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Fundación ONCE. The Orpheus Programme provides a public record 

and public information service on the work of foundations and 

corporate citizenship programmes in Europe. From its inception, 

Orpheus has been generously supported by Bernard van Leer 

Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation, Charity Know How, Charles 

Stewart Mott Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, Eurasia 

Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, Fondation de France, 

Ford Foundation, Freedom House, Freudenberg Stiftung, Fundação 

Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Fundación ONCE, The 

German Marshall Fund of the United States, Haniel Stiftung, King 

Baudouin Foundation, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, 

Microsoft EMEA, Open Society Institute – New York, Robert Bosch 

Stiftung, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, the Bellagio 

Forum for Sustainable Development, Bundesverband Deutscher 

Stiftungen, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the European 

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Funding Vocational Training and 

Employment for People with 

Disabilities in Europe 

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Editor: Marianne Johnston 

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Maria Michail, Orpheus Programme Coordination Intern 

André Deridder, Information Officer 

Hayley Cutts, Orpheus Information Intern 

Neil Burnett, Information Systems 

Luis Amorim, former Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI) Coordinator 

Jana Kunická, CPI Coordinator 

Clara Gaztelu, former CPI Assistant Coordinator 

Márcia Pinto, CPI Assistant Coordinator 


Miguel A. Cabra de Luna, Director of Social and International Relations 

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FOREWORD 

Recent years have seen an encouraging trend in the area of disabilities issues: a shift is occurring 

from a medical model of health care and a social model of assistance to one that promotes 

empowerment and full participation in the community for people with disabilities. Rather than 

locating the problem as the disability within the person, the new paradigm looks at the political, 

social, attitudinal, architectural and environmental barriers that s/he encounters. 

Vocational training and employment are key to this shift toward integration and full participation 

for people with disabilities. These citizens are demanding equal opportunities to access all 

societal resources, especially training and employment. 

Funding Vocational Training and Employment for People with Disabilities in Europe explores 

the role independent funders can and do play in supporting this crucial element of integration. 

The publication aims to mobilise funders and encourage them to learn from their peers who have 

embraced this new model, showing the way forward for innovative funding in employment and 

disabilities issues. 

Foundations are unique in that they, in contrast to the state, can focus much more on holistic 

solutions to problems. They can experiment with innovative ways of social intervention and give 

examples of successful strategies. Through partnerships, foundations are able to mobilise other 

private entities outside of the philanthropy sector, such as corporates, mutuals, associations and 

cooperatives. Foundations are able to act even more effectively when they cooperate with public 

bodies to form public-private partnerships. 

The present publication includes a sample of 105 funders that work in the fields of disabilities 

and/or employment, with a heavy emphasis on those that combine both areas. It provides 

foundations, corporate funders and governmental bodies with a practical and user-friendly work 

of reference that reflects the programme interests of funders in these fields. The publication also 

includes “Guidelines for Good Practice”, a guide to good grantmaking practice in the area of 

training and employment for people with disabilities. The guidelines were developed in 

cooperation with the European Disability Forum. 

This publication is part of a larger cooperation between the European Foundation Centre 

Orpheus Programme and Fundación ONCE entitled “Partnership for Vocational Training and 

Employment for People with Disabilities in Europe”. The project aims to stimulate discussion 

and increase awareness, paving the way for further cooperation among funders in the field during 

the European Year of People with Disabilities 2003 and beyond. 

We would like to thank all of those who have contributed to this publication for their support and 

commitment. 

Dario Disegni, Chair, European Foundation Centre 

Head of Cultural Affairs and Institutional Relations, 

Compagnia di San Paolo 

Miguel A. Cabra de Luna, Director of Social and International Relations, 

Fundación ONCE

EFC GOVERNING COUNCIL 

Members 

American Express Foundation 

Bernard van Leer Foundation 

Bertelsmann Stiftung 

Bodossaki Foundation 

Carpathian Foundation 

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation 

Compagnia di San Paolo 

Deutsche Bank 

Fondation de France* 

Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli 

Ford Foundation 

Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento 

Fundação Oriente* 

Fundación BBVA 


The German Marshall Fund of the United States 

Johnson & Johnson Europe 

King Baudouin Foundation* 

King’s Fund 

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse 

Körber-Stiftung 

Open Estonia Foundation 

Oranje Fonds (formerly Juliana Welzijn Fonds)* 

Robert Bosch Stiftung 

St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation 

Stefan Batory Foundation 

Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 

Svenska Kulturfonden 

Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) 

VolkswagenStiftung 

Observers 

Charities Aid Foundation* 

European Cultural Foundation* 

Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation 

Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft* 

EFC Management Committee 

Compagnia di San Paolo, Chair 

Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Vice-Chair 

King Baudouin Foundation*, Vice-Chair 

VolkswagenStiftung, Treasurer 

Bernard van Leer Foundation 

Fondation de France* 


*denotes Founding Member of the European Foundation Centre 

List current as at December 31 st 2002

INTRODUCTION 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 11 

Guidelines for Good Practice ........................................................................................................ 17 

Advice to Grantseekers ................................................................................................................. 25 

THE FUNDERS 

List of Funders .............................................................................................................................. 33 

Profiles .......................................................................................................................................... 35 

INDEXES 

Funders by Country of Primary Address..................................................................................... 175 

Subject Index............................................................................................................................... 177 

Geographic Focus Index.............................................................................................................. 191 

Population Index ......................................................................................................................... 195 

Types of Support Index............................................................................................................... 199 

Alternate Names.......................................................................................................................... 207 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

EFC Orpheus Networking Centres and National Associations of Donors.................................. 211 

Information Centres and National Associations of Donors Outside Europe .............................. 217 

Selected Bibliography ................................................................................................................. 219 

Glossary....................................................................................................................................... 223 

Publications of the EFC Orpheus Programme ............................................................................ 227 

About the EFC Orpheus Programme .......................................................................................... 229 

About the EFC and Fundación ONCE ........................................................................................ 231

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW 

A DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO GOOD 

PRACTICE 

Funding Vocational Training and 

Employment for People with Disabilities in 

Europe is a joint project of the European 

Foundation Centre (EFC) Orpheus 

Programme and Fundación ONCE. The 

publication consists of two sections: a 

directory of 105 profiles of funders working 

in Europe in the fields of disabilities and/or 

vocational training and employment, with an 

emphasis on those working in both areas; 

and “Guidelines for Good Practice”, a guide 

to good grantmaking practice for funders in 

the field of training and employment for 

people with disabilities. Example initiatives 

from the profiles in the directory are 

included to illustrate the guidelines, which 

were developed in cooperation with the 

European Disability Forum. 

Profiles in the directory section review 

major activities, including a special section 

on the funder’s disabilities and/or 

employment activities, contact information, 

a statement on the funder’s origin and 

purpose, a list of trustees and executives, 

and a review of financial information. 

Funders included in this directory reported 

total annual expenditures amounting to 1.8 

billion euros. Profiles also review a funder’s 

geographic interests, any restrictions on the 

funding programme, application procedures, 

and publications. 

This publication is a collaborative project 

involving, in addition to the major project 

partners, international cooperation of many 

funding organisations in Europe and North 

America, and the assistance of EFC Orpheus 

networking centres across the wider Europe. 

THE EFC ORPHEUS PROGRAMME 

This volume is a publication of the Orpheus 

Programme of the EFC. The programme 

provides a public record and public 

information service on foundations and 

corporate funders active in Europe, and 

includes a network of information and 

support centres across all regions of Europe. 

This volume and its dissemination to 

funders, libraries and information centres in 

Europe and intercontinentally underpin the 

objectives of the Orpheus Programme. 

Profiles in this publication are also available 

online through Funders Online 

(www.fundersonline.org). For more 

information on Orpheus, please see the 

“About the EFC Orpheus Programme” 

section of this publication. 

OBJECTIVES 

The main objective of this publication is to 

provide foundations and corporate funders 

with a public record of the support provided 

for vocational training and employment for 

people with disabilities in Europe by 

independent funders active in Europe. 

Many funders included in this directory have 

interests in cross-frontier funding within 

Europe. Accordingly, an additional objective 

of this publication is to stimulate increased 

foundation and corporate funding in Europe 

in the field of vocational training and 

employment for people with disabilities by 

enabling other funders to learn of, cooperate 

with and possibly undertake such funding 

ventures themselves. 

In addition to serving independent funders, 

this publication is also a valuable resource to 

grantseekers, for it provides a source of 

detailed, current information on a variety of 

foundations and corporate funders that are 

active in the fields of vocational training and 

employment, and disabilities. A separate 

section, “Advice to Grantseekers”, addresses 

the needs of grantseekers who will use this 

publication as a reference tool. 

This publication will also be of interest to 

governmental bodies, scholars, the media 

and researchers concerned with the 

independent funding community in Europe. 

FOUNDATION TYPES IN EUROPE 

The foundation landscape in Europe is richly 

varied, in part due to the many languages 

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OVERVIEW 

and cultures in Europe and the different 

legal/fiscal environments from one nation to 

the next. Thus, where the British typically 

refer to a Trust, the Dutch will refer to a 

Stichting, the French a Fondation, the 

Germans a Stiftung, the Spanish a 

Fundación and the Swedish a Stiftelse. 

Along with the many different names for 

foundations, there are many different 

foundation types in Europe. Endowed 

foundations exist, as do community, 

operating and corporate foundations. Certain 

foundations in Europe benefit from the 

proceeds of lotteries or gambling. Certain 

foundations may be considered to be 

collector/distributor foundations, collecting 

funds from various sources, including the 

public, to serve their operational or 

grantmaking programmes. Certain 

foundations in Europe are hybrids, 

combining several elements noted above. 

For example, one may have an operating 

foundation, with an endowment, benefiting 

from lottery proceeds and raising funds from 

the public on a continuing basis, and with a 

grants programme. 

The EFC and its membership have 

developed a “Typology of Foundations in 

Europe”. This typology initially groups 

foundations into four generic categories as 

follows: 

• Independent foundations 

• Corporate foundations 

• Governmentally-supported or linked 

foundations 

• Fund-raising foundations 

Each profile includes a classification of type 

of funder, according to the typology. The 

funders in this book represent 58 

independent foundations, 18 corporate 

foundations, 6 fund-raising foundations, 4 

governmentally-linked foundations, 7 

community foundations and 12 direct 

corporate citizenship programmes. Copies of 

the “Typology of Foundations in Europe” 

are available from the EFC. 

WHO IS IN THIS DIRECTORY? 

The directory focuses on three types of 

funders: 

• Grantmaking or operational European 

foundations, trusts, and charities having 

their own fund or regular source of 

income and their own board of trustees 

or directors 

• Corporate citizenship programmes active 

in Europe 

• Intercontinental funders with European 

programmes or those wishing to develop 

European programmes or partnerships 

with European funders in their initiatives 

Of the 105 funders in Funding Vocational 

Training and Employment for People with 

Disabilities in Europe, 101 are European 

and 4 are American. The European funders 

represent 20 different European countries 

with a geographic spread across Europe, 

with a focus on the northern, western and 

southern regions of Europe. 

Community foundations are also represented 

in this directory. The EFC Community 

Philanthropy Initiative (CPI) contributed to 

this publication by identifying many 

community foundations that work in the area 

of disabilities. CPI focuses on strengthening 

organised philanthropy at the local level by 

promoting the development of community 

philanthropy organisations in Europe. 

Most community foundations in the CPI 

network are grantmaking bodies that fund 

local organisations that work directly with 

target groups, including people with 

disabilities. As conveners in their 

communities, these foundations have an 

important role to play in focusing attention 

on critical issues in their communities, 

including disabilities issues. 

Profiles of the following sample of seven 

community foundations appear in this 

directory: Berkshire Community 

Foundation; Derbyshire Community 

Foundation; Essex Community Foundation; 

Harrow Community Trust; Komunitná 

Nadácia Zdravé Mesto; Linkage Community 

12 EUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTRE

Trust; and Wiltshire and Swindon 

Community Foundation. 

FINANCIAL NOTES 

As noted, funders profiled in this volume 

reported 1.8 billion euros in total annual 

expenditures. Foundations, including 

corporate foundations, reported 17.9 billion 

euros in total assets and 1.6 billion euros in 

total annual expenditures. Direct corporate 

citizenship or corporate sponsorship 

programmes reported 213 million euros in 

total expenditures. Of the 105 funders 

profiled, 71 reported financial data from 

1999, 2000, or 2001. 

INDEXES 

The profiles in this publication are indexed 

according to the funders’ specific target 

populations, geographic focus of their 

funding programmes, subject areas, and 

types of support provided. An index of 

funders by country of primary address is 

also included as well as a list of alternative 

names used by the funders profiled. 

POPULATION NOTES 

Of the funders in this directory, 70% fund 

initiatives that work with disabled people, 

63% with children and youth, 35% with the 

elderly, 33% with families, 23% with ethnic 

minorities, 16% with the homeless, and 11% 

with women/girls. Initiatives targeted at 

community level are also prevalent, with the 

focus being on families, teachers, trainers or 

carers. 

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE 

The scope of the geographic interests of 

funders included in this directory ranges 

from local funding in their communities, to 

regional or national, to a European or 

intercontinental level. A total of 41 (39%). 

funders demonstrate an interest in funding 

outside of their home countries. Of the 

funders in this directory, most of which are 

from western European countries, 7% fund 

in Central and Eastern Europe, while 9% 

fund intercontinentally. 

While many of the funders have interests in 

cross-frontier funding, not all funders 

OVERVIEW 

profiled have interests in every European 

country. Many funders working in this 

subject area operate almost exclusively 

within their own borders. Profiles of these 

types of funders were included because of 

the significance of their activities in their 

own countries, and the ability of their 

programmes to serve as examples of good 

practice. Specific geographic interests are 

noted in the funder profiles. 

Within Europe, cross-frontier partnerships 

do not necessarily entail a cross-frontier 

transfer of funds from one country to 

another. An increasing amount of Europeanlevel 

funding initiatives take place when a 

national-level funder supports its country’s 

participation in a European-level project. 

SUBJECT NOTES AND TRENDS 

The programme interests of funders 

included in this directory cover a range of 

support to people with disabilities including 

health care and technical aids; education of 

children, and youth vocational training 

issues; awareness campaigns on disability; 

the promotion of employment opportunities 

for young and adult people; leisure activities 

through sport and arts; support to families; 

research; and advocacy. Most of the 

programmes include overlapping fields, 

mainly education and vocational training 

with job creation and provisions to remove 

physical barriers. A holistic approach is seen 

as vital in realising programmatic goals 

toward socio-professional integration of 

people with disabilities. 

As for the nature of the impairment, 46% of 

funders in the directory focus on mental 

health, which includes learning difficulties 

(18% of total funders in directory) and 

autism (5% of total funders); 30% on 

physical disabilities; 21% on sensorial 

disabilities, which includes visual 

impairment (12% of total funders) and 

hearing impairment (8% of total funders). 

The following presents in order of 

decreasing incidence the interest areas of 

funders in this directory (please note that 

these figures represent general interest areas 


OVERVIEW 

of the funder which may or may not overlap 

directly with their work involving 

disabilities and or employment): 

• Education (76% of funders in the 

directory) 

• Health (76%) 

• Community, economic and social 

development (55%) 

• Social services (50%) 

• Arts and culture (43%) 

• Employment (40%) 

• Civil society, law and civil rights (39%) 

• Transition from school to work (37%) 

• Engineering/technology (32%) 

• Medical care (30%) 

• Business promotion (27%) 

• Recreation and sports (24%) 

• Non-profit support services (18%) 

• Law and legal services (16%) 

• Rehabilitation (16%) 

• Media and communications (12%) 

• Teaching and training methods and 

materials (6%) 

The profiles show that employment and 

training opportunities provided are very 

often based on the use of new technologies 

and in particular on the use of the Internet. 

They also frequently refer to traditional 

building techniques and traditional crafts, 

notably woodworkers, and to local 

environment projects to renovate buildings 

and improve landscapes. Other professions 

less frequently quoted include gardeners, 

carpenters, salespeople, office clerks, media 

designers, cooking, reception and telephone 

duties, as well as interior cleaning. 

TYPES OF SUPPORT NOTES 

The different types of support provided by 

funders are presented below in decreasing 

order of frequency (please note that these 

figures represent general types of support 

provided by the funder which may or may 

not overlap directly with their work 

involving disabilities and or employment): 

• Programme development (79% of 

funders in the directory) 

• Capital support (77%) 

• Equipment (48%) 

• Research (45%) 

• Building/renovation (33%) 

• Technical assistance (by third party) 

(30%) 

• Funder-operated programmes (26%) 

• Conferences/seminars (22%) 

• General support/general purposes (20%) 

• Student aid (20%) 

• Curriculum development (18%) 

• Staff development (18%) 

• Information systems (16%) 

• Publications (14%) 

• Scholarships (14%) 

• Grants to individuals (13%) 

• Public awareness campaigns (11%) 

• Challenge/matching support(10%) 

• Gifts in kind (10%) 

• Collections acquisition (9%) 

• Awards/prizes(8%) 

• Fellowships (7%) 

• Student exchanges/study abroad (7%) 

• Continuing support (6%) 

• Corporate sponsorship (6%) 

• Employee matching gifts (4%) 

CONCLUSIONS FROM NOTES AND TRENDS 

The main objectives of the funders in this 

directory are to provide equal social and 

professional opportunities for people with 

disabilities. In order to reach this goal, most 

of the funders operate their own 

programmes and/or focus on improvement 

of life in communities to overcome social 

deprivation and promote a pluralistic civil 

society where people with disabilities play a 

fuller role in society and live as 

independently as they can. 

Many of the funders engage in initiatives to 

increase dialogue among all partners, 

including public authorities and business 

representatives, and encourage them to work 

together to facilitate the integration of 

disabled people in the labour market. 

Despite the fact that networking and 

partnership are undertaken by funders at 


local or regional level to better reach their 

goals, and that in some cases funders are 

operating internationally, it seems that the 

European dimension of their action is still 

weak. It is a primary aim of this project, of 

which the directory is a part, to increase 

European partnership so that independent 

funders can learn from each other and join 

forces towards collaborative advocacy for 

people with disabilities. 

HOW THE PROFILES WERE COMPILED 

The EFC believes that the best sources of 

information about foundations and corporate 

funders are those that they release 

themselves. These can be websites, annual 

reports, newsletters, grants lists, press 

releases and other documents. The profiles 

are based on these sources and are structured 

according to a common format. They are the 

words of the funders themselves. The EFC 

edited each profile with one goal in mind: to 

enable the personality and character of the 

foundation or corporate funder to express 

itself. 

In autumn 2002, draft profiles were sent to 

funders for their review, enabling them to 

verify the profile information. Of the 105 

funders profiled, 75 verified their profiles. 

INDIVIDUAL PROFILE SECTIONS 

The Orpheus Programme network of 

funding information centres jointly designed 

the editorial framework for the Orpheus 

database, from which this directory is 

produced. Profiles are in a common format 

that may vary slightly from one funder to 

another. The following provides an 

overview of the most important fields in the 

Orpheus database. 

FUNDER NAME 

This is provided in the language of the country in 

which the funder’s main office is located, or 

English if this is their preferred option. For 

countries such as Russia or Japan, this is provided 

in Latin script. If the funder also uses an Englishlanguage 

name alongside the original, this is 

provided in the profile. 

ADDRESSES 

A complete primary address is provided including 

e-mail and web addresses, where applicable. 

OVERVIEW 

When a funder has both a street address and a 

mailing address, the latter is included. Often, 

funders have additional addresses for offices in 

different countries or cities; these are included at 

the end of a given profile. 

KEY CONTACT 

Indicates the name and title of the person to 

contact with a request for information or with an 

initial letter of enquiry. If certain funders have 

specific contacts for their different office 

locations, this is noted. 

BACKGROUND 

Provides a description of the history and 

philosophy of the funding organisation. For 

corporate citizenship programmes and other 

funders with corporate links, the relationship to 

the corporate body is described. 

MISSION 

A statement of funder aims and objectives, 

grantmaking policy or mission statement. For 

corporate funders, this refers to the mission 

statement of the corporate citizenship programme. 

GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS 

The geographic areas of interest to the funder. 

RELATED ORGANISATIONS 

Where applicable, the name of a related company, 

foundation or special network. 

PROGRAMME AREAS 

Details of the funding organisation’s major 

interests and activities. 

DISABILITIES AND/OR EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES 

Clarifies the funder’s disability interests and 

includes representatives projects or grants. 

TYPES OF SUPPORT 

A list or description of the forms of support 

provided. 

APPLICATIONS 

Briefly reviews application procedures. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Where applicable, the subject areas, forms of 

support, geographic areas, population groups and 

types of organisations excluded by the funding 

organisation. This section may also indicate that 

the funder does not make grants to individuals or 

does not give grants but operates its own 

programmes. 

GOVERNANCE 

The names and positions of the individuals or 

committee members who manage and make 

decisions for the foundation or corporate 

citizenship programme. 

HONORARY/ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

The names and positions of the members of the 

committee that advises the governance or 

management committee of the funding 

organisation. 


OVERVIEW 

PUBLICATION TYPES 

A list of the types of documents produced by the 

funder. These may include annual reports, 

information brochures, newsletters, conference 

reports, and other documents. The titles of 

specific documents may be included. 

ASSET INFORMATION 

The total value of the foundation’s assets or 

capital endowment. Gifts Received pertains to any 

donations received by the foundation for the 

accounting year. For corporate funders, financial 

data may refer to total revenue of the company for 

the accounting year, and annual turnover and 

annual profit may be included. 

EXPENDITURE INFORMATION 

Total expenditure includes the amount spent on 

grants and/or operational programmes for the 

accounting year, including administrative costs. 

European Expenditure refers to total Europeanlevel 

funding, including both cross-frontier 

support and support within a funder’s own 

country for projects that exist at a European level, 

such as conferences, exhibitions or research. 

CURRENCY CONVERSIONS 

Financial information is provided both in national 

currency and in euros, with some funders 

reporting information to the EFC in euros or US 

dollars instead of their home currencies. The EFC 

chose currency exchange rates at January 1st 2002 

for conversions to euros. In some profiles, 1999 

or 2000 financial data are provided. For those few 

profiles that have 1999 or 2000 data and are from 

countries outside of the European Monetary 

Union, the euro conversions will be slightly less 

accurate as the value of these currencies has 

fluctuated against the euro since January 1st 1999, 

when the euro became the official single currency 

for the euro-zone countries. The EFC chose to use 

currency rates as at January 1st 2002 for every 

profile in order to allow comparison across all 

profiles in the directory. 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION 

A listing of the annual reports, information 

brochures, newsletters, websites and other funder 

publications that served as the sources of 

information for the profiles is provided. The EFC 

mailed draft profiles to all funders for their 

review. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The Orpheus Programme was launched in 

1993 and has been generously supported by 

Bernard van Leer Foundation, Charities Aid 

Foundation, Charity Know How, Charles 

Stewart Mott Foundation, Compagnia di San 

Paolo, Eurasia Foundation, European 

Cultural Foundation, Fondation de France, 

Ford Foundation, Freedom House, 

Freudenberg Stiftung, Fundação Luso- 

Americana para o Desenvolvimento, 

Fundación ONCE, The German Marshall 

Fund of the United States, Haniel Stiftung, 

King Baudouin Foundation, Knut och Alice 

Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Microsoft EMEA, 

Open Society Institute – New York, Robert 

Bosch Stiftung, Stifterverband für die 

Deutsche Wissenschaft, the Bellagio Forum 

for Sustainable Development, 

Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen, the 

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the 

European Commission. The EFC expresses 

its gratitude to these funders. 

The EFC thanks the 105 funders included in 

this directory for their assistance. Particular 

thanks go to the staff of those funders who 

translated texts into English, reviewed 

profiles and ensured that information was 

accurate, up-to-date and clear. 

The EFC also thanks its Governing Council, 

particularly Dario Disegni, EFC Chair; the 

main partner in this project, Fundación 

ONCE; and the European Disability Forum. 

Finally, this directory would not have been 

possible without the cooperation of the staff 

of both the EFC and the networking centres 

that participate in the Orpheus Programme. 

Their commitment to a strong information 

project serving foundations and corporate 

citizenship programmes in Europe is 

essential and fully appreciated. 

Denise Hizette 

Orpheus Programme Coordinator 

Marianne Johnston 

Orpheus Programme Editor 


GUIDELINES FOR GOOD PRACTICE 

A guide to good grantmaking practice for funders working in the field of vocational training and 

employment for people with disabilities 

INTRODUCTION 

Disability has widely come to be seen as a 

human rights issue in recent years, with 

priority being placed on the full integration 

of people with disabilities into society. 

Employment is key to this integration. It is 

now recognised that, for all citizens, quality 

of life, social well-being and personal 

fulfilment are generated by insertion into the 

mainstream job market. 

These ideas were summed up in the Madrid 

Declaration, issued at the close of the 

European Congress on Disabilities held in 

Madrid in March 2002. The declaration 

emphasised that non-discrimination and 

positive action lead to integration. The event 

was jointly organised by Fundación Luis 

Vives, the Spanish Ministry of Employment 

and Social Affairs and Fundación ONCE, 

with the support of the European 

Commission and the European Disability 

Forum. The gathering brought together more 

than 500 representatives of all stakeholders 

(non-governmental organisations, European 

Union (EU) Member States governments, 

EU institutions, trade unions, business 

associations, academics and civil society) in 

order to examine EU disability policy. 

Facilitating integration is everyone’s 

responsibility, but when people with 

disabilities are involved there is a need to 

remind public authorities that a new 

paradigm must be found; that intervention 

can be conducted in holistic ways that 

ultimately bring great benefit, not only to 

people directly affected by disabilities, but 

to society as a whole. 

Therefore, independent funders, including 

foundations and corporate funders, can play 

a crucial role in fostering the basic sociocultural 

and moral autonomy of the disabled 

person, and helping to create a more open 

society that embraces people with 

disabilities. This entails a commitment to 

changing society’s perception of disabled 

people and opening the doors to full 

participation in society and the job market. 

Foundations are unique in that they, in 

contrast to the state, can focus much more 

on holistic solutions to problems. They can 

experiment with innovative ways of social 

intervention and give examples of successful 

strategies. Through partnerships, 

foundations are able to mobilise other 

private entities outside of the philanthropy 

sector, such as corporates, mutuals, 

associations and cooperatives. Foundations 

are able to act even more effectively when 

they cooperate with public bodies to form 

public-private partnerships. 

The EFC Orpheus Programme has explored 

the field with a view to identifying potential 

players for collaborative action and 

analysing trends and gaps in initiatives 

towards support for people with disabilities. 

Fundación ONCE, the EFC Orpheus 

Programme and the European Disability 

Forum have determined the present set of 

guidelines for good grantmaking practice for 

independent funders to make a difference in 

ensuring equal opportunities for training and 

employment for people with disabilities. 

A NEW MODEL 

Foundations have been pivotal in providing 

support for research, health care and medical 

innovations in the area of disabilities, yet 

they have been slow, if not resistant, to 

respond to the social and political changes 

that have arisen as a direct result of those 

achievements. 

The realm of disabilities issues has seen a 

trend toward shifting from a medical model 

of health care, and a social model of 

assistance and protection, to a model that 

promotes empowerment and full 

participation in the community. Rather than 



locating the problem as the disability within 

the person, the new paradigm looks at the 

nexus between the individual with a 

disability and the environment. From this 

perspective, the problem is not a person’s 

inability or disability, but the political, 

social, attitudinal, architectural and 

environmental barriers that s/he encounters. 

Disclaiming the medical model, however, is 

not the same as rejecting the need for 

funding for health and medical issues. The 

difference is that, when people with 

disabilities are not seen solely through the 

prism of the medical model, health-related 

issues take their place as just one of many 

areas of concern in the lives of people with 

disabilities today. 

New perspectives replace the simple goal of 

self-sufficiency with the necessity for total 

self-determination, value interdependence 

over complete independence, and prize the 

personal connection and the notion of 

community over physical autonomy. These 

views redefine the field of disability funding 

towards supporting leadership training, 

community development, advocacy, selfdetermination 

and other projects fostering 

economic and social independence. They are 

addressing people with disabilities as 

members of society with the potential for 

productivity and real participation in the life 

of the community. Along with this, solutions 

must also focus on the physical, legal, social 

and attitudinal elements of the societal 

environment, a key part of which is 

employment, that affect people with 

disabilities. 

INNOVATIVE FUNDING APPROACHES 

Foundations, including community 

foundations, and corporate giving 

programmes have the opportunity to impact 

the disability movement as they look at 

funding innovative projects that support the 

empowerment of citizens with disabilities. 

New programmes supporting people with 

disabilities should be conceived as a 

process, from an interdisciplinary 

perspective, the ultimate goal of which is the 

person’s fulfilment. Education, vocational 

training and employment are recognised as 

central to social integration for all citizens, 

including those with disabilities. 

This new funding approach requires 

knowledge for evaluating proposals that 

reflect a movement away from traditional 

models towards emerging models of 

disability policy. The new models include 

relevant areas of action for governments, 

funders, social agents, and employers. 

GUIDELINES FOR GOOD GRANTMAKING 

PRACTICE 

Fundación ONCE, the EFC Orpheus 

Programme, and the European Disability 

Forum have noted the following broad 

categories of guidelines for good 

grantmaking practice for independent 

funders in the area of vocational training and 

employment for people with disabilities. An 

analysis of the grantmaking activities of the 

funders included in the present publication 

led to the identification of concrete 

examples of funders’ grantmaking activities 

that illustrate various facets of these broad 

guidelines. For more information on the 

funders cited, please see their full profiles in 

the directory section of this publication. 

Grantmaking should focus on projects and 

programmes that: 

1. Use education and vocational training 

as instruments to improve 

employability 

This area includes: 

• Supporting early education, which is 

seen as important in preparation for the 

job market. 

• Promoting appropriate training for 

mainstream educators, teachers and 

trainers of people of all ages to help 

them provide quality training to both 

their non-disabled and disabled students 

or clients. If needed, incentives should 

be offered for educational and training 

centres themselves to provide quality 


training that is suitably adapted for all 

students or clients. The installations, 

buildings, furniture, equipment, 

computer and communications facilities 

in the educational and training centres 

should be accessible and adapted to 

persons with disabilities. Procedures 

should take into account difficulties 

involving urban accessibility and 

transportation. Educators should take 

into account specific needs such as sign 

language, length of courses, and 

materials in Braille, among others. 

• Helping educators develop training 

strategies for people with disabilities that 

will provide real tools to improve their 

employability, including pedagogic 

tools, and tools for orientation, 

counselling, and help in finding 

employment. 

• Promoting the concept of lifelong 

learning among teachers, students, and 

society at large in an effort to persuade 

people that re-training for new careers 

or jobs is both possible and effective in 

equipping students with the skills 

necessary to thrive in an ever-changing, 

competitive environment. 

• Adapting training programmes to 

encourage the shift from sheltered to 

mainstream employment. 

Example 1 – Nederlandse Stichting voor het 

Gehandicapte Kind (Netherlands) 

The programme Overbruggen (Building Bridges) 

was initiated by Nederlandse Stichting voor het 

Gehandicapte Kind and the umbrella 

organisation of 35 Schools for Special Education 

in the Netherlands, and the Association of Mytyl 

and Tyltyl Schools. Since 1999, several 

secondary schools that educate young people 

with disabilities have been changed into tailormade 

programmes in order to prepare them 

better for their future working careers. Based on 

their individual skills, preferences, and 

capabilities the students are taught the relevant 

skills to ensure employability. This programme, 

with its individual approach, served to mobilise 

public authorities and other actors in the Dutch 

school system for special education, causing a 

radical change in that system. Schools outside of 

the initial programme have joined in and are 

now following the programme’s method, 


providing students with the appropriate tools 

and skills for their future careers and making it 

easier and more valuable for employers to hire 

them. As a consequence the employment rate for 

this group has risen considerably. 

Example 2 – Deutsche Kinder-und Jugendstiftung 

(Germany) 

The foundation supports the Early Job 

Orientation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 

programme which supports youths early in their 

career plans through the close cooperation 

between schools, associations and companies. 

The programme makes it easier for pupils to 

discover their talents and their inclinations early 

on. They learn to use existing resources to find 

out which requirements are necessary for what 

job, enabling them to make decisions about their 

future career. Although this programme is 

geared toward socially-disturbed youth, it can 

serve as an example for school-to-work 

initiatives aimed at young people with 

disabilities. 

Example 3 – Fundación Psico Ballet Maite León 

(Spain) 

The foundation’s training school focuses on 

training teachers and monitors to learn the 

methods employed by the foundation in its work 

with introducing disabled students to the 

performing arts. The aim of Psico Ballet 

teachers and monitors training courses is to 

provide complete psycho-pedagogic artistic 

training; to create artistically coordinated 

teams; and to spread the method and its 

innovative techniques. The complete Psico Ballet 

teacher training programme consists of different 

levels structured into two stages: initiation and 

specialisation within the fields of dance, theatre, 

make-up, psychology; and/or applied teaching. 

The foundation also organises courses, 

conferences and sessions for professionals from 

both public and private centres on the topic of 

performing arts and disability. 

2. Raise awareness among employers 

and placement services about the 

realities that people with disabilities 

face in the labour market 


• Supporting research and analysis of the 

labour market and the identification of 

the specific needs of the disabled when 

seeking employment. 



• Encouraging the monitoring of the 

situation of persons with disabilities in 

the labour market through continuous 

collection of statistical data. 

• Promoting awareness of employability 

of disabled people among employers, 

including awareness of their high 

potential for productivity and their 

reliability, in an effort to dispel 

commonly held prejudices about the 

capacities of people with disabilities. 

• Raising awareness among public and 

private employment services about 

clients with disabilities, urging these 

services to take into account all of their 

clients’ specific needs and 

circumstances, deficiencies and 

capacities along with the skills that they 

can further develop. 

• Supporting those placement services that 

find a good fit between supply and 

demand, which can be very successful in 

transforming a “disability” into an 

“ability”. 

Example 1 – The Shaw Trust (UK) 

The trust develops its range of innovative 

consultancy services to help employers recruit, 

train and retain disabled and disadvantaged 

employees. Its consultancy services include: 

• Practical advice regarding minor 

adjustments to the working environment 

• Assistance with reviews of Equal 

Opportunities Policies 

• Help with the retention of employees who 

have become ill or disabled while employed 

• Training in subjects such as disability 

equality, mental health awareness, 

employment law and the Disability 

Discrimination Act 

• Development of progression plans enabling 

employers to fulfil their obligations under 

existing equal opportunities legislation and 

the Disability Discrimination Act 

The Shaw Trust Shield project provides free 

advice for employers in South Wales to assist 

them to retain valued employees who may be in 

danger of losing their jobs due to disability or 

long-term ill health. 

Example 2 – Linkage Community Trust (UK) 

The trust’s Employment Services works closely 

with the trust’s education and care services to 

develop links with businesses and organisations 

throughout the area of Lincolnshire, UK and 

beyond. The Employment Service focuses not 

only on the needs of the trust’s students and 

residents but also on the needs of businesses, 

giving them advice, support and training to 

overcome concerns about employing a person 

with disabilities. Social firms (real businesses set 

up to employ mostly people with disabilities), 

part-time work, supported work and selfemployment 

are also being considered. 

A specific programme of the trust’s Employment 

Services is the Progressing Opportunities for 

Work Through Education and Research 

(POWER) project. This is a partnership between 

Business Link Lincolnshire and Rutland, Linkage 

Community Trust and Boston College. Partly 

funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), the 

project seeks to enable people with disabilities in 

Lincolnshire to enter or re-enter the labour 

market. The project provides services to both 

people with disabilities (beneficiaries) and to 

small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 

Services to beneficiaries include: full diagnostic 

assessment of employment interests; interface 

with government departments on benefit related 

issues; and work placement. Services to SMEs 

include: training on disability related issues; 

training on legislation (Disability Discrimination 

Act); and access audits. 

Example 3 – Stichting Start (Netherlands) 

The foundation’s Get Down on It, Netherlands 

programme has produced a video about people 

with Down’s Syndrome who work in regular 

jobs. The video aims to put an end to the 

prejudice that these people might be unfit for the 

regular labour market. When the video’s effects 

were studied, it turned out to have a positive 

effect on teachers and parents in particular. 

3. Encourage adaptation of the work 

environment 


• Improving physical access to the 

workplace, which primarily involves 

transportation issues. 

• Adapting the work place to 

accommodate employees with 

disabilities. 


• Improving disabled people’s access to 

information technology. 

• Adapting the job itself, including among 

other things supporting part-time work, 

flexible work hours, and short-term 

contracts. 

• Supporting research into new products 

and instruments that can be used to 

improve working conditions for persons 

with disabilities, enhance access to 

training, and increase the quality of 

employment, all of which guarantee 

equal opportunities in employment. 

Example 1 – British Telecommunications (UK) 

The company aims to make its workplace as 

accessible as possible. In particular British 

Telecom (BT) supports AbilityNet, which is 

based in one of its central London buildings. 

AbilityNet is a charity that brings the benefits of 

computer technology to adults and children with 

disabilities, both within BT and the communities 

in which the company operates. New BT people 

benefit from pre-recruitment assessments 

designed to ensure they have the most productive 

and comfortable equipment available as soon as 

they join the company. Existing BT people 

benefit from easier access to expert assessment 

and advice, and earlier provision of appropriate 

reasonable adjustments to their working 

environment. People in the community also have 

access to expert assessments and advice. 

Example 2 – Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses 

(Switzerland) 

The foundation helps to ensure the continued 

development of people with severe disabilities, 

which combine physical and mental disabilities, 

by putting modern technology at their disposal. 

People suffering from relatively minor 

disabilities, for whom the solutions offered by 

simple techniques are often adequate, also 

benefit from the activities of the foundation. The 

adapted technology developed and supported by 

the foundation is used for a variety of situations 

including: 

• Augmentative and alternative 

communication 

• Information technology and ergonomic 

access to computers 

• Environmental controls 


• Electronic control of the movements of 

disoriented people, such as sufferers of 

Alzheimer’s disease, for their own 

protection. This system can also be used by 

people who wish to summon help 

The foundation also runs a variety of training 

programmes that complement the technology 

that it has developed. Additionally, the activities 

of the foundation help people receive the 

guaranteed social reimbursement of the 

Assurance Invalidité. 

Example 3 – Fondation Defitech (France) 

The foundation runs a meeting centre where 

information technology (IT) can be used by 

people with disabilities, both children and 

adults, and their families. The foundation has 

made the IT infrastructure and managerial staff 

freely available. The centre can be accessed by 

any disabled person who wishes to acquire the 

basics of IT, and particularly begin to use the 

Internet. In a more playful spirit, some 

multimedia games are available for use, 

individually or in teams. The aims of this centre 

include: 

• Adaptation recommendations: enabling 

greater access to information technology 

tools in order to increase the autonomy of 

disabled people 

• Multimedia platform: discovering 

multimedia and the Internet in an adapted 

and user-friendly environment 

• Initial education: permitting young children 

with motor disabilities to get the basics of 

using a computer 

• Development techniques: making IT tools 

more accessible to people with disabilities 

by supporting the development of technical 

aids 

4. Take advantage of new sources of 

employment and employment from 

home 


• Encouraging new forms of employment 

through the social economy, local 

initiatives and activities related to new 

niches detected in the market. 

• Promoting disabled people’s 

involvement in the new informationbased 

labour sector, which is growing 

rapidly. 



• Creating jobs for disabled people in new 

fields such as the environment, services 

linked to the community, and the 

development of local tourism. These 

fields of employment are particularly 

oriented towards creating jobs that are 

close to home in the context of microcompanies 

that cover specific needs in a 

given community. 

• Supporting social or other agencies 

committed to providing employment 

enclaves or supported employment 

where needed. Many companies are now 

outsourcing services through 

subcontracts with third parties. These 

contracts’ flexibility provides excellent 

employment opportunities for persons 

with disabilities. 

• Promoting teleworking, which is made 

possible by today’s information-based 

society. 

• Promoting access to sources of financing 

for disabled people to create their own 

businesses. 

Example 1 – Microsoft (US) 

The company seeks to reduce the limitations, 

resulting from physical disability, which are 

placed on an individual’s potential for learning, 

communication, self-expression and contribution 

to society. Promotes a range of programmes 

across Europe which aim to use creative 

technology to accommodate disabilities. 

Programmes include helping disabled people 

work from home. 

Example 2 – Stichting Start (Netherlands) 

The foundation’s More Together, Netherlands 

programme assists people with multiple 

sclerosis in setting up their own information and 

communication technology company as they 

regard themselves as having no prospects on the 

labour market because of the unpredictable 

course of their illness. The Start Company 

focuses on making websites non-discriminating 

in terms of disabled people, and offers work even 

if the employees are unable to work full-time. 

5. Promote the shift to mainstream 

employment 

Funders should look for innovative formulas 

that promote social economy organisations 

and firms that encourage self-help and 

integration of disabled people into the 

mainstream labour market, and those 

programmes that explore collaboration 

between the business community, temporary 

employment firms and organisations of 

disabled persons. 

Example 1 – Theotokos Foundation (Greece) 

The foundation’s Vocational Placement and 

Integration Programme helps young adults with 

learning disabilities who wish to work through 

the foundation’s vocational integration 

programme called ‘Ergaxia’, which means 

‘value in work’. The programme is aimed at 

young adults over 20 years of age. The 

participants are helped by a placement team, 

whose goals are to place, train and maintain 

disabled workers in normal jobs. On-the-job 

training is emphasised, as well as long-term 

psycho-educational support of workers and 

employers. There are currently 85 young people 

working in normal jobs within their 

communities, and the foundation’s aim is to 

place, train and maintain 12 new young people 

every year in normal job settings. 

Example 2 – Fundação Irene Rolo (Portugal) 

The foundation’s Professional Integration 

Programme provides assistance by analysing the 

labour market of the region and providing the 

necessary training to employers and employees; 

providing a workplace or an internship to the 

students in training; personalising support 

during the training period and after the 

placement in the workplace (three years); and 

articulating the work developed by the Technical 

Support of Training in Enterprise (TAFE) with 

the remaining technical team of the foundation, 

the employment technicians of regional 

employment centres, with other centres of 

professional rehabilitation, and with public and 

private organisations. 

Example 3 – Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK) 

The foundation is supporting a research project 

titled, ‘Disability and Employment: Strategies 

for Success in the Workplace’. The project aims 

to identify strategies that support continued 

employment for disabled people and to use the 

evidence gained to inform policy and practice in 

a variety of arenas and settings. Researchers 

work with disabled people in employment to 

identify the shared and different strategies that 

they use to succeed in everyday jobs and careers, 

to evaluate their success and to facilitate the 

sharing of these strategies. The project aims to 


identify the roles that their employers and 

colleagues have played in creating a nondisabling 

work environment and evaluate the 

success of these roles. An outcome of the project 

will be a Toolkit of Strategies for disabled 

people. 

Example 4 – Centrica (UK) 

With the charity partners Carers UK and the 

Employers’ Forum on Disability, Centrica 

successfully applied in 1998 to become an 

‘innovative scheme’ within the New Deal for 

Disabled People programme. The programme 

aims to help people with disabilities into 

employment; help them obtain the necessary 

skills to allow them to work in telephone call 

centres; and to provide valuable research to 

improve the capacity of employers to place 

people with disabilities and carers into jobs. 

New Deal funding enabled the development of an 

assessment and work preparation programme 

into a transferable model of best practice for 

other employers and has led to valuable 

evaluation work, which has been widely shared. 

Almost 90% of the successful candidates 

progressed and have been retained on 

permanent employment contracts. Following the 

success of the project launch, variants of the 

programme have been extended to other 

Centrica offices across Britain, and more than 

130 people have been recruited. The programme 

has become a model that is transferable not only 

to other Centrica locations but also to other 

employers. In November 2001, ‘Recruitment that 

Works’, a guide to project-led recruitment, was 

launched. The guide reflects Centrica’s 

experiences with the programme and provides a 

framework for other employers who want to 

attract and employ people who are significantly 

disadvantaged in the labour market. 

6. Improve the quality and 

competitiveness of sheltered 

employment 

Sheltered employment centres are intended 

to provide training and temporary 

employment for people with disabilities, so 

that they may acquire the skills necessary to 

be employed in the mainstream labour 

market. However, for persons with severe 

disabilities who are unable to make the 

transition from sheltered employment to the 

mainstream labour market, special 

employment centres, sheltered workshops 


and occupational centres are effective 

instruments in providing these people with 

employment and in preventing their 

exclusion from the labour market altogether. 

Essential strategies in this field include 

adequately training disabled workers and 

their managers, and developing potential 

employment in new areas to diversify the 

supply of these special work arrangements. 

Example 1 – Stiftung Kräizbierg (Luxembourg) 

The foundation’s Training and Professional 

Activities Services include the Emile Mayrisch 

Centre. The centre is a professional school that 

offers training to adolescents and adults aged 16 

to 40 years in the following areas: gardening; 

pottery; stage layout; administration and office 

work; and silk screen printing. After their 

training the pupils have the guarantee to be able 

to find paid work in one of the five sheltered 

workshops of Centre d’Aide par le Travail of the 

foundation. 

