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Introduction
The European Foundation Centre (EFC) describes itself as “an international association of foundations and corporate funders dedicated to creating an enabling legal and fiscal environment for foundations, documenting the foundation landscape, strengthening the infrastructure of the sector, and promoting collaboration, both among foundations and between foundations and other actors, to advance the public good in Europe and beyond.” The EFC serves over 230 members and 60 associates, as well as a further 50,000 organizations linked through a network of more than 40 information and support centers worldwide.
Brief History
Established in 1989 by seven of Europe’s leading foundations, the EFC is a Brussels-based international nonprofit association of foundations. From the beginning in 1989, passing through several yearly meetings that “established the EFC’s role of providing the primary meeting point...
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EFC Annual Reports (http://www.efc.be/ftp/public/Annual%20Reports/EFC_Annual_Reports/) EFC (2008), Fostering Creativity, EFC 19th Annual Conference Highlights.
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Franco, R.C. (2010). European Foundation Centre (EFC). In: Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_365
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