The Covid-19 pandemic highlights the importance of solidarity, resilience and community dialogue to overcome major crises. Governments’ reactions to the pandemic have accelerated all sorts of major economic, political, and social problems.
We have listed some concrete examples of how we tried to help our grantee partners navigate the Covid-19 crisis.
We are excited to announce that Civitates, a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe, will support independent, public interest journalism in Europe.
As the European Union heads into a pivotal election year, sixteen philanthropic foundations have come together to form Civitates, a consortium committed to protect and expand civil society at a time when the fundamentals of democracy are being challenged like never before.
December 2019, Announcing a new fund to support independent, public interest journalism in Europe.
February 2019, Press release about the formation of Civitates by sixteen foundations.
November 2018, “A time to stand together“ – A declaration condemning the violence directed towards civil society. Full statement and list of signatories