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 of a sustainable society thanks to crea­ti­vity and courage. In times of poli­ti­cal turm­oil, chain­saws in autho­ri­ties and parlia­ments, puni­tive tariffs and “deals,” the ques­tion arises for us as non-profit orga­ni­sa­ti­ons and as part of a demo­cra­tic civil society: How far can — and must – we get invol­ved in poli­tics? Our panel will address this ques­tion with Prof. Dr Mark Eise­n­eg­ger, Direc­tor of fög and Presi­dent of the Kurt Imhof Foun­da­tion, Romy Krämer, Ship Captain of the Guer­rilla Foun­da­tion, Pfar­re­rin Rita Famos, Presi­dent of the Evan­ge­li­cal Refor­med Church of Switz­er­land, and Dr. Regine Sauter, Natio­nal Coun­cil­lor, mode­ra­ted by Susanne Sugi­moto, Editor-in-Chief of The Philanthropist.

After the infor­ma­tion block and the lunch break, two crea­tive initia­ti­ves will present them­sel­ves and show how phil­an­thropy can be lived with imagi­na­tion and inno­va­tion: Lukas Loss, foun­der and artis­tic direc­tor of Interfi­nity, will explain how art can be used to commu­ni­cate science. Dr Béatrice Spei­ser, foun­der and presi­dent of Crescenda, will show how inno­va­tion and huma­nity can be used to create perspec­ti­ves. This year, too, we are offe­ring you a wide range of work­shops on various topics, which will be held twice — so you can attend two sessi­ons. The confe­rence will conclude with a speech by Baschi Dürr, direc­tor of the Chris­toph Merian Foun­da­tion, on the topic “The purpose justi­fies the means”.

We cordi­ally invite you to our Swiss Foun­da­tion Day 2025. Come and “Let’s chan­nel the lion’s energy toge­ther!“

Here you can find the programme.