Example 2 – Fondation Franco-Américaine 

(France) 

The foundation’s Structures for Protected 

Employment programme supports a protected 

workshop that provides employment to 60 

workers. It develops activities in the areas of 

horticulture, maintenance and cleaning of 

offices. The workshop is organised into units 

comprising a small number of people, making 

the programme more flexible and adaptable. 

7. Engage social agents in raising 

employment levels of people with 

disabilities 


• Raising awareness among social agents 

and encouraging them to collaborate 

with the disability movement by 

promoting action that engages the 

business community, public authorities, 

and social economy organisations in 

developing employment opportunities 

for people with disabilities. 

• Engaging public authorities through 

collective bargaining to advocate for the 

adoption and implementation of nondiscrimination 

clauses; implementation 

of active measures to promote hiring; 



compliance with existing quota systems; 

and creation of measures to ensure that 

the work place is adapted to make it 

accessible for people with disabilities 

who will be, or have already been hired, 

among other areas. 

• Where appropriate, promoting 

alternatives to government hiring quota 

systems, allowing companies to make a 

financial contribution to employment 

funds for people with disabilities, 

provide indirect employment for persons 

with disabilities by contracting goods or 

services from sheltered employment 

centres, or make economic contributions 

to public service foundations that 

provide employment or training 

programmes for the disabled. 

Example 1 – Fundación ONCE (Spain) 

The foundation works to establish agreements 

and general frameworks for agreements with 

public and private institutions for the benefit of 

disabled people, facilitating their personal 

development and integration into society and 

into the employment world. Supports projects at 

a European level that allow the associative 

fabric to carry out actions that give rise to 

significant transnational experiences, as well as 

the improvement of training and employment 

structures in Spain. 

Within the foundation’s work on professional 

training and employment, the foundation helped 

create the company MANCHALAN S.A. in 1999, 

along with Corporación Mondragón, Fundosa 

Grupo S.A. and Talleres Protegidos Gureak. 

This initiative demonstrates the commonality of 

interests and the potential in creating synergies 

in the social economy sector. The company, 

which produces products for plastic injection, 

cables, and industrial assembly, has an annual 

turnover of 2,130,000 euros and employs 185 

staff, of which 173 (94%) have disabilities. Most 

of these, 119, have a mental disability. Having 

such a high percentage of staff with a disability 

qualifies the initiative as a Special Centre of 

Employment. 

Example 2 – Fundación Luis Vives (FLV) (Spain) 

The foundation aims to provide support, advice, 

training and technical assistance to social action 

non-governmental organisations (NGOs). 

Following in the tradition of Luis Vives, the 

foundation’s purpose is to help encourage and 

enhance social action, supporting non-profit 

entities to improve their training, management, 

organisation and services. 

In March 2002 the foundation organised jointly 

with the Spanish Ministry of Employment and 

Social Affairs and Fundación ONCE, and with 

the support of the European Commission and the 

European Disability Forum, the European 

Congress on Disabilities, which brought together 

more than 500 representatives of all 

stakeholders (NGOs, Member States 

governments, EU institutions, trade unions, 

business associations, academics and civil 

society) to discuss and analyse EU disability 

policy. 

FLV publishes a bimonthly magazine (‘.ONG 

Social’) which focuses on issues of concern to 

social action associations and foundations. It is 

freely distributed to nearly 4000 NGOs 

throughout Spain and other European countries. 

Europa Info Social, a fortnightly electronic 

newsletter on EU social policy, is also freely 

distributed to several thousand NGOs. FLV also 

publishes periodically a series of reports (‘Luis 

Vives Reports’) on technical issues of particular 

relevance for social action organisations. FLV is 

currently publishing a series of manuals for 

NGO professionals and volunteers dealing with 

different issues. 

8. Seek the advice at all stages of people 

with disabilities themselves 

An expression often heard now from people 

with disabilities is, “Nothing about us 

without us.” Funders should make sure that 

any programme they fund directly involves 

and consults people with disabilities 

themselves in all phases of the project, from 

planning to execution. 

CONCLUSION 

By following these guidelines, independent 

funders, including foundations and corporate 

funders, can go beyond providing funds by 

approaching the issue of vocational training 

and employment for people with disabilities 

in a holistic way. They can act as 

intermediaries between public authorities 

and people with disabilities, provide 

expertise, and pull together the different 

stakeholders in innovative ways to help 

society move further down the path of full 

integration for people with disabilities. 


ADVICE TO GRANTSEEKERS 

Grantseekers planning to review this 

publication quickly in order to find lists of 

funding sources for their projects are 

advised to stop here. 

No such lists exist. 

Indeed, it will be the work of your 

organisation—your board of trustees, top 

management and staff responsible for 

funding—to develop a list that is specific to 

your own organisation and its priorities. 

The funding research process is timeconsuming 

and involves many steps. 

However, if carefully planned, it can lead to 

successful and lengthy relationships with 

foundations and corporate citizenship 

programmes. 

A high number of funding requests, 

estimated at 90%, are declined immediately. 

Many are declined because they fall outside 

a funder’s stated interest areas or because 

they are inadequately prepared and do not 

reflect an organisation’s strengths and its 

ability to carry out a proposal’s objectives. 

One fundamental truth about successful 

funding is that it involves hard work. This 

publication can help you begin the process. 

SUCCESSFUL FUNDING BEGINS WITHIN 

YOUR ORGANISATION 

Successful funding from foundations and 

corporate citizenship programmes should be 

based on the development of a deliberate 

organisational strategy and a linked project 

proposal. 

Developing an organisational strategy 

usually involves intensive work on the part 

of your organisation’s management and 

board of trustees or directors. It also may 

involve work with other organisations in 

your field that share similar goals. 

In developing your strategy, you should 

address the following questions clearly and 

directly: 

• What is the unique purpose of your 

organisation? 

• What audience do you serve? 

• Does this audience receive similar 

services from any other organisation? 

• What important need or needs do you 

aim to fulfil? 

• Does your board of trustees fully support 

your initiatives to begin to respond to 

these needs? 

As a general principle, the European 

Foundation Centre (EFC) recommends that 

several key elements be reflected in such a 

proposal (see table on following page). 

RESEARCH ON FUNDERS’ STATED 

INTERESTS IS ESSENTIAL 

Blanket or scatter-approach funding, 

whereby requests are sent to a wide group of 

foundations and corporate funders, are 

ineffective and can damage your 

organisation’s credibility. 

The EFC stresses that grantseekers should 

under no circumstances attempt to use this 

directory to develop a mailing list for their 

requests for funding. Such attempts will 

prove to be a waste of your organisation’s 

time and can seriously harm your future 

funding efforts. 

Research on funders’ stated programme 

interests is essential. Once you have 

developed your organisational strategy and 

linked project proposal, you can begin this 

research process. The goal of your research 

is to determine those few funders that have 

interests in line with your organisational and 

project objectives. One principle guides 

research for funding: 

If you do not qualify, do not apply. 

Funder research is a two-step process. The 

first step aims to develop an initial 

“prospect” list of some 10 or 15 funders 

who have general interests in the subject 

area of your organisation or project. The 

second step involves further research and 



Elements of a Project Proposal 

I. INTRODUCTION - AIM Summarises clearly the aim of the project and your 

organisation’s abilities and qualifications to 

accomplish this aim. 

II. NEED STATEMENT Reviews the need for the project and may detail a 

specific problem that the proposed project will answer 

and resolve. 

III. OBJECTIVES AND GOALS The aim should be broken down into measurable 

objectives, and the objectives into measurable goals. 

Goals are more detail-oriented. They are the specific 

projects or tasks you will undertake to achieve the aim 

and resolve the need or problem. 

IV. EVALUATION Explains how you will measure the success of 

achieving your stated goals. Often, this involves an 

advisory committee which guides and reviews the 

project regularly. 

V. BUDGET SUMMARY Notes the total project cost and other sources of 

funding, if any. 

VI. FUTURE FUNDING PLANS Describes the financial resources you will need to 

continue the project, once the support requested has 

ended, and how your organisation will arrive at these 

resources. 

VII. DETAILED BUDGET A realistic, accurate budget that details project 

expenses. Standard budgetary items include: 

personnel; travel/meeting costs; equipment; office 

running costs such as rent, telephone and postage; 

publications; and computer software and hardware 

needs. Itemise all costs more than 100 euros. 

VIII. APPENDED INFORMATION Include in an appendix information that helps support 

your proposal. This may be detailed work plans, your 

latest annual report and any documents that support 

your organisation’s credibility. 

refines this list to the three or four funders 

you may approach. 

The information in this directory should 

help you develop a prospect list. For 

example, of the numerous profiles included, 

many funders will have interests in specific 

subject fields, such as health (see Subject 

Index), population fields, such as youth (see 

Population Index), or types of support, such 

as public awareness campaigns (see Types 

of Support Index). If your organisation seeks 

funding for a smoking prevention campaign 

among young people, you may begin your 

research by reviewing profiles in these 

fields. As you review each, bear in mind the 

following: 

• Does the funder support the specific 

subject area for which you are seeking 

resources? For example, you should not 

seek funds for your smoking prevention 

campaign from a funder only interested 

in medical research. 

• Does the funder support the particular 

population group for which you are 


seeking funds? For your campaign 

aimed at young people, you should not 

approach an organisation that only 

supports projects aimed at very young 

children. 

• Does the funder indicate an interest in 

your country or geographic region? Not 

all funders in this directory are 

concerned with every country in Europe. 

• Is the funder an operational foundation? 

Operational foundations prefer to carry 

out their own programmes and usually 

do not accept funding applications. They 

can, however, offer valuable expertise in 

their stated programme interests. 

• Does the funder make grants for the type 

of support you are requesting? For 

example, if you seek funding for a 

public awareness campaign, you should 

not approach a funder that explicitly 

states it does not support them. Most 

funders have restrictions or limitations 

on their grantmaking programmes. The 

EFC strongly advises against requesting 

support in an area that a funder restricts, 

for this can seriously damage your 

organisation’s credibility. 

• Does the funder only support major 

consortia projects that involve a number 

of organisations, including governmental 

partners? 

• Does the funder make grants for the 

amount of money you will be 

requesting? You probably should not 

request 20,000 euros from a funder that 

has never made a grant above 5,000 

euros. Also, funders may not wish to 

support the full cost of a project. They 

may expect you to find additional 

funding sources to share the full cost. 

• Does the funder accept full project 

proposals, or does it prefer an initial, 

brief letter of enquiry? 

Noting this information and following it can 

save your organisation valuable time. 


FURTHER RESEARCH REFINES YOUR 

PROSPECT LIST 

This directory should help you prepare a 

“prospect” list, but you will still need further 

information before submitting a funding 

request. The EFC believes that the very best 

sources of information about foundations 

and corporate funders are those that they 

release themselves. 

Funder publications can be annual reports, 

newsletters, grants lists, press releases, 

application guidelines and other documents. 

Many of the funders in this directory 

maintain a website and publish annual 

reports, often including translations of 

significant sections in a second or third 

language. After initial research, if a funder 

remains on your prospect list, you should 

request copies of its annual report and 

application guidelines. 

Funder publications and websites will 

expand on the information provided in this 

publication. They will give you an overview 

of a funder’s priorities and the areas that it 

will and will not fund. In consulting these 

resources, look for the information that will 

help you determine whether the funder 

should remain on your prospect list. Pay 

careful attention to stated programme 

interests, restrictions, geographic limitations 

and other qualifications. 

Grants lists, contained in many annual 

reports, can also provide you with valuable 

information. Usually these lists include the 

name and address of the organisation 

funded, the amount of the award and a brief 

descriptive text on the purpose of the grant. 

Unlike programme area statements, which 

describe what a funder aims to do, grants 

lists show what they did. Grants lists reveal 

the types of organisations a funder tends to 

support and the average size of their grants. 

One key objective of the EFC Orpheus 

Programme is to develop a public 

information service on the work of 

foundations and corporate funders in 

Europe. A goal of this objective is to 

develop library services that maintain annual 



reports and other funder publications. 

Further information on the Orpheus 

Programme is included in this book. 

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMMES 

A number of corporate funders are profiled 

in this publication. In deciding whether to 

approach a corporate citizenship programme 

with a request for support, you should 

consider the following. 

Certain corporations consider their 

citizenship programmes to be truly 

philanthropic in nature. Others view their 

programmes as their social or community 

responsibility. Corporations may set up a 

separate office to run their giving 

programmes, or they may run their 

programmes from community affairs, public 

relations or even marketing offices. 

Similarly, some corporations establish a 

corporate foundation to run their giving 

programmes, while others manage corporate 

giving directly without a foundation – some 

may even have both. 

Given these considerations, corporate 

citizenship programmes tend to share one 

common element: These programmes aim to 

improve relations between corporations and 

the communities where the corporation 

maintains facilities or has markets. This can 

be accomplished through the awarding of 

grants, through promoting volunteer service 

by their employees, by matching employee 

gifts to non-profit organisations, through inkind 

gifts, and even by the lending or 

secondment of corporate executive staff. 

However, it is rare that a corporation will 

undertake citizenship programmes in 

locations where they do not have operations 

or plants. 

FUNDING USUALLY COMMENCES AT A TOP 

LEVEL 

Once you have refined your prospect list to 

the three or four funders that may be 

interested in your proposal, you are prepared 

for the next step. Successful funding usually 

commences at a top management to top 

management level, from director to director 

or board member to board member. Usually, 

foundations and corporate funders do not 

simply support the words and texts of 

written project proposals; they fund the 

people who can execute these proposals 

effectively. 

Included in most of the profiles in this 

directory are the board of trustees of the 

funding organisation, its chief executive 

officer and often the programme officer 

responsible for specific areas of interest. 

Before sending an initial letter of enquiry, 

you should consult your own board and top 

management about these names. Do they 

know any of these individuals personally? 

Have they met them at conferences or 

international meetings? 

The EFC would advise against your funding 

officer sending an initial letter of enquiry to 

a person they do not know. Instead, it would 

be more effective to have one of your board 

members or top managers send a personal 

letter to an individual known personally. 

Following this initial top level contact, and 

if a funder is interested in your proposal, 

further contact may continue at staff level. 

Sometimes such top level personal contacts 

may not exist. In these cases, you should 

write a brief, clear letter of enquiry, usually 

no more than two or three pages. 

Such a letter should: 

• Describe the aim of the proposed project 

• Note the measurable objectives and 

goals that you plan to accomplish 

• Summarise the project’s budget and 

other sources of funding 

• Explain your organisation’s abilities and 

qualifications to accomplish the project 

Certain foundations and corporate funders 

may accept full project proposals; this is 

noted in their profiles. 

FUNDING: A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP 

Successful funding often depends on the 

building of long-term relationships between 

partners. The three or four funders on your 

refined list may have years of experience in 

your field of activity. Or they may be 


interested in building experience in your 

field and in your country or region. Almost 

no funders are willing to make an award in 

exchange for a half-page report a year later. 

On approaching a funder, your organisation 

should be willing to undertake the 

responsibilities of a long-term relationship. 

This involves communication in the form of 

effective and timely reporting as required by 

the funding organisation. It also involves 

keeping the funder informed of any 

significant changes in the written project 

proposal. 


Over time, such communication may evolve 

into mutually beneficial professional 

relationships, with both the funding 

organisation and the grantee working to 

achieve specific aims in an area of shared 

interest. 

For further information on grantseeking, 

please contact the EFC Secretariat to obtain 

a copy of the EFC Orpheus publication, 

European Foundation Fundamentals; or to 

sign up for an EFC Foundation 

Fundamentals Seminar held regularly at the 

EFC Secretariat in Brussels. 


THE FUNDERS

LIST OF FUNDERS 

Abbey National Charitable Trust .................35 

American Express Foundation .....................36 

AXA Atout Coeur ........................................37 

B&Q plc .......................................................38 

The Barrow Cadbury Trust ..........................39 

Berkshire Community Foundation...............40 

Boots Charitable Trust .................................41 

Bridge House Estates Trust Fund.................42 

British Telecommunications plc...................44 

Cable and Wireless plc.................................46 

Cadbury Schweppes Foundation plc............47 

Camelot Foundation .....................................48 

Centrica plc ..................................................49 

Cera Foundation ...........................................51 

Co-operating Netherlands Foundations 

for Central and Eastern Europe ...............53 

Community Fund..........................................54 

Compagnia di San Paolo ..............................56 

Derbyshire Community Foundation.............58 

Deutsche Bank..............................................59 

Deutsche Kinder-und Jugendstiftung...........61 

Diageo plc ....................................................63 

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial 

Fund.........................................................64 

The Ernest Cook Trust .................................66 

Essex Community Foundation .....................68 

Fondacioni Shqiptar per te Drejtat e 

Paaftesise .................................................69 

Fondation Agir Contre l’Exclusion..............70 

Fondation Agir Pour l’Emploi......................71 

Fondation Association des Parents 

d’Enfants Mentalement Handicapés........72 

Fondation Auchan pour la Jeunesse.............73 

Fondation Battenberg ...................................74 

Fondation BNP Paribas ................................75 

Fondation Caisse d’Epargne.........................76 

Fondation d’Entreprise Brasseries 

Kronenbourg............................................77 

Fondation d’Entreprise du Groupe Air 

France ......................................................78 

Fondation d’Entreprise France Télécom......79 

Fondation d’Entreprise Vivendi 

Universal..................................................80 

Fondation de France.....................................81 

Fondation Defitech.......................................82 

Fondation des Mutuelles du Mans 

Assurances...............................................83 

Fondation Electricité de France................... 83 

Fondation Franco-Américaine..................... 85 

Fondation Jeunesse Avenir Entreprise ........ 86 

Fondation Roi Baudouin/Koning 

Boudewijnstichting/König-Baudouin- 

Stiftung/King Baudouin Foundation ...... 87 

Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses.......... 88 

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio delle 

Provincie Lombarde ............................... 89 

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma.... 91 

Fondazione Europa Occupazione - 

Impresa e Solidarietà .............................. 92 

Fondazzjoni Arka ........................................ 93 

Four Acre Trust ........................................... 94 

Freudenberg Stiftung GmbH....................... 95 

Fundação da Juventude ............................... 97 

Fundação Irene Rolo ................................... 98 

Fundacija Institut Otvoreno Opshtestvo 

Makedonija ............................................. 99 

Fundació Congost Autisme ....................... 101 

Fundación Luis Vives................................ 102 

Fundación María Francisca de Roviralta... 105 

Fundación Minusválidos en la 

Naturaleza............................................. 105 

Fundación ONCE ...................................... 106 

Fundación Paideia Galiza.......................... 108 

Fundación Psico Ballet Maite León .......... 110 

Fundación Ramón Rey Ardid.................... 111 

Fundación Telefónica................................ 112 

The Grocers’ Charity................................. 113 

The Haberdashers’ Company .................... 115 

Harrow Community Trust ......................... 117 

The Henry Smith Charity .......................... 118 

IBM Corporation USA .............................. 120 

Institute on Independent Living ................ 121 

International Youth Foundation ................ 122 

The Ireland Funds...................................... 123 

IWAZ Schweizerisches Wohn - und 

Arbeitszentrum für 

Mobilitätsbehinderte............................. 125 

Jacobs Foundation ..................................... 125 

The Jill Franklin Trust............................... 127 

Johnson & Johnson.................................... 128 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation .................... 130 

Jubiläumsstiftung der Credit Suisse 

Group.................................................... 131 

Komunitná Nadácia Zdravé Mesto............ 132 


LIST OF FUNDERS 

Kuntoutussäätiö..........................................133 

The Lankelly Foundation...........................135 

Levi Strauss & Co/Levi Strauss 

Foundation.............................................137 

Linkage Community Trust.........................138 

Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and 

Wales.....................................................140 

Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa ..142 

Nadace Euronisa ........................................143 

Nationwide Foundation..............................144 

Nederlandse Stichting voor het 

Gehandicapte Kind................................145 

The Northern Rock Foundation .................147 

The Nuffield Foundation............................149 

Open Society Foundation Sofia .................150 

People in Need Trust..................................152 

The Percy Bilton Charity ...........................153 

The Pilgrim Trust.......................................154 

Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation...................156 

Schweizerische Wohn - und 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für 

Körperbehinderte...................................157 

Shaw Trust .................................................158 

Slovenská humanitná rada .........................160 

Stichting Start.............................................161 

Stiftung Kräizbierg.....................................162 

Theotokos Foundation................................163 

Ulverscroft Foundation ..............................165 

Vates-säätiö................................................166 

Výbor dobré vule - Nadace Olgy 

Havlové .................................................167 

Wiltshire and Swindon Community 

Foundation.............................................169 

The Worshipful Company of 

Information Technologists’ Charitable 

Trust ......................................................170 

The Yapp Charitable Trust.........................172 


ABBEY NATIONAL 

CHARITABLE TRUST 

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT 

1990 

PRIMARY ADDRESS 

Genesis House 

301-349 Midsummer Boulevard 

Milton Keynes, MK9 2JE 

United Kingdom 

Tel.: +44.87.0608.0104 

E-mail: communitypartnership@ 

abbeynational.co.uk 

Web: www.abbeynational.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Alan Eagle, Principal Officer of the company 

MISSION 

To empower disadvantaged people to live fuller 

lives. 

BACKGROUND 

The Abbey National Charitable Trust Ltd. was set 

up in 1990 to provide a focus for the Abbey 

National Group’s activities with the voluntary 

sector. By 2001, the trust had given more than 

£10 million to charity. 


UK 


The Abbey National Group 


The priority for donations is given to the 

following areas: 

• Equal opportunities for disabled people 

• Education for disadvantaged groups 

• Employment for disadvantaged groups 

Equal Opportunities for Disabled People 

Aims to help people with physical and sensory 

impairments, as well as learning difficulties, 

mental illness and infirmity due to old age, by 

covering the costs of special equipment, housing, 

and participation in sports and the arts. 

Education for Disadvantaged Groups 

Aims to help people of any age with special 

education or training needs. This could include 

minority ethnic communities, disabled people, 

homeless people or inner city social exclusion 

projects. Private schools other than for special 

needs groups are not supported. 

Employment for Disadvantaged Groups 

Aims to help priority groups with their 

employment needs including minority ethnic 

communities, disabled people, homeless people or 

inner city social exclusion projects. Youth 

unemployment may be added to this. 


Education and training for people with disabilities 

features prominently in the trust’s grantmaking. 

Within its Employment for Disadvantaged 

Groups area, the trust in 2001 donated funds to a 

UK restaurant which enabled it to hire a full-time 

Employment Support Worker to oversee its 

employment and training scheme for young 

people with disabilities and behavioural problems. 

The Employment Support Worker supports the 

graduates of the scheme when they move on to 

permanent jobs in the hotel and catering industry, 

ensuring that they are able to cope when working 

and living independently. 


Capital support 

Corporate sponsorship 

Employee volunteering 

Matching support 

APPLICATIONS 

Only registered charities or organisations with 

charitable status can be considered by the trust. 

Applicants may apply in writing. There is no 

formal application form. When writing, emphasis 

must be placed on the specific needs and how 

they meet the priorities of the trust. It is helpful to 

include more general supporting information such 

as a recent newsletter or annual report. Applicants 

seeking donations of more than £1,000 must 

include accounts and, where appropriate, a 

business or project plan. Applicants considering 

appeals for more than £5,000 are advised to 

telephone the trust to discuss the proposal prior to 

submission. 

Initial approach by letter. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The trust does not make donations that benefit or 

sponsor specific individuals; support lobbying or 

political parties; would benefit principally a single 

religious or ethnic group; are to help causes 

outside the UK; are to replace statutory funding; 

last for more than one year; or are to support 

fund-raising by individuals or other grantmaking 

bodies. 

LANGUAGES ACCEPTED 

English 

TYPE OF FUNDER 

Corporate foundation 

LEGAL STATUS 

Company registered with the Charity Commission 

GOVERNANCE 

Trustees and Directors 

Jim Smart, Chair 

Tim Murley 

Norman Wilkes 

STAFF 

Alan Eagle, Principal Officer of the company 


Annual report 

Electronic/online information 

Information brochures 


AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION 

2000 POUND STERLING EURO 

Total Assets 10,588,778 17,279,337 

Total Gifts 1,290,000 2,105,091 

Grants Exp. 1,750,537 2,856,620 

Number of grants: 

SOURCES OF FUNDS 

1,476 

Funded partly from annual grants from Abbey 

National plc and partly from income from 

endowment funds given by the company to the 

trust. 

NOTES ON FINANCIAL INFORMATION 

The figures for expenditure exclude the £346,442 

donated through the trust’s Matched Donation 

Scheme. 

(Sources of information: Abbey National’s 

Community Partnership Programme brochure; 

Annual Report 2000; Website; Verified by funder) 

AMERICAN EXPRESS 

FOUNDATION 


1954 


200 Vesey Street 

New York, NY 10285-4804 

USA 

Tel.: +1.212.640.4649 

Fax: +1.212.640.0326 

Web: www.americanexpress.com/corp/ 

philanthropy 

KEY CONTACT 

Cornelia W. Higginson, Vice-President, 

Philanthropic Programme, International 

MISSION 

To be a good citizen in the communities where 

the company operates, and where American 

Express employees live and work. 

BACKGROUND 

The American Express Foundation is part of the 

American Express Philanthropic Programme, 

which oversees the company’s corporate 

citizenship activities. It provides funding to 

cultural, educational and community 

organisations around the world. 


International, where American Express has a 

significant presence 


American Express Company 


The following are the foundation’s main areas of 

international focus: 

• Cultural heritage 

• Economic independence 

• Community service 

Cultural Heritage 

Protects the natural and built environment so that 

it can be enjoyed by local residents and visitors, 

and preserved for future generations. Funding 

also supports arts and culture as representative of 

national, regional and local cultures. 

Economic Independence 

Targets initiatives that encourage, sustain and 

develop economic self-reliance. Such 

programmes provide access to education, training 

and work experience, including school-to-work 

efforts. Education efforts that enable people to 

responsibly maintain their financial stability fall 

under this theme. 

Community Service 

Reinforces the volunteer efforts of thousands of 

American Express employees and advisors in 

their local communities, and continues the 

company’s long-standing support to local United 

Way organisations across the US. American 

Express’ tradition of responding to emergencies 

around the world and providing assistance to 

disaster victims through grants to the American 

Red Cross and other relief agencies is also 

included in this programme area. 


Educational/training programmes 

Employee volunteering/technical assistance 

Programme development 

APPLICATIONS 

Grants are made by the company and the 

foundation on behalf of American Express Travel 

Related Services, American Express Financial 

Advisors and American Express Bank. To apply 

for funding, prepare a hard copy proposal in the 

form of a letter, no more than two to three pages 

in length. See website for more details. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No funds for organisations that discriminate on 

the basis of race, sex or religion; individuals; 

fund-raising activities; good-will advertising; 

souvenir journals; dinner programmes; travel; 

religious or political causes; books; magazines; 

articles in professional journals; endowments or 

capital campaigns. Proposals in the community 

service category will only be considered if 

forwarded by an American Express employee. In 

the US grants are only made to non-profit 

organisations that are tax-exempt under the IRS 

501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) codes. Outside 

the US, grants are made to organisations that are 

able to document non-profit status. 


English 




LEGAL STATUS 

Private foundation and corporate giving 

programme 

GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Kenneth Chenault 

R. Gary 

Jonathan Linen 

Mary Beth Salerno 

Thomas Schick 

STAFF 

Mary Beth Salerno, President 

Cornelia W. Higginson, Vice-President, 

Philanthropic Programme, International 

Mary Ellen Craig, Comptroller and Director 

Terry Savage, Director, Economic Independence, 

Domestic 

Linda Hassan, Manager, Domestic 

Anna Mariella, Manager, Gift Matching 

Angela Woods, Director, United Way 


Annual report 

Application guidelines 


Grants list 


2001 US DOLLAR EURO 

Total Exp. 30,506,355 34,199,950 

Programme Exp. 1,246,905 1,397,876 

Number of grants: 1,700 


Contributions and gifts; the American Express 

Company and its subsidiaries. 


Figures represent expenditure by both American 

Express Foundation and American Express 

Company. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Funding Member 

(Sources of information: Previous EFC profile; 

Website; Verified by funder) 

AXA ATOUT COEUR 

1991 

FUNDING SINCE 


25 avenue Matignon 

75008 Paris 

France 

Fax: +33.1.5669.9557 

E-mail: atout.coeur@axa.com 

Web: www.axa.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Dominique Fouchard, Manager of the World 

Programme 

NAME IN ENGLISH 

AXA Heart in Action 

AXA ATOUT COEUR 

MISSION 

To support people who face hardship. 

BACKGROUND 

AXA Atout Coeur is a programme which brings 

together the employees of AXA who wish to 

involve themselves in grass-roots actions to 

benefit organisations active in each of the main 

programme areas. The programme areas are 

chosen by the national branches of AXA, based 

on the wishes of their staff who work as 

volunteers. 


35 countries where AXA is active 


AXA 


In France, the funder operates programmes in the 


• Drug addiction 

• AIDS 

• Social insertion and training 

• Disability 

Drug Addiction 

Intervenes prior to or after treatment in health 

care centres. The volunteers assist a range of 

organisations working in prevention, sheltering, 

health care and reinsertion of drug addicts. The 

volunteers participate in leisure trips with youths 

from the rehabilitation centres. They involve 

themselves in awareness-raising and prevention 

by distributing information and syringes. They 

advise ex-drug addicts on how to write CVs or 

prepare for interviews for employment. 

AIDS 

Acts in a variety of ways including fund-raising; 

leisure activities such as afternoon snacks for 

children and afternoon entertainment for adults; 

and prevention for both the general public and for 

AXA employees through distributing leaflets, 

selling red ribbons, organising meetings and 

showing films. 

Social Insertion and Training 

Gives immediate and concrete responses to the 

fight against the social exclusion of deprived and 

isolated people by pursuing the development of 

partnerships, in the long-term, with the principal 

actors in the local life. Each action focuses on 

individuals and their access to pre-professional 

training qualifications in sport, heritage 

restoration and related actions. Each project is 

supported by a local representative of AXA who 

ensures the role of the sponsor. 

Disability 

Volunteers work with organisations that provide 

assistance to people with disabilities (physical and 

mental disabilities, or mental illness) by providing 

accompaniment on excursions including 

amusement outings, and sporting and cultural 


B&Q PLC 

events; and by helping in the organisation of 

colloquiums. Some volunteers from AXA Atout 

Coeur have also become members of the 

administration councils or boards of these 

organisations. 

In France, 3,500 volunteers have established 

partnerships with 800 organisations within the 

framework of the programme areas. 


Building/renovation 

Conferences/seminars 



Gifts in kind 


French 


Direct corporate citizenship programme 

TYPE OF BUSINESS 

Financial services 

STAFF 

French Programme 

Jean Louis Gonzalez, Secretary General 

Maryse Baut, Head of Mission 

Thierry Jolivel, Head of Mission 

Hélène Neukirch, Head of Mission 

Claudie Adnot, Secretariat 

Dominique Lelong, Secretariat 

World Programme 

Dominique Fouchard, Manager of the World 

Programme 





Budget received from the different French entities 

of AXA. 

(Sources of information: The Charitable Giving 

Philosophy of AXA; Website; Verified by funder) 

B&Q PLC 

not available 

FUNDING SINCE 


Portswood House 

1 Hampshire Corporate Park 

Chandlers Ford 

Eastleigh, SO53 3YX 


Tel.: +44.23.8025.7338 

E-mail: diversity@b-and-q.co.uk 

Web: www.diy.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Sue O’Neill, Social Responsibility Manager - 

Diversity 

MISSION 

To give people the inspiration, confidence and 

solutions to create homes to be proud of and to 

ensure the stores, goods and services are 

accessible to all people. 

BACKGROUND 

Founded in 1969, this UK-based international 

home improvement business has more than 300 

stores in the UK and 50 stores internationally. 


UK 


B&Q makes grants to local community and 

environmental projects through the following 

programmes: 

• You Can Do It Awards 

• Better Neighbour Grants 

You Can Do It Awards 

Helps local community organisations renovate 

buildings and landscapes. The company funds the 

B&Q You Can Do It Community Awards. 

Better Neighbour Grants 

Enables stores to fund disability and diversity 

related projects as well as local environment 

improvement. 


B&Q provides employment to disabled people in 

a number of ways including the standard 

application form; job introduction scheme; and 

Workstep. Workstep, or supported employment, 

provides job support to disabled people who may 

experience difficulty in obtaining a job. Workstep 

can also provide support and training during 

employment to enable the Workstep employee to 

progress. B&Q has introduced many initiatives to 

assist people with disabilities including: 

• Appointing a Store Diversity Champion for 

each store 

• Providing alternative media formats for 

printed information 

• Completing store audits to identify issues 

relating to physical barriers in stores in order 

to achieve barrier free shopping by 2004 

• Building access design into new stores 

• Providing a diversity training programme for 

all new staff that includes disability awareness 

as a core module 

• Undertaking market research to understand 

disabled people’s preferences and 

requirements 

• Producing independent living products that are 

easier to use 

• Communicating the Disability Discrimination 

Act to all staff 

B&Q has received several awards for its work for 

people with disabilities, including the EASE 

Award for the business that has done the most to 

improve the Ease of Access for Services and 


Employment for disabled people; and the 

Business in the Community Award for Innovation 

in recognition of its work forming partnerships 

with local disability organisations. 


Awards/prizes 



Staff development 

APPLICATIONS 

Grants are only awarded for the Being a Better 

Neighbour initiative. 


English 




Retail trade 

STAFF 

Sue O’Neill, Social Responsibility Manager - 

Diversity 




(Sources of information: Information brochures; 


THE BARROW CADBURY 

TRUST 

1920 



2 College Walk 

Selly Oak 

Birmingham, B29 6SL 


Tel.: +44.121.472.0417 

Fax: +44.121.471.3130 

Web: www.bctrust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Sukhvinder Stubbs, Director 

DISABILITIES CONTACT 

Pamela Baker, Executive Assistant 

MISSION 

To support projects of an innovative nature and 

national significance that aim to realise a more 

just and democratic society. 

BACKGROUND 

The trust was established as the Barrow and 

Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, which merged with 

the Paul S. Cadbury Trust in 1994. 


UK, particularly the West Midlands, and 

international 

THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST 


The trust is involved in the following 

programmes: 

• Asylum, immigration and resettlement 


• Penal affairs 

• Racial justice 

Asylum, Immigration and Resettlement 

The programme focuses on the rights of asylum 

seekers, refugees and immigrants and settlement 

needs of refugees where initiatives can effect 

change in policy and practice. 

Disability 

The programme supports national projects 

promoting inclusive education for those with 

learning difficulties. 

Penal Affairs 

Support is provided for the promotion of a 

humane and just prison and remand service, and 

an equitable system of justice. 

Racial Justice 

The programme supports ethnic projects fostering 

self-advocacy and inter-ethnic and religious 

understanding. 

The trust also supports projects in the areas of 

community organising, gender equality and peace 

and justice. 

APPLICATIONS 

No application forms. Informal or written 

enquiries encouraged. Trustees meet in March, 

July and November. 



Independent foundation 

LEGAL STATUS 

Registered charity 

GOVERNANCE 

Anna Southall, Chair 

STAFF 

Sukhvinder Stubbs, Director 

Pamela Baker, Executive Assistant 

Dipali Chandra, Assistant Director 

Moira Westmacott, Administrator 


Annual report 



Total Assets 67,800,000 110,639,687 

Total Exp. 2,890,000 4,716,057 

(Sources of information: Annual Report 1998-1999; 

Verified by funder) 


BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY 

FOUNDATION 


1985 


Arlington Business Park, Theale 

Reading, RG7 4SA 


Tel.: +44.118.930.3021 

Fax: +44.118.930.4933 

E-mail: bct@patrol.i-way.co.uk 

Web: www.berksfoundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Robin Draper, Chief Executive 



MISSION 

To improve the quality of life for the citizens of 

Berkshire. 

BACKGROUND 

The Berkshire Community Foundation raises 

charitable funds to support local charity activities 

and the local voluntary groups that tackle need at 

the grass roots of the local Berkshire community. 


Berkshire, UK 

FORMER NAME 

Berkshire Community Trust 


The foundation supports: elderly people; children; 

homes with a member with a long-term disability 

or illness; carers; young people; ethnic minority 

groups; and low-income families. The foundation 

participates in the following programmes: 

• Give a Child a Chance 

• European Social Fund Global Grants- 

Progression towards employment 

Give a Child a Chance 

Aims to help children in general but mainly 

children with physical or learning disabilities or 

with psychological and behavioural disorders. 

Also helps children who are deprived of a normal 

life such as those who are in foster care or in 

hospital. The Give a Child a Chance has helped 

children and local organisations with holidays, 

transport, computers, learning aids, wheelchairs, 

specialised sensory equipment and domestic 

adaptations. 

European Social Fund Global Grants- 

Progression Towards Employment 

Helps people with disabilities and/or mental 

health needs; ethnic minority groups; lone 

parents; returnees to the labour market; and 

homeless people to find employment. The 

foundation supports improving basic skills, 

removing barriers to employment, developing 

local responses to local needs, fighting 

discrimination, and tailoring services to 

individual needs. 




Equipment 

APPLICATIONS 

Application forms can be found on the website. 

Grant applications for single items of expenditure 

on a non-recurring basis are received all year. 

Deadlines for larger grants for single items of 

expenditure on a non-recurring basis are March 

1st and October 1st. The application deadlines for 

support of larger projects are March 15th and 

October 15th. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not fund individuals; education; sports; arts; 

environment (unless in the context of tackling 

wider social need); public bodies; or appeals or 

charities for projects supporting statutory 

organisations. It does not give funds for religious 

and political purposes. 


English 


Community foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Jane Wates, Chairman 

David Ainslie, Vice-Chairman 

James Puxley, Vice-Chairman 

Christine Gabriel 


Philip Wroughton, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire 

STAFF 


Elisabeth Stannard, European Social Funds 

Grants Officer 

Jenny Ward, Foundation Grants Officer 

3 full-time staff 

2 part-time staff 

43 volunteers 


Annual report 


Newsletters/periodicals 



Total Assets 2,059,326 3,360,519 

Total Gifts 437,183 713,419 

Total Exp. 372,595 608,021 

Grants Exp. 204,614 333,900 

Programme Exp. 767,981 1,253,233 



118 

Corporate, local authorities, European Social 

Fund and individuals. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Annual Report Network 

(Sources of information: Website; Verified by funder) 


BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST 


1970 


The Boots Company 

Charitable Investment 

1 Thane Road West 

Nottingham, NG2 3AA 


Tel.: +44.115.949.2185 

Fax: +44.115.949.2120 

E-mail: gary.beharrell@boots-plc.com 

Web: www.boots-plc.com/communityinvestment 

KEY CONTACT 

Gary Beharrell, Systems and Trust Development 

Manager 

MISSION 

To enhance the lives of people in and around 

Nottingham, UK. 

BACKGROUND 

Boots was founded at the turn of the 20th century 

in Nottingham and still has its headquarters there. 

The company established the Boots Charitable 

Trust in 1970. 


UK, particularly the Nottinghamshire region 


Boots Company plc 


The trust’s funding priorities include: 

• Health care 

• Lifelong learning 

• Community development 

• Social care 

Health Care 

Supports appeals from organisations working 

with, and on behalf of, the blind, deaf, and 

physically disabled; and those involved in the 

fields of mental health, epilepsy, long-stay and 

terminal care, nurses and nursing, alcoholism, 

drug addiction and care of the elderly. Appeals 

from hospitals other than private hospitals are 

also considered. This is divided into two areas. 

The first is Community health care, which 

includes community health care services; home 

care; after care; sufferers of medical conditions 

and disabled people; and continuing care. The 

second area is health education and prevention, 

promoting knowledge and awareness of specific 

diseases or medical conditions. 

Lifelong Learning 

Helps people of any age to achieve their 

educational potential through supplementary 

schools, literacy and numeracy projects, 

community education, vocational/restart 

education for the unemployed, and alternative 

education for excluded school pupils. 

BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST 

Community Development 

Helps groups to organise and respond to problems 

and needs in their communities or networks. This 

includes groups such as Councils for Voluntary 

Services and self-help groups. 

Social Care 

This aspect is divided into three areas. The first is 

personal social services, supporting organisations 

assisting individuals or families to overcome 

social deprivation, including people who are 

homeless or disabled and their carers; lone parent 

and child care groups; and other family support 

groups. The second is social preventative 

schemes, supporting activities preventing crime, 

dropping out and general delinquency; and 

providing other social care outreach work, social 

health and safety awareness schemes. The third 

area is community social activities, supporting 

activities that promote social engagement for 

vulnerable people, mitigating the effects of 

isolation and loneliness. 



Curriculum development 



APPLICATIONS 

The company budget is used to support initiatives 

where Boots has a special interest, and projects 

are therefore sought on a proactive basis. The 

company does not, therefore, respond to appeals 

other than through the Boots Charitable Trust. All 

applicants must complete an application form and 

send it, along with an annual report, accounts and 

any supporting documentation such as letters of 

support, by post to the trust. The application form 

is available on the website or by post upon 

request in writing. There are no deadlines for 

applications. Trustees meet regularly during the 

year, but a grant will take anything from four 

weeks (grants of less than £1,000) to six months 

(grants of more than £1,000). All applications will 

be acknowledged. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Priority is given to charities benefiting 

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Erewash. 

Appeals may be considered from organisations 

located in other areas within the UK where the 

Boots Company has a significant representation 

and when the appeal is supported by a strong 

recommendation from that Boots business unit. 

Appeals from individuals, private fund-raising 

groups and organisations that are not registered 

with the Charity Commission and appeals from 

outside the UK are ineligible for consideration. 

Projects are excluded for which there is a clear 

statutory obligation. The trust is especially 

interested in approaches with the capacity to 


BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES TRUST FUND 

influence a wide audience within the trust’s area 

of support. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Independent registered charity 

GOVERNANCE 

Committee of Trustees 

A.L. Bowe 

J.A. Cohen 

A.P. Smith 

J.J.H. Watson 

K.R. Whitesides 

STAFF 

Gary Beharrell, Systems and Trust Development 

Manager 

S. Fennell, Secretary 


Annual report 





Total Assets 10,241 16,712 

Total Gifts 258,719 422,192 

Total Exp. 255,654 417,190 

Grants Exp. 172,640 281,723 



80 

Funded by the Boots Company plc and from 

donations by staff of the company. 


Financial year ended March 31st 2002. 

(Sources of information: Statement of Policy on 

Charitable Giving; Trustees’ Report and Financial 

Statements 31st March 2001; Website; Verified by 

funder) 

BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES 

TRUST FUND 

1995 



Corporation of London 

P.O. Box 270 

Guildhall 

London, EC2P 2EJ 


Tel.: +44.20.7332.3710 

Fax: +44.20.7332.3720 

E-mail: bridgehousetrust@corpoflondon.gov.uk 

Web: www.bridgehousegrants.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Clare Thomas, Chief Grants Officer 

MISSION 

To support effective charitable activity across 

Greater London, through an objective and quality 

grantmaking operation, in a number of clearly 

defined priority areas. 

BACKGROUND 

The Bridge House Estates Trust Fund’s origins 

can be traced back to 1097 when taxes were 

raised to repair London Bridge. By the end of the 

12th century, a significant fund had begun to 

accumulate due to the taxes, rents and bequests 

collected. The trust’s grantmaking arm began 

supporting charitable activity benefiting the 

inhabitants of Greater London in 1995. 


Greater London 


Corporation of London 


The core business of the trust has been for many 

centuries building and maintaining bridges across 

the river Thames into the City of London. The 

maintenance and eventual replacement of these 

bridges remains the prime objective of the trust. 

However, the trust is now able to release 

considerable surplus funds in support of the 

second key area of Bridge House Estates’ work, 

namely the provision of vital assistance to 

charitable organisations across Greater London. 

The focus of the grants for 2002-3 includes: 

• Transport and access for older and disabled 

people 

• Environmental conservation 

• Children and young people 

• Technical assistance 

• Older people in the community 

• Small grants scheme 

Transport and Access for Older and Disabled 

People 

Aims to remove barriers, physical or otherwise, 

that prevent disabled people and older people 

from accessing services and participating as equal 

citizens. This programme comprises three themes: 

access to transport, including grants to enable 

charities to provide transport each day for their 

service users; access to buildings, including 

grants to community facilities and arts venues to 

improve their accessibility in accordance with the 

Disability Discrimination Act of 1995; and access 

to opportunities, including grants to charities to 

provide training and support for independent 

living skills for people with disabilities. 

Environmental Conservation 

Improves London’s environment including 

pollution levels, traffic congestion, energy 

consumption and some of the worst housing in 

Europe with its attendant social problems. 


Children and Young People 

Supports children and young people through three 

themes. The first is prevention, which includes 

grants to organisations that provide support for 

parents; assists mothers on drug rehabilitation 

programmes; supports and heals children living in 

refuges as a result of domestic violence; and 

promotes emotional literacy in children. The 

second is active involvement, which engages 

young people in their communities and interests 

them in social issues and civil processes. The 

third theme is young people in crisis, which 

includes funding projects that tackle 

homelessness and substance abuse, and racism 

and social exclusion. 

