Throughout 2026, our members and communities can expect the following key opportunities and engagements.
Meet your peers and share your knowledge at our flagship events
PEXfest 2026
3-6 March, Bucharest
Research Forum workshop
26-27 March, Barcelona
Philea Forum 2026: “Philanthropy for People and Planet”
18-21 May, Copenhagen
KoneKtor 2026
12-14 October, location to be decided
EuroPhilantopics 2026
December, Brussels
Join our peer-learning Communities of Practice and exchanges
In-person meetings and workshops, and online peer-learning opportunities
- “Beyond Grants”, hosted jointly with Impact Europe (webinars and workshops)
- Data Science and AI Community of Practice (in person and online)
- European Foundation Financial and Investments Officers (EFFIO) (in person)
- Evidence & Learning Community of Practice (in person and online)
- Foundation CEO Exchange (in person and online)
- Futures Philanthropy Community, including regular ThinkLab sessions and Open Houses (online)
- Futures School Sandboxes and Executive Leadership programme (online and in person)
- Operations Professionals Network (OPN) (in person)
- Organisational Development Community of Practice (in person and online)
- Regional infrastructure capacity building (in person and online)
- Strategic Communications in Philanthropy Community of Practice (in person)
- Visionary Leadership Retreat – Board Chairs and CEOs (in person)
Engage with our Thematic Networks and Collaborations
In-person meetings & workshops, and online peer-learning opportunities
- Arts and Culture Funders Forum (ACFF) (in person and online)
- Children & Youth Thematic Network (in person and online)
- Democracy Network (in person and online)
- Disability Thematic Network (webinars)
- European Environmental Funders Group (in person and online)
- European Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (in person and online)
- Funders Forum on Transitioning Cities (city learning tours and online)
- Funders International Network for Development (FIND) (in-person gathering)
- Journalism Funders Forum (in person and online)
- Migration and Belonging Network, in partnership with EPIM (online and as satellite events of the Philea and EPIM annual Forums)
- Philanthropy for Climate Signatories and Host gatherings (satellite events at Philea Forum and WINGS Forum)
Other groups and committees: In-person meetings and online exchange opportunities
- European Network of Enterprise Foundations (in person and online)
- Legal Affairs Committee (in person and online)
- Philanthropy and Crises (including online convening around rapid-onset crises)
- TGE Steering Committee meeting (in person) and Executive Committee meetings (online)
Take advantage of capacity building, training and professional development opportunities
Philanthropy environment, approaches and practices
- Peer-learning and video tutorials for PIOs (connected to the EU CERV grant)
- Generation Now programme, for newcomers in the sector
- Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China – Europe, including an alumni gathering, a study visit of a Chinese CEO delegation and a week-long programme in China
- Organisational Development practices (online learning sessions by the OD Community of Practice)
- Futures School Executive Leadership (in person) and Sandboxes (online)
- Tiepolo – Philanthropy Placement Programme (in person)
- Training on philanthropy’s environment – European Philanthropy Manifesto, MFF, partnerships, and more (in person and online)
- PPPP Masterclass (online)
Climate and environment
- Getting started on climate (online)
- Funders Forum on Transitioning Cities: in-person listening tour on just transitions
Access our original research & publications, plus newsletters
Research and publications
- Collections of case studies around: “Beyond Grants”, climate journeys, good dialogue between public authorities & philanthropy, PPPP.
- New edition of “Comparative Highlights of Foundation Laws”, and updated profiles of the legal and fiscal environments in 4 European countries (complementing the 36 profiles updated in 2025).
- Mappings: Journalism Funding Mapping (JFF), European Environmental Funding (EEFG), Arts & Culture funding benchmark (ACFF), International development (FIND).
- Benchmark, survey or research reports: Philanthropy For Climate commitment progress, Philanthropy & 100 Climate-neutral European Cities (update); Future of Governance research; key figures on philanthropy (as part of the CERV grant commitments); trust-based philanthropy; foreign funding restrictions in international contexts; Foundation Investments Benchmark (annual EFFIO survey).
- Guides, handbooks: Gender mainstreaming, PPPP, Integrating Organisational Development support.
- Practical tools, including an impact investing glossary.
- Futures of Governance: How Foundations are Governed (research highlighting survey results, interview insights, thought leadership pieces, frameworks and case studies from the field)
Targeted newsletters, briefings and community engagement tools
- Philanthropy in Action: Our general community newsletter with news, trends and analysis on philanthropy in Europe, with a special edition in the autumn on climate and environment.
- Newsletters targeting specific segments of our audience: Data Science and AI (semi-annual newsletter), European Network of Enterprise Foundations (monthly briefing), PIOs (monthly briefing), Arts and Culture Pulse (every two months), Journalism Funders (monthly).
Stay informed and get involved in supporting an enabling environment for philanthropy in Europe
In a context marked increasingly by shrinking civic and philanthropic space, Philea champions the interests of its members vis-à-vis the EU and multilateral organisations. We work towards an enabling operating environment for European philanthropy by monitoring and analysing policy and regulatory trends at national, European, and international level, and engaging around this agenda with policymakers and other stakeholders.
2026 highlights:
- New edition of “Comparative Highlights of Foundation Laws”
- Enabling Environment Monitoring (published weekly), Policy newsletter (published quarterly)
- EuroPhilantopics, in Brussels in December brings together policymakers and philanthropy