“Philanthropy” stems from the Greek: “love of humanity,” and takes many forms. However, over the last two decades, donors’ new expectations and the ever increasing number of organizations in this field have greatly modified both how philanthropy is viewed and how it is practiced. In fact, philanthropy is a rapidly expanding sector. In Germany, 40% of philanthropic foundations were set up over the last decade, with over 850 foundations created each year. France and Switzerland also recorded major growth whilst recently American donations were close to US$ 250 billion (1.85% of GNP) per year recently.

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The articles presented in this section have been written by SFG founders and published by The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative for the launch of SFG association in October 2008.