In our first newsletter of the year, we are pleased to offer you an exclusive overview of our key figures for the past year. We are also already sharing the first concrete results of our support to ProSpecieRara through our “Footprint” Thematic Fund, only six months after the project was launched. Finally, we have two vacancies open until the beginning of March: General Director of the Foundation, and Legal Officer – Administrative Manager.

As the festive season approaches, we are particularly grateful for the inspiring generosity shown by our donors throughout the year and for their confidence in our solutions to organise and facilitate their philanthropy for projects of general interest. We would also like to thank our partners for the invaluable collaboration and synergies that have enabled us to promote philanthropy even further. This quarter, through our Rapid Response Fund activated in response to the emergency in Lebanon, we continued to support local Lebanese organisations, raising a total of CHF 377,000 to help displaced families affected by the escalation of hostilities. We also completed three years of support for a maternal and child health project in Uganda through our Health Thematic Fund. In addition, the Master Class in Philanthropy, scheduled for the end of March 2025, will soon be fully booked. Our Foundation also supported Swiss donors in their support for the emergency funds set up by our partners in the Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) network in Spain (Valencia) and France (Mayotte). Finally, we also appeared in the newsletter of the Swiss Embassy in France to promote the philanthropy of the Swiss abroad, as part of our partnership with the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad.

This quarter, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation reached several significant milestones. We announced the upcoming Master Class in Philanthropy, scheduled for March 2025. Recently, we activated our Rapid Response Fund to face the crisis in Lebanon. This summer, the total amount of donations we have received since our creation in 2006 surpassed CHF 400 million, and we celebrated the creation of our 100th hosted fund. On the team level, we are recruiting a Project Administrator, while welcoming a new Junior Project Coordinator through our Young Talent Program. The Foundation also actively participated in events, including a workshop on cross-border giving in collaboration with the International Geneva Welcome Centre and the 100th Congress of the Swiss Abroad.

In this month of June, we invite you to discover Demaimpact, a participatory initiative hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation that encourages young people to engage in philanthropy. Recently, this fund has been particularly active. The second cohort of young participants has selected the projects they will support in 2024-2025. Those from the first cohort who chose to support among others IdéeSport had the opportunity to visit the project this year. Additionally, Demaimpact has been featured in two major philanthropic media outlets. Next, we invite you to revisit our event “Inspiring solutions to a world in crisis” followed by a webinar where we presented our bi-annual activity report for the period 2022-2023.

As the first quarter of the year draws to a close, discover the key figures for the year 2023 from Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. We are also sharing three videos highlighting our solutions and our commitment to promoting philanthropy. We invite you to discover a vibrant testimonial on the philanthropic testamentary fund and a testimonial from an entrepreneurial couple who opted for the donor advised fund to implement their philanthropic impact. Finally, the last video looks at the approach and results of our survey on the generosity of the Swiss abroad, as well as the solutions that facilitate this generosity. We then invite you to discover our new brochures, which you can download by following the link to our website. We are also pleased to announce the arrival of Olivier Ratel, Director of Finance and Administration in our team. Finally, we look back briefly at three events that took place at the beginning of the year.

Our November newsletter is an opportunity to share the results of the survey we conducted in partnership with the Organization of the Swiss Abroad on the generosity of the Swiss abroad. We also look back at two events linked to the Transnational Giving Europe network, for which we are the Swiss representative. And don’t miss the call for applications for the Demaimpact collaborative initiative, hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, which remains open until November 12. Finally, we are delighted to welcome two new members to our team.

In this September newsletter, you can read about the resources we are making available to donors to support Morocco in the wake of the violent earthquake. We also look back on the success of the Master Class in Philanthropy held at the end of August, and let you discover a collaborative initiative hosted within our Foundation: Safe and Sound Cities in a new video interview format with the various stakeholders. Finally, we invite you to read an interview given by two members of our team to Alliance magazine. This is also our first bilingual French-English newsletter. Please let us know what you think of this new format.

The December Newsletter presents the Foundation’s greeting card. The entire Swiss Philanthropy Foundation team sends you their best wishes for a Happy New Year 2022 and looks forward to seeing you again next year.

The November Newsletter reports on the latest news of the Foundation, and in particular on the Master Class 2021. You can also find Davide Rodogno’s article for the SPF Blog of the platform Le Temps, as well as a review of the COP26 and the figures achieved by the TGE.

The June Newsletter is dedicated to the latest news from the Foundation. It includes the Verbier Festival Philanthropy Forum, the nomination of the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the Corporate Social Responsability & Diversity Awards and two articles written by Sabrina Grassi and Câline Yamakawa. You can also find the 2020 Condensed Report.

The March Newsletter is dedicated to the latest news from the Foundation, including the arrival of new staff members, the latest Transnational Giving Europe record figures for 2020, the transition of the COVID-19 Solidarity Reponse Fund to the WHO Foundation, an article on the question of power in the philanthropic relationship, the intervention of Etienne Eicherberger, the President of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation in the 3D Program on Léman Bleu and the publication of the 2021 brochure of our Master Class in Philanthropy.    

The January Newsletter is dedicated to the Foundation’s latest news, including the activities’ growth for 2020, an article on philantropy taxation regarding Switzerland, the opening of our Master class’s registrations and the publication of the “Family Philanthropy Navigator”.

The December 2020 Newsletter looks back on the highlights of 2020. Our entire team also sends you our best wishes.

The October Newsletter is devoted to the Foundation’s latest news, including the creation of a rapid support fund to support NGOs impacted by Covid-19, the election of Sabrina Grassi as member of the Steering Committee of SwissFoundation, the growth of the activities of the TGE network in the first half of 2020, current recruitments and recent events, not to mention the appointments of external members of our Financial Commission.

Discover Swiss Philanthropy Foundation’s  Activity Report, which looks back on the developments of the years 2018 and 2019.

The May newsletter is devoted to the Foundation’s latest news, with the creation of three new emergency aid funds to reach people affected by Covid-19. Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is delighted to support these local and international philanthropic initiatives, symbols of generosity and solidarity.

Launch of a Covid-19 fund in favor of the World Health Organization in Geneva: Swiss Philanthropy Foundation has joined forces with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the fight against COVID-19, by becoming partner, alongside the United Nations Foundation, of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

The January Newsletter is devoted to the latest news from the Foundation, including the appointment of Sabrina Grassi as Managing Director, the evolution of the operational team and the key figures for 2019.

A look back at the success of the 2019 edition of the Verbier Festival Philanthropy Forum.

Creation of the 50th sheltered fund of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation

Second edition of the Verbier Festival Philanthropy Forum.

Philanthropy: 3 misconceptions you may have…

Philanthropy: a Geneva success story

Highlights 2019: Find the highlights of the beginning of the year.

A joint initiative of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and the Verbier Festival. The vision and generous support of philanthropists – and foundations in particular – are essential in the field of education and music.

What developments for cross-border philanthropy in Europe?

Philanthropy: an update on the latest practices, music and philanthropy, and the Foundation’s biennial report.

When Music Meets Philanthropy, Philanthropy Across Generations, Responding to the Challenges of Professionalizing Philanthropy and 9th edition of the Geneva Forum for Sustainable Investment.

Presidency 2018 of the cross-border donation network “Transnational Giving Europe”.

Highlights of 2017