The 11th edition of the Master Class in Philanthropy will be held from 23 to 25 August 2023 at the Château de Bossey. Organised by the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation in partnership with the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) of the University of Basel and the Centre for Philanthropy of the University of Geneva (GCP), this […]
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We welcomed Séverine Felley to our offices for a final workshop on the values defined in our 2022-2025 strategic plan: Integrity, Independence, Simplicity and Innovation. After a review of how we have already started to translate these values into behaviours since our last workshop in October, the aim was to determine in concrete terms how […]
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En 2019, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation a inauguré un blog autour de la générosité en partenariat avec Le Temps car nous étions convaincus ensemble que la philanthropie était un thème de société dont l’importance allait grandissant. Grâce à 24 contributions variées, nous avons pu voir combien la philanthropie est un sujet pluriel, qui permet de traiter […]
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After three years of activity, we have decided to close our blog hosted on the Le Temps website, in order to open up to other means of communication, to be discovered soon online. On this occasion, Etienne Eichenberger, Chairman of the Board of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, opens a personal reflection on three courses of […]
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The Italian version of the Swiss Foundation Code was launched last week in Lugano. This is the fourth edition of this reference book on good governance and management practices for foundations in Switzerland and beyond, which is now available in three national languages (French, German, Italian) and in English. This presentation was organised by SwissFoundations, […]
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Education Day to celebrate the role of education for peace and development. As a host foundation, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation has developed a cluster of support and expertise for education and employment. This is achieved both through our own Education & Employment thematic Fund, which has […]
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In a new article on our blog hosted by Le Temps, Simon Mériaux shares ideas drawn from his experience at the MAVA Foundation in order to demonstrate a virtuous philanthropy that effectively responds to the concomitant crises that the planet is undergoing, a world that can be described as V.I.C.A.: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. […]
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Il est indéniable que nous vivons depuis plusieurs années dans un monde V.I.C.A. : Volatile, Incertain, Complexe et Ambigü. Des problèmes économiques et sociaux fleurissent un peu partout. L’appétit de l’humanité va grandissant et les pressions sur les systèmes naturels ne cessent de s’intensifier. Le réchauffement du climat constitue un défi inédit. La récente pandémie […]
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Lukas von Orelli, President of SwissFoundations since 2016, will hand over his mandate to Sabrina Grassi, a member of the Board since 2020, at the General Assembly on 6 June 2023. At the same time, the Board of SwissFoundations is being reorganised. The reorganisation of the Board was initiated in view of the current size […]
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In its new supplement dedicated to philanthropy, the magazine Bilan proposes an article entitled “Switzerland, a global hub for ocean philanthropy”. Sabrina Grassi, General Director of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, explains this phenomenon by two factors: the link between glaciers and lakes and the oceans via rivers, and Switzerland’s international role. “The fact that we don’t […]
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