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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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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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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Last 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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Building on the growth of the sheltered funds it hosts, the Foundation wishes to strengthen its team and hire two permenent positions : A Partnerships Manager attached to the general management. The mission of this position will be to develop and maintain the Foundation’s strategic partnerships and to develop its visibility with philanthropy stakeholders as […]
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The first six months of 2020 have been synonymous with strong growth for the TGE network – “Transnational Giving Europe” and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, its Swiss partner. There has been a significant increase in European cross-border donations, totaling 11.6 million euros, an increase of 150% compared to the first half of 2019. There are also […]
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Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is pleased to announce the election of its Director General, Sabrina Grassi, as a member of the Board of Directors of the SwissFoundations association. Composed of representatives of member foundations elected by the General Assembly, the committee meets each year for three ordinary meetings and a two-day retreat in order to define […]
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