Market­place with tool kit

The new stiftungschweiz.ch plat­form offers a fully compre­hen­sive over­view of the phil­an­thro­pic land­scape in Switz­er­land, encom­pas­sing a total of 13,000 chari­ties. More than 6,000 project owners and 7,000 chari­ties support­ing exter­nal projects have their own pages on the site. The StiftungSchweiz team has crea­ted a web page for every orga­ni­sa­tion on the basis of the infor­ma­tion provi­ded in the commer­cial regis­ter, and the Nonpro­Cons cate­go­ri­sa­tion system for tradi­tio­nal foun­da­ti­ons is used to clas­sify every charity on a syste­ma­tic basis, so that the infor­ma­tion can be used effec­tively. This system covers six cate­go­ries with around 100 charac­te­ristics, inclu­ding the charity’s object, its target group and area of acti­vity or subject area. This cate­go­ri­sa­tion means that people can now find exactly what they’re looking for: what does a parti­cu­lar charity do for whom, and where and how do they do it? Every orga­ni­sa­tion (whether chari­ties or project owners) can add text, photos and videos to their micro­site as they wish. Selec­ted portraits of funding projects help to illus­trate the chari­ta­ble land­scape even further, while intro­duc­tory pages on parti­cu­lar topics encou­rage readers to get to grips with current issues. They reveal just what phil­an­thropy is capa­ble of in key areas of our society. The infor­ma­tion is arran­ged in a struc­tu­red way, which both crea­tes high levels of trans­pa­rency and makes it easier to match projects with funders. This exch­ange of infor­ma­tion enables chari­ties support­ing exter­nal projects to find funding part­ners they can colla­bo­rate with when support­ing large-scale projects.

Looking for a part­ner in the digi­tal sphere

The plat­form pairs projects with their perfect part­ner, effec­tively and effi­ci­ently. A project owner can under­take a targe­ted search to find chari­ties that are likely to finance their project, meaning that both sides bene­fit when they are matched up successfully. Chari­ties with funds to support third-party projects can regis­ter on the site to assist with this, laying out their funding objec­ti­ves on their website and commu­ni­ca­ting the exclu­sion crite­ria they have defi­ned. In turn, this helps the platform’s search func­tion. Its intel­li­gent approach means that funders only receive requests that align with their aims: if a project owner wants to send a charity a request that does not fit with its object, the system makes them aware of this.

Dona­ting made easy

Even small-scale donors can bene­fit from the plat­form, as stiftungschweiz.ch makes it easy for them to seek out the perfect project or the opti­mum orga­ni­sa­tion. They can also search for a speci­fic topic: if you want to support species conser­va­tion, for exam­ple, a search will reveal 31 project owners in this area, so you can ensure your dona­tion is being used how you want it to be. Dona­ting via spenden.stiftungschweiz.ch is easy, as it inte­gra­tes the payment app Twint, Apple Pay and other payment methods. 

Some­thing for everyone

The plat­form provi­des an over­view of job vacan­cies for people looking to work in the phil­an­thro­pic sector them­sel­ves, while services for events and sector reports add the finis­hing touches. It also has various service packa­ges that provide bespoke services for every target group.