TFN's main affiliate in Italy is the Canavese Community Foundation, based in the north west of Italy close to Turin. We began working with them in 2018.
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Fondazione di Comunita del Canavese hosted its first event in September 2018. The event raised £10,000 for three local social change organisations and attracted 48 donors.
Key Contact
Cristina Zanardi - info@fondazionecomunitacanavese.it
TFN's affliate in Albania is Partners Albania for Change and Development. Based in Tirana, Partners Albania works to support civil society and facilitate inter-sector collaboration in order to strengthen democratic institutions and advance economic development. TFN began working with Partners Albania in 2018.
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So far, Partners Albania has hosted four events, raising £68,037.50 from over 300 donors for 12 non-profit organisations.
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TFN supports a group of exceptional volunteers in cities across the world to host live crowdfunding events supporting Romanian organisations. This group is keen for the Romanian diaspora to continue supporting social change in Romania, and find's TFN's model an effective way of doing so. They are also supporting Romanian citizens across other areas of the world to host live crowdfunding events, so we except this network to grow in the coming years.
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TFN's affiliate here is the Community Foundation Movement in Latvia. They first began establishing TFN events in 2017 and have worked hard to spread the model to five cities across Latvia so far.
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Since 2017, seven events have been held in Latvia raising over £22,500 for 21 local non-profit organisations.
Key Contacts
Patricija Siliņa - patricija.silina@vnf.lv
In addition to our trademark live crowdfunding events in the UK, TFN also runs a growing Affiliates' Programme through which we equip civil society organisations (CSOs) across the world with the skills, resources and confidence to run their own live giving circle events.
Since the programme launched in 2012, more than 374 events have raised over £7.2m for more than 1,200 social change projects in 27 countries outside of the UK and Ireland.
TFN is an open network which links potential donors to charitable causes and social entrepreneurs through live crowdfunding. We aim to raise money for small non-profits driving social change and help both individuals and businesses to combine their giving with others, to make a bigger impact.
Read moreTFN supports small charities and other grassroots non-profits whose aim is to achieve positive social change for individuals, communities and the environment.
Read moreTFN’s Polish Affiliate is Akademia Rozwoju Filantropii w Polsce (Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland). The organisation was founded in 1998 and is based in the country’s capital, Warsaw. It works to support the development of philanthropy, responsible business and strong communities.
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In Turkey, TFN works with both TUSEV (Third Sector Foundation of Turkey), and now also the Support Foundation for Civil Society. Known in Turkey as Destekle Degistir, the live crowdfunding model is proving popular and impactful.
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Since 2014, nine events in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir have raised more than £123,000 for 28 non-profit organisations.
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In Slovakia TFN’s main Affiliate is Centrum Pre Filantropiu (Centre for Philanthropy). CPF’s mission is to develop philanthropy and strengthen civil society in Slovakia. Outside of the country’s capital, Bratislava, events have been held by The Healthy City Foundation at Banská Bystrica, Eastern Europe’s first community foundation established in 1994.
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In Bulgaria, TFN’s Affiliate is the Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (WCIF) which works with communities around the country to encourage them to take responsibility for their own development by effectively using local resources. Through WCIF and the training we have jointly provided, community foundations and youth banks around Bulgaria are now organising successful live giving circle events, known in Bulgarian as дарителски кръг or Daritelski Krug.
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The Funding Network NZ (TFN NZ) was a small national charity focused on strengthening the capacity of small Kiwi grassroots charities, and inspiring generosity, from 2014 to 2024. Due to limited funding and capacity, TFN NZ made the decision to close as a charity on 31st March 2024. Read the full TFN NZ impact story here.
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