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Network of European Foundations (NEF) - Influence Watch Network of European Foundations (NEF) Network of European Foundations (NEF) is a collective of left-of-center European grantmaking foundations. Its primary function is to grant funds pooled by foundations in its network, and partners with other non-governmental organizations and associations across Europe.
1 2 Philanthropy House, Rue Royale NEF partners with various left-of-center organizations including the Open Society Foundations , Charles Stewart Mott Foundation , and King Baudouin Foundation .
1 Network of European Foundations, also known as the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation, grants funds pooled by foundations in its network and partners with other non-governmental organizations and associations across Europe.
2 1 The organization’s structure is split into a general assembly, which approves the collaborative projects hosted by NEF; a secretariat or “back-office team” who work on collaborative projects; and a steering committee, which represents the foundations supplying the pooled funding.
1 NEF’s projects are split into three categories: democracy, which supports NEF’s European Fund for the Balkans, European AI Fund, and Civitates; social inclusion, which supports the Alliance for Gender Equality in Europe, European Program for Integration and Migration, TransForm, and FETA; and international development, which supports the Jafowa and PEHRC programs.
3 Network of European Foundations receives funding from its foundation members as well as from outside organizations. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (CSM) is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation that funds organizations and communities in four strategic subject areas: local issues related to Flint, Michigan; civil society; education; and the environment.
According to its grant database, the foundation has provided NEF with 32 grants worth a total of $4,882,065 between January 1, 2000, and 2022. 4 5 King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) is an international grantmaking foundation based in Brussels, Belgium that provides funding to left-of-center organizations and foundations. KBF has given NEF nine grants worth a total of €1,445,000 (approximately $1,426,359) from 2020 to 2022.
6 Atlantic Philanthropies , primarily based in Bermuda, was a collection of principally overseas organizations that provided funding to left-of-center organizations. The organization closed its doors in October 2020. Atlantic Philanthropies provided NEF with five grants worth a total of $2,536,954 between 2005 and 2014.
7 8 Oak Foundation (and its U.S. affiliate Oak Foundation USA) is a left-leaning environmentalist grant maker that has funded climate-change-related litigation and environmentalist advocacy groups in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. The Oak Foundation granted a total of $1,978,022 to NEF on January 1, 2020.
9 Luminate is a left-of-center grantmaking organization founded in 2018 by Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar, founders of the Omidyar Network Fund and its sister organization the Omidyar Network . Luminate granted a total of $1,250,000 in 2020 across two grants.
10 Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and liberal philanthropist George Soros . OSF provided NEF with ten grants worth a total of $2,134,500 from 2016 until 2020.
11 Tides Network is a left-of-center nonprofit founded in 2005 as part of a collection of grantmaking and fiscal-sponsorship nonprofits collectively known as the Tides Nexus . The Tides website lists NEF as a grantee.
12 13 Network of European Foundations has multiple left-of-center member organizations including the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation , King Baudouin Foundation , Open Society Foundations , Philanthropy Europe Association, and the Adessium Foundation , a Dutch grant making organization founded by commodities trader Gerard van Vliet that provides grants to left-leaning organizations across the world.
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