Making the Case and Being a Voice for Community Foundations
This brief sums up the insights from the online discussion, that ECFI hosted, about the distinctive role of CFSOs and CFs in advocacy. The conversation has been framed around three interconnected dimensions of advocacy: visibility; operating environment and addressing issues/topics.
PEX Philanthropy Resilience Building
This storybook captures reflections from a series of scenario-thinking sessions exploring how philanthropy support organisations can strengthen resilience in uncertain contexts. Through visual insights and collective reflection, it highlights the importance of collaboration, adaptive leadership and ecosystem thinking. The publication encourages readers to engage with possible futures and consider how philanthropy can move beyond reactive responses towards more strategic, systemic and collaborative approaches.
Implementation of emergency response and recovery funds / programmes
This summary captures how community foundation support organisations across Europe responded to the COVID-19 crisis by rapidly establishing emergency and recovery funds. It highlights key lessons around coordination, flexibility, and long-term sustainability, using a 4Cs lens to structure actions related to capacity, capability, connections, and credibility.
