“This is the question put by my colleague Ivan at our staff retreat in July 2014 – reflecting the uncertainty that he, and all of us, felt about our chances of finding local people motivated to start community foundations…in Hungary…now.”
The article about how the Community Foundation Support Programme has started can be read here.
“The Community Foundation Support Programme announced a call for proposals from local groups to establish community foundations in their communities…
Country report about the CSO Sustainability Index in Hungary in 2019 – measuring the strength and overall viability of civil…
“Target met. The Hungarian foundation Gyökerek és Szárnyak Alapítvány has organized public crowdfunding events for a year and a half….
“Tamás Scsaurszki reflects on the process of establishing the Ferencváros Community Foundation, focusing on how the organization was founded and…
“Hungary’s general elections in April gave (once again) a constitutional majority to the ruling coalition government and a green light…
“Like countless other community philanthropy organizations around the world, Hungary’s two community foundations – the Ferencváros Community Foundation in Budapest…
Dóra Simay
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Often times called the 'greatest" Hungarian, Count István Széchenyi (1791 - 1860) was also a generous philanthropist exhibiting many of the attributes of enlightened philanthropy. He always had the big picture in mind, liked giving with fellow aristocrats, and spent a lot of his times nurturing his investments. No person, tourist or resident, can imagine Budapest without the 'results' of his philanthropy such as the Chain Bridge, Hungarian Academy of Science and the 'lovasság'.
St. Stephen, the first king of Hungary, ordered the church to use some of the funds it collected on behalf of the state to look after the poor.