June 2018
For its 10th anniversary, the Center for Philanthropy Studies at the University of Basel (CEPS) and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation organized a breakfast debate on Thursday, June 7th, on the “10 trends shaping philanthropy today”. Moderated by Sacha Sidjanski, head of external relations at EPFL’s Faculty of Life Sciences, the sustainable trends in philanthropy and its […]
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June 2018
The event was the first to reveal the figures of the annual study conducted by Swiss Sustainable Finance on the sustainable investment market in Switzerland, which amounted to CHF 390.6 billion in 2017, representing 82% increase over the previous year. The issue of sustainable investing in the world of foundations was discussed at the opening […]
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June 2018
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is pleased to contribute to the new Joint Master in Global Economic Governance and Public Affairs, delivered by the Centre International de Formation Européenne (Cife) and the School of Government of the University LUISS in Rome. The Master is focused on how to assess, manage and enhance the governance of private and […]
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May 2018
In the frame of its thematic funds, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation in collaboration with WISE – philanthropy advisors traveled to East Africa to identify and plan the implementation of projects in the field of access to employment for disadvantaged young people and health and healthcare, for instance the maternity of pregnant young women and whose activities […]
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May 2018
Swiss Philanthropy Foundation (SPF) participated in the “ « Invest for Impact » event organised by the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) and the Centre for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth of the University of Zurich on April 24 in Zurich. In partnership with King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium) and the University of Zurich, this workshop enabled 15 innovative impact investing […]
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April 2018
In their latest review, “Campagne Focus Finance”, the supplement magazine of the Tribune de Genève, focuses on philanthropy, and more particularly on the alternative of sheltered funds by interviewing Etienne Eichenberger, Chair of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. If the foundation sector is in full swing with the creation of a foundation every day in Switzerland, half […]
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February 2018
This Guide is an overview of the Swiss legal framework around the different forms of existing non-profit entities. It aims to help philanthropists choose the right legal structure for their projects. The various options for creating, for example, a charity or social enterprise, as well as important strategic considerations, are described and clarified. It is […]
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January 2018
In an interview in the magazine Gestion de fortune, Etienne Eichenberger, Chairman of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, addresses the topic of Impact Investing, also known as Mission Related Investment (MRI). Indeed, we notice today that not only the foundations, but also the donors, wish to develop more coherence between the supported mission and the investment of […]
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Swiss Philanthropy Foundation is the new chair of the cross-border donations network: Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) for 2018. Etienne Eichenberger, chairman of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, is sharing with us on one hand his insights on the state of philanthropy from not only a European, but also a global perspective. On the other hand, the Chairman […]
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January 2018
In their latest review, Market magazine focuses on philanthropy, and more particularly on the alternative of sheltered funds by interviewing Etienne Eichenberger and Xavier Isaac, respectively Chairman and Treasurer of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. If the foundation sector is in full swing with the creation of a foundation every day in Switzerland, half of them will […]
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