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 […]
Read the articleTeams 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 […]
Read the articleOn 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 […]
Read the articleLes 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 […]
Read the articleMaître 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 […]
Read the articleThis 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 […]
Read the articleLa 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 […]
Read the articleOrganized 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 […]
Read the articleThe 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 […]
Read the articleLast week was marked by the annual meeting in virtual format of the 21 member countries of the TGE network; Swiss Philanthropy Foundation participated as a representative for Switzerland. In addition to bringing together all its members to discuss the latest developments in the sector, this meeting is above all an opportunity to discuss strategic […]
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