Technical Assistance 

Helps voluntary sector organisations develop and 

retain the skills necessary to deliver quality 

services to local people. 

Older People in the Community 

Provides grants to support a wide range of 

activities that enable older people to take an 

active part in their communities and enjoy life to 

the full. 

Small Grants Scheme 

Provides small grants in a variety of areas to 

grass-roots organisations to enhance community 

spirit and improve communities. 


The trust’s Access Programme is helping charities 

to do more than meet the legal requirements of 

the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 (DDA). 

Applicants are expected to improve the access of 

their buildings. Applicants have to demonstrate 

that they have taken quality advice from a 

recommended access consultant, to include 

removing barriers not only for those with physical 

impairments but also for those with sensory 

impairments, learning disabilities or limited 

literacy. In some cases, the trust has awarded 

additional grants for consultancy and awareness 

training, as it believes that this adds value to the 

initial grant. The trust’s staff have all been 

involved in disability equality training, deaf 

awareness courses and training on the legal 

requirements of the DDA. 

Representative Grants 

• Action and Rights of Disabled People in 

Newham, London, UK, £131,000 for an 

advocacy service 

• Disabled Living Foundation, London, UK, 

£75,000 for the costs of a centre 

demonstrating equipment for disabled people 

• Employment Opportunities for People with 

Disabilities, UK, £60,000 for increasing 

employment opportunities for disabled people 

• New Directions Camden, London, UK, 

£80,000 for an employment training scheme 

BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES TRUST FUND 

• St. Botolph’s Project, UK, £80,000 for a 

training programme for homeless people with 

mental health needs 




Equipment 

Funder-operated programmes 

General support/general purposes 


Technical assistance 

APPLICATIONS 

Grantseekers must apply for funding using the 

trust’s own application form, which can be 

obtained by request. Applications from 

unincorporated bodies, unless a registered charity 

has agreed to receive and account for any grant 

that may be awarded, will not be considered. 

Applications must be posted and will not be 

considered if transmitted by fax or e-mail. 

Applications will be considered by the Trust Fund 

Committee. An assessor may need to visit the 

applicant organisation. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The trust does not fund political parties; political 

lobbying; non-charitable activities; statutory or 

corporate bodies where the body involved is 

under a statutory or legal duty to incur the 

expenditure in question; or grants which do not 

benefit the inhabitants of Greater London. Does 

not fund individuals; grantmaking bodies to make 

grants on its behalf; schools, universities or other 

educational establishments except where they are 

undertaking ancillary charitable activities 

specifically directed towards one of the agreed 

priority areas; medical or academic research; 

churches or other religious bodies where the 

money will be used for construction, maintenance 

and repair of religious buildings and for other 

religious purposes; or hospitals. 


English 


Governmentally-linked foundation 

LEGAL STATUS 

Trust registered with the charity commission 

GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

The Corporation of London is the sole trustee of 

the Bridge House Estates Trust Fund. The Grants 

Committee comprises 14 senior members of the 

Court of Common Council: 

Patrick Roney, Chair 

William Fraser, Deputy Chair 

Richard Agutter, Alderman 

Sir Alan Traill, Aldefman 

Wilfred Archibald 

John Barker 


BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 

John Bird 

Michael Cassidy 

Antony Eskenzi 

William Fraser 

John Holland 

Joyce Nash 

Barbara Newman 

Richard Scriven 

STAFF 

Clare Thomas, Chief Grants Officer 

Sara Llewellin, Deputy Chief Grants Officer 

Jenny Field, Grants Officer, Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Tebs Rashid, Grants Officer, Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Stewart Goshawk, Grants Officer, Golden Jubilee 

Grants 

Sandra Davidson, Small Grants Officer 

Ciaran Rafferty, Grants Officer, Policy 

Muriel Lobo, Finance Officer 

Pat Edwards, P.A. to the Chief Grants Officer 

Emma Le Poidevin, Information Administrator, 

including website 

Valerie Stapley, Small Grants Administrator 




Annual report 






Total Assets 600,996,000 980,737,598 

Total Exp. 27,316,000 44,575,718 

Grants Exp. 15,723,698 25,658,776 

Programme Exp. 2,912,000 4,751,958 



521 

Property rents and invested monies. 


For the financial year ended March 31st 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Association of Charitable Foundations 

(Sources of information: Annual Report 2001; 

Application guidelines; Information brochures; 


BRITISH 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 

FUNDING SINCE 


BT Centre 

81 Newgate Street 

London, EC1A 7AJ 


Tel.: +44.20.7356.6678 

Fax: +44.20.7356.5753 

E-mail: steve.kelly@bt.com 

Web: www.groupbt.com/Betterworld/Community 

/BTinthecommunity.htm 

KEY CONTACT 

Steve Kelly 

44 EUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTRE 

1984 

MISSION 

To make a fitting contribution to the communities 

in which British Telecommunications plc (BT) 

conducts its business. 

BACKGROUND 

BT is a private company working in 

telecommunications and information technology 

related to telecommunications. 


UK and international 


The Community Partnership Programme supports 

a variety of organisations and good causes 

including: 

• Education 

• Charities and fund-raising 

• Employee involvement 

• Arts and heritage 

Education 

Focuses on schools by helping to improve 

communication skills of young people across the 

UK; supporting the provision of online resources 

including materials for teachers; supporting 

awards for teachers, schools and lifelong learning 

organisations; helping schools around the world 

benefit from communication technology; and 

promoting life skills by helping to improve 

interpersonal communication skills in all areas of 

life. 

Charities and Fund-raising 

Focuses its resources on the causes that can most 

benefit from its communication tools, such as 

telephone helplines, websites and national 

telethons. The company has funded research into 

the social implications of technology and 

provided awards for local community groups to 

access the Internet. It has also engaged in a 

matching donations programme. 

Employee Involvement 

Encourages employees and retired employees to 

volunteer at schools and fund-raising events; and

to make charitable donations either directly from 

their salary, for which BT provides matching 

donations, or as part of the fund-raising events 

supported by the company. Further 

encouragement is provided by the BT Employee 

Awards. 

Arts and Heritage 

Supports the arts through collaborations with the 

Tate Museum, which it provides with sponsorship 

for exhibitions and support for online services 

including technical support, hosting and online 

broadcasting. In its support for heritage, BT has 

used its collection to establish a series of 

exhibitions called ‘Connected Earth’. 


BT’s initiatives in the field of disabilities include: 

• Employers’ Forum on Disability 

• Able2 

• Accessibility 

• Age and disability team 

Employers’ Forum on Disability 

BT is a founding member of this group and 

sponsored its report, ‘Unlocking the Evidence - 

The New Disability Business Case’. The 

Employer’s Forum on Disability has given top 

marks to BT’s Better World site for providing 

information on a range of disability issues. As an 

example of good practice in working with 

disabled people’s organisations in developing 

new products, the forum report highlights the 

partnership between BT and the Royal National 

Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The Big Button 

Phone was specially commissioned by BT in 

1999 to benefit more than 1.7 million people in 

the UK with serious sight problems and the nearly 

9 million who are deaf or hearing impaired. As a 

result of this partnership, BT agreed to donate 

£1.50 to the charity for every Big Button Phone 

sold or rented, up to a maximum of £100,000. As 

a result of this initiative, £100,000 was raised and 

this was invested in the RNIB Helpline which 

offers information, support and advice to anyone 

with serious sight problems. 

Able2 

An active employee network for BT people with 

disabilities, Able2 supports individuals by 

providing impartial and confidential advice, and 

runs a series of roadshows to enable people to 

discuss their needs with senior BT managers. 

Accessibility 

Aims to make its workplace as accessible as 

possible. In particular BT supports AbilityNet, 

which is based in one of its central London 

buildings. AbilityNet is a charity that brings the 

benefits of computer technology to adults and 

children with disabilities, both within BT and the 

communities in which the company operates. 

New BT people benefit from pre-recruitment 

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 

assessments designed to ensure they have the 

most productive and comfortable equipment 

available as soon as they join the company. 

Existing BT people benefit from easier access to 

expert assessment and advice, and earlier 

provision of appropriate reasonable adjustments 

to their working environment. People in the 

community also have access to expert 

assessments and advice. 

Age and Disability Team 

This team looks after the interests of BT’s elderly 

and disabled customers. Their mission is ‘to drive 

consideration of disability issues deep into the 

operations of BT so that it can enable equality of 

access to BT’s portfolio, and to communicate that 

effectively to its target audiences, so as to 

improve the quality of life of disabled people, and 

enhance shareholder value.’ The Age and 

Disability Team aims to achieve this by 

consultation with disabled people and their 

representatives; understanding and influencing 

legislation and regulation; improving BT’s 

product and service portfolio; supporting research 

and development; providing practical, day-to-day 

assistance for disabled people; raising awareness 

of disability; and enhancing BT’s reputation in 

the disability arena. 


Acquisitions/collections 

Awards/prizes 






Equipment 

Gifts in kind 

Matching donations 

Professor/faculty development 

Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Written details of project proposals are required, 

setting out the benefit to the community, 

timescales and costs. Accounts of organisations 

may also be requested. Large-scale projects are 

presented to a Community Affairs Committee. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Most of the projects supported are linked with 

registered charities but other voluntary or nonprofit 

organisations qualify if they are running 

projects that fall within BT’s criteria. BT does not 

give direct donations to individuals. Does not 

support projects or organisations pursuing 

political or sectarian objectives. 


English 




CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC 


Telecommunications 

GOVERNANCE 

Management Council 

BT’s main strategy committee, the Management 

Council, is made up of business and functional 

leaders from across the BT Group. It meets 

monthly and advises on the long-term strategic 

planning and direction of the BT Group, including 

its approach to policy and reputation matters such 

as ethics and values; corporate social 

responsibility; human resources; pensions; 

technology; branding; and health and safety. 

Corporate Social Responsibility Steering Group 

Chris Earnshaw, Chair 

STAFF 

Richard Hamer, Manager, Education and 

Employment 

Elizabeth Palmer, Manager, Arts and Causerelated 

Marketing 

Steve Kelly 


Annual report 

‘Community Partnership Programme Annual 

Review: BT Cares’ 


Monographs 




Grants Exp. 17,200,000 28,067,885 


Company contributions and employee donations. 


As a founding member of the Per Cent Club, BT 

donates a minimum of one half per cent of its 

annual pre-tax profits to non-profit causes. It also 

provides funding and support in kind which 

exceed one per cent. The accounting year runs 

from the latter part of 2000 to the first part of 

2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Business in the Community 

Employers’ Forum on Disability 

Per Cent Club 

TalkWorks 

(Sources of information: Annual report; The BT 

Communication Programme; Website) 

CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC 

FUNDING SINCE 


124 Theobalds Road 

London, WC1X 8RX 


Tel.: +44.20.7315.6330 

Fax: +44.20.7315.5132 

E-mail: community@cw.com 

Web: www1.cw.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Mark Davis, Director of Communications 


1997 

MISSION 

To raise awareness of the importance of 

communications in social development and to 

encourage people to communicate by facilitating 

access to the benefits of information and 

communication technology. 

BACKGROUND 

Cable and Wireless is a telecommunication 

company which operates in over 70 countries 

around the world. 


International 


To make an impact in the community, Cable and 

Wireless support is focused on three approaches: 

education and basic communication to benefit 

people of all ages and especially those with 

specific needs; access to communications and 

information technology focusing on helping 

geographical areas to get access to global 

communication; and employee involvement in the 

community. Cable and Wireless concentrates its 

funding on three areas: 

• Helping young people communicate 

• Helping people learn through communications 

• Bringing communications to aid agencies in 

the field 

Helping Young People Communicate 

Supports Childnet and Childnet International 

Awards to create a safe environment on the 

Internet for children, and supports Speak Out 

which allows young people from different 

cultures to share their ideas and discuss the issue 

of active citizenship. 

Helping People Learn Through Communications 

Helps the Befrienders International network to 

help people who are in emotional crisis; BookAid 

International to distribute books and learning 

materials to local libraries and community centres 

worldwide; Camden ITeC to support 

employment-related IT training to ethnic 

minorities and refugees in North London; and 

WAACIS to provide computer training for 

disabled people.

Bringing Communications to Aid Agencies in the 

Field 

Provides telecommunications services for 

Children’s Aid Direct to help regions affected by 

war or natural disaster; training programmes for 

RedR (Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief) 

who support people who give technical support to 

frontline humanitarian agencies; and Télécom 

sans Frontières to provide humanitarian aid 

support such as telecommunication support for 

rescue organisations or following a catastrophe. 


Among a variety of projects, the company 

supports WAACIS, a London-based charity that 

helps disabled people by providing training on 

how to use the Internet in their own homes. The 

company also supports the training of tutors to 

work with visually and hearing impaired students 

and supports De@fchild International, which is a 

Deafax website initiative designed to enable deaf 

and hearing children worldwide to build 

relationships with others. 





Equipment 


Gifts in kind 

APPLICATIONS 


RESTRICTIONS 

Does not offer grants to individuals other than to 

employees or retired employees; projects with 

religious or political elements; or projects located 

too far away from where Cable and Wireless 

operates. 



GOVERNANCE 

Hon. Raymond Seitz, Chairman of the 

Community Committee 

STAFF 

Mark Davis, Director of Communications 


Annual report 


Financial statement 




Programme Exp. 6,300,000 10,280,679 

(Sources of information: Website) 

CADBURY SCHWEPPES FOUNDATION PLC 

CADBURY SCHWEPPES 

FOUNDATION PLC 



25 Berkeley Square 

London, W1J 6HB 


Tel.: +44.20.7409.1313 

Fax: +44.20.7830.5200 

Web: www.cadburyschweppes.com/community 

KEY CONTACT 

Anna Lucuk, External Affairs Researcher 

FUNDING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN EUROPE 47 

1935 

MISSION 

To support initiatives in the areas of health and 

welfare; environment; education; and 

employment. 

BACKGROUND 

Cadbury Schweppes plc is an international 

beverage and confectionery company. 


UK, where the company operates 


Cadbury Trebor Bassett 


The foundation believes it is important to have 

prosperous communities, educated employees and 

healthy, happy consumers. It funds in the 


• Education and employment 

• Health, welfare and environment 

Education and Employment 

Funds projects in areas of social deprivation. The 

foundation’s national focus is on ‘Enterprise in 

Schools’ promoting awareness of the world of 

work, which includes the relationship between 

school and future success; attitudes and skills for 

work and lifelong learning; and links between 

schools and the local economy. The foundation 

also funds projects that target those at risk of 

exclusion and improve the understanding of 

young people of the world of work; try to remove 

barriers to work in specific groups, enabling longterm 

unemployed to move back into employment; 

and that work with new and expanding small 

firms and community enterprises, helping to 

create new jobs and combat social exclusion. 

Health, Welfare and Environment 

Supports health and welfare and environmental 

projects and encourages beneficiaries to find 

projects that support this strategy. 





Equipment

CAMELOT FOUNDATION 

APPLICATIONS 

Applications should be sent to Cadbury 

Schweppes External Affairs. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Does not fund individuals looking for 

sponsorship, funding for education or training, 

help with an expedition, travel or leisure projects; 

building and refurbishment projects; art projects; 

advertising; fund-raising; donations; gifts in kind 

and projects based outside of the UK. 


English 




Annual report 

‘Corporate and Social Responsibility Report’ 





Total Exp. 1,800,000 2,937,337 


The Cadbury Schweppes Foundation is funded by 

Cadbury Schweppes and is managed by a team of 

trustees with administrative support from the 

external affairs and finance department at the 

company’s head office. 


CAMELOT FOUNDATION 

1997 



University House 

11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place 

London, SW1W 0EX 


Tel.: +44.20.7828.6085 

Fax: +44.20.7828.6087 

E-mail: info@camelotfoundation.org.uk 

Web: www.camelotfoundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Denise Goodall, Administration Manager 


Susan Elizabeth, Director 

MISSION 

To help young people at risk from social 

exclusion. 

BACKGROUND 

Camelot Foundation was established in 1997 by 

Camelot Group plc, the operators of the National 

Lottery. It is an independent grantgiving 

foundation. It has a board of ten trustees, four of 

whom are drawn from Camelot Group plc, while 

the other six are independent, drawn from senior 

roles in the voluntary and public sectors. With the 

renewal of the franchise for the National Lottery, 

Camelot Group have renewed their commitment 

to the foundation, and will donate £2 million each 

year, until 2009. 


UK 


Camelot Group plc 


The foundation is committed to a strategy of 

interconnected programmes, designed to 

complement each other in a way that creates 

impact far beyond the sheer monetary value of its 

grants. It places a high priority on learning the 

lessons from the work that it funds. The 

foundation’s programmes focus on young parents, 

or those at risk of becoming young parents; young 

asylum seekers; young people with mental health 

problems; and young disabled people. The 

foundation operates the following programmes: 

• Transforming Lives 

• Annual leadership Awards 

• Strategic Change Programmes 

• Annual Policy Forum 

Transforming Lives 

Targets financial support to the best 

organisations, projects and ideas in its chosen 

priority areas. The Transforming Lives 

programme spends £1 million each year to 

support the development of new approaches and 

creative ideas for re-connecting marginalised 

young people to the mainstream of UK life. 

Grants of between £1,000 and £90,000 are 

available to registered charities for their work. 

Annual Leadership Awards 

Aims to develop skills, broaden thinking and 

encourage leadership capacity in organisations led 

by young people. 

Strategic Change Programmes 

Provides an opportunity for the foundation to use 

the learning from its work to create targeted 

funding programmes. Each year it launches a 

strategic programme to address a specific issue 

within its field of interest. Its aim is to make an 

intensive investment in order to secure change. 

These annual programmes take different forms – 

the foundation may, for instance, take an 

innovation that has worked well on a small scale 

and see if it can grow it to the next stage of 

development; identify an issue that appears again 

and again in applications to the Transforming 

Lives programme and create a grants programme 

to tackle that issue; or identify a particularly 

difficult or controversial issue affecting the 

foundation’s priority groups and design a 

programme to open up discussion and debate. In 

each case, the annual programme is built on the 


foundation’s knowledge of the field in which it is 

operating, and aims to have both a practical and a 

policy development dimension. 

Annual Policy Forum 

Provides an opportunity to focus on the messages 

emerging from the foundation’s grants 

programmes in relation to public policy towards 

its target groups. The foundation sees this as an 

opportunity to show that a charitable trust is more 

than its money – it can also use its acquired 

knowledge and networks to be a significant 

influencer of policy in relation to the issues it 

cares about. To make sure that the voice of young 

people themselves is heard in these policy events 

is one of the challenges that the foundation has set 

itself. 


Awards/prizes 


APPLICATIONS 

Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the 

foundation to obtain the application form. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Exclusions are listed in the programme guidelines 

available from the foundation. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Registered charity and company limited by 

guarantee 

GOVERNANCE 

Caroline Pickering, Chair 

David Bryan 

John Graham 

Frances Hasler 

Robert MacGowan 

Dot Renshaw 

Sue Slipman 

Anne Spackman 

Dianne Thompson 

Neil Wragg 

STAFF 

Susan Elizabeth, Director 

Julie Gilson, Grants Manager 

Denise Goodall, Administration Manager 



Annual report 





CENTRICA PLC 



Total Assets 596,116 972,774 

Total Gifts 1,000,000 1,631,854 

Total Exp. 611,320 997,585 



165 

Donation from parent company. 


Figures represent a six month accounting period 

from October 1st 2001 to March 31st 2002. 

AFFILIATIONS 



CENTRICA PLC 

FUNDING SINCE 


Millstream, Maidenhead Road, Windsor 

Berkshire, SL4 5GD 


Tel.: +44.20.8658.8259 

E-mail: community@centrica.co.uk 

Web: www.centrica.co.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Community Relations Administrator 


1997 

MISSION 

To help older people and those with disabilities 

and their carers; to address energy efficiency and 

fuel poverty; and to support charities and local 

voluntary groups and education. 

BACKGROUND 

Centrica plc is a provider of energy and other 

essential services at home and abroad. In 1997, 

Centrica plc was formed as a result of a merger of 

British Gas plc into Centrica plc and BG plc. 


UK 


The company provides funds in the areas of the 

elderly, the disabled, charities and education 

through the following programmes: 

• Help the Aged 

• National Energy Action 

• Family Welfare Association 

• Carers UK 

• New Deal for Disabled Programme 

• Breathing Life 

• Motor Trades Benevolent Association 

• British Gas/NCVO Sustainable Funding 

• Cardiff Volunteering Initiative 

• Upstart Awards with the New Statesman 

• AA Accessible Hotel of the Year

CENTRICA PLC 

Help the Aged 

Centrica has joined forces with Help the Aged 

and works together to help older people fight fuel 

poverty and isolation. 

National Energy Action 

Centrica works with National Energy Action and 

supports a range of projects encouraging the 

efficient use of energy, delivering tangible 

benefits to low-income families. 

Family Welfare Association 

Funds the charity Family Welfare Association to 

help children and families in need through 

practical support; counselling; advice and 

financial help; community mental health projects 

and educational grants advice. 

Carers UK 

Supports projects to help people who take care of 

a relative or friend who is not able to live alone 

because of sickness, age or disability. 

New Deal for Disabled Programme 

Works with Carers UK, Jobcentre Plus and 

Employers’ Forum on Disability and other 

partners to support programmes that help provide 

job opportunities for people with disabilities. 

Breathing Life 

Funds equipment; treatment and research for a 

cure for cystic fibrosis. 

Motor Trades Benevolent Association 

Supports projects to help men, women and 

children from the motor trade industries. 

British Gas/NCVO Sustainable Funding 

Funds projects with the National Council for 

Voluntary Organisations to provide advice and 

information to help voluntary and community 

organisations help themselves to become more 

financially stable, promoting thorough internal 

planning, grant-income diversification and 

earned-income generation as three key means of 

developing a more sustainable funding future. 

Cardiff Volunteering Initiative 

Organises a volunteering project involving 200 

employees. The project aims to provide a wider 

range of measurable staff development 

opportunities in both a working and a nonworking 

environment; to use volunteering to 

provide further means for staff to access 

development opportunities within the 

organisation; to increase the profile of individual 

and affiliated charitable organisations; and to 

provide a flexible portfolio of charitable 

organisations that could be supported to suit staff 

preferences. 

Upstart Awards with the New Statesman 

Supports ‘social entrepreneurs’, individuals who 

are seeking to develop innovative community 

programmes to benefit local communities. 

AA Accessible Hotel of the Year 

Aims to highlight the importance of ensuring 

equal access for disabled people at hotels, B&B 

and guest accommodation. 


The New Deal Programme aims to help people 

with disabilities into employment; help them 

obtain the necessary skills to allow them to work 

in telephone call centres; and to provide valuable 

research to improve the capacity of employers to 

place people with disabilities and carers into jobs. 

With the charity partners Carers UK and the 

Employers’ Forum on Disability, Centrica 

successfully applied in 1998 to become an 

‘innovative scheme’ within the New Deal for 

Disabled People programme. Centrica was the 

only public company to be leading such a scheme. 

New Deal funding enabled the development of an 

assessment and work preparation programme into 

a transferable model of best practice for other 

employers and has led to valuable evaluation 

work, which has been widely shared. Within six 

months of the project launch, Centrica achieved 

its target of 50 new employees on 12-month 

placement contracts. Of the 50, some 80% have a 

disability, while the remainder are people who 

have previously cared for a sick or disabled 

family member but now feel able to return to 

work. Almost 90% of the successful candidates 

progressed and have been retained on permanent 

employment contracts. Following the success of 

the project launch, variants of the programme 

have been extended to other Centrica offices 

across Britain, and more than 130 people have 

been recruited. The programme has become a 

model that is transferable not only to other 

Centrica locations but also to other employers. In 

November 2001, ‘Recruitment that Works’, a 

guide to project-led recruitment, was launched. 

The guide reflects Centrica’s experiences with the 

programme and provides a framework for other 

employers who want to attract and employ people 

who are significantly disadvantaged in the labour 

market. 


Awards/prizes 




Equipment 



Research 


RESTRICTIONS 

No support is given to individuals; animal welfare 

organisations; building projects; political or 

denominational groups; arts or sports bodies. 

Generally does not support requests for 


advertising or sponsorship unless part of a project 

in which the company is already involved. 


English 




Annual report 


AFFILIATIONS 

London Benchmarking Group 


Website) 

CERA FOUNDATION 

1998 



Philipssite 5 bus 10 

3001 Leuven 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.16.86.5650 

Fax: +32.16.86.4172 

E-mail: matthieu.vanhove@cera-holding.be 

Web: www.cerafoundation.be 

KEY CONTACT 

Matthieu Vanhove, Manager 


Heidi Loos, Coordinator, National Projects 

MISSION 

To invest together in wealth and prosperity. 

BACKGROUND 

Cera Foundation is a division of Cera Holding, a 

cooperative financial group with approximately 

450,000 members. Cera Holding and Cera 

Foundation were established following the merger 

of Cera Bank with Kredietbank and ABB 

Insurance 1998. 


Belgium and developing countries 


Belgische Raiffeisenstichting VZW/ASBL, a nonprofit 

association 


Cera Foundation supports all types of projects 

within the scope outlined below. The foundation 

supports projects that meet its social objective, 

that tie in with the values and principles upheld in 

its policy declaration, and that are consistent with 

a pluralist view of society. In Belgium the 

foundation supports the areas of: 

• Poverty 

• Medical-social sector 

• Art and culture 

• Agriculture, horticulture and environment 

• Education, training and entrepreneurship 

In developing countries: 

• Cooperative banking and insurance 



Under its education objective, the foundation 

supports Eureka, a school devoted solely to 

children with learning difficulties. Students attend 

the school for up to two years, and then return to 

public school. The foundation also encourages the 

use of information and communications 

technology for disabled people and supports 

projects with respect to employment of 

underprivileged people. 


Challenge/matching support 

Collections acquisition 





Equipment 




Publications 



APPLICATIONS 

Specific application forms are available in Dutch 

or French for both national and local projects. The 

projects submitted must be in keeping with the 

cooperative principles and values described in the 

policy declaration; meet a real social need that 

cannot be satisfied or cannot be adequately 

satisfied in other ways; have a major value for 

society; and have no negative effects on the image 

of the KBC Bank Insurance Group. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The foundation does not engage in or support 

projects that receive substantial financial support 

by other financial institutions. There is also no 

direct support of private persons, with the 

exception of ‘Art and Culture’, which requires 

prior selection by a small committee of experts; 

and no support for associations and enterprises 

with a commercial interest in the project 

submitted. 


French and Dutch 



LEGAL STATUS 

Cera Foundation is a division within Cera 

Holding, a cooperative society with limited 

liability 

GOVERNANCE 

Decisions are taken (depending on the type of 

projects and amounts) by the Board of Directors 

of Cera Holding; the Management Committee of 



Cera Holding, and the Regional Advisory Boards 

(45 advisory boards with approximately 1,000 

members). 

Management Committee 

Luc de Bolle 

L. Daenen 

Rik Donckels 

Yvan Dossche 

H. Loos 

K. Moors 

Matthieu Vanhove 


Advisory Committees 

The Medical-Social Sector 

Guido van Oevelen, President 

Yvan Dossche, Project Leader 

Heidi Loos, Project Coordinator 

Hervé Depreeuw 

Herman Jacobs 

André Maryns 

Jos Plessers 

Patrick Vanhalst 

Poverty 

Lode Morlion, President 

Luc de Bolle, Project Leader 

Lies Daenen, Project Coordinator 

Georges Blauwet 

Marc Cocquyt 

Alfons Michiels 

Ghislaine van Kerckhove 

Guido van Roey 

Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment 

Georges Beerden, President 

Yvan Dossche, Project Leader 


René Cremers 

Willy Danneels 

Bavo Rombouts 

Frans van de Maele 

Herman van de Weyer 

Georges van Keerbergen 

Louis Willemsen 

Education, Training and Entrepreneurship 

Xavier Liénart, President 

Matthieu Vanhove, Project Leader 

Heidi Loos, Project Coordinator 

André Coudyzer 

Rick Donchels 

Peter Müller 

Art and Culture 

Paul Tanghe, President 

Matthieu Vanhove, Project Leader 


Jean-Marie Géradin 

Michel Geyens 

Roger Poelman 

Luc Ribbens 

Anita Verresen 

Bart Debaere and Luk Lambrecht lend their 

professional advice on young visual artists and 

the fine art purchased by Cera Foundation, but do 

not sit on the Art and Culture Steering 

Committee. 

Belgische Raiffeisenstichting (BRS) 

The Board of Directors fulfils the role of a 

steering committee. 

STAFF 

Matthieu Vanhove, Manager 

Coordinators, National Projects 

Lies Daenen 

Heidi Loos 

Coordinator, International Projects 

Kurt Moors 

Advisers, Regional Projects 

Eric Claeys 

Marc Coppens 

Maurice Delaruelle (Wallonia) 

Koen van der Steen 


1000 volunteers 


Annual report 


Conference reports/proceedings 

Corporate contributions report 




Monographs 

Publications in two or more languages 


2001 EURO EURO 

Total Exp. 5,000,000 5,000,000 

European-level Exp. 4,500,000 4,500,000 

Programme Exp. 4,000,000 4,000,000 

Annual Turnover 116,590,000 116,590,000 

Annual Profit 67,088,000 67,088,000 

Number of grants: 400 


Dividends on financial fixed assets (Almanij, 

KBC Group); sales; and donations. 


Financial information included in yearly report of 

Cera Holding. The accounting year runs from the 

latter part of 2000 to the first part of 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Member 

(Sources of information: EFC membership 

Application Form; Website; Verified by funder) 


CO-OPERATING 

NETHERLANDS FOUNDATIONS 

FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

EUROPE 


CO-OPERATING NETHERLANDS FOUNDATIONS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 

1990 


P.O. Box 156 

1200 AD Hilversum 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.35.624.9651 

Fax: +31.35.624.6132 

E-mail: info@cnfcee.nl 

Web: www.cnfcee.nl 

KEY CONTACT 

Thomas A.M.A. van der Ven, General 

Coordinator 

MISSION 

To promote a pluralist civil society through 

giving specific financial and consultancy support 

to projects in the fields of social welfare, health 

care and education, especially by encouraging 

private initiative. 

BACKGROUND 

The Co-operating Netherlands Foundations for 

Central and Eastern Europe was founded at the 

end of 1990 when a number of Netherlands 

foundations decided to join forces in providing 

support to Central and Eastern Europe to prevent 

the dissipation of know-how and financial 

resources. At present the cooperation consists of 

the following foundations: Foundation for 

Children’s Welfare Stamps, Het R.C. 

Maagdenhuis Foundation, Skan Foundation, and 

Oranje Fonds. Additionally there are 

approximately 30 foundations which participate 

on an occasional basis. There is also cooperation 

with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 

cooperation aims to coordinate the activities of 

the participating foundations and collectively 

develop and exploit the existing expertise within 

them. 


Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 

Croatia, Western Ukraine and the Slovak 

Republic 


Projects receiving support cover the range of 

social welfare, public health and education 

spheres. They can be divided into the following 

categories: 

• Addiction 

• Community work 

• People with a disability 

• Education 

• The elderly 

• The homeless 

• Minorities 

• Public health 

• Disadvantaged youth 

The cooperation occasionally focuses on 

additional areas, such as unemployment and 

regional development. 



• Horizonti Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria, 30,857 

euros for the purchase of special computers 

for blind people 

• Union of the Blind in Bulgaria, Sofia, 

Bulgaria, 2,995 euros to train blind people to 

become piano tuners 

• Caritas Opava, Opava, Czech Republic, 

10,467 euros for the reconstruction of 

workshops for the disabled 

• NGO Independent Life, Tartu, Estonia, 2,723 

euros for the training of young mentally 

disabled people 

• Association of Disabled Children and Parents, 

Tartu, Estonia, 1,951 euros for the training of 

young mentally disabled people 

• Valmiera Private School, Matisu Pagast, 

Latvia, 68,067 euros for the renovation of the 

premises of a school for disabled children and 

a social centre for the community 

• Society of Special Teachers and Parents 

Association, Kaunas, Lithuania, 44,924 euros 

for training in management and social work in 

change 

• Association St. Ana, Bucharest, Romania, 

74,874 euros for a day centre for children with 

a mental disability 

• Motivation Romania Foundation, Magurele, 

Romania, 39,933 euros for a training centre 

for Active Rehabilitation wheelchair users 

• Reso Foundation, Bucharest, Romania, 55,815 

euros for a rural house and farm for young 

people with a mental disability over 18 years 

old from orphanages 




Equipment 



APPLICATIONS 

While applying, please note that objectives must 

be clear; application must be complete; project 

must be feasible and justifiable; organisational 

structures must be strong enough; co-financing 

must be indicated; project must have a solid social 

support; and voluntary work must be promoted. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Only registered non-governmental organisations 

(NGOs) may apply and investments are one-time 

only. The project must operate as a model that can 


COMMUNITY FUND 

be repeated by other organisations. At the same 

time, it has to be innovative in the sense that it 

shows a workable example to the community. The 

project must be an exponent of deinstitutionalisation 

and utilise proper working 

methods. The applying organisation has to make a 

contribution itself, either from its own financial 

resources or through the mobilisation of 

volunteers or (local) sponsors in kind. The project 

must have an open structure, without restrictions 

to those in need based on religion, ethnic descent, 

political conviction etc. Applying organisations 

must be independent from any political stream or 

party that could influence the independence and 

sustainability of the project. For church projects 

this means that initiatives of an ecumenical nature 

are preferred; projects that are set up from a 

specific religious orientation need to be open in 

their attitude to others in order to qualify for 

support. All bookkeeping must be transparent. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Registered charity and company invited by 

guarantee 

GOVERNANCE 

A. G. van der Stoel, President 

N. Bakkesen-Voogd, Vice-President 

STAFF 

Thomas A.M.A. van der Ven, General 

Coordinator 


Annual report 




2001 NETHERLANDS GUILDER EURO 

Grants Exp. 5,782,117 2,623,810 


ADDITIONAL ADDRESSES 

Oranje Fonds 

P.O. Box 90 

3980 CB Bunnik 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.30.656.4524 

Fax: +31.30.656.2204 

E-mail: info@oranjefonds.nl 

SKaN Foundation 

P.O. Box 156 

1200 AD Hilversum 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.35.624.9651 

Fax: +31.35.624.6132 

E-mail: info@cnfcee.nl 

Foundation for Children’s Welfare Stamps 

Schipholweg 73/75 

2316 ZL Leiden 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.71.525.9800 

Fax: +31.71.513.0147 

E-mail: mteeffelen@skn.nl 

Het R.C. Maagdenhuis Foundation 

Herengracht 220 

1016 BT Amsterdam 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.20.624.3903 

Fax: +31.20.638.2814 

E-mail: rcm@xs4all.nl 






St. Vincent House 

16 Suffolk Street 

London, SW1Y 4NL 


Tel.: +44.20.7747.5300 

Fax: +44.20.7747.5214 

E-mail: enquiries@community-fund.org.uk 

Web: www.community-fund.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Gerald Oppenheim, Director of Policy and 

Communications 


Anne Flynn, Corporate Equalities Manager 

Bryony Glenn, Head of Personnel 


1995 

MISSION 

To help those at a great disadvantage in society 

and also to improve the quality of life in the 

community. 

BACKGROUND 

The Community Fund, which is the operating 

name of the National Lottery Charities Board, is 

one of the National Lottery distribution bodies. It 

is a statutory corporation established under statute 

by Parliament. The governing legislation is the 

National Lottery Act 1993, as amended by the 

National Lottery Act 1998. The 1993 and 1998 

Acts establish the Lottery distribution bodies for 

various specified ‘good causes’, including 

charities, sports, arts, national heritage, and the 

Millennium and the New Opportunities Fund. The 

Community Fund makes grants to charitable, 

philanthropic and benevolent bodies by 

distributing money raised by the National Lottery 

to voluntary, community and other eligible groups

throughout the UK and to UK-based organisations 

working abroad. 


UK and UK-based organisations abroad 


The grants programmes are divided into the 

following categories: 

• Large grants programme 

• Medium grants programme 

• Research grants programme 

• International grants programme 

• Awards for All - England, Scotland, Northern 

Ireland and Wales 

Large Grants Programme 

Supports projects that help people who are unable 

to play a full part in economic, social and 

community life. Support is given to projects that 

tackle severe, long-term and complex needs, 

especially if they are working to prevent or reduce 

future disadvantage. Although it is a UK-wide 

programme, there are different funding priorities 

for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and 

each English region. 

Medium Grants Programme 

Similar aims to the large grants programme but 

applications are only accepted where the total cost 

of the proposed project is less than £60,000. 

Research Grants Programme 

Funds high quality medical and social research to 

promote well-being. Currently focuses on 

promoting social inclusion, with particular 

support going to projects working to benefit 

young people; older people; people from black 

and minority ethnic groups; and those with 

learning difficulties. 

International Grants Programme 

Funds development projects that address the 

causes of poverty and inequality and make a 

significant improvement to the quality of life of 

some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 

Support is given to voluntary organisations based 

in the UK, working in partnership with 

organisations abroad. Funding is also given to 

development education projects in the UK. 

Awards for All - England, Scotland, Northern 

Ireland and Wales 

Funds small groups involved in arts, sports, 

heritage and voluntary and community activities. 

Programme operated by the National Lottery 

Charities Board on behalf of all the distributors of 

national lottery funds, for sums up to £5,000. 


The fund’s target groups include disabled people 

and their carers, including people with physical 

impairments, mental health concerns and learning 

difficulties. It aims to help disabled people play a 

fuller role in society and live as independently as 

they can. In 2000-1, the fund awarded disabled 


people 584 grants worth £75.6 million; people 

with mental illness 180 grants worth £24.5 

million, and unemployed people 355 grants worth 

£53.4 million. 


• Deafblind UK, UK, £765,187 over one year 

for a new National Centre for Deafblindness 

with a state-of-the-art, fully accessible 

building which is needed to cope with the 

increasing demand for services. As well as 

being the charity’s head office, it will also 

house a major research and information 

facility 

• Go Sport 2000 Sports Club for the Disabled, 

UK, £4,515 over six months to provide new 

hand-cycles which can be controlled with the 

hands instead of the feet 

• The Action Group - Real Jobs Midlothian 

Project, UK, £231,614 over three years to help 

school leavers from special needs schools to 

gain the skills they need to get and keep jobs. 

This project has so far benefited 140 young 

people 

• Musicspace Trust, UK, £167,832 over three 

years to offer music therapy for people with 

learning difficulties and mental health 

problems 

• Tools for Self Reliance, UK, £85,969 over 

three years to run workshops for disabled and 

unemployed people and people with learning 

difficulties. Participants collect tools, bicycles 

and typewriters, repair them and send them for 

use in developing countries 

• Step Forward, UK, £92,489 over one year for 

giving training, advice and work experience to 

young people living in Tower Hamlets, mainly 

from local Bangladeshi and Somali 

communities 



Equipment 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Application materials are available on the 

website. Applicants are encouraged to download 

application materials rather than asking for hard 

copy packs. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Applicants do not have to be a registered charity 

to apply for a grant. However, they have to be set 

up for ‘charitable, benevolent or philanthropic 

purposes’; have a constitutional document or set 

of rules that sets out the organisation’s aims and 

ways of working; have a management committee 

with at least three members; have a bank or 

building society account in the organisation’s own 

name which needs at least two signatures on each 


COMPAGNIA DI SAN PAOLO 

cheque or withdrawal; and be able to provide a 

copy of their most recent approved accounts, 

signed and dated by their Chair, Secretary or 

Treasurer, and if appropriate by their auditor or 

independent examiner. In the case of a new 

organisation they can provide estimates of their 

income and spending plans. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 

Board 

Lady Diana Brittan, Chair 

Dame Valerie Strachan, Deputy Chair 

Elaine Applebee 

Steven Burkeman 

Jeff Carroll 

Paul Cavanagh 

Douglas Graham 

Kay Hampton 

Jimmy Kearney 

Lorne MacLeod 

Sheila Jane Malley 

Richard Martineau 

James Strachan 

Carole Tongue 

Elisabeth Watkins 

Benjamin Whitaker 

STAFF 

Richard Buxton, Chief Executive 

Adrienne Kelbie, Deputy Chief Executive and 

Director for Scotland 

Gerald Oppenheim, Director of Policy and 

Communications 

Will Miller, Director of Resources 

Andrew Pearce, Director for Wales 

Ann McLaughlin, Director for Northern Ireland 

David Fielding, Director of Organisational 

Development 

Richard Gutch, Director for England and UK 

Anne Flynn, Corporate Equalities Manager 

Bryony Glenn, Head of Personnel 


Annual report 





Total Assets 494,000,000 806,135,770 

Total Exp. 384,300,000 627,121,410 

Grants Exp. 357,000,000 582,571,802 

Programme Exp. 27,300,000 44,549,608 



9,724 

The Community Fund gets 4.7 pence from every 

£1 spent on the lottery. 


For financial year ending March 31st 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 


Associations of Chief Executives of Voluntary 

Organisations 


Information brochures; Website; Verified by funder) 




Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 75 

10128 Turin 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.011.559.6911 

Fax: +39.011.543.607 

E-mail: info@compagnia.torino.it 

Web: www.compagnia.torino.it 

KEY CONTACT 

Dario Disegni, Head of Cultural Affairs and 

Institutional Relations 


1992 

MISSION 

To support works of public interest and social 

well-being, particularly in the fields of scientific, 

economic and legal research; education, art and 

culture; and health; and to provide assistance to, 

and protection of, less-privileged social groups. 

BACKGROUND 

The Compagnia di San Paolo was founded in 

Turin in 1563 as a charitable lay brotherhood by 

seven citizens who decided their mission was to 

help the poor. Throughout its long history, it has 

supported a range of charitable activities in the 

fields of health, education and social welfare. In 

1992 it was transformed into a foundation as a 

consequence of the restructuring of the San Paolo 

Bank Group. After the privatisation of the San 

Paolo Bank, the Compagnia di San Paolo no 

longer holds the controlling shares in the bank. 


Italy and international 


The foundation focuses its funding activities on 

the following areas: 

• Research 

• Education 

• Art 

• Culture 

• Health 

• Welfare 

Research 

Supports basic scientific research and the 

dissemination of scientific knowledge as well as 

experimenting with new technologies, particularly 

in the biomedical field with studies that can foster 

new diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Also

supports both the economic and legal research 

programmes and the institutional activities of 

prestigious Italian and international research 

centres. 

Education 

Promotes the fostering of excellence in university 

and post-university education, the development of 

self-management in the school system, and the 

spread of a culture based on civic spirit and 

responsibility. 

Art 

Seeks to preserve and safeguard the artistic and 

cultural heritage of Turin by entering into 

restorative projects for that area. Also involved in 

exhibitions of European art work, historical 

publications and documenting various restoration 

and similar works on the region’s artistic 

treasures. 

Culture 

Supports cultural events that promote European 

literary and artistic history, and that allow for 

European collaborative projects. Funds in diverse 

cultural areas, including film, opera, research and 

documentary projects and studies; and supports 

initiatives undertaken by other cultural 

institutions. 

Health 

Focuses on technical and scientific health care 

equipment grants and supports non-profit 

associations, research grants and the restructuring 

and modernisation of health service organisations. 

Welfare 

Provides assistance to fight poverty, hardship and 

marginalisation. Focuses on drug addiction, the 

disabled, serious illness, the elderly, the homeless 

and young people at risk. Also collaborates on 

international humanitarian initiatives. 


Among the institutional activities of the 

Compagnia di San Paolo, an important role is 

played by the assistance given to sociallydeprived 

groups. In this field, both employment 

and training projects and programmes aimed at 

people with disabilities are supported by the 

Compagnia, mainly with the cooperation of 

voluntary organisations and bodies involved in 

assistance and care of the disabled. During the 

years 1999-2000, funds allocated for these 

initiatives amounted to 2.1 million euros. Within 

those initiatives some significant projects include: 

• Developing tactile images for the visually 

impaired and people with limited vision 

attending compulsory education 

• Providing psychological and 

psychotherapeutic support in visually 

impaired people 

• Awarding grants for back-to-work training to 

members of households in difficulty (most of 


them led to permanent positions) and 

vocational training courses 

• Funding conversions required to adapt 

facilities to new legislation with a view to 

agreements with public agencies (grants for 

renovation of centres, for fittings and fixtures 

of sheltered accommodation) 

• Developing a virtual reality laboratory to be 

used in the rehabilitation of disabled people 

suffering from psycho-physical disabilities 

and cognitive disorders 

• Purchasing IT equipment and computer 

programmes required for the development of 

the activities carried out by people suffering 

from motor impairment 




Equipment 

Public awareness campaigns 

Research 

Scholarships 

APPLICATIONS 

Information and application forms are available 

upon request or on the website. A short 

explanation of the project is required. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No support to profit-making organisations or 

political party and union organisations. No direct 

support to individuals. 


