Maître Loïc Pfister is the guest of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation blog on the Temps platform. In his testimony, he gives us his personal reflections on generosity and addresses the challenges facing foundations today, in particular through the relevance and effectiveness of their actions. This Blog opens a new series of publications, where we wanted […]

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26 November 2020 | News,

Speech by Sabrina Grassi: International conference “Taxation and philanthropy”

This Thursday 26 November 2020, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation participated in the „Taxation and philanthropy“ conference, organized by the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy of the University of Geneva (GCP). This international academic event offers experts from around the world a forum to meet and exchange national or regional knowledge and perspectives on the taxation of philanthropic […]

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19 November 2020 | Blog le Temps, Großzügigkeit und deren Vermittlung,

Loïc Pfister – Quelques réflexions sur la générosité et les fondations

La beauté invite à la générosité Les concerts et les expositions me manquent pendant cette pandémie. En attendant, je me suis intéressé à un essai intitulé “On Beauty and being just“, Elaine Scarry, professeure de philosophie à Harvard, y soutient que la beauté nous aide à porter notre attention sur la justice. La beauté nous […]

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