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The objective is to give an insight into what we know and what we don’t know about the current situation of corporate foundations. While we are able to put the spotlight on several interesting developments in the field, this chapter cannot give a comprehensive overview of corporate foundations in all European foundation sectors. As corporate foundations are predominantly public-benefit foundations and part of the nonprofit sector, it is useful to start with a brief overview of the European foundation sector. This may help to gain a first impression of the sector and possibly allows conclusions about the number and country-specific nature of corporate foundations, at least to give some indication about the environment corporate foundations act in.
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Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
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1. Denmark: CBS Center for Civil Society Studies 2. Italy: University of Verona/Chiara Leardini 3. Latvia: Foundation of the University of Latvia/Laila Kundziņa-Zvejniece 4. Portugal: Coimbra Business School/Maria Madalena Eça Guimarães de Abreu 5. Spain: University of A Coruña/Marta Rey-Garcia 6. Switzerland: Center for Philanthropy Studies 7. The Netherlands: Erasmus University Rotterdam/Lonneke Roza 8. UK: The Researchery/Catherine Walker | 1. Austria: Gemeinnützige Privatstiftung Philanthropie Österreich/Günther Lutschinger 2. France: Centre Français des Fonds et Fondations 3. Germany: Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen/Anke Pätsch and Birgit Radow 4. Hungary: Hungarian Donors Forum/Valeria Kojnok 5. Ireland: Philanthropy Ireland/Eilis Murray 6. Liechtenstein: Association of Liechtenstein Charitable Foundations e.V./Damar Bühler-Nigsch 7. UK: Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)/David Emerson | 1. Albania: Vodafone Albania Foundation 2. Czech Republic: Nadace Vodafone Ceskà republika 3. Germany: Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland 4. Greece: Vodafone Foundation 5. Hungary: Vodafone Magyarorszà g Alapitvà ny 6. Ireland: Vodafone Ireland Foundation 7. Italy: Fondazione Vodafone Italia 8. Malta: Vodafone Malta Foundation 9. The Netherlands: Vodafone Netherlands Foundation 10. Portugal: Fundação Vodafone Portugal 11. Romania: Fundatia Vodafone Romania 12. Spain: Fundaciòn Vodafone España 13. Turkey: Türkiye Vodafone Vakfi 14. UK: Vodafone UK Foundation |
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Gehringer, T., von Schnurbein, G. (2020). Corporate Foundations in Europe. In: Roza, L., Bethmann, S., Meijs, L., von Schnurbein, G. (eds) Handbook on Corporate Foundations. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25759-0_5
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