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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Organized for the first time by HIGGS, the national representative of TGE in Greece, the event conference: “TGE Network & Cross-border Donations in Europe” took place online on October 29th and gathered more than 130 participants. Thanks to the presence of European TGE representatives, the meeting made it possible to take stock of national and […]
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The COVID-19 Rapid Support Fund, created by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation in the spring of 2020, helps NGOs whose activities have been impacted by the pandemic. Thanks to the strong mobilization of donors and a “matching funds” mechanism by SPF, a fund of CHF 690’000.- was raised in record time, in order to rapidly support organizations […]
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