events 2008

Ambassador Graber hosts the transatlantic community foundations at his residence [Photo by Andrew Morikawa]

Ambassador Graber Hosts Transatlantic Community Foundations

September 3, 2008

The Ambassador welcomed an international group of community foundation executives and local organizers to his residence. The group is participating in a peer exchange organized by the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network. 

Created in 1999 by the Bertelsmann Stiftung with the support and advice of the C.S. Mott Foundation, the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN) is a learning community comprising community foundations and support organizations from Europe, North America, and Mexico.

The TCFN provides a platform for the exchange of experience and expertise among community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic. It seeks to identify good practice and share it with emerging and existing community foundations. In addition, its goal is to foster the development of this form of philanthropy in countries where the concept is still new. By pursuing strategies which strengthen the capacity of community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic, the network strives to contribute to the growth and advancement of the field.

The Czech program was organized by the community foundation Euroregion Labe.