The filters are a powerful tool in the StiftungSchweiz search. You can use them to search precisely for funding organisations and foundations. Combining several filters and linking filters and a search term enables very precise searches.
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Here we explain the individual filters in detail.
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Here you can filter organisations according to their type of impact. Funding organisations have a promotional effect and support the work of third parties with financial contributions. Non-profit organisations are operationally effective and implement projects.
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Filter organisations according to their thematic focus. The subject area indicates the focus of an organisation's charitable work or funding activities. Expand the filters to display even more specific sub-topics. There are 75 topic areas in total.
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The topics are based on and reflect the Swiss foundation landscape. They are therefore based on the foundations currently in existence and their thematic characteristics.
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Filter organisations according to the target group of their funding activities or charitable work. Like the thematic areas, the target groups are also orientated towards the foundation landscape and its focus. For example, children and young people are listed separately in order to do justice to the weighting of this target group. In addition to specific individuals (such as the elderly or unemployed), there are also non-human target groups such as animals or organisations/companies.
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You can use this filter to filter organisations according to their geographical area of activity. This is useful for narrowing down your search locally. Please note that the impact areas do not filter exclusively. This means that an organisation with an area of activity of "Zurich" also has an area of activity of "Switzerland".
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Here you can filter organisations by the date they were founded. This filter is helpful, for example, to filter for newly founded organisations.
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You can use this filter to filter organisations by the location of their headquarters. This is not the same as the area of activity. Example: A foundation based in Schaffhausen may have an area of activity in Africa. You can filter by entering the postcode or the name of the location in the text field.
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This filter works in a similar way to the "City & postcode" filter. You filter organisations according to the cantonal location of their headquarters. For example, you can easily filter for foundations based in the canton of Zurich. Like the "City & postcode" filter, the "Canton" filter is not the same as the area of activity.
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You can use this filter to filter the legal form of the organisation. You will find all common legal forms in the foundation landscape here. For example, you can easily search for tax-exempt charitable organisations.
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Filter here for organisations that are dedicated to achieving one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs for short). There are 17 SDGs in total. In this filter you will find the organisations that have indicated on their StiftungSchweiz portrait whether and which of the SDGs they are pursuing.
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Here you can filter organisations according to their certifications. The common certifications in the third sector are listed. The certifications are entered by the organisations themselves on their StiftungSchweiz portrait and can then be filtered.
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Here you can filter organisations according to their membership of one of the major Swiss associations for foundations: SwissFoundations and proFonds.