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The use of specific numbers allows astonishing facts to be expressed in concrete terms. The Philanthropist reveals the story behind the figure, putting its importance into context.

239

The ties between parlia­ment and foun­da­ti­ons is much weaker than those between parlia­ment and asso­cia­ti­ons....
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225

Corpo­rate foun­da­ti­ons sit some­where between entre­pre­neurship and nonpro­fit work. At present, Switz­er­land is home to...
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20 million

New finan­cing models and inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons based on entre­pre­neu­rial princi­ples: Brainforest’s novel approach to achie­ving...
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300’000

The Insti­tut Kinder­seele Schweiz foun­da­tion is commit­ted to supporting the child­ren and teen­agers of mentally...
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1000

1,000 solu­ti­ons wanted, 1,000 solu­ti­ons found: the Solar Impulse Foun­da­tion foun­ded by Bert­rand Piccard sear­ched...
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50

It’s the 50th anni­ver­s­ary of women’s suffrage in Switz­er­land – but only the 50th. Do...
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46,800,000,000

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foun­da­tion is the world’s largest private foun­da­tion. Accord­ing to the...
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Voting at age 16

Over the past year, young climate acti­vists have re-spar­ked the debate about lowe­ring the voting...
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