About Association of Slovenian foundations - ZSU

Contact:

ZSU - Slovenian Foundations' Association
Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana
T: +386 1 439 39 30
Fax: +386 1 432 23 80
Email: info@zsu.si
Webpage: www.zsu.si

SECTIONS WITHIN THE SLOVENIAN ASSOCIATION OF FOUNDATIONS – ZSU

1.    Labor Found
2.    Community Foundations

About Slovenian Donors’ Forum - SFD

Slovenian Donors’ Forum - SFD is an independent network of employers and other networks, which will bring together economic operators, donors, professional institutions and horizontal networks of NGOs. As such, it will represent the right amount SFD platform for organizing professional conferences with international participation and the first Slovenian Donors’ Forum.

SFD will be strengthening the connection with the holding mechanism for financing sustainable development and non-governmental sector through the acquisition of independent financial resources / grants from the economy. Foundations, especially the community foundations, professionals, NGOs and donors are the ones who can assure the creation of good atmosphere for philanthropy and donations, especially in local social contexts and with the help of successful projects promoting a culture of donations.

SFD is a kind of umbrella or a bridge between non-governmental sector and the economy, space and platform for both sectors. SFD will be the promoter and motivator for donations businessmen to engage in their local environments and improve the links between corporate donors, foundations, non-governmental sector and the Government. To this end, the SDF organized round tables, seminars and an annual conference with international participation of experts, and awards for companies with best practices in the area of donations of non-governmental sector, analyzing the strategies of corporate donations, worked with multinationals present in Slovenia and in Eastern Europe transmit known and best practices in all regions of the country, create new insights and understanding of the donor community and an atmosphere of trust between the nonprofit and the profit sector, etc..

Companies may take the form of sponsorship activities fully financed by NGOs (for humanitarian, cultural, scientific, educational, sports, environmental and religious purposes), if they consider that such funding is in line with their business plan or their activity, but is, unfortunately, the tax law is the one that is not stimulating enough to consider taking more massive undertaking for such a cooperation and investment funds / donations to non-governmental organizations (low relief). It is therefore Slovenian Donors’ Forum  the space and opportunity for joint planning and finding solutions to policy development in the field of essential non-governmental sector. Slovenian Donors’ Forum will be the mechanism that will, first planned the strategy and policy on NGO financing from commercial sources, on the other hand, will be partner  with the government in finding a legislative solution (tax law) which will provide a stimulus to economic organizations for cooperation and funding of non-governmental sector.