Italian, English and French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Independent grantmaking foundation under Italian 

civil law 

GOVERNANCE 

Governance 

Onorato Castellino, Chair 

Carlo Callieri, Vice-Chair 

Giovanni Zanetti, Vice-Chair 

Lorenzo Caselli 

Paolo Corradini 

Mario Renzo Deaglio 

Riccardo Roscelli 


Guiseppe Anfossi 

Livio Barnabò 

Giovanni Battista Conso 

Marco Carassi 

Giuseppe Di Chio 

Umberto Eco 

Dionigi Galletto 

Andreina Griseri 

Elisabeth Kieven 

Renata Livraghi 


DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

Giorgio Lombardi 

Amato Luigi Molinari 

Angelo Maria Petroni 

Attilio Oliva 

Alberto Piazza 

Giovanni Ravasio 

Sergio Ristuccia 

Enrico Salza 

Chiara Saraceno 

Alberto Tazzetti 

Mario Umberto Dianzani 

STAFF 

Piero Gastaldo, Secretary General 



Annual report 



Monographs 




Total Assets 4,932,729,735 4,932,729,735 

Total Exp. 117,421,751 117,421,751 



Income from investments. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Council on Foundations 

Network of European Foundations for Innovative 

Cooperation (NEF) 




DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY 

FOUNDATION 

1996 



The Old Nursery, University of Derby 

Chevin Avenue, Mickleover 

Derby, DE3 5GX 


Tel.: +44.1332.59.2050 

Fax: +44.1332.59.2200 

E-mail: 

info@derbyshirecommunityfoundation.co.uk 

Web: www.derbyshirecommunityfoundation. 

co.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Hilary Gilbert, Director 

MISSION 

To support the citizens of Derbyshire county and 

city of Derby. 

BACKGROUND 

The Derbyshire Community Foundation was 

established to help the disadvantaged and enhance 

community life. 


Derbyshire, UK 


The foundation supports the following themes: 

• Supporting family life 

• Health and well-being 

• Education and regeneration 

• Culture and creativity 

Supporting Family Life 

Funds voluntary projects dealing with mediation 

and relationship counselling; debt counselling; 

domestic violence and related housing issues; 

parenting skills; supporting families under stress; 

respite care; social support; confidence-building; 

and family literacy schemes. 

Health and Well-Being 

Supports health-based self-help groups; projects 

promoting mobility and social contact for older 

people; work to tackle recognised local health 

problems; activities across the range of physical 

and sensory disabilities; mental distress and 

substance misuse; independent living; 

homelessness; promotion of healthy lifestyles; 

sports and some leisure projects. 

Education and Regeneration 

Supports community enterprise and job creation; 

schemes providing training for jobs or further 

learning; community-based or culturallyappropriate 

training courses; projects designed to 

prevent crime or promote security; environmental 

or conservation projects; tackling rural isolation; 

and community development. 

Culture and Creativity 

Funds group work or projects enabling people 

whose access to arts is limited by any factor to 

take part in creative work of any kind: theatre and 

performance; carnival; music, classical and 

modern; dance; creative writing; plastic arts; and 

visual arts; and work which promotes 

understanding of the diverse cultures embraced by 

Derbyshire. 


In addition to the work mentioned above, 

examples of projects that have been funded 

during the year 2000/2001 include: 

• Stanton Jollydays excursions for disabled 

people 

• First Taste charity, to hold interactive music 

sessions for older people at two residential 

homes 

• Ashbourne Playaway Playscheme for special 

needs group aged 4-16 years, to purchase 

sweatshirts for recognition on excursions 


• The Heanor Weenis organisation, to rent a 

centre for kids and buy toys and equipment 




Equipment 


APPLICATIONS 

Application form and deadlines can be found on 

the website. Grants between £500 to £5,000 are 

available. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not give grants to individuals; replacement 

of statutory funding; general appeals; large 

national charities; political parties or evangelising 

religious organisations; or animal welfare. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 

Sir Richard FitzHerbert, President 

Brian Ashby, Chairman 

Vice-Presidents 

Reverend Jonathan Bailey 

Sir Christopher Ball 

Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire John Bather 

Honorary Margaret Beckett 

Martin Boissier 

Sir Harold Haywood 

Gillian Hutchinson 

Sir Ralph Robins 

Viscount Tamworth 

STAFF 

Hilary Gilbert, Director 




DEUTSCHE BANK 

1870 



Public Relations 

Taunusanlage 12 

60325 Frankfurt am Main 

Germany 

Tel.: +49.69.910.34544 

Fax: +49.69.910.34863 

E-mail: mailbox.publicaffairs@db.com 

Web: http://group.deutschebank.de/ghp/index.htm 

KEY CONTACT 

Hanns-Michael Hölz, Global Head of Public 

Affairs and Sustainable Development 

DEUTSCHE BANK 

MISSION 

To fulfil its responsibility to society by supporting 

and initiating projects and programmes that 

exemplify the company’s values and ‘best 

practice’ principles. The Deutsche Bank 

foundations operate based on a philosophy of a 

quartet of interests, which include shareholders, 

employees, customers and society. Corporate 

Citizenship programmes concentrate on the 

stakeholder ‘society’. 

BACKGROUND 

In 1970 Deutsche Bank established the first of 

several foundations, continuing the bank’s long 

history of corporate giving dating back to its early 

years as an institution. 


Worldwide 


Deutsche Bank and its related foundations support 

projects in the following areas: 

• International dialogue 

• Arts and culture 

• Community development 

• Environment 

• Science and society 

• Special projects 

• Client services 

International Dialogue 

Since 1992 the Alfred Herrhausen Society for 

International Dialogue, a non-profit society, has 

been dealing with topics at the forefront of 

national and international agendas in conjunction 

with the worlds of industry, politics and science. 

Arts and Culture 

The Cultural Foundation of Deutsche Bank was 

founded in 1995 in celebration of the Bank’s 

125th anniversary. It devotes the majority of its 

resources to contemporary music, art and 

literature, but it is also open to innovative theatre 

projects. 


• The Alex. Brown and Sons Charitable 

Foundation was established in 1954 and 

promotes programmes which serve the overall 

welfare of the communities in which Alex. 

Brown does business 

• A combined Deutsche Bank Americas 

Foundation and Community Development 

Group carry out the firm’s corporate 

citizenship commitments in the Americas. 

This encompasses a strategic programme of 

loans, investments and philanthropic grants to 

assist low and moderate-income communities 

that are in the process of revitalisation. The 

firm also supports projects that promote the 

visual arts, cross-cultural understanding and 

protection of the environment 


DEUTSCHE BANK 

• Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific focuses on 

education; visual and performing arts; and the 

environment 

• Through the Deutsche Bank Foundation 

Alfred Herrhausen ‘Helping People to Help 

Themselves’, the bank pursues the goal of 

helping young people on the path towards 

independence and self-reliance. With the aim 

of introducing young students to business life 

at an early age, the foundation launched 

‘Youth-School-Industry’. By undertaking 

independent research on economic topics, 

young people are able to build a bridge 

between academics and the working world. 

Moreover, the foundation supports projects in 

the area of pre-vocational training for 

disadvantaged young people and start-up 

financing, and the support of business 

development so that the spark of a promising 

idea has the opportunity to succeed as thriving 

venture 

• The UK Region Charities Committee sponsors 

and coordinates social activities on behalf of 

the bank and its staff in the UK. Programmes 

are directed at education and development 

projects in low-income communities and to 

encouraging employee volunteerism 

Environment 

Deutsche Bank’s Environmental Coordination 

efforts involve active participation in the 

international environmental organisations of the 

United Nations (UNEP), the World Bank, World 

Business Council for Sustainable Development 

(WBCSD) and the Bellagio Forum, and aim at the 

consolidation and continual improvement of 

environmental standards for the financial 

industry. The bank’s environmental work also 

includes presenting the competition ‘Worldwide 

Young Researchers for the Environment’ in 

conjunction with the Jugendforscht Foundation, 

where it sponsors young scientists from every 

continent to work on environmental projects. ISO 

14001 certification, the observation of 

sustainability factors as part of business policy, 

and environmental considerations are integral 

parts of Deutsche Bank’s commitment to society 

both through corporate citizenship and daily 

business practices. 

Science and Society 

Through Deutsche Bank’s Stiftungsfonds in the 

Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, a 

wide variety of research and programmes focused 

on scientific progress are supported. 

Special Projects 

The Deutsche Bank Micro-credit Development 

Fund promotes stable economic structures in 

developing countries by extending micro-credits 

to business start-ups that would otherwise have no 

access to finance. Through ‘Women on Wall 

Street’, the bank supports the build-up of 

networks between female executives and clients 

in the US. Based on this experience, ‘Women in 

European Business’ was launched in 2000 to 

promote network building in Europe. 

Client Services 

The Estate and Foundation Management (EFM) 

of Deutsche Bank helps clients to set up and 

administer charitable foundations. The 

programme areas depend on the instructions of 

the client (funder) and offer a wide range of 

charitable purposes. Fiduciary foundations can 

also be serviced by Deutsche Stiftungs Trust, a 

specialised entity of EFM. 


The mission of Deutsche Bank’s Foundation 

Alfred Herrhausen ‘Helping People to Help 

Themselves’, is to encourage people’s own 

initiative and to enable young, disadvantaged 

people in particular to live independently and take 

responsibility for themselves. The foundation 

supports projects that provide initial help and 

training in order to make it easier for young 

people disadvantaged by an accident or illness to 

enter the working world. 


• Altona Recycling Centre, Germany, 25,000 

euros for kitchen equipment in centre that 

employs people with serious disabilities 

• Carl Strehl School, Germany, 25,000 euros for 

a multimedia library with facilities for blind 

and partially sighted students 

• Youth Aid Centre, Germany, 38,000 euros for 

the cost of a new centre that provides 

vocational training to socially weak and 

mentally and physically disabled people 

• Karla Start, Germany, 30,000 euros for 

equipment costs for organisation that provides 

young women facing exclusion with the 

assistance they need to enter the labour market 

• Seelitz Centre for the Preservation of 

Historical Monuments, Germany, 30,000 

euros to facilitate the purchase of vehicles and 

other equipment for centre that provides 

young people with socio-educational training 

• Workshop for the Future, Germany, 50,000 

euros for equipment and construction costs for 

multi-functional workshop that prepares 

pupils for working life 

There are many more training projects in this 

area. 

The foundation also makes grants to individuals 

with disabilities. 




Continuing support 



Employee matching gifts 


Equipment 




Research 

APPLICATIONS 

There are various application procedures among 

the many foundations of Deutsche Bank. 

Interested applicants are asked to use the website 

of the appropriate foundation for further 

information. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Deutsche Bank does not support individuals 

(except occasionally for people with disabilities), 

books, food and beverage. 


English and German 



LEGAL STATUS 

AG Aktiengesellschaft 

GOVERNANCE 

Each foundation has its own Management 

Committee which corresponds to its respective 

legal status and the requirements of the nation in 

which it is present. 

STAFF 

Each foundation has a managing director 

responsible for the daily administration of the 

entity’s activities. 


Annual report 








Total Exp. 45,000,000 45,000,000 


Interest on assets, donations from corporate 

revenues. 


Total expenditure does not include expenditure 

for ‘Special Projects’. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development 

Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen 

Deutsche Stiftungsakademie 

Global Compact 

Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft 

UNEP Financial Services Initiative 

World Business Council for Sustainable 

Development 

DEUTSCHE KINDER-UND JUGENDSTIFTUNG 


(Sources of information: Annual Report 2001; EFC 

membership application form; Website; Verified by 

funder) 

DEUTSCHE KINDER-UND 

JUGENDSTIFTUNG 



Chausseestrasse 29 

10115 Berlin 

Germany 

Tel.: +49.30.280.7000 

Fax: +49.30.283.2202 

E-mail: info@dkjs.de 

Web: www.dkjs.de 

KEY CONTACT 

Dr. Heike Kahl, Executive Director 


German Children and Youth Foundation 


1994 

MISSION 

To create an environment in a democratic context 

where young people can develop self-initiative, 

entrepreneurial spirit and share responsibility. 

BACKGROUND 

The foundation was created in 1994 under the 

direction of the former president of the German 

Bundestag, Rita Süssmuth. Its creation was 

initiated by the International Youth Foundation. 


Primarily Germany, especially the new federal 

states 


International Youth Foundation Network 


The foundation funds projects and programmes 

that encourage and strengthen the selfcompetence 

of young people. Through 

‘Participation Instead of Intervention’, the 

foundation creates opportunities for young people 

to gain experience and empowerment that in turn 

enable children and youth to play an active role in 

society, take on community responsibility and 

learn participatory democracy. All areas of life 

are covered, and existing borders between home 

and school, school and leisure, school and career 

have been erased. Programmes of the foundation 

focus on three main interlinked fields: 

• Life at school 

• Learn democracy 

• To qualify for the future 

Life at School 

Fosters the development of a democratic school 

youth culture, by lifting the barrier between 

school and society through practical activities. At

DEUTSCHE KINDER-UND JUGENDSTIFTUNG 

the same time it encourages self-initiative and 

entrepreneurship among youths. 

Learn Democracy 

Concentrates on political education and 

participatory democracy and strives to overcome 

xenophobia, intolerance and violence by allowing 

youths to actively shape the society in and for 

which they live. 

To Qualify for the Future 

Helps to overcome youth unemployment and 

supports self-help initiatives for unemployed 

youths. 


Within the ‘To Qualify for the Future’ initiative, 

the foundation supports many programmes 

including: 

• Early job orientation in Mecklenburg- 

Vorpommern 

• Training company ‘E-Werk’ Sassnitz, Rügen 

• Enterprise - setting up a support system for 

young start-ups 

• Training firm ‘Spartakuss’, Rostock 

• Youth companies in Mecklenburg- 

Vorpommern 

• Young Ideas - Young Technologies 

Early Job Orientation in Mecklenburg- 

Vorpommern 

Supports youths early in their career plans 

through the close cooperation between schools, 

associations and companies. The programme 

makes it easier for pupils to discover their talents 

and their inclinations early on. They learn to use 

existing resources to find out which requirements 

are necessary for what job, enabling them to make 

decisions about their future career. 

Training Company ‘E-Werk’ Sassnitz, Rügen 

Aims to help unemployed and socially disturbed 

youths to obtain a new perspective in life through 

individual consultation and concrete qualification 

projects. A former electricity factory was mostly 

renovated by the youths themselves and since its 

completion in 2000 is a self-administered youth 

centre with events, laundrette and media 

workrooms for computer design and training. The 

‘E-Werk’ in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen has 

supported more than 60 young people from 

different areas to open up and to acquire social 

competences and skills required in jobs. 

Enterprise - Setting Up a Support System for 

Young Start-ups 

Enables young people to form job and life 

perspectives on their own and to independently 

develop acquisition strategies. It offers them 

access to new qualifications and accompanies 

them through the start-up phase of setting up a 

business. Unemployed young people receive 

financial help, business consultancy and long- 

term project accompaniment through a network of 

mentors. 

Training Firm ‘Spartakuss’, Rostock 

The training firm provides a complete programme 

from consultation to qualification projects for 

heavily socially-disadvantaged youth between 14 

and 25 years old, where traditional training and 

education did not work. The participants get to 

know the real business world, everything from 

independently developing business concepts and 

organising their own offices to learning about 

production and sales. 

Youth Companies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 

Helped to set up two pilot youth companies 

projects in Neubrandenburg and in Parchim, 

accompanying them through the start-up phase. A 

study discovered in the first phase that the 

concept of youth companies was a potential 

instrument to reduce youth unemployment. The 

study also looked at whether young people were 

able to find a real job more easily based on this 

concept. In the second phase, business plans, 

including cost and financial plans, were 

developed together with the private associations. 

From the success of these companies, funds have 

been generated for further youth companies. 

Young Ideas - Young Technologies 

Enables young people to discover and develop 

new media skills. The programme supports 

selected projects financially as well as providing 

the necessary consultation. The projects are to be 

developed by young people and must propose 

solutions for everyday situations. The main focus 

of the programme is to enable young people, 

parallel to developing their technical competence, 

to strengthen their team spirit, assumption of 

responsibility, and to learn to act upon their own 

initiative. The programme, in cooperation with 

Visteon, provides young people an important 

guide in crossing the threshold between school 

and work. 




APPLICATIONS 

In general, the foundation promotes its own 

programmes which are related to the thematic 

focal points of the foundation. However, the 

foundation has limited funds available for 

particularly innovative projects. Applications can 

be submitted at any time and require no official 

forms. The foundation mainly funds material and 

remuneration costs. Programmes and projects 

should be primarily concerned with young people 

aged between 6 and 20 years of age; concentrate 

on preventive measures and timely intervention; 

promote specialist and social skill; encourage 

understanding and helpfulness among people of 

the same and different ages and within the 


community; develop a feeling of responsibility 

and solidarity, leadership abilities and a sense for 

equal rights; promote honesty and integrity; 

strengthen self-confidence and self-respect; 

prompt activities which are appropriate for the 

age and development of the group concerned; get 

the community involved in the activities and 

programmes; meet the requirements of young 

people; be transferable to other regions; improve 

quality of life; include the family and/or other 

important adults; involve young people in 

planning, implementing and spreading the 

programme; involve as many youngsters as 

possible; aim at a healthy cost/benefit ratio; 

include elements of monitoring, evaluation and 

information; and impart realistic ideas of future 

self-financing. 


RESTRICTIONS 

As a rule, no short-term deficit financing can be 

provided. 


German and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-commercial Ltd. 

GOVERNANCE 

Board 

Christina Rau, Chairwoman of the Board 

Prof. Dr. h.c. Lothar Späth, Chairman of the 

Board 

Dieter Berg 

Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf 

Eberhard Diepgen 

Dr. Reinhard Höppner 

Klaus J. Jacobs 

Dr. Josef Joffe 

Matthias Kleinert 

Dr. Florian Langenscheidt 

Rick Little 

Christian Petry 

Dr. Harald Ringstorff 

Hubert Schulte-Kemper 

Pär Stenbäck 

Dr. Manfred Stolpe 

Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth 

Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck 

Christian Wriedt 


Scientific Advisory Council 

Prof. Dr. Lothar Böhnisch 

Prof. Dr. Peter Fauser 

Dr. Jan Hofmann 

Anetta Kahane 

Prof. Dr. Uta Meier 

Heribert Mörsberger 

Prof. Dr. Ingo Richter 

DIAGEO PLC 

STAFF 

Dr. Heike Kahl, Executive Director 

Martina Bubbat, Secretary 

Dr. Anja Durdel, Programme Department 

Ute Schroeder, Programme Department 

Andreas Zieske, Programme Department 

Martina Galander, Programme Management and 

Accounting 

Marit Kleczewski, Programme Management and 

Accounting 

Susan Leung, Programme Management and 

Accounting 

Kerstin Linow, Programme Management and 

Accounting 

Cornelia Arras-Hoch, Communication and Fundraising 

Katrin Fettat, Communication and Fund-raising 

Katrin Hukal, Communication and Fund-raising 

Birgit Allerding, Friends and Supporters 

Association 



1 volunteer 


Annual report 



AFFILIATIONS 

International Youth Foundation Global Network 


DIAGEO PLC 

FUNDING SINCE 


8 Henrietta Place 

London, W1G 0NB 


Tel.: +44.20.7927.5200 

Fax: +44.20.7927.4600 

E-mail: corporatecitizenship@diageo.com 

Web: www.diageo.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Geoffrey Bush, Corporate Citizenship Director 


1981 

MISSION 

To actively work towards the prosperity of the 

communities in which the company operates, and 

to play a leadership role in helping others to help 

themselves. To achieve this vision, Diageo strives 

to be innovative and exemplary, to act as a 

catalyst in forming partnerships among public, 

private and voluntary sector organisations; and to 

pursue community initiatives compatible with its 

competencies, available resources and core 

businesses.

THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FUND 

BACKGROUND 

Diageo is one of the world’s leading premium 

drinks companies. The group contributes one 

percent of its worldwide trading profit less 

interest to community involvement. 


International, where Diageo operates 

FORMER NAME 

Grand Metropolitan plc/Guinness plc 


Diageo Foundation 


The Diageo Foundation acts as a charitable 

funding and support vehicle for social investment 

programmes, charitable giving and matching 

programmes. Support from the foundation 

concentrates on the core value ‘Freedom to 

Succeed’ through the following inter-connecting 

themes: 

• Local citizens 

• Our people 

• Skills for life 

• Water of life 

Local Citizens 

This local regeneration programme works in 

locations where the company’s business has a 

major presence and is able to make a difference 

on issues such as homelessness, unemployment 

and disability. 

Our People 

Encourages employees and retirees to become 

involved not just in the company’s own 

community programmes, but also in external 

charitable activities on their own account. This 

programme also supports matched giving. 

Skills for Life 

Aims to provide people of all ages, cultures and 

communities with practical opportunities to gain 

skills that enable them to fulfil their potential and 

improve their life prospects. 

Water of Life 

Supports projects with a water theme through 

international humanitarian, sustainability and 

biodiversity initiatives. 


Employee matching gifts 


APPLICATIONS 

Provides support to charitable initiatives 

recommended by its businesses, including 

projects in local communities where they operate; 

charities with which the company has developed 

strong links and those recommended by 

employees; and partnerships with community 

groups, rather than individuals. The foundation 

will require appropriate reports and evaluation on 

the outcomes of the project or organisation 

funded, identifying the effectiveness and benefits 

to both community and business. A three-year 

limit will be placed on any funding commitment. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No support to individuals; medical charities or 

hospitals; religious activities; animal welfare; 

endowment funds; expeditions or overseas travel; 

political organisations; loans or business finance; 

or organisations that are not registered charities. 


English 




Drinks 

LEGAL STATUS 

Public limited company 


Annual report 

Corporate contributions report 





Total Exp. 19,800,000 32,310,705 


Annual Turnover 12,800,000,000 20,887,728,460 

Annual Profit 1,980,000,000 3,231,070,496 

AFFILIATIONS 

Arts and Business 

Business in the Community 

CSR Europe 

International Business Leaders Forum 

PerCent Club 

(Sources of information: Annual Review 2001; 

Community Involvement brochure; Report on 

Corporate Citizenship; Website) 

THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF 

WALES MEMORIAL FUND 



The County Hall 

Westminster Bridge Road 

London, SE1 7PB 


Tel.: +44.20.7902.5500 

Fax: +44.20.7902.5511 

E-mail: memorial.fund@memfund.org.uk 

Web: www.theworkcontinues.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Clare Mills, Grants Manager 


1997 

MISSION 

To maintain the essence of the Princess of 

Wales’s work by highlighting the situations faced 

by some of the most disadvantaged people in the

world and seeking to make a real and lasting 

difference to their lives. 

BACKGROUND 

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was 

set up on September 4th 1997 with donations 

given in the wake of Princess Diana’s death on 

August 31st 1997. 




Two thirds of the fund’s grants go to 

organisations in the UK, and one third goes to 

organisations overseas. The theme of the UK 

grants programme is ‘The Transition to 

Adulthood and Independence’ and funding is 

therefore given to organisations working with 

children and young people between the ages of 12 

and 25 in the following categories: 

• Refugees and asylum seekers 

• Prisoners’ families 

• Young people and mental health 

• Young people with learning disabilities 

• Advocacy, campaigning and awarenessraising 

• Action research and pilot projects 

• International programmes 

In the work with prisoners’ families and young 

refugees and asylum seekers categories, the age 

limits are extended. 

Refugees and Asylum Seekers 

Supports specialist youth work; culturally 

appropriate advice and counselling; support for 

young people and their families in the dispersal 

areas; the development of Refugee Community 

Organisations (RCOs) in the dispersal areas; the 

development of networks between RCOs; and the 

inclusion of young refugees and asylum seekers 

into mainstream voluntary sector provisions and 

services. 

Prisoners’ Families 

Promotes work with young people with a family 

member in prison; young people in the penal 

system who are parents and their partners; and 

family members bringing up the child of a young 

person in prison. 

Young People and Mental Health 

Supports work with young people who are most at 

risk of developing mental illness; young people 

who self-harm; young men; young single 

mothers; young people with non-custodial 

sentences, those in the penal system and those 

leaving the penal system; and young people from 

minority ethnic communities. The fund is 

particularly interested in organisations seeking to 

extend services and those that promote crosssector 

partnership and training initiatives. 

THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FUND 

Young People with Learning Disabilities 

Makes grants focusing primarily on actively 

promoting learning and dissemination of issues 

relating to the transition to adulthood and 

independence; addressing particularly 

marginalised groups such as ethnic minority 

communities; and nationally strategic or 

innovative ways of working with statutory 

agencies. 

Advocacy, Campaigning and Awareness-raising 

The fund supports the following types of 

advocacy: self advocacy, where individuals are 

empowered to present their own cases and to take 

an active role in decisions relating to their lives; 

citizen advocacy, where volunteers or paid people 

help to present vulnerable people’s views; crisis 

advocacy, acting as an advocate for the short-term 

in a crisis; and peer advocacy, by people of the 

same age or in the same circumstances. 

Action Research and Pilot Projects 

Funds one-year action research and pilot projects 

for work that is innovative, strategic or deals with 

one of two particularly marginalised groups: 

young people in the penal system and young 

single parents. 

International Programmes 

Supports work that assists people whose social 

exclusion, poverty and displacement are due to 

conflict between communities or countries. The 

fund’s major grantgiving themes in this area vary, 

but currently include: displaced people; people at 

the margins of society; survivors of conflict and 

those requiring conflict mediation; dying and 

bereaved people; and landmines. Within this area 

the fund supports practical projects and 

advocacy/awareness-raising work. The fund has 

also launched a £5 million Palliative Care 

Initiative to provide grants, training for medical 

staff, and advocacy for AIDS sufferers in 

developing countries. 



• Action Mental Health, Northern Ireland, 

£298,500 over three years to provide a 

comprehensive training and support 

programme for young people with learning 

disabilities. The Vote Project aims to give 

support covering issues from human rights to 

social and life skills. The project works 

closely with parents, education providers, 

health and social services and employers to 

encourage young people to live independently 

• Landau Consultants Ltd., UK, £300,000 over 

three years for a supported employment 

service for people with a range of disabilities. 

The project seeks to enable the transition of 

young people with learning disabilities into 

employment, using job coaches and 


THE ERNEST COOK TRUST 

participation in an existing network of 

employers. Some have multiple needs, such as 

mental health issues or physical disabilities, as 

well as learning disabilities 

• SCOPE Cymru, Wales, £183,445 over two 

years to provide trainers, supporters, job 

coaches and job seeking employment officers 

to young people with learning disabilities in 

order to enable young people to gain 

acceptable vocational qualifications, provide 

work experience, sheltered employment and 

permanent employment 





Equipment 


Research 



APPLICATIONS 

Application forms can be obtained by sending the 

fund a large stamped self-addressed envelope. 

Check website for details. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Grants within the UK 

Only work of national significance is funded. This 

means work that is good practice that can be 

applied in other areas of the UK and takes a new 

approach to an issue or has a particular strategic 

significance in the development of an area of 

work. 

Grants outside the UK 

The project must address the needs of the most 

disadvantaged. Check website for details. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Lady Sarah McCorquodale, President 

Christopher Spence, Chair 

Andrew Hind, Treasurer 

Tahera Aanchawan 

Lord Bhatia 

Douglas Board 

The Rt. Hon. The Earl Cairns 

Michael Gibbins 

Anthony Julius 

Jenny McAleese 

Roger Singleton 

Caroline Whitfield 

STAFF 

Andrew Purkis, Chief Executive 

Clare Mills, Grants Manager 



Annual report 





Total Assets 73,806,000 120,440,601 

Total Gifts 2,836,000 4,627,937 

Total Exp. 15,369,000 25,079,961 

Grants Exp. 


9,880,000 16,122,715 

Initial funds came from public donations 

amounting to £19 million and an income from the 

sale of products bearing the fund’s signature logo 

and the hallmark of the Princess’s Estate. 


Criteria for Programmes 2002; Website; Verified by 

funder) 




The Estate Office 

Fairford Park 

Fairford, GL7 4JH 


Tel.: +44.1285.71.3273 

Fax: +44.1285.71.1692 

E-mail: grants@ernestcooktrust.org.uk 

Web: www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Antonia Eliot, Grants Administrator 


1952 

MISSION 

To meet the funding needs of rural Britain for 

education and environmental research. 

BACKGROUND 

The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) was founded in 

1952 by the late Ernest Cook, a grandson of 

Thomas Cook, founder of Cook’s Travel Agency. 

The endowment of the trust consisted of country 

estates owned by Ernest Cook and the income 

derived from these estates, and from other 

investments, forms the fund from which grants 

are made. The trustees make provision for 

managed public access to their land where this 

can be achieved without unduly affecting 

conservation interests, farming or other income 

producing activities. The trust employs its own 

Education and Access Officer, part of whose role 

is to promote the use of the trust ‘s estates as an 

educational resource. 


UK 


The trust largely focuses on organisations that 

devote themselves to educational schemes also

elating to rural conservation. Funding areas 

include: 

• Countryside and the environment 

• Environmental research 

• Arts, crafts and architecture 

• Youth 

• Other unspecified educational grants 

Countryside and the Environment 

Emphasises grants that benefit rural areas. Grants 

in this category are made for educational work 

concerning conservation of the countryside and 

for schemes that lead to a greater understanding 

of the countryside and rural life in general. 

Support is also given to responsible projects 

designed to increase an intelligent concern for the 

environment as a whole. 

Environmental Research 

Provides grants for research to universities or 

other relevant institutions. Projects supported 

reflect the trust’s concern for the rural 

environment. 

Arts, Crafts and Architecture 

Encourages appreciation of architecture and 

supports organisations providing training in 

practical conservation skills and in rural crafts. 

Youth 

Supports education and training including work 

that helps young people to lead fulfilled lives 

while remaining sensitive to the needs of others, 

and that increases their chances of employment. 

Other Unspecified Educational Grants 

A number of projects which lie outside the 

immediate areas of concern for the trust are 

supported simply upon their merits as outstanding 

schemes or because they show potential for small 

amounts of money to have maximum impact on 

worthwhile activities. Exceptional grants are also 

made for educational projects that have a 

geographic connection or close link with the trust. 


The trust emphasises vocational training and 

employment in its Youth funding and includes 

funding for disabled youths. Organisations 

working with people with disabilities that have 

received funding include the Acquired Aphasia 

Trust, Disabled Sailors Association, Hampshire 

Association for the Care of the Blind, National 

Autistic Society, National Library for the Blind, 

Nottingham Society for Autistic Children and 

Adults, and the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation, 

among others. 



Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Applicant organisations must be charitable or 

non-profit. In exceptional and rare cases grants 

are made to individuals. The trustees believe that 


small grants are often as beneficial as large grants 

and there is therefore no minimum or maximum 

grant size. Single grants are normally awarded but 

in exceptional circumstances grants up to a 

maximum of three years are considered. The 

trustees consider most grant applications at 

meetings in March and October, having a further 

mechanism for the making of grants smaller than 

£3,000 at more frequent intervals. Applications 

for the two main meetings must be finalised by 

January 31st and August 31st. There is no 

application form but applicants are asked to focus 

their request on a specific educational need and to 

present clear and concise proposals on a 

maximum of four sides of A4 paper. The 

enclosure of a self-addressed envelope will ensure 

acknowledgement of an application. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are not awarded for work outside of the 

UK. Projects allied to medicine, health or social 

work are not supported. Awards are not made 

retrospectively. General appeals are not normally 

supported. Building work, sports and recreational 

activities all lie outside the trust’s usual field of 

interest. Support for wildlife trusts and for 

farming and wildlife advisory groups is largely 

restricted to those based in counties in which the 

trust owns land. Funds are rarely committed for 

community projects, or for publications. Awards 

are not made to agricultural colleges. Funding is 

not normally given to community arts projects, 

concerts, festivals, theatre, dance and sculpture 

projects. The trustees also avoid schemes where 

their input would simply replace funds 

customarily provided from public sources. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Sir William Benyon, Chair 

S.A.J.P. Bosanquet 

A.W.M. Christie-Miller 

T.R.E. Cook 

P.S.W.K. Maclure 

M.C. Tuely 

STAFF 

Nicholas J. Ford, Director and Agent (Secretary 

to the Trustees) 

Antonia Eliot, Charitable Awards Administrator 

Ros Leigh, Secretary 


Annual report 




ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 




Grants Exp. 628,949 1,026,353 



The endowment of the trust consists of country 

estates owned by Ernest Cook. The income 

derived from these estates, and from other 

investments, forms the fund from which 

education grants are made once the trustees have 

discharged their responsibility of ensuring that the 

land is properly managed. 


The financial year this information refers to is 

April 1st 2000 to March 31st 2001. 

(Sources of information: Educational Awards; 

Policies and Procedures for Applicants; Website; 


ESSEX COMMUNITY 

FOUNDATION 

1996 



52A Moulsham Street 

Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JA 


Tel.: +44.124.535.5947 

Fax: +44.124.525.1151 

E-mail: general@essexcf.freeserve.co.uk 

Web: www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Laura Warren, Chief Executive 

MISSION 

To improve the quality of life for the people 

living in the community by investing and 

distributing funds on behalf of individuals, 

companies, trusts and public agencies. 

BACKGROUND 

The Essex Community Foundation was created to 

help meet the social and economic needs within 

the county of Essex. 


Essex, Southend and Thurrock, UK 


The foundation concentrates its support on the 

following programmes: 

• Children’s Fund 

• Essex County Council Millenium Fund 

• Essex Drug Action Fund 

• Essex Crimebeat and High Sheriff’s Fund 

• Key Fund 

• Marsh Fund 

• Royal London Community Fund 

• Southend Fund 

• Women’s Fund 

• Youthbank 

Children’s Fund 

Aims to eliminate child poverty and supports 

economically disadvantaged people. Offers 

schemes to enable families to improve their living 

standards; does crisis work with hard-to-reach 

groups; bridges the gap between childhood 

experiences of children in poverty and their 

contemporaries; and gives children a chance to 

articulate their own needs. 

Essex County Council Millennium Fund 

Supports carers of people with special needs by 

giving priority to projects that focus on practical 

help and advice; projects that strengthen the 

resources and facilities available within the 

community; schemes that improve the local 

quality of life by engaging in environmental 

issues; and projects that help young people with 

their social and personal development. 

Essex Drug Action Fund 

Helps voluntary and community groups in Essex 

who work in the field of drug abuse. 

Essex Crimebeat and High Sheriff’s Fund 

Aims to encourage young people to set up 

projects to make their communities safer. 

Key Fund 

Aims at helping specific groups of people who are 

disadvantaged in the labour market. Supports 

local voluntary and community groups who 

operate in Essex, Southend and Thurrock in order 

to help people find, keep and regain work. 

Projects aim to help build confidence, develop 

social and work related skills; provide childcare; 

and increase volunteer and work experience 

opportunities. 

Marsh Fund 

Helps Marsh Ltd. distribute funds to organisations 

in and around the Witham and Braintree area. 

Royal London Community Fund 

Aims to help the local communities create a better 

place in which to live and work. Distributes funds 

to help a number of groups in the community 

including St. Edmunds Child Contact Centre, the 

Colchester branch of the Multiple Sclerosis 

Society and Highwood Kids Club. Plans include 

expanding the same kind of value in and around 

the other main offices in Edinburgh, Wilmslow 

and London. 

Southend Fund 

Concentrates on the Southend area and gives 

grants to charities and community organisations. 

Women’s Fund 

Aims to encourage women to achieve economic 

independence; prevent violence against women 

and girls, and give support to victims of domestic 

violence; promote physical and emotional wellbeing 

for women and girls; create opportunities 


for educational, artistic and personal growth of 

women and girls; assist women returning to work; 

support carers and offer respite care; and support 

women from ethnic minority groups. 

Youthbank 

Aims to give young people in Harlow the 

opportunity to be grantmakers themselves and 

help other young people in the community. 


Within its Key Fund, the foundation supports 

grants of up to £10,000 for projects that promote 

social inclusion by helping disadvantaged people 

progress towards the labour market. Supported 

activities include: 

• Specific programmes or courses that teach 

basic skills, such as numeracy and literacy or 

more developed ones such as computing 

• Opportunities for volunteering, work 

experience or supported employment 

• Setting up social firms, that will benefit the 

community as well as taking people out of 

unemployment 

• Activities to reduce isolation, bringing people 

together and building social capacity in a 

particular neighbourhood 

Target groups for projects include disabled people 

with learning difficulties, mental health problems, 

or physical and/or sensory disabilities. Other 

target groups include the long-term unemployed, 

young people, homeless people, and ethnic 

minorities, among others. The Key Fund receives 

funding from the European Social Fund and 

several local partners: Essex County Council; 

Essex Learning and Skills Council; Southend-on- 

Sea Borough Council; Thurrock Council; 

Business Link; Essex Drugs Action Team; and 

InterAct. 





APPLICATIONS 


Deadlines are the end of January, April, July and 

October. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not give grants to individuals; general 

appeals; commercial or business activities; 

promotion of political or religious causes; 

statutory or public bodies; or projects directed at 

people who live outside the administrative county 

of Essex. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Charitable company limited by guarantee 

FONDACIONI SHQIPTAR PER TE DREJTAT E PAAFTESISE 

GOVERNANCE 

The Lord Petre of Writtle, Patron 

Ian Marks, Chairman 

STAFF 

Laura Warren, Chief Executive 

Judy-May Brandy, Programme Director of Grants 

Moira Groborz, Grants Officer 

Jo Murphy, Marketing Officer 

Catherine Burton, Finance Officer 



1 volunteer 






Total Gifts 744,659 1,215,175 

Total Exp. 586,151 956,513 

Grants Exp. 383,879 626,434 

Programme Exp. 115,456 188,407 



246 

Charitable donations, membership subscriptions, 

fund/project management and 

European/Central/Local government funding. 


The financial year runs from April 2001 to March 

2002. 


FONDACIONI SHQIPTAR PER 

TE DREJTAT E PAAFTESISE 



9 Rr Qamil Guranjaku 

Tirana 

Albania 

Tel.: +355.437.6041 

E-mail: adrf@icc.al.eu.org 

Web: www.adrf.org.al 


Albanian Disability Rights Foundation 


1996 

MISSION 

To empower disabled people by improving their 

capacities in a positive atmosphere to support 

their integration into society. 

BACKGROUND 

The Albanian Disability Rights Foundation 

(ADRF) was initially established as an OXFAM 

disability programme in Albania in 1994, and in 

1996 as an independent local non-governmental 

organisation (NGO). The philosophy of ADRF is 

based on the social model of disability. 


Albania

FONDATION AGIR CONTRE L’EXCLUSION 


The work of the foundation benefits people with 

disabilities, their families, disability NGOs, and 

professionals who work directly with the 

disabled. The foundation works in the following 

areas: 

• Information and documentation service 

• Training and technical assistance centre 

• Counselling services 

• Lobbying initiatives 

• Awareness-raising 

• Active style wheelchairs and active 

rehabilitation 

Information and Documentation Service 

The ADRF Information Centre produces, gathers, 

classifies and distributes information on disability 

issues. 

Training and Technical Assistance Centre 

Offers training to: disability NGOs; parents of 

children with disabilities; professionals working 

directly with disabled individuals; and training of 

disabled individuals on their rights, lobbying and 

advocacy. It also offers technical assistance to 

disability NGOs. 

Counselling Services 

Offers services of individual counselling and 

group therapy for people with disabilities and 

their families, orientates them to existing services, 

and offers basic information on their situation, on 

the rights they are entitled to, and invites them to 

entertainment and leisure activities organised by 

ADRF. 

Lobbying Initiatives 

Aims to enable people with disabilities to know 

and be able to ask for their rights. An active group 

of People with Disability is involved in the 

process of lobbying and self-advocacy through 

campaigns, meetings, forums and awareness at 

schools. The group works on legislation reform in 

areas such as accessibility, employment, and 

education, among others. 

Awareness-raising 

Works on raising awareness in Albanian society 

of the rights of people with disabilities, and 

creation of a positive image of disability through 

publications, television and radio programmes, 

and information days. 

Active Style Wheelchairs and Active 

Rehabilitation 

Produces and distributes active style wheelchairs 

throughout Albania. ADRF offers wheelchair 

users active rehabilitation services that aim at 

providing skills of independent living. 


Collections/acquisitions 



Publications 




Albanian 



GOVERNANCE 

ADRF has a voluntary board of 11 people. 

STAFF 





Monographs 


FONDATION AGIR CONTRE 

L’EXCLUSION 



48 rue de la Roquette 

75011 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.4923.7777 

Fax: +33.1.4923.7794 

E-mail: info@fondationface.org 

Web: www.fondationface.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Patric Nedelec, General Manager 


1993 

MISSION 

To increase awareness and capacity of local 

entrepreneurs in the fight against social exclusion 

by experimenting with innovative actions to help 

increase local employment; to exchange examples 

of best practice and experience with a view to 

transfer know-how from local to national level; 

and to improve qualification and visibility of all 

local players in both fields of employment and 

economic development. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Agir Contre l’Exclusion (FACE) 

was created in 1993 by a consortium of 13 French 

companies, at the initiative of Martine Aubry. It 

was set up as an instrument for research action 

against social exclusion. It receives support from 

companies through gifts in kind or subventions. 

The action of the foundation is built on the ‘Clubs 

d’Entreprises Locaux’ across the country and 

underpinned by the ‘Centres d’Actions 

Economiques’ (CAE). The CAE ensure that 

development, implementation and evaluation of 

operations occur in partnership with local 

authorities, associations, and enterprises. 


France


FACE manages a network of 379 founder or 

partner enterprises that work mainly in sectors 

with a high potential for innovative development. 

These sectors include environment; distribution of 

goods and services; services to people; services to 

enterprises; and tourism and recreation. Activities 

of the foundation are organised around three 

areas: 

• Local economy 

• Employment and training 

• The social link 

Local Economy 

Contributes to the return of economic activities in 

regions in difficulty; explores new areas of 

employment; supports the creation and 

development of structures of economic insertion; 

and supports the creators of enterprises. 

Employment and Training 

After identifying the needs and competences of 

enterprises, FACE promotes the access to 

employment of people who are excluded by 

developing opportunities for employment or 

training. FACE supports the enterprises for the 

studying and implementation of new 

organisational mechanisms of work to permit the 

creation of new employment or the protection of 

existing jobs. 

The Social Link 

In this area, the foundation aims to fight failure in 

education, reduce over-indebtedness, promote the 

world of enterprise, and give back confidence to 

local communities through sporting and cultural 

events. These actions of mediation and prevention 

are developed in close cooperation with residents 

to better integrate them into city life and 

enterprise. FACE helps the managers of the 

enterprises, and their colleagues, to better 

understand the potentials of their social 

environment in forming a cultural diversity and 

the implications of the local initiatives. 





French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Reconnue d’utilité publique 


Martine Aubry, President 

STAFF 

Patrick Nedelec, General Manager 




FONDATION AGIR POUR L’EMPLOI 



FONDATION AGIR POUR 

L’EMPLOI 



2 rue Louis Murat 

75384 Paris Cedex 08 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.4042.6107 

Fax: +33.1.4042.6294 

Web: www.webfape.net 

KEY CONTACT 

Gérard de Giovanni, President 


1995 

MISSION 

To contribute to the development of employment 

and to support insertion. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Agir Pour l’Emploi (FAPE) was 

created in 1995, by Electricité de France, Gaz de 

France, the Confédération française démocratique 

du travail (CFDT), the Confédération française de 

l’encadrement confédération générale des cadres 

(CFE CGC) and the Confédération française des 

travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC), under the guidance 

of Fondation de France. 


France 


The foundation acts in two ways: 

• Supporting the creation or development of 

‘proximity’ services 

• Supporting the insertion of job seekers who 

are in difficulty 

Supporting the Creation or Development of 

‘Proximity’ Services 

FAPE defines ‘proximity’ services as personal 

services which benefit a large number of people, 

such as child minding; educational support; 

gardening; home improvements; bringing meals 

to people’s homes; and helping to move 

dependant people. These services can operate in a 

district of a town, a complete town, a larger 

region or in a rural context. 

Supporting the Insertion of Job Seekers Who Are 

in Difficulty 

Supports the creation of very small enterprises to 

benefit people who earn minimum income or who 

are long-term unemployed, and promotes the 

creation or development of structures of insertion 

by economic activity. Work in this area includes 

professional activities and apprenticeships to 

enable the participants to learn and develop the 

techniques necessary to increase their access to 

employment.

FONDATION ASSOCIATION DES PARENTS D’ENFANTS MENTALEMENT HANDICAPÉS 



• Bretagne Développement Initiatives, Brittany, 

France, 7,600 euros for the creation of 

employment for people who are excluded 

socially or professionally 

• L’Ucie Intérim, Nord Pas de Calais, France, 

8,000 euros for an enterprise promoting 

insertion 

• ADIE/ADIJE, Paca, France, 7,600 euros to 

support people who are excluded and wish to 

become self-employed 





Equipment 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not support individuals. The ‘proximity’ 

services must be accessible to a variety of people. 


French 



GOVERNANCE 

The Executive Committee comprises three 

representatives of Electricité de France and Gaz 

de France; one representative of each of the three 

collaborating trade unions; the president of 

Fondation de France; and two external experts 

from funders recognised for competence in the 

field of solidarity. 

STAFF 

Gérard de Giovanni, President 


Annual report 




Total Gifts 1,507,329 1,507,329 

Total Exp. 1,349,494 1,349,494 

Grants Exp. 1,101,364 1,101,364 



99 

Donations from Electricité de France and Gaz de 

France and their employees; and from Egépargne 

Croissance. 


