Our toolbox can also be your tool kit at home: the materials are meant to support your daily work as an active philanthropist and to provide opportunities to reflect and discuss, to plan and to restructure your charitable activities. The toolbox contains guides on effective giving, reports on selected funding areas and the Active Philanthropy Map that offers an illustrative and hands-on access to the landscape of philanthropy. All materials are written by experts or experienced practitioners from the foundation or civil society sector and give concrete recommendations for your charitable work.
Most of the guides are available as printed copies and as downloads (pdf). To order printed copies (at mailing cost and when indicated a nominal charge + VAT) please use our order list. To download the pdf please click on the title or on the small image next to the guide’s description.
Active Philanthropy Map
The Active Philanthropy Map uses colourful and humorous illustrations to clearly demonstrate the process of strategic and effective giving within the complex landscape of philanthropy. Encounter and explore the most important aspects of strategic giving. (10 €)
A starting point for effectively supporting children’s and youth projects in the global south: This guide describes the most threatening problems children and youth are facing and the opportunities to combat these challenges by means of philanthropic involvement. (15 €)
An introduction to typical and more innovative financing methods for projects and businesses serving society. This guide uses examples from the field and check lists to see which instruments fit best for the individual donor and his/her goals. (English version only for download as pdf).
Awareness of personal values, motivations, goals and intentions is a sound base for effective charitable involvement. This guide helps you create this base.
Big or small, nearby or far away, project or campaigning support – this guide is designed to help you decide what kind of charitable organisation to partner with in order to reach your philanthropic goals best.
From supporting to partnering: a description and analysis of the most important criteria for donors’ effective and win-win involvement in their projects.
An introduction to the evaluation of philanthropic work: this guide answers the most important questions around impact and success measurement of projects and project support.
This guide provides a new perspective on evaluation of philanthropic work: “Evaluative Thinking” goes beyond impact measuring of projects or programmes; as a management attitude it is an integral part of philanthropic strategy in all stages of a project, programme and organisation.
