Become a Member

Full membership is open to Foundations and Philanthropic Organisations meeting the following requirements:

• Having a legal personality and being duly constituted in accordance with the laws and practices of its country of origin;
• Using private resources for public good as their main activity;
• Being primarily funded from an assured source of income, deployed strategically;
• Being independently governed vis-à-vis the relevant public authorities or the private corporation to which it is linked/by which it is controlled;
• Being purposefully structured and organised over the long term, and bound by structures of accountability, public benefit and public reporting, and legal requirements.
• Operating in at least one of the member States of the Council of Europe, through a registered office, or through grant-making, knowledge exchange, operating programmes or establishing/operating partnerships

Membership Fees

Philea is a membership driven and funded association, and we rely on our Members’ contributions to provide the services which we trust our Members value.

Membership fees are calculated according to criteria designed and approved by our Members, with different systems reflecting the diversity of our membership.

For more information on Full Membership for Philanthropy Infrastructure Organisations, please contact membership@efc.be