Website) 

FONDATION ASSOCIATION DES 

PARENTS D’ENFANTS 

MENTALEMENT HANDICAPÉS 



10 rue du Château 

4976 Bettange-sur-Mess 

Luxembourg 

Tel.: +352.379.1911 

Fax: +352.37.9394 

E-mail: apemh@apemh.lu 

Web: www.apemh.lu 


1985 

MISSION 

To de-marginalise people with mental disabilities 

and enable them to take an active role in society. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondation Association des Parents d’Enfants 

Mentalement Handicapés (APEMH) was set up as 

a non-profit association in 1967. It was declared a 

foundation of public utility in 1985. 


Luxembourg 


Association des Parents d’Enfants Mentalement 

Handicapés 


Fondation APEMH runs vocational integration 

centres with the aim of finding jobs for people 

with learning difficulties, the main target group, 

on the open market. It runs independent living 

training centres and various residences offering 

support to people who are learning to live 

independently. Integration and ‘normalisation’ are 

the key principles governing the association and 

all its services, be they in the field of education, 

training, social or working life. APEMH offers 

services to people with every degree of mental 

disability, including those with multiple 

disabilities and complex dependency needs. The 

association also trains staff to work with this 

client group. The activities of the organisation 

include: 

• Residential and day centres for people with all 

degrees of intellectual disability 

• Independent living support service - 

supervised apartments 

• Day Centre for severely disabled people 

• Service of day activities 

• Integrated crèche and early stimulation 

• Training for professionals (Centre de 

Propédeutique Professionnelle C.P.P.) 

• Sheltered workshops (CAT - Ateliers 

Protégés) 

• (Re)integration in a mainstream firm 

• Service for psychosocial support

• Service of temporary placement and babysitting 

• Various study groups researching various 

topics (sexuality, ageing, work with parents, 

school integration) 

• Continuing training in the UFEP (Unité de 

Formation et d’Education Permanente) 

Training unit 

• A first attempt at adult education for disabled 

people in the framework of the European Year 

of Lifelong Learning 

The users include people with intellectual 

disabilities, both mild and severe; those with 

severe and multiple disabilities; and dual 

diagnostic, those with intellectual disability and 

mental illness. 





French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Public utility establishment 

GOVERNANCE 

Council of Administration 

Jean Giwer, President 

Jean Christophe, Vice-President 

Paul Kihn, Vice-President 

Marcel Wolf, Vice-President 

Fernand Haupert, Secretary 

Carlo Beaumet, Treasurer 

Roland Anen 

Ernest Beckius 

Raymond Ceccotto 

Victor Cire 

Ernest Dornseiffer 

Albert Federspiel 

Mathias Greisch 

Adrien Kayser 

Romain Kraemer 

Michel Krecke 

André Lutgen 

Margot Poensgen-Gehlen 

Marc Schmit 

François Wagener 

STAFF 

Jean Giwer, President 

Fernand Haupert, Managing Administrator and 

Secretary 

Raymond Ceccotto, Director 




FONDATION AUCHAN POUR LA JEUNESSE 

FONDATION AUCHAN POUR LA 

JEUNESSE 



40 avenue de Flandre 

59170 Croix 

France 

Tel.: +33.3.2081.6865 

Fax: +33.1.4762.6105 

E-mail: mfmairesse@auchan.com 

Web: www.auchan.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Alain Reners, General Delegate 


1996 

MISSION 

To promote young people in their initiatives and 

to support them in their personal and collective 

ambitions. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Auchan pour la Jeunesse was 

created in 1996 by the Groupe Auchan in order to 

strengthen Auchan’s social engagement and, in 

particular, to promote young people. It works 

under the auspices of the Fondation de France. 


France 


Groupe Auchan 


The foundation supports young people in three 

different domains: 

• Support for activity and employment creation 

projects. Job creation and education constitute 

the foundation’s main focus of activity 

• The regeneration of disadvantaged 

neighbourhoods or rural areas involving 

young people 

• Risk prevention, such as delinquency, drugs 

and AIDS in the attempt to counter social 

exclusion 

These three domains have led to the support of 

eleven different projects, six of which were 

initiated by the foundation itself, all concerned 

with the education, employment and social 

inclusion of young people. 


The foundation works in the following areas: 

• Creation of Employment 

• Disabilities 

Creation of Employment 

Funding in this area includes Sauvegarde du 

Patrimoine Rural et des Métiers Traditionnels. 

This programme supports the forming and 

equipping of workshops for restoring old 

buildings, thereby creating employment for young 

people who wish to be trained in traditional crafts. 

The training programmes are followed by 40

FONDATION BATTENBERG 

students annually. The programme La Varappe 

promotes the social and professional inclusion of 

at-risk people. In recent years 100 positions were 

found and over half of these still continue. The 

foundation also supports the Association for 

Research into Alternatives to Exclusion (APRAE) 

in a variety of projects including ‘les jardins 

biologiques’ which produced organic produce for 

sale while providing training and employment 

opportunities for about 20 people. 

Disabilities 

The foundation works with the French National 

Committee for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled 

(CNRH) in its Handitel programme which aims to 

develop an Education and Training module on its 

website (www.handitel.org) in order to provide 

disabled students with full details of disabled 

access to French and European universities. 

Enrolment is simplified using this system. The 

website will enable presentation of courses 

university by university. Details of transport will 

also be available as well as information on local 

associations. Funding from the foundation will 

enable the creation of this education and training 

database which is the first of its kind in France. 

The foundation also supports the creation of the 

Association for the Mobility of the Handicapped 

which aims to promote the insertion of disabled 

people into social and professional life by 

providing them with specially-adapted vehicles. 





Equipment 

Research 

Technical assistance (by third party) 

APPLICATIONS 

Projects can be presented by private individuals 

as well as associations or Auchan collaborators. It 

is sufficient to send an application containing a 

presentation of the association, organisation or 

person responsible for the project; a complete 

presentation of the project (description, financial 

studies, interest); and the amount and type of 

support requested. The application must 

correspond with one of the three priority funding 

areas. 



French 



GOVERNANCE 

Council of Administration 

Francis Cordelette, President 

Marie-Hélène Boidin-Dubrule, Vice-President 

Valérie Aubier 

Yves Bayon du Noyer 

Michèle Gharram 

Bruno Motte 

Philippe Pailliart 

Jacques Revel 

Jacques Sanfilippo 

STAFF 

Alain Reners, General Delegate 

François Chaves, Director, Eastern Region 

Josiane Gauthier, Director, Tours Region 

André Paul Leclercq, Director, Immochan 

Jean Claude Loignon, Director, Auchan Cergy 

Bruno Wettstein, Director, Auchan Beauvais 


Annual report of Auchan Group 

Annual report of Fondation Auchan pour la 

Jeunesse 

Brochure: ‘Horizon’, Journal of the Auchan 

Group 


AFFILIATIONS 

Fondation de France 

(Sources of information: Annual Report 2001 of 

Auchan Group; Annual Report 2001 of Fondation 

Auchan pour la Jeunesse; Horizon journal of the 

Groupe Auchan; Website) 

FONDATION BATTENBERG 



rue du Midi 55 

2504 Bienne 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.32.344.2522 

Fax: +41.32.341.9829 

E-mail: info@battenberg.ch 

Web: www.battenberg.ch 


1962 

MISSION 

To promote the professional and social integration 

of people with disabilities. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Battenberg opened a training 

centre for disabled people in 1965. 


Switzerland 


The foundation offers vocational training 

programmes for disabled people, helps them gain 

social skills and prepares the participants to enter 

the work force. Provides medical care; transport 

services; sport and leisure centres; and helps 

make accommodation arrangements. Vocational 

training programmes are available in the 

following professions: 

• Electronics 

• Mechanics

• Construction 

• Watch industry 

• Marketing 

• Computing 




German and French 






FONDATION BNP PARIBAS 

1984 

FUNDING SINCE 


3 rue d’Antin 

75002 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.42.98.0768 

Fax: +33.1.42.98.1411 

Web: www.bnpparibas.com/en/groupe/ 

mecenat.asp 

MISSION 

To contribute to the widest possible 

understanding of culture; to support the creation 

of contemporary work; to promote the French 

language abroad; and to combat suffering and 

social exclusion. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondation BNP Paribas is active in both cultural 

and humanitarian domains and where possible 

seeks to develop long-term partnerships. Since its 

beginning, the foundation has sponsored 100 

projects of which 25 are long-term, and has spent 

over 19 million euros. The Fondation BNP 

Paribas functions under the aegis of the Fondation 

de France. The foundation provides corporate 

patronage for projects chosen by the General 

Secretariat of the foundation and submitted to the 

Patronage Committee, comprising representatives 

of the different BNP Paribas core businesses, as 

well as the director of the Fondation de France. 


International 



• Preserving and promoting awareness of 

cultural heritage 

• Promoting artists and artistic creation 

• Promoting the French language abroad 

• Combating suffering and social exclusion 

FONDATION BNP PARIBAS 

Preserving and Promoting Awareness of Cultural 

Heritage 

Aims to help spread awareness of museum 

collections and sponsors the preservation and 

restoration of the artistic masterpieces held by 

these museums. 

Promoting Artists and Artistic Creation 

Encourages a meeting of the world of artistic 

expression and the everyday world, of the artist 

and the public. BNP Paribas is established across 

France with a network of over 2,000 branches. 

For many years the bank has been involved in 

partnerships with leading festivals and institutions 

whose influence extends beyond the confines of 

the cities where they are based. At the initiative of 

the bank’s regional units, these long-term 

sponsorships allow the foundation to build 

bridges between the world of business and 

culture, and to develop close links with local 

communities. 

Promoting the French Language Abroad 

The ‘BNP Paribas pour Lire’ initiative, in 

cooperation with the French ministry of foreign 

affairs, organises conferences, makes gifts of 

books, and awards scholarships in countries 

throughout the world where the bank operates. 

Book donations focus on cultural institutions 

chosen by the cultural attachés at the French 

Embassies. Recipients include cultural centres, 

Alliances Françaises, university libraries and 

French high schools. Each can choose their 

desired areas of interest and receive up to 1,000 

books as well as subscriptions to French 

periodicals and magazines. When the books are 

donated a writer gives a lecture and presents ten 

books which he considers essential to any French 

library collection. Students receiving scholarships 

to study law, finance, or economics in France are 

recruited by BNP Paribas group representatives in 

their home countries. 

Combating Suffering and Social Exclusion 

Work in this area is divided into two categories. 

Within the area of medical research, the 

foundation supports the Foundation for Medical 

Research which aims to fight all diseases, without 

distinction. Furthermore, the BNP Paribas 

sponsors a telethon and contributes to the success 

of the yearly fund-raising effort by mobilising its 

teams. In the area of social solidarity, the 

foundation supports pilot projects to reintegrate 

the disabled and people in situations of distress 

back into the community. 


BNP Paribas supports the Association pour le 

Droit à l’Initiative Economique (ADIE) which 

provides loans to the unemployed and people on 

welfare to help them create their own 

employment opportunities. Since its initiation, 

ADIE has helped finance and sustain 3,500 new 


FONDATION CAISSE D’EPARGNE 

businesses and contributed to the creation of 

5,000 jobs. 


Awards/prizes 




Research 

Scholarships 

APPLICATIONS 



French 




Financial services 

LEGAL STATUS 

Private company 

STAFF 

François Depriesse, President of the foundation, 

Director of BNP Paribas Private Bank 



AFFILIATIONS 

Admical 

Cerec 

(Sources of information: Cerec; Company 

spokesperson; National Sponsorship Association; 


FONDATION CAISSE 

D’EPARGNE 

1994 



27-29 rue de la Tombe Issoire 


France 

Tel.: +33.5840.4594 

Fax: +33.4416.5834 

E-mail: noel.collet@cencep.caisse-epargne.fr 

KEY CONTACT 

Noel Collet 

MISSION 

To fight social exclusion, which can affect people 

throughout life, and to promote the initiatives of 

all establishments of the Groupe Caisse 

d’Epargne for the benefit of people of all ages, 

with the intention of contributing to inter-group 

and inter-generation solidarity. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Caisse d’Epargne was created in 

1994 by the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne, under the 

aegis of the Fondation de France, with the aim of 

preventing social exclusion of those people in 

difficult situations when they have not had the 

ability or resources to put aside any savings. The 

role of the foundation is embedded in the 

historical social responsibility of the Caisse 

d’Epargne which aims to prevent people from 

being dependent on others. 


France 


Groupe Caisse d’Epargne 


The foundation focuses on the causes of exclusion 

through actions in three main areas: 

• Illiteracy 

• Employment 


Illiteracy 

In this area, the foundation helps those who find it 

difficult to master basic skills such as reading, 

writing, mathematics and time and spatial 

awareness. It also supports young children of preschool 

age by providing additional education, 

which is useful for school achievement; promotes 

improvement of studying skills among both 

young people and adults; and assists voluntary 

helpers involved in training or cultural and social 

projects which are designed to help both young 

and adult illiterates. 

Employment 

The foundation mainly supports the following 

types of projects: studies, conferences, research 

projects and experiences aimed at creating a 

better understanding of the link between 

employment and exclusion; economic 

reintegration projects within sustainable 

enterprises; the re-establishment of citizen’s 

rights to those who are excluded; and action 

against illiteracy associated with economic 

reinsertion. 

The Elderly 

To combat negative social stereotypes of the 

elderly, and the negative effects on elderly people 

of these images, the foundation supports actions 

aimed at promoting the potential and experience 

of elderly people; helping people to be self-reliant 

and motivated; studying the status and role of 

carers for the elderly; and promoting a better 

image of older people in society. 



Equipment 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Project proposals must be sent to an establishment 

of the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne in the region 

where the project will be working. The foundation 

gives preference to initiatives which involve 


partnerships with disadvantaged people where 

they contribute to the conception, implementation 

and evaluation of the initiative. 



French 



GOVERNANCE 

National body comprising representatives of the 

savings bank group and others. 


Charles Milhaud, President 




AFFILIATIONS 


(Sources of information: Information brochures) 

FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE 

BRASSERIES KRONENBOURG 

1996 



68 Route d’Oberhausbergen 

Cedex 2 

67037 Strasbourg 

France 

Tel.: +33.3.8827.4854 

Fax: +33.3.8827.4855 

Web: www.brasseries-kronenbourg.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Vincent Rattez, Managing Director 


Brasseries Kronenbourg Foundation 

MISSION 

To promote the development of economic 

initiatives that generate social networks and 

employment. 

BACKGROUND 

The Brasseries Kronenbourg Foundation was 

created by the Brasseries Kronenbourg in order to 

alleviate unemployment and social exclusion. 


France 


The foundation gives grants to private initiatives 

that create employment, give on-the-job training 

and increase social interaction in disadvantaged 

neighbourhoods or rural areas. The grantmaking 

focuses on two areas: 

• Insertion into agribusiness 

• Initiatives for inclusion and local activities 

FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE BRASSERIES KRONENBOURG 

Insertion into Agribusiness 

In this area, employment is created in restaurants 

and catering; and organic market gardens. The 

foundation sponsors, via financial aid or the 

provision of advice, job insertion associations in 

the food and restaurant fields. More than 790 

people have benefited from the foundation’s job 

insertion funding. 

Initiatives for Inclusion and Local Activities 

In this area, the foundation offers its active 

backing for youth leaders who work with young 

people in youth centres. Examples of projects 

include Café-Music, a non-alcoholic bar and 

space for young people, and a multi-service 

grocery. 

Each project is sponsored by a Kronenbourg 

employee who volunteers to closely follow the 

project, giving help and guidance. 





APPLICATIONS 

The foundation gives grants to small enterprises 

fighting social exclusion. Information and 

application forms can be requested at the 

foundation’s office. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are not awarded to individuals, or events 

such as meetings or concerts. 


French 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Didier Lefeure, President 

Yves Massuyeau 

Serge Oehler 

André Reichardt 

STAFF 

Vincent Rattez, Managing Director 



‘Dynamo’ (journal of the foundation) 

‘Kromag’ (journal of the Brasseries 

Kronenbourg) 



Grants Exp. 200,000 200,000 



Brasseries Kronenbourg. 

AFFILIATIONS 

French Foundation Networks 

IMM Admical 


FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE DU GROUPE AIR FRANCE 

(Sources of information: Newsletter ‘Dynamo’; 

Newsletter: ‘Kromag’; Website; Verified by funder) 

FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE DU 

GROUPE AIR FRANCE 

1992 



1 avenue du Maréchal Devaux 

91551 Paray-Vieille-Poste Cedex 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.4175.7196 

Fax: +33.1.4375.7197 

E-mail: mail.fondationaf@airfrance.fr 

Web: www.airfrance.net 

KEY CONTACT 

Marthe de la Taille-Rivero, Managing Director 


Air France Foundation 

MISSION 

To promote children and youth worldwide 

through the protection of the most needy, the 

control of the social and cultural environment 

they live in, education, training and artistic 

expression. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation d’Entreprise du Groupe Air France 

was created by the Air France Group in 1992 with 

the aim of contributing to children and young 

people’s social and cultural development, 

particularly those suffering from conflicts, illness 

or extreme poverty, in the belief that access to 

education, leisure pursuits, culture and training 

constitute a key to the future for disadvantaged 

children. 


International 


Air France Group 


The foundation works in the fields of education 

and social and professional insertion for children 

and young people. The foundation helps 

underprivileged children whose development and 

future possibilities are hampered by social 

handicap, poverty, illness or armed conflict. It 

implements projects of shelter, training and 

education in France and abroad, to the following 

groups: 

• Children from underprivileged urban or rural 

areas 

• Refugee children 

• Ill or disabled children 

The foundation selects projects that emanate from 

associations, non-governmental organisations, 

diverse institutions, or occasionally from its own 

initiative. 


The foundation focuses on disadvantaged or 

disabled children and teenagers in the field of 

education and training. In France, the foundation 

supports education, artistic expression and 

professional training. One of its principal partners 

is l’Association de la Fondation Étudiante pour la 

Ville (AFEV) which coordinates additional 

teaching for pupils in difficulty by students 

working voluntarily in 100 towns in France. The 

foundation is active in the EU, particularly with 

programmes for cultural exchange for young 

people who risk exclusion. In other parts of the 

world the foundation supports the creation and 

development of educational and cultural 

structures. 



Gifts in kind 


APPLICATIONS 

Preference is given to projects that are situated 

close to the regional offices of Air France, in the 

countries or zones where the company works. 

Support is given to projects that work in-depth; 

imply international solidarity; and are conceived 

by the groups and communities that will benefit. 

Encouragement is particularly given to projects 

originating from Air France employees. Contact 

the foundation for specific application procedures. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The foundation does not intervene in urgent 

humanitarian situations, but works to repair the 

damage of these crises. 


French 



GOVERNANCE 

Administration Council 

This comprises 11 representatives of the founding 

corporations, 1 representative from the personnel 

and the following 8 people: 

Daniel Alagille 

Miguel Angel Estrella 

Paul Bouchet 

Roger Faroux 

François-Régis Hutin 

Gérard Orizet 

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 

Mstislav Rostropovitch 

STAFF 

Gérard Orizet, President 

Marthe de la Taille-Rivero, Managing Director 

Cécile Vic, Deputy Managing Director 

Patricia Ozaneaux, Assistant 






The foundation is financed by the Air France 

Group. 


Website) 


FRANCE TÉLÉCOM 

1987 



DCRE 

6 place d’Alleray 


France 

Tel.: +33.1.4444.8963 

Fax: +33.1.4444.0096 

E-mail: la.fondation@francetelecom.com 

Web: www.francetelecom.com/fondation 

KEY CONTACT 

Anne Pawloff, Secretary General 


Anne Giraud-Sauveur, Responsible for corporate 

support regarding Autism issues 


France Telecom Foundation 

MISSION 

To support projects in three areas of charity: vocal 

music, since 1987; supporting the autistic, since 

1991; and solidarity through the Internet, since 

2001. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation d’Entreprise France Télécom 

originated from the corporate philanthropy policy 

of France Télécom. The foundation is now 

integrated in the Communications and External 

Relationship Directorate (DCRE) of the company. 


France and international 


France Télécom 


The main project areas include: 

• Support for Talent in Music 

• Autism: Nurturing Hope 

• Net Solidarity 

Support for Talent in Music 

Provides support for actions that forge ties 

through emotion, hope and solidarity. A major 

patron of the vocal arts, the foundation aids young 

singers, voice ensembles and festivals. The 

foundation enables young people in 

underprivileged neighbourhoods to have access to 

cultural enrichment through music and teaching 

programmes. 

FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE FRANCE TÉLÉCOM 

Autism: Nurturing Hope 

Provides support for autistic people and their 

families. 

Net Solidarity 

Promotes socially-relevant use of the Internet in 

creating links between people in order to get them 

closer together and share enriching experiences. 

The Internet is considered as a tool allowing the 

participants to act and create themselves. 


The foundation’s Autism: Nurturing Hope 

Programme provides support for autistic persons 

and their families by focusing on improving the 

resources available to them by adapting and 

creating specific structures, such as medical and 

social institutes, integrated education and vacation 

facilities. This support also spans special training 

of professionals and parents. The foundation 

funds research as well by awarding numerous 

scholarships. It encourages solidarity throughout 

France, particularly within the group: over 250 

France Télécom employees are members of the 

Association of Volunteers to Aid the Autistic 

(VA). 






Research 

Scholarships 


French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Le statut de fondation d’entreprise 

GOVERNANCE 

Administration Council 

Thierry Breton, President 

STAFF 

Anne Pawloff, Secretary General 

Odette Thoraval, Chief Executive 

Mireille Valiamé, Secretariat 

Nathalie Girault, Secretariat and Autism 

Francine Estier, Budget 

Marie-Sophie Calot de Lardemelle, External 

Communications and Vocal Music Support 

Sylvie Durand, Internal Communications and the 

Internet 

Denis Vathonne, Regions 

Anne Giraud-Sauveur, Responsible for corporate 

support regarding Autism issues 

Edmée Laporte, Net Solidarity 

Martine Leroy, Coordinator of Voluntary Work 

with Autistic People 


Annual report 


FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 






Grants Exp. 3,700,000 3,700,000 



France Telecom. 

350 


Accounting year runs from latter part of 2001 to 

first part of 2002. 

(Sources of information: France Télécom Annual 

Report 2000; Website; Verified by funder) 


VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 

1995 



42 avenue de Friedland 


France 

Tel.: +33.1.7171.1616 

Fax: +33.1.7171.1614 

E-mail: info@fondation.vivendi.fr 

Web: www.fondation.vivendiuniversal.fr 

KEY CONTACT 

Philippe Berranger, Sponsorship Director 

MISSION 

To support the creation and development of 

service jobs in communities where Vivendi 

Universal companies operate. 

BACKGROUND 

The Vivendi Universal Foundation was set up in 

1995 to combat unemployment by offering 

support for job creation and development 

initiatives in socially beneficial neighbourhood 

services. 


International, where the company operates 

FORMER NAME 

Fondation Générale des Eaux 


Vivendi Universal 


The foundation wishes to encourage the 

emergence of original neighbourhood services. 

Projects support: 

• Personal services, including home help for the 

elderly, childcare, and initiatives involving 

people with disabilities 

• Local amenities, including corner shops, home 

improvements, and public transportation 

• Environmental needs 

• Education 

• Culture 

• Crime prevention 

• Improving access to information technology 

for the whole population, regardless of 

location 


The foundation is particularly interested in 

projects likely to stimulate employment in 

depressed urban areas and rural areas threatened 

by serious population decline. The foundation 

aims to learn from successful initiatives in 

neighbourhood job creation in order to apply 

similar principles elsewhere. Therefore, the 

foundation is gradually building up a database of 

successful local projects. Thus, it can make 

worthwhile proposals to other organisations 

involved in stimulating local employment. In 

2000, the foundation created 2,600 new jobs. 



Equipment 

APPLICATIONS 

The foundation supports projects with a clear 

social value. These are assessed according to the 

scope of the project, which includes its usefulness 

to the community, typically involving 

improvements to amenities, living conditions and 

local environment. A profile of the project 

sponsor or beneficiaries of employment 

opportunities generated by the project is also 

important. Special attention is given to projects 

that create jobs for people in need, including 

long-term unemployed or people on welfare, 

young people without skills, the homeless, single 

parents, and people with disabilities. However, 

the foundation does not determine social 

exclusion on solely administrative criteria, or 

focus restrictively on any specific social groups. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Foundation backing is not available for absorbing 

operating losses. Funding is not intended to 

replace government grants or other sources of 

private funding for which the project might be 

eligible, but to provide sponsors with additional 

support to help get their projects off the ground. 


French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private company foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

The foundation’s Board of Administration 

includes staff correspondents, executives of 

Vivendi Universal companies in all of the group’s 

main branches, and a number of non-group 

specialists, some of whom represent partner 


associations with which the foundation cooperates 

on a regular basis. 

STAFF 

Jean-Marie Messier, Chief Executive Officer 

Eric Besson, Managing Director 

Philippe Berranger, Sponsorship Director 





Programme Exp. 4,600,000 4,600,000 



Vivendi Universal. 

352 


FONDATION DE FRANCE 

1969 



40 Avenue Hoche 

75008 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.44.21.3100 

Fax: +33.1.44.21.3101 

E-mail: fondation@fdf.org 

Web: www.fdf.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Francis Charhon, Director General 


Cécile Allaire, Project Coordinator 


Foundation of France 

MISSION 

To help organisations realise philanthropic, 

cultural and general interest social science 

projects. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondation de France was established on the 

initiative of General De Gaulle and André 

Malraux to help individuals and companies carry 

out philanthropic, cultural, environmental or 

scientific projects and social activities. It is a 

private non-profit organisation recognised by the 

government as a charity working in the public 

interest. The foundation is an umbrella 

organisation that receives donations and legacies, 

and awards scholarships and prizes. 


France, Europe and developing countries 


The foundation is active in the areas of collecting 

funds, giving guidance in creating foundations 

and helping other foundations realise their 

missions. It supports programmes in the following 

areas: 

• Solidarity 

FONDATION DE FRANCE 

• Health 

• Culture 


• Charitable organisations 

Solidarity 

Supports the prevention of juvenile delinquency 

and violence at school and on the streets; the care 

of the disabled and the elderly; temporary 

residences for disabled children; and activities 

that fight unemployment and poverty. In addition, 

support is given for publishing large print books 

and fostering international solidarity. 

Health 

Works in the areas of information and training, 

public health and medical research. Attention has 

been focused on AIDS; medical ethics and 

research; children and hospitals; pain; palliative 

care; and health education for young people. 

Culture 

Examines the relationship between humankind 

and their environment, particularly the way 

technology affects modern-day lives. Art is 

promoted in society through support for new 

artists, artists’ initiatives and art appreciation. 

Environment 

Focuses on sustainable local development and 

management of natural resources through 

participation, conflict prevention and mediation. 

Promotes community gardens as a basis for social 

inclusion and the exploration of environmental 

issues and supports child education with a project 

at a school of Biodiversity in Branféré (Morbihan, 

Brittany). 

Charitable Organisations 

Supports the development of some 500 

foundations. 

Two-thirds of Fondation de France grants come 

from individual foundations which contribute 

capital and designate a field for support in the 

form of prizes, scholarships and grants. Grants are 

made to institutions and prizes are awarded to 

individuals in the fields of science and medical 

research. 


Under its Solidarity Programme, the foundation 

aims to help respond to the needs of disabled 

people, taking into account the different 

individual circumstances and the aspirations and 

capacities of each person. To encourage 

autonomy and the recognition of disabled people 

and their families who wish to live like others and 

with others, the foundation supports all types of 

services, assistance and holiday breaks, offering 

alternatives to the traditional formulas of 

collective accommodation. The programme is 

built around intermediary support centres, daily 

help service, new housing formulas, and sensory 

deficiencies acquired as an adult. 


FONDATION DEFITECH 


Awards/prizes 


Publications 

Research 

Scholarships 


APPLICATIONS 

A standard application form for each programme 

is available on the foundation’s website. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Maintenance grants, capital endowments, 

payment for budgetary deficits and contributions 

to general appeals are excluded. 


French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique 

GOVERNANCE 

Bertrant Dufourcq, President 

Olivier Chevrillon, Vice-President 

Jean Drucker, Vice-President 

23 members 


Pierre Giraudet, Honorary President 

Olivier Philip, Honorary President 

Claude Lasry, Honorary Vice-President 

STAFF 

Francis Charhon, Director General 

Patrice Gonon, Secretary General 

Sophie Duhamel, Development 

Dominique Lemaistre, Mécénat (Programmes and 

Foundations) 

Daniele Baillet, Human Resources 

Catherine Vaille, Legal and Administration 




Annual report 



Monographs 




Total Assets 673,477,428 673,477,428 

Total Exp. 79,752,008 79,752,008 


Donations and bequests, revenue from 

endowment and government funding. 


Remaining figures include all foundations under 

the management of Fondation de France. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Founding Member 

(Sources of information: Annual Report 1999; Le 

mécénat des donateurs; Website) 

FONDATION DEFITECH 



Moulin du Choc 

1122 Romanel sur Morges 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.21.863.5591 

Fax: +41.21.863.5596 

E-mail: defitech@logitech.com 

Web: www.defitech.ch 

KEY CONTACT 

Claire-Lise Jacquier, Secretary 


Defitech Foundation 


2001 

MISSION 

To improve disabled people’s access to 


BACKGROUND 

Fondation Defitech was created on March 6th 

2001. 


Morges/Lausanne area in Switzerland 


The foundation runs a meeting centre where 

information technology (IT) can be used by 

people with disabilities, both children and adults, 

and their families. The foundation has made the 

IT infrastructure and managerial staff freely 

available. The centre can be accessed by any 

disabled person who wishes to acquire the basics 

of IT, and particularly begin to use the Internet. In 

a more playful spirit, some multimedia games are 

available for use, individually or in teams. The 

aims of this centre include: 

• Adaptation recommendations: enabling 

greater access to information technology tools 

in order to increase the autonomy of disabled 

people 

• Multimedia platform: discovering multimedia 

and the Internet in an adapted and userfriendly 

environment 

• Initial education: permitting young children 

with motor disabilities to get the basics of 

using a computer 

• Development techniques: making IT tools 

more accessible to people with disabilities by 

supporting the development of technical aids 


Equipment 



APPLICATIONS 

Initial approach by letter.

RESTRICTIONS 

Only funds projects in the local area. Does not 

give cash grants to individuals. 


French, German and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Foundation governed by Swiss law 

GOVERNANCE 

Council 

Sylviane Borel, President 

Daniel Borel 

Catherine Fontannaz 

René Sommer 

STAFF 

Claire-Lise Jacquier, Secretary 




Administration costs are covered by the founders. 

Gifts are entirely used to finance the projects. 

(Sources of information: Correspondence with 

foundation; Verified by funder) 

FONDATION DES MUTUELLES 

DU MANS ASSURANCES 

1983 



19-21 Street Chanzy 

72030 Le Mans Cedex 

France 

Tel.: +33.43.23.1291 

Fax: +33.43.41.6477 

Web: www.mma.fr/presentation/index.asp 

?rubrique=mecenat 

KEY CONTACT 

J.C. Jolain 

MISSION 

To improve the life standard of people injured in 

an accident. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation des Mutuelles du Mans 

Assurances was created to assist people suffering 

from a disability following an accident. 


France 


MMA IARD 

DAS 

MMA LIFE 


The foundation supports some thirty projects each 

year to help young people who have been 

physically disabled due to an accident. The 

FONDATION DES MUTUELLES DU MANS ASSURANCES 

foundation concentrates its support on the 


• Humanitarian 

• Culture 

• Education 



Equipment 

Publications 

Research 

Student aid 


French 



GOVERNANCE 

Jean-Claude Seys, Chairman and Managing 

Director 

Jacques Lenormand, General Manager 


Annual report 



FONDATION ELECTRICITÉ DE 

FRANCE 



26 rue de la Baume 

75008 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.4042.2222 

Fax: +33.1.4042.2969 

Web: www.edf.fr 

KEY CONTACT 

Serge Pouxviel, Managing Director 


Electricité de France Foundation 


1987 

MISSION 

To promote France’s heritage and its natural and 

artistic wealth to a maximum number of people; 

to develop sporting activities; and to encourage 

innovation and solidarity. 

BACKGROUND 

The Electricité de France Foundation (EDF) was 

created in 1987. Under the auspices of the 

Fondation de France, the EDF Foundation 

comprises 22 regional delegations. Its annual 

budget is drawn from a grant awarded by the EDF 

Group. 


France and international 


Electricité de France

FONDATION ELECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE 


The projects supported share the company’s 

values and knowledge: creation and light; heritage 

and electricity; electricity and health; sport and 

hydro power; and improvement of living 

conditions. The foundation possesses three 

centres, open to the general public: the Espace 

EDF Electra in Paris, the Espace EDF Bazacle in 

Toulouse, and the Musée EDF Electropolis in 

Toulouse. The foundation is active in the 

following fields: 

• Culture 

• Nature 

• Sport 

• Health 

• Solidarity 

Culture 

This comprises several programme areas: the 

rehabilitation of industrial buildings; the 

provision of spotlights to illuminate heritage sites; 

and virtual reconstruction of archaeological sites. 

Nature 

EDF and its three major partners, Réserves 

Naturelles de France (Natural Reserves of 

France), Conservatoire du Littoral (Coastal 

Conservation Group) and Musée National 

d’Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural 

History), work to make the public rediscover 

France’s natural heritage. This includes site 

maintenance, facilitating access for a maximum 

number of people, particularly the disabled, and 

developing pedagogical actions. 

Sport 

Supports the insertion of sports in the sociocultural 

environments, as well as extending the 

international influence of French sport. This 

sponsorship includes partnerships with water 

sports federations, including the Fédération 

Française Handisport (French Federation of Sport 

for the Disabled). The foundation also provides 

technical expertise for equipment, particularly 

that used by disabled athletes, and technologies, 

such as the engineering of white water courses. 

Health 

Supports projects that promote electricity in 

medical research, in the field of care and in 

improving patients’ comfort. A scientific 

committee, made up of eminent members of the 

medical profession, proposes guidelines, helps 

select projects and guides the foundation in its 

health patronage actions. Prizes, research 

subsidies and training grants are awarded 

annually to researchers. 

Solidarity 

Offers financial and technical aid to the Restos du 

Coeur for its winter meals distribution campaign. 

Also supports the Fédération Nationale des 

Banques Alimentaires (National Federation of 

Food Banks), and has committed itself to helping 

the homeless, through its cooperation with the 

Samu Social de Paris (Paris Mobile Emergency 

Medical and Social Service), and the help of EDF 

employees given to this organisation. The 

foundation also promotes actions abroad, helping 

developing countries find energy solutions and 

improve local economic development. 



• Sports Programme 

• Solidarity Programme 

Sports Programme 

Under its sports programme, the partnership of 

Electricité de France and the Fédération Française 

Handisport (FFH) concretises the fight for the 

integration of disabled people. EDF provides the 

FFH with financial aid (1,372,041 euros between 

1997 and 2000) and offers technical expertise for 

equipment. EDF strives to answer disabled 

athletes’ needs through the work of engineers and 

technicians in the Research and Development 

Division. The first test bench specially adapted 

for the training of wheelchair athletes simulates, 

records, analyses and helps to improve 

performances through the use of an integrated 

computer. Researchers have also developed an 

ultra-light wheelchair for athletes; three Nordic 

sleds for long-distance skiers and bi-athletes; and 

an aerodynamic uniski seat. 

Solidarity Programme 

As part of the foundation’s solidarity programme, 

support is provided for people with disabilities 

through the initiative as an official partner of the 

Association Française de Lutte Contre la 

Myopathie. Dozens of company employees have 

shown their support, by promoting an annual 

fund-raising national campaign against myopia. In 

the same spirit, all the sectors of the company 

contribute to the professional insertion of disabled 

people by employing them within the different 

units, helping them with their training, or hiring 

them from the protected employment sector. 


Awards/prizes 




Equipment 

Publications 

Research 

APPLICATIONS 



French 




STAFF 

François Roussely, President 

Serge Pouxviel, Managing Director 

Chantal Billiard, General Secretary 



Newsletter: ‘Mécénat Electricité de France’ 



Total Gifts 12,000,000 12,000,000 


The annual budget is drawn from a grant awarded 

by the EDF Group. 


Fondation EDF - Espace Electra 

6 rue Récamier 

75007 Paris 

France 

EDF Bazacle 

11 quai Saint-Pierre 

31000 Toulouse 

France 

(Sources of information: Mécénat Electricité de 

France; Website; Verified by funder) 

FONDATION FRANCO- 

AMÉRICAINE 

1920 



2 Esplanade Parmentier 

62608 Berck-Sur-Mer Cedex 

France 

Tel.: +33.3.2189.3333 

Fax: +33.3.2189.3349 

KEY CONTACT 

C. du Hays, Director General 

MISSION 

To be of service to people with physical 

disabilities; and to provide them with care, 

training, re-education or rehabilitation with the 

aim of supporting their reinsertion into their 

original social, family and professional 

environment, or in an adapted structure. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondation Franco-Américaine was created in 

1920 by the merging of two associations: le 

Comité Franco-Américain and le Comité 

Français. Its activities were concerned with 

tuberculosis. It tried to rehabilitate the sufferers 

that it welcomed through a professional school 

which permitted convalescing young people to 

prepare their future by learning professions such 

as horticulture and carpentry. This work has 

continued and evolved. 


France 

FONDATION FRANCO-AMÉRICAINE 


The foundation fulfils its mission by developing 

its activities within the following structures: 

• Specialised hospital centre 

• Accommodation centre for severely disabled 

adults 

• Institute of mobility education 

• Structures for protected employment 

Specialised Hospital Centre 

Specialises in the treatment of the complex effects 

of reduced mobility. It uses a multi-disciplinary 

medical team to provide care and treatment using 

modern equipment. The centre also helps its 

patients and their families to prepare for the 

changes in their daily lives posed by the illness. 

Accommodation Centre for Severely Disabled 

Adults 

Welcomes people with severe but stabilised 

disabilities and provides them with the necessary 

care. 

Institute of Mobility Education 

Provides 130 adolescents with mobility 

disabilities with professional training, specialised 

education and guaranteed reimbursement of 

suitable medical treatment. One third of the young 

people in the centre have brain damage. 

Structures for Protected Employment 

Supports a protected workshop that provides 

employment to 60 workers. It develops activities 

in the areas of horticulture, maintenance and 

cleaning of offices. The workshop is organised 

into units comprising a small number of people, 

making the programme more flexible and 

adaptable. 

The foundation also supports a ‘centre of 

assistance by work’. This aims to promote the 

potential of each person. Its economic activities 

are maintenance and laundry. 





French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Reconnue d’utilité publique 

STAFF 

C. du Hays, Director General 






FONDATION JEUNESSE AVENIR ENTREPRISE 

FONDATION JEUNESSE 

AVENIR ENTREPRISE 


1992 


60 avenue Mermoz 

69008 Lyon 

France 

Tel.: +33.4.7877.0760 

Fax: +33.4.7877.0766 

E-mail: lyon@fondation-jae.org 

Web: www.fondation-jae.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Christian Vaganay, Chief Executive 


Mike Pogrund 


Youth Future Business 

MISSION 

To provide rich, accurate and reliable information 

on the occupations and their evolution; and to 

create tools to aid professional orientation and 

insertion. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondation Jeunesse Avenir Entreprise was 

created in 1992 by a group of employers and 

business entrepreneurs. 


France 


The foundation develops and distributes software 

in the field of career guidance and counselling. 

These tools use a unique homemade database of 

nearly 1,000 occupations. The foundation works 

on a national basis and has trained more than 

4,400 career counsellors who use its software 

Pass’Avenir and Inforizon. These tools have been 

distributed to more than 2,500 organisations 

throughout France. This has resulted in more than 

80,000 youths getting accurate and up-to-date 

career and job information each year through 

these products. The foundation has partnerships 

with many regions in France. The tools it has 

developed are certified by the Minister of 

National Education in France. The foundation’s 

work includes the following projects: 

• Japro 

• Jouer pour de vrai 

• Transference 

Japro 

A system that uses the Internet to arrange 

individual meetings and exchange of information 

between youths and workers involved in an array 

of economic activity. This service has been 

operating in the Rhone-Alps and will be extended 

to other regions of France. 

Jouer pour de vrai 

This is the French adaptation of the Canadian 

born ‘Real Game’, a role playing game that helps 

young people between the ages of 12 and 14 to 

get information about professional life and to 

envisage their future adult life. 

Transference 

This programme is dedicated to the difficult task 

of re-guidance and of job integration with a 

unique database of 1,000 occupations crossreferenced 

under 83 transferable skills. 


Braill’avenir – Pass’avenir for the Blind and the 

Visually Impaired has developed the classical 

Pass’Avenir software with ergonomics adapted 

for the blind and visually impaired. It can be used 

with Braille keyboards and sound boxes and 

allows the user a maximum of autonomy. For 

this, the programme uses a minimum number of 

keys for navigation and displays very easily 

accessible information. The programme is also 

compatible with all types of screens and Braille 

printers. Braill’Avenir has four main modules: 

• Explore: allows the user to discover different 

lists of occupations through his/her personnel 

profile 

• Analogy: allows the user to discover different 

lists of occupations by selection of all 

occupations related to any particular 

occupation 

• Compare: allows the user to compare any two 

occupations in the database 

• Precision: allows the user direct access to a 

database of nearly 1000 occupations 




Information systems 


APPLICATIONS 



French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique 

STAFF 

Christian Vaganay, Chief Executive 

Thomas Faure, Lyon 

Marie Njom, Lyon 

Homeyra Kaniuk, Paris 

Philippe Bourdin, Bordeaux 

Mike Pogrund 






FONDATION ROI BAUDOUIN/KONING BOUDEWIJNSTICHTING/KÖNIG-BAUDOUIN-STIFTUNG/KING BAUDOUIN 

FOUNDATION 



Total Assets 1,000,000 1,000,000 

Total Exp. 


Sales of software. 


1,000,000 1,000,000 

5 square Charles Dickens 

75016 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.5392.0592 

Fax: +33.1.4525.1311 

E-mail: paris@fondation-jae.org 

20 rue de Grassi 

33000 Bordeaux 

France 

Tel.: +33.5.5648.6565 

Fax: +33.5.5648.6566 

E-mail: bordeaux@fondation-jae.org 

(Sources of information: Correspondence with 

foundation; Website; Verified by funder) 

FONDATION ROI 

BAUDOUIN/KONING 

BOUDEWIJNSTICHTING/KÖNIG- 

BAUDOUIN-STIFTUNG/KING 

BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION 

1976 



rue Brederodestraat, 21 

1000 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.511.1840 

Fax: +32.2.511.5221 

E-mail: infonet@kbs-frb.be 

Web: www.kbs-frb.be 

KEY CONTACT 

Luc Tayart de Borms, Managing Director 


Frieda Lampaert, Programme Advisor 

MISSION 

To improve the living conditions of the 

population. 

BACKGROUND 

The King Baudouin Foundation was set up to 

celebrate the occasion of the 25th anniversary of 

King Baudouin’s accession to the Belgian throne. 

It is an independent foundation, administered by a 

Board of Governors. 


Belgium, Europe and international 


King Baudouin Foundation United States, Inc. 


From 2002 to 2005 the foundation will focus its 

efforts on the following programmes: 

• Social justice 

• Civil society 

• Governance 

• Funds and contemporary philanthropy 

• Specific initiatives 

Social Justice 

Creates more opportunities for vulnerable people. 

Civil Society 

Gives citizens initiatives greater impact. 

Governance 

Involves people in debate and decision making on 

science and technology and on production and 

consumption patterns. 

Funds and Contemporary Philanthropy 

Encourages modern forms of generosity, provides 

services to donors, and manages named specific 

and company funds. 

Specific Initiatives 

Responds to the needs in society and new trends, 

for example with projects relating to the role of 

Brussels as a capital city and support for Child 

Focus, the European Centre for Missing and 

Sexually Exploited Children. 

All programmes pay particular attention to 

cultural and gender diversity. 


A series of funds created by individual donors are 

established within KBF. Among them three funds 

deal with activities related to disabilities: 

• Jeanne et Pierre Beeckman Fund (1989), 

supports yearly (since 1997) a series of 

initiatives working with people with hearing 

and eye troubles 

• VVGW Fund (since 1998), supports initiatives 

working in the field of visual 

impairment/employment 

• Antoine Dopchie Fund (1992), co-funds the 

annual Special Olympics Belgium, a sporting 

event for mentally disabled people 


Awards/prizes 




Scholarships 


APPLICATIONS 

Application forms can be downloaded from the 

website. 

RESTRICTIONS 

No support to religious or political organisations. 


