March 2021
Following recent developments at the Foundation, marked in particular by the growth in the number of hosted funds and the strengthening of our institutional partnerships, we are delighted to announce that the team is growing with the arrival of Arline Brisemur as Project Administrator and Nicolas Cuendet as Head of Partnerships. This is the opportunity […]
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February 2021
Dans le contexte si particulier que nous traversons, les élans de générosité et de solidarité n’ont jamais été aussi nombreux, comme en témoignent les derniers chiffres du réseau TGE – “Transnational Giving Europe” dont Swiss Philanthropy Foundation est le représentant pour la Suisse. Sur l’ensemble des activités du réseau en 2020, on relève un accroissement […]
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February 2021
Le Fonds d’aide rapide COVID-19, créé par Swiss Philanthropy Foundation au printemps 2020, vient en aide aux ONG partenaires de longue date dont les activités ont été impactées par la pandémie. Grâce à la forte mobilisation de donateurs et d’un mécanisme de « matching funds » par SPF, un fonds de CHF 690’000.- a été […]
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February 2021
An avalanche of donations, new initiatives, mobilisation of companies, Philanthropy has experienced an unprecedented boom in these recent months. How do you explain this impulse of solidarity? To answer this question, Etienne Eichenberger, President of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, was one of the guests on the last 3D ECO programme broadcasted the 21st of February […]
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February 2021
Anne-Cathrine Frogg and Laurent Douek, members of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation Board of Trustees as well as Lucile Bula, project administrator within the team, will speak as part of a module devoted to sustainable development of the Master in Global Economic Governance and Public Affairs. Organised jointly by CIFE and the School of Government at […]
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February 2021
The fifth COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund Impact Report is available and looks back on the Fund’s allocations from October 1 to December 31, 2020. During this period, the Fund contributed USD 4.7 million to the World Health Organization ( WHO) and its partners, bringing the total disbursements to USD 224 million. The report highlights the […]
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February 2021
This Thursday, 4th february 2021, the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is participating in the conference “News from foundations and NPOs during the Coronavirus crisis”, organised by the French-speaking branch of proFonds. This event is an opportunity to provide an overview of the latest news, particularly the legal ones, from Swiss foundations and non-profit associations. The speakers […]
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January 2021
What legal systems and practices are most conducive to supporting and strengthening the philanthropic sector? Giedre Lideikyte Huber, guest of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation Blog on the Le Temps platform, explores this question. Based on the latest OECD report on the taxation of philanthropy, the author shares three lines of thought for Switzerland. We invite […]
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December 2020
We would like to inform you that Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and WISE philanthropy advisors are moving their offices. We thank you in advance for taking note of our new address to update your database: Place de Cornavin 2 1211 Geneva 1 Post office box and phone numbers of each organisation remain the same. We invite […]
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December 2020
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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