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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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«Die Lage ist von Bran­che zu Bran­che sehr unter­schied­lich». Markus Gmür zu NPO und COVID-19

Inter­view: Roger Tinner, Geschäfts­füh­rer Swiss­Fund­rai­sing | Orga­ni­sa­tion der FundraiserInnen Markus Gmür, als Ökonom haben Sie sicher schon eine Kurz­ana­lyse der...
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225

Corpo­rate foun­da­ti­ons sit some­where between entre­pre­neur­ship and nonpro­fit work. At present, Switz­er­land is home to around 225 foun­da­ti­ons with a...
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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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A look at Phil­an­thropy today: a moment in time

How have things chan­ged for foun­da­ti­ons in Switz­er­land since we moved out of the diffi­cult pande­mic years, and how are...
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A new manage­ment structure

Sabina Grassi will take up the presi­dency of Swiss­Foun­da­ti­ons at its gene­ral meeting on 6 June 2023. She is step­ping...
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‘Our society would be worse off without philanthropy’

Who actually deci­des what charity is? Profes­sor Giuseppe Ugazio discus­ses what the terms ‘good’ and ‘chari­ta­ble’ mean. He tells us...
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10 actions, 10 highlights

Febru­ary 2022: the 10th issue of The Philanthropist is now here! A signi­fi­cant mile­stone and a great oppor­tu­nity to take...
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46,800,000,000

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foun­da­tion is the world’s largest private foun­da­tion. Accor­ding to the charity’s facts­heet, its wealth amoun­ted...
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A good investment

Impact inves­t­ing is more than just a form of inves­t­ing. It chal­lenges philanthropy’s tradi­tio­nal one-direc­tional flow of wealth. It disrupts...
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A new gene­ra­tion is emerging

Aline Frei­burg­haus became head of the Swiss­Foun­da­ti­ons office in the French-spea­king part of Switz­er­land last June. Direc­ted towards the chari­ta­ble...
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Acce­le­ra­ting funding for systems change

For most of us, the situa­tion we’ve been living in for the last two years has unde­ni­ably trig­ge­red a lot...
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The Philanthropist – Swiss Phil­an­thropy in Dialo­gue is the leading maga­zine for Switzerland’s non-profit and phil­an­thro­pic sector, published by Sphe­riq. It reaches foun­da­ti­ons, NPOs, poli­ti­cal decis­ion-makers and an enga­ged public. Through conti­nuous online coverage and a weekly brie­fing news­let­ter, it deli­vers up-to-date insights, inter­views, thema­tic features, prac­ti­cal guidance, view­points, as well as data and facts.
Each focus issue is built around a dedi­ca­ted theme deve­lo­ped in colla­bo­ra­tion with key stake­hol­ders. Contri­bu­ti­ons from leading repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the sector provide depth and perspec­tive and keep readers closely connec­ted to deve­lo­p­ments in philanthropy.

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