After 1990, US and European foundations and government agencies invested in a series of Partnerships and Trusts to support civil society in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Balkans and the Black Sea regions. Analyzing the long-term impact of these investments is crucial, especially as many politicians across these regions increase their anti-civil society rhetoric. Three long-time US foundation staff look back at the legacy and impact of this funding and derive a series of lessons for practitioners seeking to understand how best to sustain civil societies for the long term.
KEYWORDS
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funds
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civil society organizations
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grantmaking
Issue Areas
- Civil Society
- Human Rights and Civil Liberties
- Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Publishers
- Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Funder
- Ford Foundation
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Open Society Foundations
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Robert Bosch Stiftung
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF)
Document Type
- Evaluation
- Report/Whitepaper
Language
- English
Geography
- Europe (Central)
- Europe (Eastern)
- Europe (Southeastern) / Balkans
- Europe (Northern) / Baltic Region
Copyright
- Copyright 2019 by Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. All rights reserved.