Dutch, French, German and English 


FONDATION SUISSE POUR LES TÉLÉTHÈSES 



LEGAL STATUS 

Independent private foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Board of Governors 

Herman Vanden Berghe, Chairman 

Jean-Louis Six, Vice-Chairman 

Camille Paulus, Second Vice-Chairman 

Henri Bogaert 

Yvan Bostyn 

Dirk Collier 

Frank de Coninck 

Véronique de Keyser 

Francine Deville 

Michel Didisheim 

James Dupont 

Philippe Lallemand 

Françoise Masai 

Yves Noel 

Françoise Palange 

Nathalie Rigaux 

Pierre Rion 

Theo Rombouts 

Marc Schiepers 

Fauzaya Talhaoui 

Luc Tayart de Borms 

Iris van Riet 

Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou 

Louis-Henri Verbeke 

Herman Verwilst 

STAFF 

Luc Tayart de Borms, Managing Director 

Dominique Allard, Director 

Guido Knops, Director 

Françoise Pissart, Director 

Gerrit Rauws, Director 

Jean-Paul Warmoes, Director 


Annual report 

‘Corporate Trusts’ brochure 




Programme-related publications 

Publications list 



Total Assets 206,366,803 206,366,803 

Total Gifts 28,566,261 28,566,261 

Total Exp. 35,147,398 35,147,398 

Grants Exp. 20,300,504 20,300,504 

Programme Exp. 10,069,325 10,069,325 


Belgian National Lottery, gifts, legacies and 

revenue from own activities. 


Figures for total assets and expenditure are 

estimates. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Founding Member 



FONDATION SUISSE POUR LES 

TÉLÉTHÈSES 



Visiting Address 

Charmettes 10b 

2000 Neuchâtel 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.32.732.9797 

Fax: +41.32.730.5863 

E-mail: info@fst.ch 

Web: www.fst.ch 

KEY CONTACT 

Jean-Claude Gabus, President 


Swiss Foundation for Rehabilitation Technology 


1982 

MISSION 

To put modern technology at the disposal of 

physically and/or mentally disabled people. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses (FST) was 

created in 1982 by the Swiss Paraplegic 

Foundation and the Swiss Spastic Society. To 

date, more than 12,000 people in Switzerland as 

well as in Europe are using an electronic aid 

provided by the FST. 


Switzerland and international 


The foundation helps to ensure the continued 

development of people with severe disabilities 

which combine physical and mental disabilities. 

People suffering from relatively minor 

disabilities, for whom the solutions offered by 

simple techniques are often adequate, also benefit 

from the activities of the foundation. The adapted 

technology is used for a variety of situations 

including: 

• Augmentative and alternative communication 

• Information technology and ergonomic access 

to computers 

• Environmental controls 

• Electronic control of the movements of 

disoriented people, such as sufferers of 

Alzheimer’s disease, for their own protection. 

This system can also be used by people who 

wish to summon help 

The foundation also runs a variety of training 

programmes that complement the technology that 

it has developed. Additionally, the activities of

the foundation help people receive the guaranteed 

social reimbursement of the Assurance Invalidité. 



Equipment 


Research 


French, German, Italian and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Organisation d’utilité publique, à buts non 

lucratifs 

GOVERNANCE 

Council 

Laurent Junier, President 

Urs Aeberhard 

Jürg Blöchlinger 

Pierre-André Bonjour 

Daniel Borel 

Fulvio Caccia 

Xavier L. Comtesse 

Fabio Mario Conti 

Karl Emmenegger 

Michel Guinand 

Madeleine Henius 

Hans-Peter Jaeger 

Elisabeth Nagel-Studer 

Patrick Odier 

Francis Sermet 

Marc F. Suter 

STAFF 

Jean-Claude Gabus, President 



Annual report 



2000 SWISS FRANC EURO 

Total Assets 2,346,173 1,586,538 

Total Gifts 229,580 155,247 

Total Exp. 4,407,022 2,980,134 


Income from products, donations from private 

organisations and the government, and interest on 

assets. 


For financial year ended December 31st 2000. 


Mailing Address 

P.O. Box 

2006 Neuchâtel 6 

Switzerland 



FONDAZIONE CASSA DI RISPARMIO DELLE PROVINCIE LOMBARDE 

FONDAZIONE CASSA DI 

RISPARMIO DELLE PROVINCIE 

LOMBARDE 



Via Manin, 23 

20121 Milan 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.02.623.91 

Fax: +39.02.623.9202 

Web: www.fondazionecariplo.it 

KEY CONTACT 

Dr. Renato Ravasio, Secretary General 


Cariplo Foundation 


1991 

MISSION 

To promote scientific research and the civil, 

cultural, economic and social development of 

Italy. 

BACKGROUND 

The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio delle 

Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo) was created to 

perform charity work when the savings bank 

turned into a private corporation. It continues the 

philosophy of the former economic public 

institute Cassa di Risparmio. In 2000, a new 

structure allowed Fondazione Cariplo to operate 

through local community foundations and other 

foundations specialised in the foundation’s 

specific areas of interest. 


The region of Lombardy in Italy 


Fondazione Cariplo ISMU, Banca Intesa (BCI) 


The foundation supports the following initiatives: 

• Social services 

• Scientific research 


• Training, education and learning 

• Health and medical assistance 

• Environmental protection 

• Support for public works and services 

• Voluntary services and community 

foundations 

Social Services 

Provides assistance, charity and protection to the 

weakest parts of society, mainly focusing on the 

poor, the elderly, the disabled, youth, children, 

and ethnic groups; and supports the rehabilitation 

of people with both physical and mental diseases. 

Scientific Research 

Promotes different branches of scientific research 

through the training of researchers, purchase of 

equipment, integration of the national scientific

FONDAZIONE CASSA DI RISPARMIO DELLE PROVINCIE LOMBARDE 

community with the international one, and the 

exchange of knowledge and information. 


Aims to purchase, preserve and restore 

monuments, works of art and goods of historical 

and scientific value with the aim of increasing 

their value and raising public awareness about 

them. 

Training, Education and Learning 

Supports the development of professional and 

technical training, the spread of culture, 

knowledge and education; and promotes learning 

activities. 

Health and Medical Assistance 

Promotes the supply of new services and the 

improvement of existing ones. 

Environmental Protection 

Promotes the conservation of the environment, 

flora and fauna, and pursues the purchase of areas 

of environmental value to foster the creation of 

natural parks and protected areas. 

Support for Public Works and Services 

Supports projects that create facilities in the field 

of public works and services, and promotes 

initiatives with social and cultural purposes. 

Voluntary Services and Community Foundations 

Supports a special volunteering fund to help run 

service centres for volunteer organisations, 

associations and the third sector in general. It has 

also provided financial support for the creation of 

community foundations in the region. 











Equipment 



Publications 

Research 


APPLICATIONS 

Applications must specify all necessary details for 

evaluative purposes. Preliminary investigations 

are performed by the grants office. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No grants for individuals; political parties; trade 

union or patronage organisations; trade 

associations; political propaganda which could 

influence the legislative process or election 

campaigns; initiatives that may restrict the 

freedom or dignity of citizens, or lead to 

discrimination; subscriptions of associative fees 

or participating shares; subscriptions in general; 

or sports activities except if related to young or 

disabled people. Funds are not given to 

associations, committees and others whose fundraising 

initiatives are devoted to other 

organisations which could be directly supported; 

medical expenses which are part of ordinary 

operating costs; or initiatives requiring the 

foundation to undertake managerial 

responsibilities. 


Italian and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private law foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Giuseppe Guzzetti, President 

Carlo Sangalli, Vice-President 

Aldo Scarselli, Vice-President 

Angelo Abbondio 

Giovanni Azzaretti 

Yves Barsalou 

Marisa Bedoni 

Enzo Berlanda 

Carlo Camerana 

Silvia Costa 

Ugo Dozzio Cagnoni 

Renato Dulbecco 

Mariella Enoc 

Bruno Ermolli 

Elio Fontana 

Marco Frey 

Emilio Gabba 

Lorenzo Gaidella 

Luigi Galassi 

Luca Galli 

Rupert Graf Strachwitz 

Beniamino Groppali 

Ubaldo Livolsi 

Federico Manzoni 

Guido Martinotti 

Piercarlo Mattea 

Mario Miscali 

Mario Romano Negri 

Massimo Nobili 

Roberto Pancirolli 

Giorgio Pastori 

Paolo Raineri 

Virginio Rigoldi 

Romeo Robiglio 

Carlo Rubbia 

Ferdinando Superti Furga 

Graziano Tarantini 

Livio Torio 

Carlo Vimercati 

Mario Zanone Poma 



Giuseppe Guzzetti, President 

Carlo Sangalli, Vice-President 

Aldo Scarselli, Vice-President 

Roberto Artoni 

Paolo Morerio 

Fabio Pierotti Cei 

Ezio Riva 

Felice Scalvini 

Marco Spadacini 

STAFF 

Dr. Renato Ravasio, Secretary General 


Annual report 

Conference reports/proceedings 



Monographs 



Total Assets 5,482,882,210 5,482,882,210 

Total Exp. 90,141,144 90,141,144 

Grants Exp. 79,706,169 79,706,169 

Number of grants: 1,736 


Interest from assets and stock dividends. 


Accounting year runs from 1999 to 2000. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Associazione Cassa di Risparmio Italiane 



membership application form; Website) 

FONDAZIONE CASSA DI 

RISPARMIO DI ROMA 

1836 



Via Marco Minghetti 17 

00187 Rome 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.6.678.5718 

Fax: +39.6.6707.0768 

E-mail: segreteria@fondazionecrroma.it 

KEY CONTACT 

Prof. Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele, 

Chairman 


Institutional Activities Department 

MISSION 

To provide social benefit and promote economic 

development in the fields of health and the arts; to 

preserve and enhance cultural and environmental 

heritage and activities; to promote education, 

scientific research, and aid to the weaker social 

FONDAZIONE CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI ROMA 

classes; and to support activities in the voluntary 

service sector. 

BACKGROUND 

The foundation is the perpetuation of the Cassa di 

Risparmio di Roma, established in 1836. 


Italy, with focus on the Province of Rome and the 

Region of Lazio, and international 


The foundation operates its own programmes and 

cooperates on initiatives proposed by non-profit 

organisations in the following areas: 

• Health 

• Fine arts and cultural heritage 

• Education 

• Scientific research 

• Assistance to socially disadvantaged people 

Health 

The foundation has instituted, together with 

Associazione per la Lotta ai Tumori (ALT), a 

Home Assistance Unit for cancer patients, and 

together with AVC S. Pietro, a Relief Care Unit 

for palliative care for terminally ill patients. Both 

of these initiatives are free of charge for patients. 

The foundation has also joined the Fondazione 

G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in 

Oftalmologia, which has operated for over fifteen 

years in the field of ocular research, prevention 

and clinical and surgical assistance. The 

foundation has also started a research project on 

stem cells taken from the human umbilical cord. 

Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage 

The foundation established the Museo del Corso, 

an exhibition space for innovative technological 

and multi-media projects. As well as housing 

exhibitions of artistic and cultural interest, it also 

gives visitors an opportunity to observe virtual 

exhibitions where works of art that no longer 

exist, that cannot be moved, or that have not been 

given on loan by the owners may be viewed as if 

they were actually on display. There is also a 

book shop and a Cyber Café equipped with 

several Internet stations, where, from the 

museum’s site, www.museodelcorso.it, one may 

link to the world’s major museums. The 

foundation is also a founding member of 

Fondazione RomaEuropa Arte e Cultura, which 

operates in various cultural fields, especially the 

performing arts. Together with the Fondazione 

Arts Academy, it has established a new juvenile 

symphony orchestra for the city of Rome, and 

together with the National Academy of Santa 

Cecilia, a programme of musical education for 

children is planned. 

Education 

The foundation is a founding member of 

Associazione per la Libera Università 

Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (ALUISS), an 


FONDAZIONE EUROPA OCCUPAZIONE - IMPRESA E SOLIDARIETÀ 

association that instituted and now promotes and 

supports the Libera Università Internazionale 

degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), a well-known private 

Italian university. 

Scientific Research 

The foundation cooperates with important bodies 

that have been active in the field for a long time, 

such as the Consorzio Agrital Ricerche which 

operates in the field of food biotechnologies, and 

the Fondazione Censis, a leading institute of 

research and study in the economic and social 

fields. The foundation is also planning to 

establish a centre for the disclosure of the results 

of national and international research on 

agriculture. 

Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged People 

The foundation has been operating for several 

years through two bodies instituted for the 

purpose: the Fondazione Italiana per il 

Volontariato, which has been operative since 

1991, and the ‘Fondazione Europa Occupazione: 

Impresa e Solidarieta’ established in 1995. The 

purpose of the former is to promote, encourage 

and support voluntary service in those fields in 

which it can fulfil the duty of social solidarity 

endorsed by the constitution of the Italian 

Republic, whereas the latter pursues its 

institutional purposes via actions aimed at 

fostering occupational opportunities, indeed 

through training activities for youths and the 

socially disadvantaged. Moreover, the Fondazione 

Europa Occupazione holds a controlling interest 

in the Compagnia Sviluppo Imprese Sociali 

(COSIS S.p.A.), a company that funds and 

provides services for non-profit organisations. 


In addition to its support of the Fondazione 

Europa Occupazione: Impresa e Solidarieta, the 

foundation supports several projects proposed by 

non-profit organisations that are aimed at the 

removal of obstacles in order to gain easy access 

to employment, promoting social integration as 

well as training courses. 




Equipment 

Fellowships (primarily postgraduate) 




Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Applicants must complete an application form 

available from the foundation. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Support is not provided for profit-making 

corporations, enterprises and individuals. 


Italian 



LEGAL STATUS 

Banking foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Board of Directors 

Prof. Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele, 

Chairman 

Prof. Serafino Gatti, Vice-Chairman 

Paolo Emilio Nistri 

Mario Picchi 

Alberto Zapponini 

STAFF 

Franco Parasassi, Secretary General 






2001 ITALIAN LIRA EURO 

Total Assets 3,574,565,957,240 1,846,109,250 

Total Exp. 154,535,327,212 79,810,836 

Grants Exp. 13,977,300,000 7,218,673 

Programme Exp. 122,377,213,813 63,202,556 



Income from capital and real estate. 

AFFILIATIONS 



Via Montecatini 17 

00186 Roma 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.6.697.6451 

Fax: +39.6.6707.0785 


application form; Verified by funder) 

FONDAZIONE EUROPA 

OCCUPAZIONE - IMPRESA E 

SOLIDARIETÀ 



Via Nazionale, 39 

00184 Rome 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.06.476.7836 

Fax: +39.06.474.1117 

E-mail: info@cosis.it 

Web: www.feo.it/invitomanifestazione.htm 

KEY CONTACT 

Alberto Manelli, Counsellor 




1995

MISSION 

To sponsor entrepreneurial initiatives supporting 

the values of solidarity; to promote labour 

policies focusing on the third sector; to cooperate 

with the Italian government and the EU on 

programmes creating employment opportunities; 

and to contribute to finding ways of building a 

welfare system based on social enterprise and 

individual commitment. 

BACKGROUND 

Fondazione Europa Occupazione was created in 

1995 by Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, a 

major Italian banking foundation. The foundation 

controls Compagnia Sviluppo Imprese Sociali 

S.p.A. (COSIS), a non-profit financing company 

that issues low interest loans to the non-profit 

sector. 


Italy and Europe 


Compagnia Sviluppo Imprese Sociali S.p.A. 

(COSIS) 

Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Roma 


The foundation promotes itself as a social 

enterprise development agency through the 

following activities: 

• Supporting entrepreneurial initiatives, 

proposals and projects having an innovative 

and strategic character 

• Seeking solutions with the vision of building 

an innovative welfare system founded 

increasingly on social entrepreneurship and 

the participation and responsibility of 

individual citizens 

• Creating transnational institutional relations 

for the promotion and coordination of 

employment policies centred on the non-profit 

sector, paying particular attention to both the 

Italian and European contexts 

• Collaborating with local administrations, the 

Italian state and the EU in the conception and 

implementation of employment initiatives 

• Presenting research and legislative proposals 

in the welfare and employment fields and 

developing social entrepreneurship and the 

third sector 

• Increasing awareness of the social 

entrepreneurship phenomenon 

The foundation finances these activities through 

COSIS. 





Publications 

Research 

FONDAZZJONI ARKA 

RESTRICTIONS 

The foundation currently only makes grants in 

Italy, but cooperates internationally within 

Europe. 


Italian 



GOVERNANCE 

Paolo Emilio Nistri, President 


Agostino Borroites 

Alberto Manelli 

Paolo Emilio Nistri 

Franco Parasassi 

Gaetano Rebecchini 

Feroinando Toscano 

STAFF 




Annual report 




Total Assets 15,493,707 15,493,707 

Total Exp. 16,838,199 16,838,199 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Member 


application form; Website; Verified by funder) 

FONDAZZJONI ARKA 

not available 



Dar Arka 

Triq il-Moghdija 

Ghajnsielem 

GSM 102 Ghawdex 

Malta 

Tel.: +356.2156.5773 

Fax: +356.2156.5774 

E-mail: arka@maltanet.net 

Web: www.arkafoundation.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Emmanuel Curmi, Director 


Duska Malesevic, Therapy and Activities 

Coordinator 


Arka Foundation 

MISSION 

To create awareness and promote the needs and 

rights of disabled people and to provide them with 

education, therapeutic services and training 

support; and to establish and run a respite centre 


FOUR ACRE TRUST 

and provide a service to disabled people when 

parents and carers are hospitalised, can no longer 

look after them, or need a well-deserved break. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundazzjoni Arka was set up by The Gozo 

Society for Persons with Special Needs, a 

voluntary organisation that was established by the 

local church in 1973. 


Malta 



• Assisting people with intellectual disabilities 

• Assistive devices 

• Awareness-raising 

• Children with disabilities 

• Computers and disability 

• Education and vocational training 

• Independent Living Skills Training 

• International development and disability 

• Recreation and travel 

• Self-advocacy 

In addition, encouraged by the cooperation of the 

general public, the foundation embarked on the 

ambitious project of building a modern Respite 

Centre to help people with disabilities and their 

families lead better and less stressful lives. The 

Centre offers a comprehensive choice of 

programmes, with a professional staff offering 

quality, individualised care. Its facilities include a 

day programme service; overnight service; short 

stay residential service; long-term residential 

service; family stay service; and leisure and 

therapeutic service. Local and overseas clients 

can also make use of the services offered. 



Equipment 


APPLICATIONS 



Maltese and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-profit voluntary organisation 

STAFF 

Emmanuel Curmi, Director 

Paul Portelli, Chief Executive Officer 



4 volunteers 


Annual report 




FOUR ACRE TRUST 



1995 


56 Leslie Grove 

Croydon, CR0 6TG 


Tel.: +44.208.680.3100 

Fax: +44.208.680.3107 

E-mail: info@fouracretrust.org.uk 

Web: www.fouracretrust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

John Bothamley, Trustee 

MISSION 

To improve the preservation and development of 

a free and stable society. 

BACKGROUND 

The Four Acre Trust was established to give 

particular attention to less advantaged areas. 


International 


The foundation concentrates on the following 

areas: 

• Relief of health disability at low unit cost 

• Respite care and holidays 

• Social housing 

• Vocational guidance 

Relief of Health Disability at Low Unit Cost 

Helps to fund cataract operations, immunisation 

programmes and prostheses. 

Respite Care and Holidays 

Supports holidays, holiday centres, refuges, carer 

support and respite, and subsidised holidays. 

Social Housing 

Helps individuals enjoy a better life by buying 

land and premises for social housing. 

Vocational Guidance 

Supports counselling for work training and 

employment generation. 


Awards 





APPLICATIONS 

Application forms are available online and 

returned by post. Grants are given up to £5,000. 

The trust prefers to sponsor projects that are 

innovative, developmental and designed to solve 

a particular problem and reflect the principles of 

market forces. Importance is put on the

assessment and dissemination of the results from 

the funded project for the benefit of others. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not support animal welfare; arts; basic 

services for elderly or disabled people; branches 

of national charities; commercial publications; 

conferences or seminars; direct replacement of 

statutory funding; establishing funds for 

scholarships or loans; general appeals; heritage; 

individuals; individual parish churches; large 

national charities which enjoy wide support; 

medical (including research), general health care 

or costs of individual applicants; overseas travel, 

conference attendance or exchanges; 

performances, exhibitions or festivals; projects 

concerning drug abuse or alcoholism; religious 

activities; science; sports; stage, film or television 

production costs; university or similar research. 

Only registered charities may apply and local, 

district and smaller national organisations are 

encouraged to apply. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 



John Bothamley 

Mary Bothamley 

Jennifer Bunner 

Rob Carruthers 


Annual report 





Grants Exp. 418,432 682,820 


A large part of funds come from a company 

within the construction industry. 


The accounting year runs from April 2001 to 

March 2002. 


FREUDENBERG STIFTUNG GMBH 

FREUDENBERG STIFTUNG 

GMBH 



Freudenbergstrasse 2 

69469 Weinheim/Bergstrasse 

Germany 

Tel.: +49.62.01.17498 

Fax: +49.62.01.13262 

E-mail: info@freudenbergstiftung.de 

Web: www.freudenbergstiftung.de 

KEY CONTACT 

Christian Petry, Executive Director 


Freudenberg Foundation 


1984 

MISSION 

To promote science, education, humanities and 

peaceful co-existence in society. 

BACKGROUND 

The Freudenberg Stiftung was established in 1984 

by members of the Freudenberg family. 


Germany, Israel, Palestinian Autonomy, Hungary, 

former Yugoslavia and Romania 


Freudenberg & Co. 


The Freudenberg Stiftung regards itself as an 

operating foundation which draws up, 

implements, develops, and disseminates projects 

of its own. Its work and grantmaking focus on the 


• Equal participation of ethno-cultural 

minorities 

• Youth between school and job 

• Labour market integration and qualification of 

the mentally ill 

• CIVIS 

Equal Participation of Ethno-Cultural Minorities 

Focuses on social integration and job integration 

of children and youth of non-German origin; 

improvements in the quality of life of immigrants, 

refugees, and excluded minorities; and dialogues 

between the German majority and cultural 

minorities that are based on understanding and 

mutual respect, and communication between 

minorities. This area also deals with issues such 

as inter-cultural learning, effective strategies 

against discrimination, xenophobia and rightwing 

extremism. 

Youth Between School and Job 

Provides funding for supportive measures of 

vocational training and alternative models of 

vocational training. Promotes self-initiative and 

entrepreneurial competence. Initiates and gives 

funding for concepts that introduce new forms of

FREUDENBERG STIFTUNG GMBH 

political education as well as models of action 

against youth violence into schools. 

Labour Market Integration and Qualification of 

the Mentally Ill 

Promotes self-help firms, which are organisation 

models that provide opportunities for gaining 

additional income and part-time work, as well as 

protected departments in companies, integration 

services, structures of direct representation, and 

interventions in the area of further educational 

training. Supports innovative initiatives which 

contribute to reducing the stigmatisation of 

mentally ill persons. 

CIVIS 

Involved in the CIVIS - European Television 

Prize which serves democratic civil society in 

Europe by honouring programme contributions 

that campaign against racism and ostracism on the 

basis of common European values and that make 

an exemplary presentation of the Europe of 

cultural diversity. Also awards the Youth Prize, 

which gives young people the chance to develop 

and produce original films on their own; and the 

Radio and Television Prize, which is awarded for 

radio and television programmes that promote 

cultural diversity, respect for the other, and the 

elimination of racism and segregation. 


The following projects are carried out under the 

foundation’s priority area of work with the 

mentally ill: 

• The Arbeitsquelle (‘source of work’) 

Weinheim 

• Weißenseer Integration Berhinderter e.V. 

(WIB) and Spektrum GmbH, Berlin 

• CEFEC conference of socially-conscious 

companies in Europe 

The Arbeitsquelle (‘source of work’) Weinheim 

The foundation provided the nominal capital for 

this enterprise which was established in 1988 by 

municipal social workers, the probation service 

and other actors. The objective is to create jobs 

for people who have difficulty finding work on 

the labour market owing to particular 

characteristics and disadvantages, especially 

mental illness. Besides jobs in the narrower sense, 

the project offers a return to work and practical 

training places. The Arbeitsquelle must maintain 

the balance between the goal of giving people 

with special needs the firm footing that they need 

and the simultaneous necessity of being 

competitive with their products and services. The 

Arbeitsquelle currently employs 15 women and 

girls. 

Weißenseer Integration Berhinderter e.V. (WIB) 

and Spektrum GmbH, Berlin 

This association was established in 1990 and 

demonstrates the success of the promising 

experiment of linking the ideas of western 

German psychiatric reform with integral 

approaches of the country’s rehabilitation system, 

and constructing realistic alternatives for the 

mentally ill and people with disabilities. It 

encompasses not only contact and advice bureaus, 

working and supplementary income projects and 

employment day centres, but also the fittings and 

furnishings of the sheltered housing. Other 

projects include a sewing workshop with secondhand 

shop, a laundry, the establishment of a 

specialised integration service and a job-related 

advice bureau for the hearing impaired. 

CEFEC Conference of Socially-conscious 

Companies in Europe 

In September 2001, having been commissioned 

by the CEFEC (Confederation of European Social 

Firms and Co-operatives), the Federal Working 

Group of Integration Companies 

(Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der 

Integrationsfirmen / BAG) organised a European 

conference on the development of ‘sociallyconscious 

entrepreneurship’ in Europe. BAG 

developed from the FAF Berlin, an agency that 

was set up by the foundation to offer professional 

advice to the growing number of self-help 

companies for the mentally ill and the particularly 

disadvantaged unemployed. 


Awards/prizes 



APPLICATIONS 

Applications are submitted by letter, and should 

include a financial plan. The board meets twice a 

year. Priority is given to projects that help 

overcome social, economic or cultural 

disadvantage; operate at a grass-roots level; 

promote self-help; bring about cooperation among 

various relevant organisations; and show potential 

for transfer. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No scholarships or grants to individuals. No 

funding for the construction, refurbishing, or 

upgrading of facilities. Applications cannot be 

submitted by e-mail. 


German and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

GmbH 

GOVERNANCE 

Board of Trustees 

Hermann Freudenberg, President 

Andreas Freudenberg 

Bischof Dr. Wolfgang Huber 


Gabriele Müller-Trimbusch 

Dr. Hans-Henning Pistor 

Prof. Dr. Ingo Richter 

Prof. Dr. Dieter Sauberzweig 

Stefanie Wahl 


Board of Partners 

Dr. Reinhart Freudenberg, President 

Dr. Hans Otto Bräutigam 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Frankenberg 

Dr. Hans-Jochen Hüchting 

Dr. Michael Rogowski 

STAFF 

Christian Petry, Executive Director 

Pia Gerber, Programme Manager 

Dr. Teresa Jurado, Programme Manager 

Chrístel Grünenwald 

Monika Kleck 

Dr. Anne Sliwka 




Monographs 

Programme-related publications 



Total Assets 14,000,000 14,000,000 

Total Gifts 300,000 300,000 

Total Exp. 2,229,000 2,229,000 



Returns on capital. 

36 

AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Member 


application form; Information brochures; 

Programme outline; Website; Verified by funder) 

FUNDAÇÃO DA JUVENTUDE 

1989 



Casa da Companhia 

Rua das Flores 69 

4050-265 Porto 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.22.339.3530 

Fax: +351.22.339.3544 

E-mail: geral@fjuventude.pt 

Web: www.fjuventude.pt 

KEY CONTACT 

Maria Geraldes, Director General 


Youth Foundation 

MISSION 

To support initiatives aimed at promoting the 

integration of young people in active life. 

FUNDAÇÃO DA JUVENTUDE 

BACKGROUND 

Fundação da Juventude was established in 1989. 


Portugal 


The foundation focuses on the following areas: 

• Youth initiatives 

• Culture 

• Professional training 

• Youth exchange and volunteerism 

• Research and scholarships 

• Science and technology 

• Social arena 

Youth Initiatives 

Develops self-employment opportunities for 

young people. 

Culture 

Supports young artists and designers, and 

organises exhibitions and debates/workshops on 

issues related to youth. 

Professional Training 

Promotes training in areas of innovation and 

opportunity with the aim of fighting youth 

unemployment. 

Youth Exchange and Volunteerism 

Develops the relationships between Portugal, 

other members of the EU, and other related 

countries. Organises programmes for young 

volunteers in Portugal and in the US. 

Research and Scholarships 

Promotes studies on youth and enables the wide 

dissemination of studies on Portuguese youth 

made by others. Promotes scholarships for 

research on history and heritage, and architecture. 

Science and Technology 

Supports young scientist contests in collaboration 

with other institutions in Portugal and other 

countries. 

Social Arena 

Rehabilitates and reintegrates young drug addicts 

into social and professional life. Provides support 

for young single mothers, young ex-delinquents 

and young unemployed people in Portugal. 

Encourages community volunteerism. 


Fundação da Juventude works with young people 

at risk as a result of economic disadvantage; 

involvement with drugs or alcohol; imprisonment 

or homelessness. The foundation aims to improve 

innovative pedagogical strategies for social 

inclusion, including supporting the attempts of the 

disadvantaged young people at professional 

qualifications, in order to help them to attain 

technological development, competitiveness and 

new economic growth strategies. The foundation 

gives training in hotel services, gardening, social 

and community services (children and the 


FUNDAÇÃO IRENE ROLO 

elderly), and cooking and computers, among 

others. The foundation also offers free special 

training services to help young people find and 

keep a job, to work on their CV, to read the 

newspapers to identify jobs, and to adjust their 

behaviour for an interview. These services are run 

by psychologists that not only work with 

families/relatives and other proximity groups, but 

also involve the community where service 

recipients live, including schools, churches, social 

services and hospitals. 





Publications 

Research 

Scholarships 


Portuguese and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Instituição de utilidade pública 

GOVERNANCE 

Vasco Cerqueira de Faria, Chairman 


Manuel Seabra 

Paulo Vallada 

Audit Committee 

Sérgio Lopes, Chairman 

Antonio Paulo Marques de Figueiredo, Voter and 

Official Accountant 

José Manuel Amorim 

STAFF 

Maria Geraldes, Director General 




AFFILIATIONS 

EFYSO 

IYF - USA/Europe 


Quinta de Santa Marta 

1495-120 Algés 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.21.412.6370 

Fax: +351.21.410.7909 

E-mail: fjuventudelisboa@mail.telepac.pt 

Edifício Ninho de Empresas 

Estrada da Penha 

8000-489 Faro 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.289.88.0570 

Fax: +351.289.88.0599 

E-mail: fjuventudefaro@mail.telepac.pt 

Rua 5 de Outubro 

25 - 2º Esq. 

9000-079 Funchal - RAM 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.291.28.0629 

Fax: +351.291.28.0638 



FUNDAÇÃO IRENE ROLO 



41 rua Feixinho de Vides 

8800 Tavira 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.81.32.4800 

Fax: +351.81.32.4800 

E-mail: irene.rolo@clix.pt 

Web: www.fir.pt 

KEY CONTACT 

José da Silva Marques, President 


Irene Rolo Foundation 


1982 

MISSION 

To support people with disabilities in all areas 

relating to prevention, rehabilitation and 

professional training. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundação Irene Rolo was created in 1982 by a 

donation from Irene Dulce da Palma Arez Rolo. 

The foundation began work by giving training to 

young people with mental disabilities. In 1994, a 

residential home was built for young people and 

adults with serious disabilities who do not have a 

normal family environment. 


Portugal, in the areas of Tavira, Vila Real de 

Santo António, Alcoutim, Castro Marim, Olhão, 

S. Brás de Alportel and Faro 


The foundation operates in the following areas: 

• Occupational activities centre 

• Rehabilitation centre 

• Early intervention 

• Residential home 

• Training 

• Professional integration 

Occupational Activities Centre 

Aims to stimulate and facilitate the development 

of the capacities of people with serious 

disabilities; facilitate their social integration; and 

enable people with disabilities to attend adequate 

programmes of socio-professional integration.

Rehabilitation Centre 

The construction of the Rehabilitation Centre has 

allowed the foundation to begin a new phase of 

activity in the framework of rehabilitation, 

including professional training for unemployed 

disabled young people and adults; occupational 

activities for teenagers over the age of 16 with 

serious disabilities; and early intervention for 

children aged between zero and seven years with 

disabilities or at risk. 

Early Intervention 

Aims to create conditions so that children with 

disabilities may learn and develop according to 

the typical stages of their age groups; reduce the 

difficulties resulting from disabilities by 

preventing the appearance of side effects; 

optimise the conditions that allow a good 

relationship between the family and the child; 

optimise the conditions of integration on several 

levels; and develop research in this field, so that 

the knowledge of the problem evolves and proper 

solutions can be found. 

Residential Home 

Supports young people with disabilities who do 

not have a normal family environment. The 

activities are developed according to the physical 

and psychological capacities of each individual 

and can be pursued in the rehabilitation centre of 

the foundation as well as in the home of the 

patient. 

Training 

Qualifies students professionally and 

consequently allows their socio-professional 

integration, enabling them to gain their own 

personal realisation as they play an active role in 

society. Some areas of training available in the 

centre include cooking; reception and telephones; 

gardening; and interior cleaning. Training in the 

vocations of a hairdresser’s assistant, a waiter, 

and an auto-mechanical assistant are also 

available. Complementary activities entail 

psychological, social, educational, medical and 

occupational support. Additional entitlements 

include a scholarship to sponsor the training and 

transportation costs; health insurance and a 

certificate. 

Professional Integration 

Provides assistance by analysing the labour 

market of the region and providing the necessary 

training to employers and employees; providing a 

workplace or an internship to the students in 

training; personalising support during the training 

period and after the placement in the workplace 

(three years); and articulating the work developed 

by the Technical Support of Training in 

Enterprise (TAFE) with the remaining technical 

team of the foundation, the employment 

technicians of regional employment centres, with 

FUNDACIJA INSTITUT OTVORENO OPSHTESTVO MAKEDONIJA 

other centres of professional rehabilitation, and 

with public and private organisations. 




Research 


Student aid 


RESTRICTIONS 

Only carries out activities and programmes in 

Portugal. 


Portuguese 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private entity 

STAFF 

José da Silva Marques, President 




FUNDACIJA INSTITUT 

OTVORENO OPSHTESTVO 

MAKEDONIJA 




P.O. Box 378 

1000 Skopje 

Macedonia 

Tel.: +389.2.44.4488 

Fax: +389.2.44.4499 

E-mail: osi@soros.org.mk 

Web: www.soros.org.mk 

KEY CONTACT 

Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director 


Open Society Institute Macedonia 


1992 

MISSION 

To support anything that offers a good future for 

Macedonia and which may help the country 

surmount the difficult economic circumstances 

and political surroundings as painlessly as it can. 

BACKGROUND 

The Open Society Institute Macedonia (OSI- 

Macedonia) is part of the chain of foundations 

established by George Soros in Eastern Europe. It 

was registered and began operating in 1992 under 

the Society Fund, Skopje, and acquired its present 

name in 1994. 


Macedonia

FUNDACIJA INSTITUT OTVORENO OPSHTESTVO MAKEDONIJA 


Soros Foundations Network 


The foundation participates in both network and 

national programmes. Network programmes are 

designed by experts engaged by the Soros 

Foundation Network centres in New York and 

Budapest, and they are proposed to almost every 

national foundation. Support for programmes is 

given in the following areas: 

• Education 

• Medical and health 

• East - East 

• Women 

• Publishing 

• Civil society 

• Roma 

• Media 

• Law 

• Culture and the arts 

• Public administration 

• Economic reform 

Education 

Within this area, there are several initiatives 

including higher education programmes, summer 

universities, and curriculum and policy work, 

among others. 

Medical and Health 

Supports a variety of programmes focusing on 

public health, mental disabilities, international 

harm reduction, workforce development and 

seminars. 

East - East 

Enables people and ideas to transcend national 

borders and connect in work to create and to 

strengthen conditions of an open society. The 

programme supports partnerships of resources, 

expertise and best practices in social innovation; 

stimulates debate and dialogue to promote ideas 

in social innovation; promotes creative thinking 

about positive and negative experiences in social 

development; and penetrates decision making 

structures to influence policy dialogue and 

legislative thinking. 

Women 

Promotes and supports gender-sensitive policy 

making on all levels and contributes to women’s 

political and social empowerment as an important 

aspect of enhancing the civil society in 

Macedonia. Goals of the FOSI-Macedonia 

women’s programme include promoting 

participation of women’s community as an equal 

partner in the policy making process; advancing 

institutional capacity development of women’s 

non-governmental organisations (NGOs); 

encouraging closer collaboration of women’s 

NGOs; and promoting dialogue between women 

of different ethnic backgrounds. 

Publishing 

Supports a variety of initiatives including 

translation, mobile libraries, capacity-building 

and web publishing among others. 

Civil Society 

This area covers a range of activities including 

institutional development support to Macedonian 

NGOs, creation of a database of active NGOs, 

English language courses for NGO staff, and 

improving inter-ethnic relations among other 

programmes. 

Roma 

Supports a variety of initiatives for Roma people 

in the areas of education, children’s rights, 

English language courses, development of NGOs 

working with Roma, and refugee issues. 

Media 

Supports multilingual television production, the 

media NGO sector in Macedonia, media 

monitoring, and investigative journalism among 

other activities. 

Law 

Aims to support the efforts of approximation of 

legislation with EU Law; to support the efforts for 

achieving an independent judiciary system and to 

improve judicial efficiency; to support the 

transformation of the police into a service for all 

citizens; to reduce corruption; to transform the 

criminal justice system; to improve legal 

education and improve the capacity of experts in 

the field; and to provide free legal assistance for 

people with limited financial means. 

Culture and the Arts 

Aims at encouraging social integration processes 

in Macedonia; mitigating the consequences 

stemming from decentralisation; promoting a new 

democratic concept of cultural heritage; as well as 

further support for regional and international 

cultural cooperation. The programme comprises 

eight national and four network sub-programmes. 

It also supports three spin-off institutions. 

Public Administration 

Aims to reform public administration through 

supporting a number of initiatives including a 

public services fellowship programme, OSI- 

Macedonia/French embassy civil servants training 

programme, seminars on civil servants handbook 

for the transitional examination, training human 

resource management departments within the 

ministries, and public administration training in 

EU issues. 

Economic Reform 

Supports a variety of initiatives aimed at 

promoting economic reform including capacitybuilding 

in business associations, entrepreneurial 

training, economic education of young people, 

and providing credit lines to certain groups. 




• Mental Disability Programme 

• Mental Disability Advocacy Programme 

• NGO projects 

Mental Disability Programme 

Under its medical and health priority area, the 

Mental Disability Programme promotes the 

human rights, inclusion, and active participation 

in the society of people with mental disorders in 

Central and Eastern Europe. 

Mental Disability Advocacy Programme 

In 2002, the Mental Disability Advocacy 

Programme supported the establishment of model 

- project sites throughout the region. The model 

sites operated through the existing grantee 

organisations that are active in the key areas of 

mental disability. 

NGO Projects 

In 2002, the foundation provided expansion of the 

projects to the following NGOs: Svetlina from 

Sveti Nikole and Welcome from Skopje. Their 

main goal is to increase information on the nature 

of mental disorders, with a goal of improving the 

quality of life for these people and initiating their 

reintegration into the community. The projects 

aim to help eliminate prejudice regarding mental 

disorders, and consequently establish the process 

of reintegration of psychiatric service consumers 

into the community. Another objective of these 

projects is the promotion of ethical and social 

principles that will enable more reliable 

protection of human rights for the psychiatric 

services consumers. 


Awards/prizes 



Fellowships 


Publications 

Research 

Scholarships 



APPLICATIONS 

Financial support is given for either national and 

network programmes. Applications can be 

submitted for the programmes that are announced 

through open competitions with defined criteria 

and deadlines; or for innovative projects. To 

apply for financial support for either a national 

programme or a network programme, an 

application form must be filled out. Forms can be 

obtained from the relevant programme 

coordinators and assistants at OSI-Macedonia 

premises, and in the case of network programmes, 

forms can be obtained directly from the OSI 

FUNDACIÓ CONGOST AUTISME 

office in Budapest. The selection regarding the 

network programmes is not the responsibility of 

OSI-Macedonia. The foundation carries out only 

the administrative work regarding the programme. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Only supports the citizens, institutions and 

organisations of Macedonia. 


Macedonian 



GOVERNANCE 

Board 

Nikola Gelevski 

Gjorgje Ivanov 

Saso Klekovski 

Slobodanka Markovska 

Vladimir Milcin 

Natalija Nikolovska 

Nafi Saracini 

Emilija Simoska 

STAFF 

Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director 

Zoran Cali, Administrative Director 

Slavica Indzevska, Deputy Executive Director for 

Joint Programmes 



Annual report 




Bul. Jane Sandanski 111 

1000 Skopje 

Macedonia 


Website) 

FUNDACIÓ CONGOST AUTISME 



Calle Sant Antoni Mª Claret, 282a, 2º, 2nd floor 

08041 Barcelona 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.93.446.4830 

Fax: +34.93.446.3694 

E-mail: congostautisme@autisme.com 

Web: www.autisme.com 

www.autismconsulting.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Ramon Casabona 


1984 

MISSION 

To improve the quality of live of people with 

autism.

FUNDACIÓN LUIS VIVES 

BACKGROUND 

Fundació Congost Autisme was established in 

1984. 


Spain 


The foundation is recognised internationally as a 

pioneer in the development of actions and specific 

services for people with autism. The foundation 

aims to promote, look after and help non-profit 

entities devoted to the treatment and care of 

people with autism; to foster and develop 

scientific, training and dissemination research 

projects, as well as the study of techniques and 

methods of work for their application in the 

education, assistance and social inclusion of these 

people; and to exercise the guardianship of people 

who need it. Since its beginning, the foundation 

has developed programmes in the various areas 

related to autism: 

• Promotion, creation, collaboration and support 

of scientific centres, especially in the areas of 

occupational therapy and therapeutic services 

• Organisation of training activities addressed 

both to parents and professionals (courses, 

seminars, conferences, symposia, and 

congresses) 

• Coordination and collaboration in national and 

European projects 

• Advice to entities, families and professionals 

• Participation in scientific studies 

• Publications 

The foundation carries out its activities through 

direct management; collaboration with other 

entities; and contracting external services. 


Representative Projects 

• Project Austisme la Garriga, provides 

diagnosis, advice, outpatient’s treatment, 

occapational therapy (work with support), 

therapeutic residences, and familiar support 

services 

• Residential services, aims to provide specific 

treatments, familiar support, diagnosis 

assessment, and permanent residential 

services. The activities available include selfhelp 

and social skills; gardening; laundry and 

ironing; housework; swimming; and physical 

activities 

• Occupational Therapy Centre TERLAB, 

provides people with autism or other 

pervasive development disorders with 

therapeutic treatment and jobs according to 

their capacities. The methodology of the 

occupational workshops involves supported 

work; individual plans of support; moderate 

duration of the activities; activities and 

environmental alternation; and functional 

behaviour analysis. The workshops focus on 

organic farming, poultry farming, gardening, 

paper recycling, paper handling and fabrics 




Equipment 

Publications 

Research 



Spanish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Benèfico-assistencial 

STAFF 

Ramon Casabona 




Monographs 


Public administrations of Catalonia, the Spanish 

government and the EU, as well as from private 

entities and individuals. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Association Internationale Austisme-Europe 

Confederación Española de Fundaciones 

Coordinadora Catalana de Fundacions 

World Autism Organisation 


Website) 




Plaza de Oriente 7, Bajo Izq. 

28013 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.540.0878 

Fax: +34.91.541.9052 

E-mail: luisvives@fundacionluisvives.org 

Web: www.fundacionluisvives.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Antonio Sánchez López, Executive Director 


Enrique Tufet-Opi, Director of European Office 

Pablo López-Alvarez, European Projects Manager 


Luis Vives Foundation 


1989 

MISSION 

To provide support, advice, training and technical 

assistance to social action non-governmental 

organisations (NGOs). Following in the tradition

of Luis Vives, the foundation’s purpose is to help 

encourage and enhance social action, supporting 

non-profit entities in improving their training, 

management, organisation and services. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundación Luis Vives (FLV), is a Spanish nonprofitmaking 

organisation that was born of the 

merger of several Spanish foundations working in 

the social field and is named after a Spanish 

humanist who lived in the 16th century. 

Fundación Luis Vives includes organisations 

dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The 

creation of the foundation, driven in 1987 by the 

Ministry of Social Affairs under the name of 

Aggregation of Foundations for the Promotion of 

Social Action, came about with the idea of joining 

the efforts of the included institutions whose aims 

were to encourage the use of tools most useful 

today for non-profit organisations. The 

aggregation process was completed in 1996. A 

long and complex process of patrimonial ordering 

and research has resulted in a social fund of more 

than 20 million euros. 


Primarily Spain, but increasingly international 

(Europe and Latin America). 

FORMER NAME 

Agregación Nacional de Fundaciones para la 

promoción de la Acción Social ‘Luis Vives’ 


The foundation provides support, technical 

assistance and encouragement to foundations and 

social associations through training, management, 

consulting and financing. The foundation supports 


• Training 

• Consulting service 

• Grantgiving 

• Publications 

• Conferences and congresses 

Training 

Extensive training course programme, oriented 

towards the improvement and specialisation of 

NGO managers, professionals and volunteers in 

different areas, including legal affairs, 

accountancy, and management. The Postgraduate 

Programme on the Management of Non-profit 

Organisations is supported in collaboration with 

the Spanish Open University – UNED – and the 

Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social 

Affairs. 

