As border countries that have now seen thousands of Ukrainian refugees cross their borders and heard the call for help from neighboring Ukrainian charities, our Transational Giving Europe (TGE) partners have put in place solutions to address this conflict. Our partners in Hungary (Carpathian Foundation Hungary) and Slovakia (Carpathian Foundation Slovakia) have joined forces to […]
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At the beginning of the year, the Foundation was represented at two public events: Sabrina Grassi, Executive Director of the Foundation, participated in the webinar organized by the ESSEC Chair in Philanthropy “The governance of grant-making foundation. Common pitfalls and best practices”, with Prof. Georg von Schnurbein, Director of the Center for Philanthropy Studies at […]
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In 2020, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation set up a collaboration of 16 donors of different profiles to help NGOs previously supported through the Foundation’s thematic funds to navigate through the challenges of the crisis. Seven foundations, five private philanthropists and four nominative funds hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation […]
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During the year 2021, donors’ gestures of generosity and solidarity continued to increase, as shown by the key figures for the past year. Donations reached CHF 49 million in favor of 458 beneficiary organizations. In 2021, 8 new hosted funds were created, bringing the total number of funds created by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation to 76, […]
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sabrina Grassi as Director General of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation starting on the January 1st, 2020, four years after joining the Foundation. In addition, the team will be growing further with the arrival of Laurent Hostettler in March, as Administrative and Financial Director, reporting to the General […]
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Lorsque nous entendons parler d’un philanthrope, une jeune personne n’est pas la première image qui vient à l’esprit. Nous avons une certaine perception de ce qu’un philanthrope représente. Ce qui est curieux, c’est que le dictionnaire Larousse définit un philanthrope comme une personne qui agit de façon désintéressée, un altruiste et humanitariste qui s’occupe d’améliorer […]
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In this new contribution to our blog hosted on Le Temps platform, Anna Matevosyan asks why we tend to think of philanthropists as older people. She looks at the benefits of philanthropy, including the positive impact of starting to be a philanthropist at a young age. “Instead of waiting until the age of retirement, let’s […]
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The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund was created at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO). Active from March 13, 2020 and December 31, 2021, it enabled individuals, corporations and foundations to support the work of WHO and its partners to help countries prevent, detect and respond to the pandemic. In total, 676,626 donors have […]
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In this new contribution to our blog hosted on the Le Temps website, Aline Freiburghaus, Co-Director of SwissFoundations, explores the diversity of motivations that drive people to give, as well as their evolution. “Donors no longer only want to fill the gaps in the system, but are increasingly interested in anticipating societal changes, in order […]
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Voilà près de sept ans que j’ai plongé dans le monde fascinant de la philanthropie. Tout au long de mon parcours, j’ai rencontré des centaines d’êtres humains passionnés, tous animés par la volonté de donner afin d’avoir un impact positif sur la société. Si le secteur a indéniablement évolué ces dernière années, l’élan des philanthropes […]
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