The European Foundation Centre (EFC) was an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders, based in Philanthropy House,

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. The organisation was created in 1989 by seven non-profit organisations, in order to support the philanthropic sector in Europe. The organisation ceased to exist in 2022 as the result of a merger with the Donors and Foundations Network in Europe, to form the new Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea). The European Foundation Centre was one of the leading supporters of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

's failed proposal, the European Foundation Statute. First proposed in 2012, the call for a foundation statute had been supported by the EFC since 2010. The legislative proposal was withdrawn in 2015 following its failure to pass through COREPER 1.

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