A word about us
ESSEC’s Philanthropy Chair is a research team whose members aim to strengthen the social impact of individual donors, corporate donors, foundations and impact investors. We do this by producing and sharing research about philanthropy, primarily in France and Europe

What is our motivation ? We seek to:

• Contribute towards scholars and practitioners’ understanding of contemporary philanthropy
• Promote more clear-sighted, strategic and effective philanthropy
• Reinforce the philanthropy’s contribution to todays’ pressing social problems

How do we go about this?

• By bringing together academic and applied research; through dissemination and by offering training courses
• Through the efforts of a cross-disciplinary and international team
• In conjunction with highly engaged partners, reunited regularly through our steering committee meetings.