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The European Foundation Centre is the platform for and champion of institutional philanthropy – with a focus on Europe, but also with an eye to the global philanthropic landscape. Established in 1989, the EFC is an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders.
The European Foundation Centre (EFC) was an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders, based in Philanthropy House, Brussels, Belgium. The organisation was created in 1989 by seven non-profit organisations, in order to support the philanthropic sector in Europe.
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Philea came into existence in December 2021, when Dafne and EFC – Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe and the European Foundation Centre – converged to form a strong, united voice for European philanthropy.
Nov 5, 2019 · Many would echo the sentiments of Raymond Georis, founding chair and moving spirit of the European Foundation Centre (EFC). But not only is the EFC still there, but today it operates at the centre of the landscape of institutional philanthropy in Europe.
Apr 20, 2021 · Brussels, 20 April 2021 – Today the European Foundation Centre (EFC) launched the 5th edition of its environmental funding mapping, representing the most comprehensive study to date into support for environmental initiatives provided by European philanthropic foundations.
Jun 1, 1998 · The EFC focuses on three core service areas: representing member interests to national governments, the EU and EU Institutions, the Council of Europe, the UN and the World Bank; convening at European level to promote good practice and common projects; providing communication and information services that underpin funding. Representing . . .
EFC is the foundations’ sector main representative body with the European Union institutions, and under the priority of creating an enabling legal and fiscal environment for foundations, the main focus in recent years has been the European foundation statute. The aim is to see the statute become law in order to allow foundations’ cross-border work.
