PROFONDS Together we will explore how promoting and operating foundations and NPOs can effectively fulfil their purpose for the benefit...
PROFONDS The basic setting for this narrative lies in the fragmentation and heterogeneity of the non-profit sector. These pose obstacles...
Even though digitalisation brings us many conveniences, digital transformation is not something that comes for free. StiftungSchweiz carefully accompanies you...
Entrepreneurial thinking, collaborative partnerships and tailored funding models: venture philanthropy complements traditional financing. ‘Venture philanthropy is neither the best nor...
On 18 May 2001, 11 foundations large and small came together to form an association of Swiss charities. The establishment...
Beate Eckardt is leaving SwissFoundations after 15 years. The Managing Director of Switzerland’s largest association for charitable foundations looks back...
PROFONDS A lot has happened in the sector in recent years. In addition to two legislative revisions, the canton of...
The Swiss Foundation Barometer surveys moods, strategies and trends in the Swiss foundation landscape every year, shedding light on the...
Urs Baumann, CEO of Zürcher Kantonalbank, explains why impact investing is an ideal approach for foundations and what the bank...
Charitable foundations and non-profit organisations are active in many socially relevant areas, performing supporting or operationally important tasks for the...
The Luginbühl parliamentary initiative proposed eight amendments to foundation law. The findings of the Council of States’ Legal Affairs Committee...
At the end of February 2019, the Federal Council suggested making charitable foundations and clubs subject to the automatic exchange...













