Highlights
28 November 2024
There's No Philanthropy Without Trust
Placing trust and collaboration at the heart of the relationship between foundations and the organisations they support is the basis of trust-based philanthropy. A webinar by the Racines collective initiative was dedicated to this subject on ...
12 November 2024
Solidarity with Armenia: one year of support
To help the people who are being displaced towards Armenia, after a military offensive launched by Azerbaijan against the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave last September, Fondation de France made a call for funds in partnership with TV channel France ...
12 November 2024
"Not many foundations enter war zones."
Faced with the growing number of crises and conflicts around the world, Boris Martin, a specialist in humanitarian action and editor-in-chief of the publication Humanitarian Alternatives, shares his expert view on philanthropic organisations' place ...
21 October 2024
”Responding appropriately to priorities and addressing gaps in inhabitants’ needs.” - Bruno Joubert
Bruno Joubert is a French diplomat, former Ambassador of France in Morocco and president of the Solidarity with Morocco Committee. Volunteer experts created this committee in the very early days following the earthquake, enabling it to set out ...
21 October 2024
Solidarity with Morocco: one year of action
A year after the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8, 2023, which left three thousand people dead and many more thousands wounded and without shelter, the humanitarian situation remains critical. Fondation de France continues ...
15 October 2024
Solidarity with Turkey and Syria: Fondation de France’s priorities after 18 months of action
On February 6, 2023 two earthquakes of exceptional magnitude the southern Turkey and northern Syria leaving 500,00 dead and hundreds of thousands more wounded and homeless. Eighteen months later, Fondation de France is adjusting its strategy to ...
15 October 2024
Solidarity with Lebanon - Increasing challenges added to the 2020 explosion
Four years after the two lethal explosions which struck Beirut, Lebanon continues to descend into the abyss, mired in an economic and political crisis, not forgetting the impact of a war which has rekindled old wounds.
29 July 2024
Fondation de France Asia: building bridges of generosity between France and Asia
Already present in Asia through a number of emergency response operations, Fondation de France is establishing itself in Hong Kong with the creation of Fondation de France Asia. The aim is to develop cross-border philanthropic connections.
18 July 2024
Philanthropy: an ally of democracy
With the rise of climate emergencies, social inequalities, and humanitarian crises, philanthropy is dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges facing us today. Its mission is to confront these issues while striving to create more inclusive, ...
5 March 2024
Time for some quotas
Since they work for business boards, would they be an opportunity for European foundations too? Should a time-limited quota be introduced in relation to gender diversity on foundations’ boards? The matter is complex and needs unpacking, but ...