Consulting Service 

Free legal and technical consulting services to 

social NGOs in different topic areas, including 

legal, fiscal, management, and European 

programmes. 


Grantgiving 

The foundation is an Intermediary Management 

Agent of the European Social Fund in Spain for 

the period 2000-2006. During this period it will 

manage 13 million euros targeted at Spanish 

NGOs working on the labour insertion of groups 

at risk of exclusion. Eligible for financing will be 

those actions reinforcing association structures; 

training activities; volunteering awareness; 

programmes that improve structures and 

management capacity of NGOs; as well as those 

that encourage the creation of institutional 

networks and improvement of communications, 

research, training and information among 

organisations. FLV also gives grants that cover 

the fees of its course programme. 

Publications 

FLV publishes a bimonthly magazine (‘.ONG 

Social’) which focuses on issues of concern to 

social action associations and foundations. It is 

freely distributed to nearly 4000 NGOs 

throughout Spain and other European countries. 

‘Europa Info Social’, a fortnightly electronic 

newsletter on EU social policy, is also freely 

distributed to several thousand NGOs. FLV also 

publishes periodically a series of reports (‘Luis 

Vives Reports’) on technical issues of particular 

relevance for social action organisations. FLV is 

currently publishing a series of manuals for NGO 

professionals and volunteers dealing with 

different issues. 

Conferences and Congresses 

In order to reinforce relations among civil society, 

public administrations and companies in those 

areas of special relevance for social non-profit 

organisations, FLV promotes both national and 

international seminars and conferences. 



• European Social Fund 

• European Congress on People with 

Disabilities 

• EQUAL Project 

European Social Fund 

FLV is an Intermediary Management Agent of the 

European Social Fund in Spain for the period 

2000-2006. For that period, FLV manages 13 

million euros targeted at supporting Spanish 

NGOs that work on the labour insertion of groups 

at risk of exclusion, in particular people with 

disabilities. In order to be eligible for funding, 

projects must consist of actions aimed at: 

reinforcing association structures; supporting 

training activities; promoting volunteering 

awareness; supporting programmes that improve 

NGO structures and management capacity; 

encouraging the creation of institutional 

networks; and improving communications, 



research, training and information among 


European Congress on People with Disabilities 

In March 2002 FLV organised jointly with the 

Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social 

Affairs and Fundación ONCE, and with the 

support of the European Commission and the 

European Disability Forum, the European 

Congress on People with Disabilities, that brought 

together more than 500 representatives of all 

stakeholders (NGOs, Member States 

governments, EU institutions, trade unions, 

business associations, and academics) in order to 

discuss and analyse EU disability policy. The 

conference was concluded with the issuance of 

“The Madrid Declaration” which establishes a 

conceptual framework for the European Year on 

People with Disabilities, 2003, and includes a 

plan of how to achieve the main objectives, as 

well as concrete suggestions for actions for all 

relevant stakeholders. 

EQUAL Project 

FLV is also a partner of an EU EQUAL project 

aimed at integrating women that have been 

maltreated, immigrants and people with 

intellectual disabilities into the labour market. 

The project (‘Parajes de Jarama’) which is based 

in the forestation of a large area surrounding the 

Madrid Airport, will give those disfavoured 

groups the opportunity to join the labour market. 

Other partners are AENA (Spanish Airports 

Management Agency), Paracuellos de Jarama 

City Council, Afanias and Florencia (two local 

NGOs). 





Scholarships 


APPLICATIONS 

Applications for the European Social Fund grants 

must follow the procedures and meet the 

requirements and deadlines established in the call 

for proposals, which is published annually in the 

Spanish Official Journal. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are restricted to Spanish NGOs working in 

the social field. 


Spanish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private, plural, non-profit foundation 

GOVERNANCE 


Oscar Alzaga Villaamil, Chairman 

Virgilio Zapatero Gómez, Vice-Chairman 

Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa, Secretary 

Eloy Domínguez-Adame y Cobos 

Manuel Gala Muñoz 

Simoneta Gómez-Acebo Borbón 

Carmen Iglesias Cano 

José Luis Leal Maldonado 

Oscar Ozaeta Baños de Ebro 

STAFF 

Antonio Sánchez López, Executive Director 

Arturo Adrada Toledano, European Social Fund 

Department Manager 

Paula Cisneros del Prado, Projects Manager 

F. Javier Díaz Gigante, Financial Manager 

Carolina Guerrero Peramos, Communications 

Manager 

Enrique Tufet-Opi, Director of European Office 

Pablo López-Alvarez, European Projects Manager 



7 volunteers 


Annual report 



Newsletters: ‘.ONG Social’, ‘Europa Info Social’ 

Monographs 



Total Assets 19,281,941 19,281,941 

Total Exp. 4,255,291 4,255,291 

Grants Exp. 2,608,952 2,608,952 

European-level Exp. 145,760 145,760 

Programme Exp. 776,411 776,411 



21 

Interest on endowment, public administrations 

and private funding for projects. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Centro de Fundaciones 


European Training Network in the Third Sector 

EFC Member 


European Office 

3 avenue Palmerston 

1000 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.503.1589 

Fax: +32.2.503.1570 

E-mail: luis.vives@odense.be 




FUNDACIÓN MARÍA 

FRANCISCA DE ROVIRALTA 


1959 


20-24 Tuset 


Spain 

Tel.: +34.93.217.7700 

Fax: +34.93.217.8221 

E-mail: fundacion@roviralta.org 

Web: www.roviralta.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Gerado Salvador, President 


Roviralta Foundation 

MISSION 

To support social issues in line with the 

foundation’s mandate by supporting and 

cooperating with organisations having similar 

interests. The foundation pursues a participatory 

and cooperative approach to realise synergies and 

to optimise the utilisation of available resources. 


Spain 


The foundation runs the following four 

programmes to achieve its aim of supporting 

social issues: 

• Social assistance 

• Health care and medical research 

• Education, scientific and technical research 

• Culture and arts 

Social Assistance 

More than half of the foundation’s grants go to 

this area. The foundation supports organisations 

that aid the weakest and most underprivileged 

groups in society: children; youth; the elderly; the 

physically and psychologically disadvantaged; 

and the socially excluded. It helps with the 

provision of job creation schemes. The foundation 

supports the improvement of local facilities and 

services; the provision of equipment and 

transportation; cultural centres; and the 

implementation of computer science equipment 

adapted for use by disabled people. 

Health Care and Medical Research 

Supports hospitals and health research projects. 

Education; Scientific and Technical Research 

Provides grants for training in technical and 

scientific research centres and grants to 

individuals and students in very specific cases. 

Culture and Arts 

Supports specific projects in the fields of culture 

and the arts. 


Research 

FUNDACIÓN MARÍA FRANCISCA DE ROVIRALTA 

APPLICATIONS 



Spanish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Gerado Salvador, President 

Augusto Testor, 1st Vice-President 

Pilar Anadón, 2nd Vice-President 

Dr. Andreas Graf 

Javier Serra 

STAFF 




Annual report 





Programme Exp. 3,000,000 3,000,000 


AFFILIATIONS 

Centro de Fundaciones - Madrid 


(Sources of information: Annual report; Website; 


FUNDACIÓN MINUSVÁLIDOS 

EN LA NATURALEZA 



Gran Vía, 86, floor 14-2 

Grupo 4 

28013 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.547.4035 

E-mail: fundacion@minusnatur.org 


Disabled in Nature Foundation 


1997 

MISSION 

To provide contact with nature and improve 

disabled children and young people’s knowledge 

of nature across the Spanish territory; to obtain 

the maximum personal and social integration for 

people with disabilities, promoting their personal 

development and facilitating their access to 

leisure and cultural activities; and to provide a 

rest for the families who care for disabled 

children. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundación Minusválidos en la Naturaleza was 

established in 1997 in Madrid. The initiative for

FUNDACIÓN ONCE 

its creation came from a group of qualified 

professionals working in the fields of 

conservation of the countryside and social 

services, who were conscious of the necessity for 

disabled children and young people to be in close 

contact with nature and the benefits they could 

gain from it for their personal development and 

social integration. 


Spain 


The foundation’s main principles are to consider 

leisure as a basic means of development and an 

integral part of human growth and to instigate the 

full integration of disabled people into society 

using leisure activities as a means to strengthen 

this process. The beneficiaries of the foundation’s 

work include disabled children and young 

families from all the autonomous regions; 

families who care for disabled children; and 

abandoned disabled children living in specialised 

state residences. The foundation’s activities focus 

on five main areas: 

• Social integration and personal promotion 

• Respite care for the families of disabled 

children 

• Development of survey products and 

awareness-raising 

• Fund-raising 

• Training collaborators and volunteers 

Social Integration and Personal Promotion 

The foundation runs a holiday programme which 

aims to obtain the maximum personal evolution 

and social integration of people with disabilities, 

through holidays in the countryside, which 

provide them with access to leisure and cultural 

activities and offer their families a rest. These 

holidays last for 5-12 days and the children stay 

in residential centres situated all over the Spanish 

countryside. The foundation also runs a weekend 

programme involving leisure activities aimed at 

enriching personal growth, including visits to 

educational and cultural sites, outings to the 

country, and weekend excursions. Discussion and 

advice sessions are also included in the 

programme. 

Respite Care for the Families of Disabled 

Children 

This home help programme aims to provide a rest 

for families who care for disabled children and 

young people, particularly for those with severe 

impairments and/or in emergency situations. 

Some volunteers spend several hours weekly with 

the child at home while the family rests. 

Development of Survey Projects and Awarenessraising 

Uses contacts with different organisations, 

specialised schools, parent associations and 

institutions related to disabled people, to obtain 

and analyse all the information that could help the 

foundation achieve the best possible results. The 

foundation has started assembling bibliographic 

information to develop projects aimed at 

achieving greater sensitivity to the problems of 

disabled people. 

Fund-raising 

Aims to publicise the foundation and its 

programmes, and to raise funds in order to find 

allies among foundations with complementary 

objectives and determine common goals. This is 

achieved through a campaign to provide 

permanent social support for the activities carried 

out with disabled children and young people, and 

raises funds from companies and individuals. 

Various concerts have been organised. 

Training of Collaborators and Volunteers 

Conducts training courses for employees and 

volunteers in working with disabled people. The 

foundation collaborates with the Volunteer 

Training School of Madrid Community and with 

the City Training School in this initiative. 





Research 



Spanish 


Fund-raising foundation 

LEGAL STATUS 

Classified by the Spanish administration as a 

Charity Organisation for disabled children and 

young people with the registration number 

28/1052 


Annual report 

(Sources of information: Annual Report 1999) 




Sebastián Herrera n° 15, 5° 

28012 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.506.8888 

Fax: +34.91.539.3487 

E-mail: dae@fundaciononce.es 

Web: www.fundaciononce.es 

KEY CONTACT 

Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna, Director of Social 

and International Relations 


1988


ONCE Foundation for Social Cooperation and the 

Integration of People with Disabilities 

MISSION 

To launch, or to cooperate in, programmes aimed 

at the integration of people with physical, mental 

or sensorial disabilities, without substituting 

action in areas of governmental responsibility. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundación ONCE was formed from the 

Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España 

ONCE (the National Organisation for the Blind of 

Spain), which was established in 1938 to provide 

support to the blind in Spain. In 1988, ONCE 

decided to form a foundation dedicated to the 

social integration of all disabled people. The main 

income of the foundation comes through a 

national lottery, tickets for which are sold by the 

blind and those with other disabilities. 


Spain and Europe 


The foundation works to establish agreements and 

general frameworks for agreements with public 

and private institutions for the benefit of disabled 

people, facilitating their personal development, 

integration into society and into the employment 

world. It supports general welfare activities for 

carrying out these objectives in the following 

areas: 

• Professional training and employment 

• Elimination of architectural, urban and 

communication barriers 

• Sports 

• ‘Discapnet’ and ‘Digital Solidarity’ 

• Europe 

Professional Training and Employment 

Concentrates on vocational and permanent 

training, management for managers of 

associations and enterprises, employment for 

disabled people, creation of enterprises and selfemployment. 

Through its unit for the creation of 

employment, Fundosa Grupo S.A. and Talleres 

Protegidos Gureak, the foundation helped create 

the company MANCHALAN S.A. in 1999, along 

with Corporación Mondragón, through three of its 

cooperatives. This initiative demonstrates the 

commonality of interests and the potential in 

creating synergies in the social economy sector. 

The company, which produces products for 

plastic injection, cables, and industrial assembly, 

has an annual turnover of 2,130,000 euros and 

employs 185 staff, of which 173 (94%) have 

disabilities. Most of these, 119, have a mental 

disability. Having such a high percentage of staff 

with a disability qualifies the initiative as a 

Special Centre of Employment. 


Elimination of Architectural, Urban and 

Communication Barriers 

Focuses on creating individual technical aids and 

eliminating architectural and urban barriers; 

communication and psychosocial barriers; and 

mobility and transport barriers. 

Sports 

Promotes sports for disabled people as a means of 

integration, normalisation and creating positive 

experiences. 

‘Discapnet’ and ‘Digital Solidarity’ 

Promotes websites with utilities and services for 

people with disabilities, their families and 

associates. 

Europe 

Supports projects on a European level that allow 

cooperation to carry out actions that give rise to 

significant transnational experiences, as well as 

the improvement of training and employment 

structures in Spain. 



Gifts in kind 

Research 


APPLICATIONS 

Groups should submit a project description and 

budget. Economic projects must demonstrate 

viability. Depending on the particular case, 

applications are reviewed by the Executive 

Committee, the Permanent Commission and the 

Board of Trustees. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Services, benefits and other support can only be 

applied for by Spanish nationals who are 

physically, mentally or sensorily disabled, or their 

relatives. 


Spanish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

José María Arroyo, President 

Paulino Azúa, Vice-President 

Mario García Sánchez, Vice-President 

Luis Jesús Cañon, Vice-President 

Carlos Rubén Fernández Gutierrez, Director 

General of Fundación ONCE 

José Luis Martínez Donoso, Representative 

Fundosa Grupo 

Luis Crespo Asenjo, Secretary 

Alberto Durán, Deputy Director General 

STAFF 

Carlos Rubén Fernández Gutierrez, Director 

General 


FUNDACIÓN PAIDEIA GALIZA 

Alberto Durán López, Deputy Director General 

Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna, Director of Social 

and International Relations 

Miguel Sagarra Gadea, Director of Projects 

Miguel Pereyra Etchevarría, Director of 

Accessibility 

Josefa Torres Martínez, Director of Training and 

Employment 

Eugenio Martín Rodríguez, Director of 

Cooperation 

José Luis Martínez Donoso, Director General of 

Fundosa Grupo and General Secretary 

Luis Crespo Asenjo, Secretary 


Annual report 

Books (Several collections/Editorial ELDE 

financed by the foundation) 



Monographs 




Total Assets 226,023,239 226,023,239 

Total Exp. 78,274,217 78,274,217 


ONCE lottery, investments, business and media 

interests. 


The financial information does not include 

Fundación ONCE holdings. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Spanish Confederation of Foundations (CEF) 





1986 



17 Plaza de María Pita 

15001 A Coruña 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.98.122.3927 

Fax: +34.98.122.4659 

E-mail: paideia@paideia.es 

Web: www.paideia.es 

KEY CONTACT 

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea, Director and President 


Sandra Ortega Mera, Vice-President of the Board 


Paideia Foundation 

MISSION 

To undertake initiatives oriented towards training, 

investigation and intervention in the field of 

social sciences; to implement programmes and 

dynamic tasks that are responsive to reality; and 

to search for excellence in services and 

professional practices, from an inter-disciplinary, 

transversal, and integrated point of view in order 

to achieve quality of commitment and social and 

scientific undertaking. 

BACKGROUND 

The Paideia Foundation was set up in April 1986 

as an opening for training, research, and generally 

a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary 

intervention in the field of human and social 

sciences. 


Spain 


From the standpoint of independence and 

plurality, Paideia attempts to harmonise private 

initiatives with social demands by proposing 

integrated training of a variety of professional 

sectors (training in service); promoting projects 

and initiatives aimed at favouring integration, 

socially and in the workplace, for the most 

vulnerable groups; and undertaking initiatives 

aimed at local, economic, cultural and 

environmental development of areas with little 

access to resources. The foundation works in the 


• Social exclusion and ostracism 


• Social economy and development of rural and 

semi-urban zones 

• Ethics and values 

• Ongoing training and research 

• Inter-institutional cooperation 

Social Exclusion and Ostracism 

Tackles the problems presented by ostracism and 

exclusion and proposes alternatives for redistribution 

and social inclusion. 

Disability 

Promotes, prepares and employs, in ordinary and 

protected environments, people with disabilities, 

or with mental illnesses, in order to promote their 

working and economic integration. 

Social Economy and Development of Rural and 

Semi-urban Zones 

Implements innovative initiatives for integrated, 

indigenous and self-sustaining development, and 

for the creation of a dynamic cooperative social 

fabric, based on participation and solidarity. This 

initiative includes the ‘Local Development 

Alternatives’ programme which aims, among 

other things, to promote the incorporation and 

integration in the workplace of groups ostracised 

from job opportunities or experiencing great 

difficulty in gaining access to it; and to improve 

the quality of life of the social groups who, due to 

their economic or social characteristics, find 


themselves in a situation of disadvantage or 

ostracism. 

Ethics and Values 

Engages in analysis and inter-disciplinary 

reflection on the values that underlie various 

professions -medical, legal, social, and economic 

- as well as the repercussions of such values. 

Ongoing Training and Research 

Integrates research in training initiatives and 

professional experience activities on the basis that 

knowledge provides the context from which the 

intervention arises and to which the response 

must be relevant. 

Inter-Institutional Cooperation 

Undertakes collective agreements, collaborations 

and projects that coordinate initiatives with 

diverse social agents at differing levels of 

involvement. 


The support for people with disabilities includes 

the following programmes: 

• Antear 

• Trébore 

• Information and legal and social advisory 

service 

• European projects 

Antear 

This project, of psychosocial intervention with an 

interdisciplinary perspective, aims to promote, 

empower, and employ people with disabilities 

who are socially excluded. It undertakes 

mediation initiatives in the social, working and 

family surroundings to make possible working 

and social integration of people with disabilities 

and problems of exclusion, using job inclusion in 

companies as an instrument. The method of 

psychosocial action is based on principles of 

autonomy, identity and responsibility. It requires 

the active intervention of the parties involved and 

their commitment to the changes proposed at the 

phase of assessment and orientation. 

Trébore 

This company, established through the initiative 

of the foundation, provides general services and 

promotes the training and employment of people 

at risk of social exclusion. It is a socially-oriented 

company that gives importance to the interests of 

people, and places people before economic gain; 

aims to work to fulfil the needs of its members, 

consumers and society in general; and offers 

innovation and quality in its social integration 

models, products and services. All profits are 

reinvested in the company. 

Information and Legal and Social Advisory 

Service 

Offers a consultancy for information and legal 

and social advice. With an interdisciplinary 

methodological approach, lawyers from various 


interdisciplinary specialised fields - psychiatry, 

pedagogy, social work, psychology - endeavour to 

respond to a multitude of questions and problems 

of a legal nature present in the sphere of mental 

disability. 

European Projects 

Participates in the following programmes: EU 

Socrates programme to educate and train illiterate 

rural women; Equal; Proder (leader and local 

development in Sar and Brión areas); and the 

European Voluntary Service. 





Publications 

Research 



Spanish and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-profit organisation 

GOVERNANCE 

Board 

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea, President 

José María Valencia Ces, Secretary 

Sandra Ortega Mera, Vice-President 

Antonio Abril Abadín 

STAFF 

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea, Director and President 



3 volunteers 




Publications list 



Own funding and public funding from local, 

regional and European level. 

AFFILIATIONS 

European Voluntary Service (EVS) 

Network of Spanish Foundations 




FUNDACIÓN PSICO BALLET MAITE LEÓN 

FUNDACIÓN PSICO BALLET 

MAITE LEÓN 


1986 


Calle Vizconde de los Asilos 5 

28027 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.742.2320 

Fax: +34.91.742.2905 

E-mail: m.leon-mad@arrakis.es 


Psico Ballet Maite León Foundation 

MISSION 

To help its disabled pupils to develop emotional 

control, while fostering attitudes of responsibility 

and autonomy; to stimulate the natural primary 

senses; to increase its pupils’ artistic and creative 

aptitudes, based on a disabled person’s inherent 

artistic nature; to link them to the world of the 

arts; to increase their social integration by 

providing a plural society with a new and 

different view of a disabled person’s world; and 

to provide them with employment opportunities 

in the performing arts. 

BACKGROUND 

The Psico Ballet, which began operating in 1980, 

was created by María Teresa León Fritsch (Maite 

León), dance teacher, choreographer and mother 

of a mentally disabled daughter. Maite León, 

through her technical and artistic knowledge, was 

able to see the beneficial effect that music and 

dance had on her daughter. She then used her 

professional experience and desire to see these 

benefits extended to other disabled people, and to 

embark on research work in this field, while also 

creating Psico Ballet. Her need to create beauty 

and to show the outside world a different view of 

disabled people changed the Psico Ballet method 

from a therapeutic project into an art form, which 

can be seen in contemporary performances all 

around the world. 


Primarily Spain 


The foundation’s methods involves three basic 

activities: 

• Classes 

• Training school 

• Tours and performances 

Classes 

Helps disabled people enter the world of the arts. 

Each pupil joins classes according to his/her 

diagnosis and age. Teaching is individualised, 

with a maximum of 15 pupils per class. In each 

class there is a teacher, a monitor and an assistant. 

The classes can also be individual for those pupils 

that require it, until they can incorporate into a 

group. There are no age limits for pupils. They 

receive classes of contemporary dance, 

onomatopoeic theatre, music, voice, and body and 

face make-up. This is all conducted in a triangular 

relationship, where a connection is established 

among the foundation, the families and the 

colleges or schools the pupils attend. 

Training School 

Focuses on training teachers and monitors who 

want to learn this method. The aim of Psico Ballet 

teachers and monitors training courses is to 

provide complete psycho-pedagogic artistic 

training; to create artistically coordinated teams; 

and to spread the method and its innovative 

techniques. The multi-professional team for these 

courses consists of dance, theatre and make-up 

coordinators; musicians; light technicians; 

producers; choreographers; psychologists and 

teachers. The complete Psico Ballet teacher 

training programme consists of different levels 

structured into two stages: initiation and 

specialisation within the fields of dance, theatre, 

make-up, psychology; and/or applied teaching. 

The foundation also organises courses, 

conferences and sessions for professionals from 

both public and private centres on the topic of 

performing arts and disability. To this end 

agreements with various universities have been 

established. 

Tours and Performances 

Runs two contemporary theatre-dance companies 

made up of physically, mentally and sensorily 

disabled people, together with performing arts 

professionals, thereby forming an integrated unit 

where a contrast is drawn between lithe bodies 

that are ‘beautiful’ in the traditional sense, and the 

imperfections of damaged bodies, to create a 

completely new aesthetic concept. 

The foundation expands its activities outside of 

direct work with the disabled by maintaining 

research lines in cooperation with foreign 

organisations, with the aim of exchanging 

experiences. 




Equipment 



Research 



Spanish, English and French 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private charitable foundation 


GOVERNANCE 

The foundation has a board of trustees chaired by 

Maite León and made up of nine trustees linked to 

the world of the arts and the disabled. 


The foundation’s technical team is directed by 

Maite León and made up of doctors, 

psychologists and professionals from different 

artistic fields including dance and theatre 

instructors, musicians, light and sound 

technicians, dancers, actors, stage managers, 

producers and choreographers. This team 

coordinates and conducts classes, rehearsals, 

staging and performances. 



AFFILIATIONS 

FEAPS 

Spanish Confederation of Foundations 


Navarra Delegation 

Calle Río Alzania 20, ground floor 

31006 Pamplona (Naverra) 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.94.823.4335 

Fax: +34.94.823.4226 

E-mail: m.leon-nav@arrakis.es 



FUNDACIÓN RAMÓN REY 

ARDID 

1991 



Guillen dé Castro, 2-4 

50018 Zaragoza 

Spain 

Tel.: +349.7674.0474 

Fax: +349.7674.0602 

E-mail: fundacion@reyardid.org 

Web: www.reyardid.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Dr. Alfonso Vincente, President 


Francisco Galan Calvo, Social Worker 


Ramon Rey Ardid Foundation 

MISSION 

To help people who are disabled or have a mental 

disease and to help the elderly and children who 

suffer or are at risk of some kind of disability. 

BACKGROUND 

The foundation was created to honour the 

university professor of psychiatry Dan Ramon 

King Ardid. 


Spain 

FORMER NAME 

Fundación El Cierzo 

FUNDACIÓN RAMÓN REY ARDID 


The foundation concentrates its giving on three 

areas: 

• Mental health 

• Third age 

• Early attention 

Mental Health 

Provides treatment and supervision for people 

who have a mental disease. Offers 

accommodation for people who have a mental 

disease at the Unit of Average Psychiatric Stay at 

the Professor Ramón King Ardid Residence. 

Third Age 

Helps the elderly by providing accommodation 

and treatment to improve the quality of life at 

their many residences and centres. 

Early Attention 

Provides treatment and support for children up to 

six years of age who have some kind of disability. 


Under its Mental Health programme area, the 

foundation provides treatment and therapeutic 

attention; supports integration in day-care centres 

and schools; and offers other kinds of support to 

help make life easier for the children and their 

families. While the children get the treatment they 

need for their disability at the Centres of Early 

Attention, their families receive information, 

advice and support from workers at the centres. 

The foundation also promotes the rehabilitation 

and employment of mentally ill adults. 



Equipment 

Grants to individuals 

APPLICATIONS 


RESTRICTIONS 

Only funds programmes in the province of 

Zaragoza and Huesca. 


Spanish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-profit foundation 

GOVERNANCE 

Dr. Alfonso Vicente, President 

Dr. Bernardine Jiménez, Vice-President 

STAFF 

Manuel Hernandez Laplana, Manager 


11 volunteers 


FUNDACIÓN TELEFÓNICA 






Total Assets 3,127,714 3,127,714 

Total Gifts 12,677 12,677 

Total Exp. 3,645,065 3,645,065 

Grants Exp. 3,553,493 3,553,493 


Programme Exp. 3,553,493 3,553,493 



27 

Government funding and donations. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EUROPSY 


FUNDACIÓN TELEFÓNICA 

1988 



Gran Vía 28, 10th floor 

28013 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.584.0790 

Fax: +34.91.584.0789 

E-mail: fernando.labad@telefonica.es 

Web: www.fundacion.telefonica.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Fernando Labad Sasiaín, Executive Vice- 

President 


Javier Barranco 


Telefónica Foundation 

MISSION 

To contribute to the development of programmes 

of non-profit organisations aimed at 

disadvantaged people in society; to improve 

living conditions of the most unprotected people, 

such as children, the elderly, or people with 

disabilities, through the study and development of 

social applications and health; and to use 

telecommunications technology to promote equal 

opportunities through the application of new 

technologies in learning processes. 

BACKGROUND 

Fundación Telefónica, previously known as the 

Art and Technology Foundation, was established 

in 1988 from the patronage of Telefónica de 

España S.A. 


Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Morocco 

and international 

FORMER NAME 

Art and Technology Foundation 


The foundation runs programmes in the following 

areas: 

• Education and culture 

• Social application of information technologies 

• Cooperation and community development 

• Development of information society 

Education and Culture 

Supports education and culture in a variety of 

ways, including permanent and temporary 

exhibitions; promoting the Internet in schools and 

universities; and using technology to promote 

Spanish linguistic and cultural heritage. 

Social Application of Information Technologies 

Promotes the social uses of information 

technologies to help elderly people and people 

with disabilities. Also operates helplines to assist 

people with technical difficulties. 

Cooperation and Community Development 

Promotes social insertion through its work and 

aims to increase cooperation through its 

International Solidarity Red programme and 

promoting the use of new technologies in the field 

of cooperation. It also provides an emergency 

helpline. In this area, the foundation provides 

gifts in kind, such as providing mobile phones for 

non-governmental organisations in Macedonia 

and Kosovo. Furthermore, it provides ‘Solidarity 

Tales’ books for children; awards the Voluntariat 

Prize and hosts international meetings on culture 

and peace. 

Development of Information Society 

Organises meetings and workshops. 


As part of its Social Application of Information 

Technologies initiatives, the foundation runs 

several programmes to help people with 

disabilities including an employment forum and a 

diabetes website. It sponsors a hospital for 

paraplegics in Toledo; helps research through the 

application of new technological solutions; and 

develops adapted technology. Furthermore, the 

foundation sponsors the Special Olympics and the 

Paralympic Games in Sydney. In recognition of 

all these activities, the foundation has been 

awarded a prize by Fundación ONCE. 


Awards/prizes 





Gifts in kind 

Research 


APPLICATIONS 

Applications can be made online and must 

include a clear objective and target audience; 


udget outlines; a statement of any co-financing; 

and an explanation of the organisation’s previous 

activities and sources of funding. Applications 

must adhere to the mission of the Telefónica 

Foundation; offer an important role for 

information technology; focus on the 

geographical areas where Telefónica is active; 

and be presented by a non-profit organisation. 


Spanish 



GOVERNANCE 

Fernando Abril-Martorell Hernández 

Luis Abril Pérez 

Joaquim Agut Bonsfills 

Eduardo Caride 

Francisco de Bergia González 

Luis Lada Díaz 

Julio Linares López 

Calixto Ríos Pérez 

Antonio Viana Baptista 

STAFF 

César Alierta Izuel, President 

Fernando Labad Sasiaín, Executive Vice- 

President 

Fernando Villalonga Campos, General Manager 

Roberto Veláquez Martín, General Coordinator 

Javier Barranco 


Annual report 


Monographs 



THE GROCERS’ CHARITY 

1968 



Grocers’ Hall 

Princes Street 

London, EC2R 8AD 


Tel.: +44.20.7606.3113 

Fax: +44.20.7600.3082 

KEY CONTACT 

Anne Blanchard, Charity Administrator 

MISSION 

To distribute funds for general charitable 

purposes, primarily in the field of education. 

BACKGROUND 

The Grocers’ Charity is the charitable branch of 

The Worshipful Company of Grocers, a Livery 

company of the City of London. Although it has a 

long history of charitable activities, the charity 

was not formally established until 1968. It is 


administered by The Grocers’ Trust Company 

Limited and the directors of that company are the 

members of the Court of Assistants of the 

Grocers’ Company. 


UK 


The charity makes grants to registered charities in 


• Relief of poverty, including youth 

• Education 

• Medicine 


• Churches 

• Heritage 

• The arts 


• General purposes 

Relief of Poverty, Including Youth 

Provides funding to projects that focus on 

children and young people, particularly those at 

risk, to build confidence, share skills, and create 

opportunities. 

Education 

The major proportion of funding in this area is 

donated to educational establishments with links 

to the Grocers’ Company, for internal 

scholarships and bursaries. 

Medicine 

Supports causes that improve medical facilities 

for sick people, including medical research. 

Disability 

Makes donations to a variety of organisations that 

provide support and services to disabled people of 

all ages. 

Churches 

Makes donations to churches with a historical 

connection to the Grocers’ Company. Support is 

also given to the parochial houses that are under 

the patronage of the Grocers’ Company, and for 

the payments made to the Parochial Church 

Councils of those parishes. 

Heritage 

Supports causes that preserve the heritage and 

history of the UK. 

The Arts 

Makes donations to causes that not only benefit 

the arts, but also in some way enable 

disadvantaged areas of society to participate in or 

benefit from the causes supported. For example 

the Almeida Theatre Company received funding 

to improve its disabled access. 


Supports facilities and initiatives that benefit the 

frail elderly and provide them with care services 

to enable them to stay in their homes. 



General Purposes 

Makes donations to general causes of a deserving 

charitable nature with wider benefits to society. 


In 2000-1, the charity donated £33,750 (6.7% of 

total donations) to organisations that work with 

people with disabilities. Disabled people also 

received support as part of the funding for the 

elderly as funding was given to charities working 

to ensure that the elderly and disabled people 

could receive care in their homes. 


• The More House Appeal, UK, for a multiactivity 

and creative arts centre at an 

independent special school for boys 

disadvantaged by specific learning difficulties. 

• BREAK, UK, to address the needs of carers of 

children with profound disabilities, and in 

particular to create three additional family 

houses 

• Student Bursary Fund of Bridget’s Trust, UK, 

to provide accommodation and care to bring 

tertiary education within the reach of even the 

most severely disabled or chronically sick 

• Warden’s Charitable Trust, UK, to operate an 

outings centre for disabled people, providing 

residential, recreational and instructional 

facilities 






Equipment 

Research 

Scholarships 


Student aid 

APPLICATIONS 

The charity does not issue an application form, 

but applications should be written on the 

registered charity’s official headed notepaper, and 

should include full details of the projects referred 

to in the application. The latest audited accounts 

as well as a copy of the latest annual report of the 

organisation should accompany the appeal. 

Receipt of applications, which may be submitted 

at any time of the year, is not acknowledged, but 

all applications receive notification of the 

outcome in due course. All applications received 

are given due consideration with lists being 

circulated on a quarterly basis to the Education 

and Charities Committee. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Only appeals from UK-registered charities are 

considered. Donations will not be made directly 

to individuals, but may be paid through registered 

charities. Unless there is a specific close and 

long-standing connection with the Grocers’ 

Company, support is rarely given to cathedrals, 

churches and other ecclesiastical bodies; 

hospices; schools and other educational 

establishments; and research projects. Once an 

appeal succeeds, the applicant may not apply for 

funding until at least two years have elapsed from 

the date of the successful application. 

Unsuccessful applicants may be advised that a 

further request will not be considered until one 

year has elapsed from the date of the relevant 

application. Donations are of a single and nonrecurring 

nature. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 

Directors of the Grocers’ Trust Company Limited 

Hugh Bidwell 

Hew Billson 

Bruce Bossom 

Francis Carbutt 

Timothy Carter 

His Honour Judge Simon Coltart 

Lt. Col. John Dymoke 

The Hon. Seymour Fortescue 

Vice Admiral Sir Toby Frere 

Crispin Gascoigne 

Timothy Guinness 

Martin Hedley 

Christopher Holdsworth-Hunt 

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Inchcape 

Robin Mackenzie 

William Martineau 

Paul Massey 

Nicolas McAndrew 

Giles Mounsey-Heysham 

Charles Nunneley 

Michael Pickard 

William Proby 

Lt. Col. John Smiley 

Alexander Sparks 

Andrew Stewart-Roberts 

Christopher Stewart-Smith 

Nicholas Taylor 

Julian Tregoning 

John Trotter 

Elliott Viney 

John Whitmore 


Trustee 

The Grocers’ Trust Company Limited 

STAFF 

Brigadier Peregrine Rawlins, Secretary to the 

Grocers’ Trust Company Limited 

Anne Blanchard, Charity Administrator 



Annual report 



Total Assets 6,707,778 10,946,113 

Total Gifts 300,843 490,932 

Total Exp. 547,730 893,815 

Grants Exp. 502,174 819,475 



158 

The income provided from the trust fund together 

with a gift aid grant from The Grocers’ Company 

and the income from covenants and donations 

made by members of the Grocers’ Company 

together with miscellaneous income. 


For the year ended July 31st 2001. The charity’s 

assets consist of The Grocers’ Trust Fund. 



THE HABERDASHERS’ 

COMPANY 

1502 

FUNDING SINCE 


Haberdashers’ Hall 

18 West Smithfield 

London, EC1A 9HQ 


Tel.: +44.20.7246.9988 

Fax: +44.20.7246.9989 

E-mail: enquiries@haberdashers.co.uk 

Web: www.haberdashers.co.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

B.J. Blair, Assistant Clerk to Charities 

MISSION 

To help schools and young people for educational 

purposes. 

BACKGROUND 

The Haberdashers’ Company was founded in the 

14th century and is one of the ‘Great Twelve’ 

Livery Companies of the City of London. Over 

the years the emphasis of the company’s activity 

has changed from the control of the trade of 

haberdashery in the City of London to 

administering the charitable trusts established 

through donations and bequests made by 

members of the company. Four educational trusts 

support the company’s schools. 


UK 


Besides being closely involved with its eight 

schools, the company has a strong tradition of 

support for charitable causes. It is a trustee of a 

great number of charities, collectively known as 

the Haberdashers’ Charitable Foundations. Many 

THE HABERDASHERS’ COMPANY 

of these have a very small income or can only be 

used for very specific purposes, in terms of the 

original bequests. A small number, though, are 

able to consider requests from grantseeking 

charities. The company supports projects in the 


• Education and training 

• Disadvantaged people 

• Christianity and the church 

• Young people 


• Almshouses 

Education and Training 

Supports eight schools whose structures are 

varied to meet local needs but whose aims are the 

same: to provide a rounded education of the 

highest possible standard. The company also has a 

long history of supporting educational 

establishments other than its own. 

Disadvantaged People 

Provides funds to assist organisations that work 

with the homeless, the elderly, people with 

disabilities, and children and young people. 

Christianity and the Church 

Supports a variety of initiatives including 

promoting a better understanding of marriage 

among young people, and providing hospital and 

financial support to members of the clergy and 

their families. 

Young People 

Supports programmes that try to prevent the 

social exclusion of young people through 

improving their education; creating more training 

and employment opportunities; enabling them to 

start their own business; and providing 

opportunities for personal development through 

leisure activities. 

Health Care 

Funds research into illness, supports hospices for 

terminally-ill patients, and assists with the 

development of academic qualifications. 

Almshouses 

Operates almshouses in Monmouth, Newland and 

Newport. There are 34 almshouses which have 

been refurbished or rebuilt over the years and are 

open to people in need. 


The foundation gives support to initiatives 

relating to disability or employment through the 

following: 

• Disadvantaged people 



• Individual Haberdashers’ charitable 

foundations 

Disadvantaged People 

Examples of support include: 


THE HABERDASHERS’ COMPANY 

• National Association of Independent Schools 

and Non-Maintained Special Schools (NASS), 

UK, to represent the interests of 5,000 pupils 

at over 60 specialist schools for children with 

disabilities 

• The National Autistic Society (NAS), UK, to 

enable NAS to establish a new Advocacy for 

Education Service, which in its first year 

provided advice to over 700 families 

Young People 


• RPS Rainer, UK, to support the Splash 

programme, part of the Breaking the Cycle 

project, to provide disadvantaged young 

people from Greenwich with activity-based 

programmes geared towards education, 

training and employment 

• The Prince’s Trust, UK, to provide support to 

enable the trust to help young people establish 

their own businesses 

Health Care 


• The Alzheimer’s Research Trust, London, 

UK, to support a PhD programme 

• The Richmond Fellowship, UK, to support the 

establishment of the Richmond Fellowship 

Community Mental Health Diploma 

Individual Haberdashers’ Charitable 

Foundations 

Of the individual haberdashers’ charitable 

foundations, the Haberdashers’ Eleemosynary 

Charity helps unemployed and homeless people to 

find jobs or improve their education or skills and 

to find more stable accommodation; funds 

charities that support carers, enabling chronically 

sick, disabled and elderly people to stay in their 

own homes; funds charities that provide holidays 

for chronically sick, disabled or elderly people; 

and supports charities that provide employment 

training and placement for disabled people. The 

Thomas Arno Bequest supports charities that 

enable young British people to start their own 

businesses or help those who have started. The 

Pinchin Foundation funds charities that support 

mental health, through research, practical help 

and information. 




Education/training programmes 

Fellowships 



Research 

Scholarships 


APPLICATIONS 

There are no closing dates/meeting dates that 

need to be adhered to. There is no application 

form, but a copy of the applicant charity’s latest 

annual report and accounts should be sent, 

together with an up-to-date brief summary of the 

charity’s aims and activities. If help is being 

sought for a specific project, brief details of this, 

together with budget/income and expenditure 

information should be included. The company 

will consider applications and match them against 

the Haberdashers’ Charitable Foundations with 

the most appropriate objects and so it is not 

necessary for the applicant to state which 

foundation it is requesting help from. The objects 

of the applicant charity must fit within the current 

focus areas of at least one of the individual 

Haberdashers’ Charitable Foundations. Local 

charities and projects are supported if they are in 

or very close to the City of London, or in an area 

where the company has strong connections, such 

as near its schools or church patronages. Apart 

from these, only national charities are normally 

supported. Most donations are in the £500 to 

£1,000 range, with larger donations normally 

being proactively arranged by the company. 

RESTRICTIONS 

No support for overseas causes. Most donations 

are single grants, with no commitment for future 

support. Requests should not normally be 

repeated until at least three years after the last 

request. 


English 



STAFF 

B.J. Blair, Assistant Clerk to Charities 







Grants Exp. 1,100,000 1,795,039 



Financial year ending June 30th 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

F (The Royal Green Jackets) Company, The 

London Regiment 

Frimley and Camberley Cadet Corps for young 

people 

HMS ST. ALBANS 

No 13 Squadron RAF 

The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment 


Website) 


HARROW COMMUNITY TRUST 


1988 


Central Depot, Unit 4, Forward Drive, Middlesex 

Wealdstone, HA3 8NT 


Tel.: +44.20.8424.1167 

Fax: +44.20.8909.1407 

KEY CONTACT 

Malcolm Churchill, Director 

MISSION 

To help the local people who are affected by 

deprivation and disadvantage and to improve the 

quality of life for the people who live or work in 

Harrow. 

BACKGROUND 

The Harrow Community Trust was created in 

1988 by a group of people who wanted to make a 

valuable contribution to the welfare of the people 

in Harrow. 


Harrow, UK 


Most of the foundation’s work is aimed at people 

with disabilities, with a special focus on activities 

that encourage independence. The foundation 

supports the following programmes: 

• Youth café 

• Small creative solutions 

• PATCH 

• PHOENIX 

• MIND 

Youth Café 

Helps young people with disabilities to obtain 

employment. The programme also aims at 

steering disaffected young people away from 

unsocial behaviour such as drug abuse and crime. 

The programme runs a café that is staffed by 

disabled people and the aim is to create 

employment opportunities for people with 

learning or other disabilities through vocational 

training, work experience in the café and a 

supported employment office. The café is 

intended to create contact with disaffected groups 

of young people and create a place where they 

can get support and guidance from professional 

youth workers or facilitators on issues regarding 

education, financial awareness and personal 

health issues. The programme aims to help 

disabled people integrate fully into the 

community and gain independent living skills. 

Small Creative Solutions 

Funds schemes operated by disabled people, and 

offers employment opportunities for other 

disabled people with housekeeping services for 

elderly and housebound people. The idea is to 

HARROW COMMUNITY TRUST 

allow disabled people to take control of their own 

lives and gain independent living skills. 

PATCH 

Supports a telephone helpline to offer 

informational support to carers of young children 

who recently have been diagnosed with a 

disability. The aim is to help people become 

aware of and understand the services and 

privileges available to support them in meeting 

their responsibilities. 

PHOENIX 

Receives funding from the Harrow Health 

Authority to offer help for people with serious 

and enduring mental health problems to return to 

work or to participate in training or educational 

programmes. 

MIND 

Aims to help people with serious mental health 

problems to move away from dependency on 

mental health services towards learning and social 

activities with the purpose of becoming integrated 

into the wider community. People with mental 

health problems receive help from project 

workers to get involved in educational and leisure 

activities with the aim of becoming confident 

enough to move away from their homes. 







English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Registered charity established by deed of trust in 

the UK 

GOVERNANCE 

Roger Funk, Vice-President 

Barry Cryer, Patron 

Claire Rayner, Patron 


Trustees 

Kanti Nagda, Chairman 

Stephen Bantin 

Allen Bergson 

Marie Harrison 

Zoë Stavrinidis 

David Wood 

Graham Zeitlin 

STAFF 

Malcolm Churchill, Director 

Chris Payne, Office Administrator 

Nigel Cooper, Grants Officer 


Annual report 


THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY 

AFFILIATIONS 

Community Foundation Network 

London Community Foundation 

(Sources of information: Annual report; Verified by 

funder) 


1628 



5 Chancery Lane 

Clifford’s Inn 

London, EC4A 1BU 


Tel.: +44.20.7320.6212 

Fax: +44.20.7320.3842 

Web: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Richard Hopgood, Director 

MISSION 

To support hospitals, hospices and other forms of 

residential care or provision of health care for 

those who are sick or in need and for other 

institutions providing medical assistance for those 

in financial need; to help poor, aged or sick 

people or members of the clergy and their 

spouses, widows, widowers and dependants; to 

support the rehabilitation and training of disabled 

persons including disabled ex-servicemen and 

war widows; to promote moral welfare or social 

service; to provide relief and rehabilitation to 

those persons who are or have been slaves or serfs 

and their dependants who are in need or distress; 

and to relieve the Poor Kindred of Henry Smith 

who are in need. 

BACKGROUND 

The Henry Smith Charity is named after its 

founder, Henry Smith, a successful salter by trade 

who purchased estates in various parts of 

England. During his life he created a number of 

charitable trusts for the relief of the poor and he 

died in 1628 leaving his trustees the sum of 

£2,000. This sum formed the basic endowment of 

the Henry Smith Charity. 


