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    Crea­tive and coura­ge­ous impact – Swiss Foun­da­tion Day 2025

    Expl­ana­tory factors for orga­nised philanthropy

    Free­dom or secu­rity – an exis­ten­tial field of tension

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Crea­tive and coura­ge­ous impact – Swiss Foun­da­tion Day 2025

PROFONDS Toge­ther we will explore how promo­ting and opera­ting foun­da­ti­ons and NPOs can effec­tively fulfil their purpose for the bene­fit...
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Friendly Fire

PROFONDS A lot has happened in the sector in recent years. In addi­tion to two legis­la­tive revi­si­ons, the canton of...
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New statis­tics panel: Context crea­tes clarity?

The non-profit sector in Switz­er­land is diverse, commit­ted and constantly chan­ging – but despite pionee­ring achie­ve­ments, there is still a...
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Coope­ra­ting happily ever after

PROFONDS The basic setting for this narra­tive lies in the frag­men­ta­tion and hete­ro­gen­eity of the non-profit sector. These pose obsta­cles...
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The baro­me­ter for the future

The Swiss Foun­da­tion Baro­me­ter surveys moods, stra­te­gies and trends in the Swiss foun­da­tion land­scape every year, shed­ding light on the...
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Trai­ning makes you fit 

Even though digi­ta­li­sa­tion brings us many conve­ni­en­ces, digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion is not some­thing that comes for free. StiftungSchweiz carefully accom­pa­nies you...
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‘Colla­bo­ra­ti­ons are one key to success in the nonpro­fit sector’

Urs Baumann, CEO of Zürcher Kanto­nal­bank, explains why impact inves­t­ing is an ideal approach for foun­da­ti­ons and what the bank...
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Finance

A diffe­rent kind of philanthropy

Entre­pre­neu­rial thin­king, colla­bo­ra­tive part­ner­ships and tail­o­red funding models: venture phil­an­thropy comple­ments tradi­tio­nal financing. ‘Venture phil­an­thropy is neither the best nor...
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Foun­da­ti­ons and politics

Chari­ta­ble foun­da­ti­ons and non-profit orga­ni­sa­ti­ons are active in many soci­ally rele­vant areas, performing support­ing or opera­tio­nally important tasks for the...
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Swiss­Foun­da­ti­ons: from a club to a move­ment in 20 years

On 18 May 2001, 11 foun­da­ti­ons large and small came toge­ther to form an asso­cia­tion of Swiss chari­ties. The estab­lish­ment...
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Consul­ta­tion findings slam the brakes on the revi­sion of foun­da­tion law.

The Lugin­bühl parlia­men­tary initia­tive propo­sed eight amend­ments to foun­da­tion law. The findings of the Coun­cil of States’ Legal Affairs Commit­tee...
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Interview

We need to be able to cope with diffe­ring opinions

Beate Eckardt is leaving Swiss­Foun­da­ti­ons after 15 years. The Mana­ging Direc­tor of Switzerland’s largest asso­cia­tion for chari­ta­ble foun­da­ti­ons looks back...
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