UK 



• Hospitals and medical care 

• Hospices and palliative care 

• Medical research 


• Elderly 


• Drugs and alcohol 

• Community service 

• Counselling and family services 

• Homeless 

• Holidays for disabled and poor children 

Hospitals and Medical Care 

Supports projects providing health care in 

hospitals and residential care for people who are 

sick or needy, and projects that provide outreach 

services such as home care support. 

Hospices and Palliative Care 

Focuses on hospice care and supports projects 

providing residential care or health care and 

projects that involve outreach services, including 

home care support. 

Medical Research 

A variety of medical research is included within 

this category, although the charity does not 

normally fund mainstream cancer research. 

Generally, only applications from recognised 

‘Centres of Excellence’ will be considered for 

support. 

Disability 

This category covers physical, mental and 

multiple (physical and mental) disability. 

Supports the rehabilitation and training of the 

disabled, which can involve the arts, education 

and even leisure and recreational activities. 

Elderly 

Promotes housing and support services for the 

elderly, including residential care or health care 

for those who are sick or in need; emotional 

support such as befriending services and day care 

centres; physical support such as provision of 

home repair; and safety equipment among other 

things. 

Young People 

Supports young people at risk, including those 

who are homeless, sick, unemployed, dealing 

with drug and /or alcohol problems and any other 

young people in need. Supports leisure or 

recreational projects, playgroups, and youth clubs 

in areas of considerable deprivation. 

Drugs and Alcohol 

Aims to support and rehabilitate people with drug 

and/or alcohol problems, as well as those people 

at risk of developing such problems. 

Community Service 

Promotes moral welfare or social service, 

including support for the elderly, the homeless, 

the sick, the disadvantaged, families and/or young 

people at risk. This includes projects providing 

employment for the disadvantaged, shelter and 

necessities of life such as furniture for the 

homeless, among other things. 

Counselling and Family Services 

Supports services for the elderly, the homeless, 

the sick, the disadvantaged, families and/or young 

people at risk. Supported projects include those 


that provide advice to a specific group, for 

example, the long-term unemployed, people 

living in an area of considerable deprivation, the 

disabled seeking employment and projects that 

provide support services to families at risk. 

Homeless 

Funds projects that provide practical support to 

the homeless. 

Holidays for Disabled and Poor Children 

Funds projects that provide holidays in the 

country for children from areas of considerable 

deprivation. 



• Royal Leicestershire Rutland and Wycliffe 

Society for the Blind, UK, £50,000 for the 

refurbishment of a former workshop and the 

creation of a new resource centre for the blind 

• Turtle Keys Arts Centre, London, UK, 

£15,000 for the first year of a three-year grant 

towards a training and employment project for 

disabled young people 

• Blyth Star Enterprises, Northumberland, UK, 

£35,000 for the first year of a three-year grant 

towards the training and employment for 

people with mental health problems 

• Kerbside, West Yorkshire, UK, £40,000 for 

the first year of a three-year grant towards 

funding a recycling project, and providing 

work experience training for people with 

learning difficulties 

• MIND City and Hackney, London, UK, 

£36,600 for the second year of a three-year 

grant towards the costs of developing and 

running a specialist employment rehabilitation 

service for people suffering from mental 

illness 

• Opening, Scotland, UK, £10,000 for the 

second year of a three-year grant towards the 

running costs of a project to help people with 

multiple disabilities explore the employment 

market 





Equipment 

Research 


APPLICATIONS 

Applications for grants can be submitted at any 

time during the year. Applicants will receive a 

letter acknowledging their applications within a 

week of receipt of the application. The trustees 

meet quarterly in March, June, September and 

December to consider appeals. For details on 

application procedures, please consult the 

foundation’s website. 



RESTRICTIONS 

Please consult website for details on funding 

restrictions. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Registered charity no. 230102 

GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

J.J.L.G. Sheffield, Chair 

A.E. Allen 

D. Barran 

Lord Egremont 

Countess of Euston 

Viscount Gage 

M.J. Gallyer 

J.D. Hambro 

Lord Hamilton of Dalzell 

T.D. Holland-Martin 

Sir John James 

C. Godman Law 

G.E. Lee-Steere 

M. V. Lowther 

T.J. Millington-Drake 

M.R. Newton 

R. S. Norman 

P.W. Smallridge 

P.W. Urquhart 

STAFF 

Richard Hopgood, Director 

Virginia Graham, Grants Administrator 

Tom Sterry, Financial Accountant 

Alastair Marr, Trust Secretary 

Michele Arnal, Senior Grants Coordinator 



Annual report 





Total Assets 618,643,000 1,009,534,922 

Total Exp. 25,735,000 41,995,757 

Grants Exp. 23,516,000 38,374,674 



683 

Investments and property. 






IBM CORPORATION USA 

IBM CORPORATION USA 

FUNDING SINCE 

not available 


New Orchard Road 

Armonk, NY 10504 

USA 

Tel.: +1.914.499.6420 

Fax: +1.914.499.7624 

Web: www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives 

KEY CONTACT 

Paula Baker, Director, Corporate Community 

Relations 

MISSION 

To improve quality of life by helping people use 


BACKGROUND 

IBM Corporation is one of the leading producers 

of information technology. 


US and international 


IBM International Foundation 


IBM wants to make the most effective use of its 

resources and expertise by concentrating its 

giving on: 

• Education 

• Adult education 


• Helping communities in need 


• Employee giving 

Education 

Education is the company’s main focus for 

funding and it supports several programmes: 

Reinventing Education; KidSmart; TryScience; 

and Mentor Place. 

Adult Education 

Provides technology for literacy programmes for 

adults. 


Cooperates with libraries, museums and other 

cultural institutions to make technology play an 

important part in improving the arts. 

Helping Communities in Need 

Supports community civic and non-profit 

activities and helps to improve the use of 

technology in order to enrich and expand access 

to services and assistance. 

Environment 

Gives grants to universities to promote the 

optimal use of leading-edge technology to 

conduct research and recommend solutions to 

major environmental problems. 

Employee Giving 

Encourages employees to support organisations 

and causes in communities and to do e-mentoring. 


The company awards grants to six non-profit 

organisations across Europe that focus on 

developing new models for attracting the 

unemployed into specific skills training 

programmes that complement emerging 

industries. 



Equipment 


APPLICATIONS 

A two-page application letter should be sent to the 

nearest corporate community relations and public 

affairs department or to the vice-president of 

corporate community relations. Information about 

what the application must include can be found on 

the website. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Does not fund individuals, political, labour, 

religious or fraternal organisations or sports 

groups; fund-raising events such as raffles, 

telethons, walk-a-thons or auctions; capital 

campaigns, construction and renovation projects; 

chairs; endowments or scholarships sponsored by 

academic or non-profit institutions; special events 

such as conferences, symposia or sports 

competitions and organisations that discriminate 

in any way based on race, gender, ethnicity or 

sexual orientation. Must send a tax-exempt 

classification with application. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private corporation 

GOVERNANCE 

Senior Management 

Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Chairman of the Board 

Samuel J. Palmisano, President and Chief 

Executive Officer 

John M. Thompson, Vice-Chairman of the Board 

STAFF 

Stanley S. Litow, Vice-President, Corporate 

Community Relations 

Paula Baker, Director, Corporate Community 

Relations 




Annual report 







Total Assets 42,461,000,000 47,602,017,937 

Total Exp. 140,600,000 157,623,318 

Grants Exp. 127,100,000 142,488,789 


Programme Exp. 13,500,000 15,134,529 

Annual Turnover 


42,461,000,000 47,602,017,937 

Corporate and foundation funding. 



INSTITUTE ON INDEPENDENT 

LIVING 

1993 



Peterséns Väg 2 

12741 Stockholm 

Sweden 

Tel.: +46.8.740.4200 

Fax: +46.8.740.4500 

Web: www.independentliving.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Adolf D. Ratzka, Director 

MISSION 

To promote opportunities for people with 

disabilities to gain more personal and political 

power; self-determination; and full participation 

and equality through information, training 

materials, consultancy and technical assistance. 

BACKGROUND 

In 1989, at the European Parliament in 

Strasbourg, over 80 people with extensive 

disabilities participated in a three-day conference 

on personal assistance and founded the European 

Network on Independent Living. Two of the 

Independent Living grass-roots organisations 

represented at the Strasbourg meeting, the 

Stockholm Cooperative for Independent Living 

(STIL), and the Gothenburg Independent Living 

Cooperative (GIL), together founded the institute 

on Independent Living in 1993 with the purpose 

of promoting the growth of the independent living 

movement within Sweden and internationally. 


Sweden and international 


The institute works with projects that promote 

opportunities for self-determination in everyday 

life for persons with extensive disabilities, in 

particular, personal assistance users. The institute 

supports a variety of initiatives in this field 

including: 

• Personal assistance network 

• Full-text library 

INSTITUTE ON INDEPENDENT LIVING 

• Consulting 

• Access Online Guide 

Personal Assistance Network 

Compiles an internet-based library with legal 

texts, training manuals for assistance users, and 

international examples of assistance delivery 

schemes, among other things. The network has 

developed interactive services, for example the 

first online assistant referral in Sweden. 

Full-text Library 

Comprises, in addition to the Personal Assistance 

Network, other documents of interest to people 

with extensive disabilities such as United Nations 

and EU documents about human rights and 

disability; international examples of access 

solutions; women with disabilities; and disability 

and international development. There is also a 

database of organisations and companies in the 

disability field for networking; an accessible 

vacation home exchange; and discussion groups 

on various themes. 

Consulting 

Promotes change in the field through consulting 

work, and pilot and demonstration projects. 

Access Online Guide 

Develops, with support from the Swedish 

Consumer Board, the prototype of an online 

access guide which, unlike other similar attempts, 

is to be economically sustainable, in order to 

utilise the Internet’s interactive possibilities. 

The institute works in cooperation with other 

organisations which support these aims at the 

local, national and international level, including 

self-help groups in developing countries. 


Representative Projects 

• Worked under contract with the Ministry of 

Social Affairs, Slovak Republic with financial 

support from the EU’s PHARE programme 

with a pilot project for personal assistance 

with direct payment following the STIL 

model, and a pilot project for mainstream 

accessible taxis including a subsidy scheme 

for disabled patrons 

• TAXI FOR ALL, Stockholm, Sweden, for 

mainstream accessible taxis 






Swedish and English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Registered non-profit foundation according to 

Swedish law 


INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION 

GOVERNANCE 

Board 

Rolf Bergfors 

Phillip Mason 

Adolf D. Ratzka 

Bente Skansgård 

STAFF 

Adolf D. Ratzka, Director 

Bengt-Olof Johansson, Consultant 

Miles Goldstick, Technological Support 

Susan Svinghammer, Administrator 

Dr. Steven E. Brown, Web Editor 

Sebastian Ferrer, Researcher 

Björn Thorén, Project Assessment 



Annual report 



Financial support of founders: STIL and GIL. 

Also in-kind support from its Internet service 

provider, Cable & Wireless Sweden. Seeks 

funding from other foundations and the EU. 


Website) 

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH 

FOUNDATION 

1990 



32 South Street, Suite 500 

Baltimore, MD 21202 

USA 

Tel.: +1.410.951.1500 

Fax: +1.410.347.1188 

E-mail: youth@iyfnet.org 

Web: www.iyfnet.org 

KEY CONTACT 

William S. Reese, Chief Operating Officer 

MISSION 

To positively impact the greatest number of 

young people, in as many places as possible, in 

the shortest amount of time, with programmes 

that are effective, and in ways that are sustainable. 

BACKGROUND 

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) was 

established in 1990 to bring worldwide support to 

the many exceptional local efforts that are 

changing young lives in every corner of the globe. 

IYF is dedicated to supporting programmes that 

improve the conditions and prospects for young 

people where they live, learn, work and play. 

Since its founding, IYF has worked with hundreds 

of companies, foundations and non-governmental 

organisations (NGOs) to scale up existing 

programmes and build long-term strategic 

partnerships. Currently operating in more than 65 

countries, IYF and its in-country partners have 

helped more than 23 million young people gain 

the skills, training and opportunities critical to 

their success. 


International 


Funding is focused on programmes that foster the 

positive development of children and youth (aged 

5 to 25), and improve their confidence, 

competence and connectedness to peers, families 

and communities. Emphasis is on preventive 

approaches versus relief or remediation. IYF’s 

key programme areas include enhancing 

educational opportunities; providing employment 

training linked to job placement; equipping youth 

with life skills; and promoting youth participation 

and leadership. 

Strategic initiatives include: 

• Global alliance for workers and communities 

(GA) 

• Entra 21 

• Corporate partnerships 

• International Training and Consulting Institute 

(ITCI) 

• Global Partner Network 

Global Alliance for Workers and Communities 

Engages multiple sectors to improve the lives and 

prospects of young adult factory workers in Asia. 

Members include IYF, Gap Inc., Nike, and the 

World Bank (www.theglobalalliance.org). 

Entra 21 

A $24 million programme aimed at meeting the 

employment needs of youth in Latin America and 

the Caribbean. This is a collaborative effort 

between IYF and the Multilateral Investment 

Fund (MIF), a unit of the Inter-American 

Development Bank. 

Corporate Partnerships 

Works with global corporations including Cisco, 

Gap, Kellogg, Lucent Technologies, Merill 

Lynch, Microsoft, Nike, Nokia, Unocal and 

Visteon, to implement social responsibility 

programmes. 

International Training and Consulting Institute 

Provides services to enhance the effectiveness of 


Global Partner Network 

Programmes are implemented through a global 

partner network of 66 national operating 

organisations dedicated to children and youth. For 

2001, this network collectively represents 1770 

staff; $125 million in collective 2001 

investments; $150 million in combined 

endowments; and 5.7 million in total of young 

people served. 







APPLICATIONS 


RESTRICTIONS 

Operates on a request for proposal basis only. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 


David Bell, Chair 

Sten Akestam 

Her Majesty Queen Rania al-Abdullah 

Sari Baldauf 

Maria Livanos Cattaui 

Arnold Langbo 

Rick R. Little 

Helio Mattar 

Penina Mlama 

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II 

Honorable Richard F. Schubert (Chairman 

Emeritus) 


Global Action Council 

HM Queen Noor 

HE President Martti Ahtisaari 

Vigdis Finnbogadottir 

Enrique Iglesias 

Yuzaburo Mogi 

Janet Museveni 

Shimon Peres 

Mary Robinson 

Rita Süssmuth 

STAFF 

William S. Reese, Chief Operating Officer 

Don Mohanlal, Executive Vice-President 

Pär Stenbäck, Vice-President 

Alan Williams, Vice-President 

Esther Benjamin, Vice-President and Chief 

Financial Officer 

Karen Diakun, Vice-President, Communications 

Carol Michaels O’Laughlin, Executive Director, 

Global Alliance for Workers and Communities 

Joyce Phelps, Vice-President, International 

Training and Consulting Institute 




Annual report 




THE IRELAND FUNDS 

Publication series: ‘What works in effective 

practices/approaches to youth development’ 



Total Assets 56,014,829 62,796,893 

Total Gifts 13,595,286 15,241,352 

Total Exp. 25,297,987 28,360,972 

Grants Exp. 9,739,753 10,919,006 


Programme Exp. 21,296,456 23,874,951 



63 

Fund-raising, interest and investment income. 

AFFILIATIONS 

CIVICUS 

Council on Foundations 

Independent Sector 

Secretary General Kofi Annan’s High Level Panel 

on Youth Employment 







5 Foster Place 

Dublin 2 

Ireland 

Tel.: +353.1.662.7878 

Fax: +353.1.662.7879 

E-mail: info@irelandfunds.ie 

Web: www.irlfunds.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Kieran McLoughlin, Director Ireland 


1976 

MISSION 

To be the largest worldwide network of people 

with Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland 

dedicated to raising funds to support programmes 

of peace and reconciliation, art and culture, 

education, and community development. 

BACKGROUND 

The Ireland Funds was established in 1976 by Dr. 

Anthony O’Reilly, former President, Chairman 

and Chief Executive Officer of the H.J. Heinz 

Company, and Dan Rooney, a Pittsburgh 

businessman, with three main goals in mind: 

peace; culture and charity; and appealing for 

support from Americans of Irish descent. 


Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great 

Britain, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, New 

Zealand, and US 


The foundation supports the following areas: 


• Community development


• Education 

• Peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland 


Supports excellence and innovation in arts 

activities within communities across the island 

and especially projects that make the arts more 

accessible to the wider community. In particular, 

the Ireland Funds focuses on arts applied in 

settings of socio-economic disadvantage; arts 

applied in educational or health settings; and arts 

promoting tolerance and reconciliation. 


Promotes an inclusive and integrated society and 

ensures the regeneration of marginalised urban 

and rural communities. The foundation sees its 

priorities as increasing the capacity of the social 

economy; supporting rural development 

initiatives; promoting social inclusion; and 

promoting tolerance and diversity. 

Education 

Focuses on programmes promoting and 

supporting access and progression from second 

level to third level; pre-school education; lifelong 

learning; and tolerance through education. 

Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland 

Supports communities in Northern Ireland 

working together and towards a shared future. 

The skills and culture of negotiation and 

compromise need to be honed politically and 

organisationally within and between 

communities. To this end, priority has been given 

to citizenship and participation; a greater 

understanding of cultural identity within and 

between communities; social inclusion; and 

victims’ groups. 


The Ireland Funds supports the Special Olympics 

Summer Games in Ireland to provide a unique 

sporting and cultural experience for the athletes 

taking part from 160 international delegations, as 

well as for their coaches, families, volunteers and 

sponsors, combining the excitement of sport with 

the opportunity for personal distinction, 

achievement and pride. The funds also support 

many job creation programmes as part of its 

community development initiative. 



APPLICATIONS 

Accepts applications for a four-month period each 

year. Projects will be notified of their success, or 

otherwise, by letter. Check website for deadlines. 

The maximum award available is 30,000 euros. 

Projects seeking larger awards should contact the 

grants office of the Ireland Funds. There is no 

minimum award. Projects are evaluated by 

members of the Irish Advisory Committee and 

successful applicants are agreed by the Boards of 

the Ireland Funds around the world. Lobbying 

will disqualify. Successful applicants will be 

requested to supply progress reports on how the 

grant has been applied. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The Ireland Funds are unlikely to award grants for 

general administration costs of national or 

provincial organisations; general appeals; medical 

expenses; other grantmaking trusts; purchase of 

buildings or land; purchase of vehicles; purchase 

of computers; salaries; travel or transport costs; or 

tuition or student expenses. No grants to 

individuals. Only non-profit/charitable 

organisations within Ireland, North and South, are 

eligible to apply. Grants will not be made to 

projects that have been completed or for the 

repayment of debt. The Ireland Funds does not 

award multi-annual grants. Applicants seeking 

repeat funding must re-apply each year. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


STAFF 

Kingsley Aikins, President and Chief Executive 

Officer Worldwide Ireland Funds 

Kieran McLoughlin, Director Ireland 





Monographs 




Grants Exp. 9,000,000 14,686,684 


All of the foundation’s monies are secured from 

private sources, either by donors making 

contributions directly to the funds or by attending 

its many events. 

(Sources of information: Application guidelines; 



IWAZ SCHWEIZERISCHES 

WOHN - UND 

ARBEITSZENTRUM FÜR 

MOBILITÄTSBEHINDERTE 


IWAZ SCHWEIZERISCHES WOHN - UND ARBEITSZENTRUM FÜR MOBILITÄTSBEHINDERTE 

1967 


Neugrundstrasse 4 

CH-8620 Wetzikon 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.1.933.2323 

Fax: +41.1.933.2332 

E-mail: admin@iwaz.ch 

Web: www.iwaz.ch 

KEY CONTACT 

Fritz Baechi, Managing Director 


Swiss Accommodation and Employment Centre 

for People with Limited Mobility 

MISSION 

To provide technical training, employment and 

accommodation opportunities for people with 

limited mobility. 

BACKGROUND 

IWAZ Schweizerisches Wohn- und 

Arbeitszentrum für Mobilitätsbehinderte was 

founded on November 27th 1967 by the 

‘Schweizerische Vereinigung der Gelaehmten 

(SVG/ASPr)’ and the ‘Schweizerische 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Koerperbehinderte 

(SAK)’. The foundation was enlarged and 

redesigned in 1999 to match today’s standards for 

a modern living, training and working centre. 


Switzerland 


The foundation runs a home for people with 

disabilities where it provides them with technical 

training and employment and promotes their 

reintegration into society. 





RESTRICTIONS 

Applicants must have a physical disability 

involving limited mobility, but must not need 

full-time supervision. 


German 



STAFF 

Max Hauswirth, President 

Fritz Baechi, Managing Director 


Annual report 





Total Assets 21,278,852 14,389,270 

Total Exp. 12,821,457 8,670,176 

(Sources of information: Annual report; Information 

brochures; Website; Verified by funder) 

JACOBS FOUNDATION 



Seefeldquai 17 

P.O. Box 

8034 Zurich 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.1.388.6123 

Fax: +41.1.388.6137 

E-mail: jf@jacobsfoundation.org 

Web: www.jacobsfoundation.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Theo E. Brenner, Director General 


1988 

MISSION 

To contribute to the welfare and social 

productivity of current and future generations of 

young people, by permitting them to participate 

successfully in education, work and citizenship. 

BACKGROUND 

The Jacobs Foundation is a private charitable 

trust, established in 1988 in Zurich by Klaus J. 

Jacobs. 


International 

FORMER NAME 

Johann Jacobs Foundation 


KJ Jacobs AG 


To achieve its aims, the foundation works in three 

interrelated areas of human competence and 

potential: human development literacy; nature and 

culture literacy; and computer literacy. Within 

these areas, the foundation works through the 

following programmes aimed at encouraging the 

educational development of young people 

throughout the world: 

• Grants for research and action 

• Dissertation grants 

• Information technology dissertation grants 

• Young investigator grants 

• Travel grants 

• Young Scientist Sabbatical Programme 

• Jacobs Foundation conference series 

• Stop Exclusion - Create Value

JACOBS FOUNDATION 

Grants for Research and Action 

As the primary focus of the foundation’s actions, 

grants support significant projects falling within 

the agenda of priorities which are defined 

annually. Currently these look at topics 

concentrating on overcoming deprivation and 

disadvantage in the inner city; reduction of the 

rates of psychosocial disorders in young people 

and an understanding of the factors in society that 

foster adaptive functioning or prevent 

maladaptation; and the emergence of selfefficacy, 

self-identity (both personal and social), 

and social problem-solving and coping skills that 

enable young people to respond positively to life 

stresses and challenges. The foundation also 

focuses on the topics of fostering ethical values 

and altruism; the prevention of discrimination and 

the development of community interests and 

styles of cooperative working; increasing the 

investment of older people in youth; and the costeffectiveness 

of technology-enhanced learning 

and the use of information technology to aid the 

development and potential of young people. 

Dissertation Grants 

Grants are available to pre-doctoral students, 

particularly from Eastern European or developing 

countries, whose dissertation has the approval of a 

dissertation mentor or committee. Funds up to 

CHF 7,500 ($5,000) are available for material, 

subject fees, research assistance and other 

expenses required for conducting a study, 

analysing data, presenting data at an international 

conference, or for other forms of technical 

support. 

Information Technology Dissertation Grants 

Grants for dissertations focused on promoting 

computer literacy among disadvantaged 

adolescents are offered in the amount of up to 

$10,000 in research support, excluding stipends, 

but including travel and equipment. The purpose 

is to examine the psychological, social, 

educational, and community conditions under 

which computer literacy can be acquired by 

children and disadvantaged adolescents. 

Young Investigator Grants 

Grants are given to post-doctoral investigators 

from Eastern European or developing countries 

who, within four years of the award of the 

doctorate, initiate their own research in the area of 

adolescence and youth. 

Travel Grants 

A limited number of these scholarship grants or 

travel stipends are made available for scholars 

from developing countries and former socialist 

countries to fund a variety of areas including 

attendance at international conferences, shortterm 

scientific exchange programmes between 

individual scientists, or short-term research 

practice for young scholars with senior scientists. 

Young Scientist Sabbatical Programme 

Supports distinguished centres for advanced study 

in directing their attention to the field of 

adolescence and youth and the development of 

outstanding scientists in this field. 

Jacobs Foundation Conference Series 

Each year the foundation holds a conference 

which gathers together distinguished specialists 

and young investigators. It aims to develop the 

dialogue between researchers and field workers 

and to shape social policy related to adolescence 

and youth. 

Stop Exclusion - Create Value 

Aims to redirect the futures of youth who have 

been excluded from the benefits of social 

development by investing in their human 

development and productive capacity. This 

enhances their employability by developing their 

labour market skills and placing them in jobs 

where they can become fully productive 

economic, social, and political citizens. 



• Stop Exclusion - Create Value 

• Open Activities 

Stop Exclusion - Create Value 

Under its Stop Exclusion - Create Value (SECV) 

programme, the foundation supports each SECV 

pilot programme for a five-year period, with the 

expectation that, if successful, the local or federal 

government will assume responsibility for 

maintaining and expanding the programme. 

Therefore, the SECV initiative is a partnership 

between the government of the recipient country 

and the Jacobs Foundation, and requires equal 

financial cooperation. Furthermore, private sector 

partners are also required to provide employment 

opportunities for youth, initially as interns, but 

eventually as full-time workers. The various pilot 

programmes focus on the implementation of 

youth development principles that are sustainable 

and replicable, with appropriate adaptations to 

specific socio-cultural contexts. 

Open Activities 

In addition, the SECV initiative supports an open 

activities track, which is open to all youth from 

the target communities who wish to enhance their 

labour market opportunities. For these youth the 

SECV programme offers vocational training, 

opportunities to participate in community service 

projects, computer skills instruction, and 

workshops on special topics that are geared to 

actual work experiences. Participants in the open 

activities track are eligible for placement in 

internships that enhance their employability in 

lines of work for which they have trained. The 


open activities track is designed to avoid 

stigmatisation of youth; to expand the reach of the 

programme impact by enhancing social 

development and productive capacity of youth 

who are lacking specific skills; and to expand the 

impact of the SECV programme to the 

community at large. Youth enrolled in the open 

activities track participate for a minimum of six 

months, but may enrol in workshops for the 30month 

duration of their eligibility. 




Fellowships 

Research 

Scholarships 

APPLICATIONS 

Grants are decided upon by the board of directors 

three times a year. To ensure a timely review of 

proposals, applicants should submit their projects 

in either January, May, or September. No 

application forms are supplied. Instead, 

candidates are invited to submit a short initial 

request which clearly describes the project or 

programme and its objectives; an itemised list of 

the amount of financial support requested; and a 

summary description of the applicant’s 

qualifications and accomplishments. If deemed 

suitable, a full proposal will be sought from 

applicants. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Candidates must have the appropriate 

qualifications and capabilities to execute the 

proposed project successfully. No support is 

given to construction projects; religious or 

sectarian institutions; fund-raising drives; or 

operating budgets of service agencies and 

endowments. Applicants must have an affiliation 

with a college or university, or a cultural or 

educational institution. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Operates in accordance with article 80 et seq of 

the Swiss Civil Code 

GOVERNANCE 


Klaus J. Jacobs, Chair 

Paul B. Baltes 

Flavio Cotti 

Johann Christian Jacobs 

Sir Michael Rutter 

Marta Tienda 

Heinrich Ursprung 

THE JILL FRANKLIN TRUST 

STAFF 

Theo E. Brenner, Director General 

Judith Kressig, Administrative Assistant 



Annual report 








Total Assets 93,207,000 63,028,807 

Total Gifts 2,500,000 1,690,560 

Total Exp. 4,485,000 3,032,864 

Grants Exp. 3,944,000 2,667,027 

Programme Exp. 1,968,000 1,330,809 



29 

Donations from KJ Jacobs AG. 


The accounting year runs from the latter part of 

2000 to the first part of 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für gemeinnützige 

Stiftungen AGES 

Association of Swiss Foundations 

EFC Member 


membership application form; Policies and 

Procedures Booklet; Website; Verified by funder) 

THE JILL FRANKLIN TRUST 



78 Lawn Road 

London, NW3 2XB 


Fax: +44.20.7722.4543 

E-mail: lawnroad@blueyonder.co.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Norman Franklin 


1988 

BACKGROUND 

The Jill Franklin Trust was established in 1988 in 

memory of Jill Franklin (1928-1988). 




The trust funds the following areas: 

• Helping advice, training, employment and 

self-help groups to support people with a 

mental illness or learning difficulties, and their 

carers 

• Supporting respite care, and holidays (in the 

UK only). Grants for holidays are only given 

where there is a large element of respite care

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

and only to registered charities, not to 

individuals 

• Supporting special development projects in 

the Commonwealth with low administration 

costs 

• Assisting organisations that help and support 

refugees coming to or in the UK 

• Restoring (not improving) churches of 

architectural importance and occasionally 

other buildings of architectural importance 




APPLICATIONS 

Applicants for a grant should write a letter, 

enclosing their latest annual report and accounts. 

A budget is also helpful. The trustees tend to look 

more favourably on an appeal which is simply 

and economically prepared, glossy and ‘prestige’ 

brochures do not impress the trustees. The trust 

does not usually acknowledge unsolicited 

enquiries. 


RESTRICTIONS 

The trustees do not look favourably on appeals for 

building work, or for endowment funds. Support 

is not given to both branches of a national 

organisation and to the centre itself (unless it is a 

specific grant, probably for training in the 

branches). Funding is not to replace the duties of 

government, local authorities or the National 

Health Service. Grants that encourage the 

‘contract culture’, particularly where authorities 

are not funding the contract adequately are not 

provided. No grants are given to religious 

organisations set up for welfare, or education of 

whatever religion, unless the service is open to 

and used by people from all denominations, and 

there is no attempt to conduct any creedal 

propaganda or religious rituals. Funding is not 

given to ‘heritage schemes’, animal charities, 

students, individuals, for overseas travel, or 

medical research. 


English 



STAFF 

Norman Franklin 





Total Assets 1,000,000 1,631,854 

Grants Exp. 70,000 114,230 

European-level Exp. 


Dividends. 

60,000 97,911 


European expenditure is only for UK. 




FUNDING SINCE 


Lenneke Marelaan, 6 

1932 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.749.2591 

Fax: +32.2.749.2519 

E-mail: fwelvaer@jppbe.jnj.com 

Web: www.jjeurope-csr.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Frank Welvaert, Director Corporate Social 

Responsibility, Europe 


1986 

MISSION 

To invest in innovative health care projects today 

that help ensure the world a healthy tomorrow. 

BACKGROUND 

Johnson & Johnson is the world’s most 

comprehensive and broadly-based manufacturer 

of health care products, as well as a provider of 

related services for the consumer, pharmaceutical 

and professional markets. The Johnson & Johnson 

family of companies, consisting of more than 197 

operating companies in 54 countries, has its 

worldwide headquarters in New Brunswick, New 

Jersey, US, where the company was founded over 

a century ago. The company currently employs 

104,500 people. 


Worldwide, with emphasis on projects in 

communities where the company operates 


Grants relate to four core areas: 

• Access to community care 

• Children’s health 

• Health management education 

• Community Care 

Access to Community Care 

Johnson and Johnson is involved in a wide-range 

of programmes in this field throughout the world. 

Examples of initiatives include: 

• Arché in Italy: supports children with 

HIV/AIDS and their families to help improve 

their quality of life. The support centres on 

providing training, counselling and organising 

social activities 

• Our Child Foundation in the Czech Republic: 

provides specialised services for children that 

have been abused and offers crisis 

intervention

• Youth Health Centres in France: improves 

access to health services for young people 

• Fundación Intras in Spain: provides for the 

often ignored social needs of mentally 

disabled children, by introducing them to 

different environments and activities 

• Epidermolyse Bulleuse Association d’Entraide 

(EBAE) in France: offers moral and medical 

assistance to persons affected by 

Epidermolyse Bulleuse; educates the public, 

medical and paramedical staff, and health 

agencies; and finances medical research 

funding 

• Johnson & Johnson Health Care Fund, King 

Baudouin Foundation in Belgium: provides 

grants to non-profit organisations in Belgium, 

Luxembourg and the Netherlands, that address 

the special health concerns of children and 

people who are at risk of not receiving any 

health care 

Children’s Health 

The improvement of the health of children is one 

of the main aims in Johnson and Johnson’s credo, 

and the company therefore sponsors a wide-range 

of initiatives, often in partnership with national 

foundations, including: 

• Medusana Stiftung in Germany: develops 

health care programmes, health care education 

and consulting services for school children 

aged 9-14. It also collaborates with physicians 

associations and health insurance companies 

to coordinate health education projects and 

initiatives 

• Barretstown Gang Camp in Ireland: benefits 

seriously ill children through its international 

summer camp programme. Children who 

participate are exposed to emotionally and 

physically challenging therapeutic, 

recreational, and social activities, which 

improve their level of confidence and help 

foster new friendships 

Health Management Education 

• The European Health Management 

Programme: provides a select group of health 

care professionals with an educational 

experience which will equip them to play 

significant leadership roles in the rapidly 

changing world of health care 

• Project Hope: health care management for 

middle managers in the health care systems of 

the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, 

Estonia and Lithuania 

• The Johnson & Johnson/King’s Fund Nursing 

Leadership Programme in the UK: emphasises 

personal impact and learning through 

experience 

• Emergency Medical Care Delivery in 

Hungary: develops emergency medicine in 


Hungary through an innovative partnership 

among the Hungarian Ministry of Health, 

Hungarian University Hospital and University 

of Massachusetts 

• Leadership in Health Care in Slovenia: 

exposes hospital senior managers to 

contemporary management issues relevant to 

their specific professional challenges 

• Junior Achievement in Ireland: encourages 

children to participate in educational 

programmes to help understand and value 

free-enterprise, global business and economics 

Community Care 

• Brust Life in Germany: organises informative 

seminars on breast cancer detection 

throughout the state of Schleswig-Holstein 

• Europa Donna in Slovenia: raises public 

awareness of breast cancer and mobilises the 

support of European women in pressing for 

better physical and psychological care and 

treatment and for more resources for breast 

cancer research 

• Pro Mente (Coming Up for Air) in Austria: 

gives people with mental illness and their 

families a chance to rediscover and experience 

their own sense of pleasure by organising oneweek 

holidays for them 


The company works in the following areas: 

• Children’s Camps, Ireland and UK 

• Ethicon in the Community, Scotland 

• Mecenat Chirurgie Cardiaque, France 

Children’s Camps, Ireland and UK 

Barretstown Gang Camp in Ireland (founded in 

1994) and the Over the Wall Gang Camp in the 

UK (founded in 1999) provide creative and 

challenging activities in a safe, secure, medically 

supervised environment for children, up to age 15 

and from many countries, who are affected by 

cancer and other serious illnesses. During 2001, 

Johnson and Johnson employees volunteered at 

the Barretstown and the Over the Wall Gang 

Camps. 

Ethicon in the Community, Scotland 

Contestants in the Great Ethicon Challenge 

walked, ran, cycled or canoed thirteen miles and 

raised almost £4,800 for Trefoil House holiday 

centre for the disabled. 

Mecenat Chirurgie Cardiaque, France 

Employees at Johnson & Johnson play a key role 

in hosting sick children coming to France for 

cardiac surgery. The employees and their families 

host the sick children before and after surgery for 

a total of around four weeks. Mecenat Chirurgie 

Cardiaque Enfants du Monde helps children from 

all over the world by financing their operations 

and their stay in France. 


JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION 




Gifts in kind 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Unsolicited applications will not be considered. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No grants for individuals, trips, endowments, 

denominational organisations, capital requests or 

political groups. 


English 




Health care 

GOVERNANCE 

Activities in Europe are managed by the 

European Corporate Social Responsibility 

Committee which consists of managing directors 

and senior executives, many of whom have 

subcommittee responsibilities for their own 

country or region. 

Dirk Collier, Chairman 

Frédéric Champavère 

David A. Coates 

Christian de la Porte 

Athol Grieve 

Katja Kreutzer 

Marcel Mangen 

Tom McManus 

Pauric O’Grady 

Massimo Scaccabarrozzi 

Cynthia Schwalm 

Jose-Luis Sotoca 

Ragnar Svensson 

Stefan Szynaka 

Fred Vermeer 

STAFF 

Frank Welvaert, Director Corporate Social 

Responsibility, Europe 


Annual report 

‘Corporate Contributions Worldwide’ report 

‘Corporate Social Responsibility Europe’ report 






Annual Turnover 27,500,000,000 30,829,596,413 


Contributions by the Johnson & Johnson group of 

companies. 


Total expenditure consists of global product 

donations and cash grants in 2001. Pre-tax profit 

figure applies to J&J’s net earnings. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Conference Board US 

European Business Network for Social Cohesion 



Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters 

Corporate Contributions 

1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza 

New Brunswick, NJ 08933 

USA 

Tel.: +1.908.524.3064 

Fax: +1.908.828.3607 


Philanthropy Across Europe; Website; Verified by 

funder) 

JOSEPH ROWNTREE 

FOUNDATION 



The Homestead 

40 Water End 

York, YO30 6WP 


Tel.: +44.1904.62.9241 

Fax: +44.1904.62.0072 

E-mail: info@jrf.org.uk 

Web: www.jrf.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Lord Best OBE, Director 


1904 

MISSION 

To contribute to research and development 

projects that offer solutions for better policies and 

practices that have an effect on the community. 

BACKGROUND 

One of three trusts established with the wealth of 

Joesph Rowntree in 1904, the trust was originally 

called the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust. This 

name was then changed in 1990 to the Joseph 

Rowntree Foundation. 


UK 

FORMER NAME 

Joseph Rowntree Village Trust 


The foundation is involved in the following areas: 

• Housing and neighbourhoods 

• Social care and disability 

• Work, income and social policy 

• Children, young people and families 

• Drug and alcohol research programme

The foundation is interested in projects that 

directly contribute to identifying possible 

solutions to problems, developing or evaluating 

potential schemes on the ground, and directly 

working with partners to secure change. 


Through its Social Care and Disability Committee 

the foundation focuses on employment issues for 

people with disabilities and disabled children and 

young people. The foundation funds projects that 

identify, challenge and remove barriers to social 

inclusion, where barriers are located in society, 

services, policy and practice; and where people 

(children, adults, and their families) are socially 

excluded because of impairment, old age, support 

needs, disabling barriers and racism. The 

foundation supports projects that recognise 

disability, gender and ethnicity as equal 

opportunities issues, and those that have the 

potential to result in wider learning, or have 

relevance for developing policy and practice. 


The foundation is supporting a research project 

titled, ‘Disability and Employment: Strategies for 

Success in the Workplace’. The project aims to 

identify strategies that support continued 

employment for disabled people and to use the 

evidence gained to inform policy and practice in a 

variety of arenas and settings. Researchers work 

with disabled people in employment to identify 

the shared and different strategies that they use to 

succeed in everyday jobs and careers, to evaluate 

their success and to facilitate the sharing of these 

strategies. The project aims to identify the roles 

that their employers and colleagues have played 

in creating a non-disabling workplace 

environment and evaluate the success of these 

roles. An outcome of the project will be a Toolkit 

of Strategies for disabled people. 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 


RESTRICTIONS 

Support is not provided for buildings or 

equipment; running costs for housing, community 

development or social care projects; educational 

bursaries or sponsorship for individuals for 

further education and training courses or personal 

research; or sponsorships for individuals in need. 


English 




Kenneth Dixon CBE, Chair 

Sir William Utting, Deputy Chair 

Dame Margaret Booth DBE 

JUBILÄUMSSTIFTUNG DER CREDIT SUISSE GROUP 

Dame Ann Bowtell DCB 

Catherine Graham-Harrison 

Susan V. Hartshorne 

Robert Maxwell CVO CBE 

Nigel Naish 

STAFF 

Lord Best OBE, Director 

Michael Sturge, Deputy Director and Director of 

Finance 

Roland Crooke, Director of Housing Operations 

David Darton, Director of Communications 

Strategy 

Cedric Dennis, Director of Care Services 

Dr Janet Lewis, Director of Research 

Danielle Walker, Director of Policy and Practice 

Development 


Annual report 




Total Assets 259,700,000 423,792,428 

Grants Exp. 6,900,000 11,259,791 



JUBILÄUMSSTIFTUNG DER 

CREDIT SUISSE GROUP 



c/o Dept GHF 

Am Schanzengraben 25 

P.O. Box 1 

8070 Zurich 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.1.333.3578 

Fax: +41.1.333.9796 

E-mail: csg.foundations@csg.ch 

Web: www.credit-suisse.com/foundation 

KEY CONTACT 

Dr. Joseph Jung, Director 


Jubilee Foundation of Credit Suisse Group 


1981 

MISSION 

To assume a socio-political responsibility which 

complements the duties and undertakings of the 

state by promoting social welfare; preserving, 

fostering and promoting culture; and promoting 

academic research. 

BACKGROUND 

Jubiläumsstiftung der Credit Suisse Group was 

established to mark the 125th anniversary of the 

former Credit Suisse. In 1998, it merged with the 

Anniversary Foundation of Swiss Volksbank, 

founded in 1969.

KOMUNITNÁ NADÁCIA ZDRAVÉ MESTO 


Primarily Switzerland 



• Social welfare 

• Culture 

Social Welfare 

Supports a number of initiatives including homes 

for people with disabilities; institutions geared 

towards improving the quality of life of people 

with disabilities or underprivileged people; 

integration of the unemployed into the working 

environment; emergency aid, particularly in the 

form of rapid, non-bureaucratic aid; and transregional 

events. 

Culture 

This area is divided into two sections: historical 

domain and future domain. The former focuses on 

the restoration of listed buildings (at cantonal or 

federal level); acquisition of objects of lasting 

value for public institutions; and enlargement and 

renovation of cultural centres (museums, 

libraries). In the future domain the emphasis is on 

events with a national or international impact. The 

foundation primarily supports supra-cultural 

projects involving talented young people who, 

through their creativity and multidisciplinary 

approach, demonstrate an exceptionally 

innovative and pioneering spirit. 


The foundation focuses on social projects for 

people with disabilities, and in addition to the 

activities mentioned above, it supports many 

initiatives with the disabled in the areas of sports 

and accessibility, among others. 




Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Projects deemed particularly worthy of support 

include cross-cultural projects; projects involving 

young talent; creative or innovative projects; 

projects that are cross- or inter-disciplinary; and 

trans-regional projects. Applications must include 

a description of the project; a financing plan 

including information on internal funding; 

information on the applicant; and references. 

RESTRICTIONS 

In principle, contributions will not be granted for 

film, video, theatre or dance productions, for 

books (including dissertations, theses or 

commemorative publications); for work in 

progress; and for cultural or art-related 

placements or scholarships. Within the specialist 

areas of support, financial contributions will not 

generally be allocated to exhibitions, congresses, 

seminars, symposia, colloquia or for running costs 

or to add to existing internal funds. 


German, French, Italian and English 



GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Welter B. Kielholz, Chair 

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Doerig 

Rainer E. Gut 

STAFF 

Dr. Joseph Jung, Director 




(Sources of information: Factsheet; Website; Verified 

by funder) 

KOMUNITNÁ NADÁCIA ZDRAVÉ 

MESTO 



Komenského 21 

97401 Banská Bystrica 

Slovak Republic 

Tel.: +421.48.415.6059 

Fax: +421.48.415.6059 

E-mail: nzmbb@changenet.sk 

Web: www.changenet.sk/nzmbb 

KEY CONTACT 

Beáta Hirt, Executive Director 


Healthy City Community Foundation 


1994 

MISSION 

To strengthen the social capital of the community, 

and to improve the quality of life and the 

environment in Banská Bystrica and the Zvolen 

region; and to create an environment for local 

giving and the development of local philanthropy. 

BACKGROUND 

The Healthy City Community Foundation began 

in 1991, when the city of Banská Bystrica made a 

commitment to the World Health Organisation’s 

‘Healthy Cities’ project. In support of this project, 

the Rotary Club of Banská Bystrica initiated the 

establishment of the Healthy City Foundation 

(HC-CFBB) in 1992. The foundation went 

through a process of transformation until 1994, 

when it was successfully established as a 

community foundation. 


Banská Bystrica, Zvolen and their regions

FORMER NAME 

Komunitná Nadácia - Zdravé Mesto Banská 

Bystrica 


The foundation concentrates on developing 

democracy at the local level and through citizens’ 

initiatives to improve their environment and 

society. The foundation focuses on the following 

areas: 

• Children and youth 

• Improving the environment 

• Support for rural areas 

• Culture and education 

• Social issues 

• Health 

• Support for Roma projects 


Supports projects that enlarge the possibilities of 

employment for people with physical and mental 

disabilities. Other programmes for people with 

disabilities include: 

• Supporting club activities for organisations 

that are focused on the integration of 

physically disabled people into the community 

• Working to solve the problem of isolation and 

to improve self-realisation of people with 

mental disabilities 



APPLICATIONS 

Grants are made up to 15,000 SK 

RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are only given to initiatives in the city of 

Banská Bystrica, Zvolen and 70 villages in these 

districts. 


Slovakian 



LEGAL STATUS 

Foundation, non-profit, non-governmental 

organisation 

GOVERNANCE 

Jana Borgul’ová 

Eleonóra Fabiánová 

Aliva Fruhwaldová 

Pavol Jablonsky 

Juraj Mesík 

Viera Opravilová 

Rastislav Primus 

Vladimír Sedo 

Miroslav Toman 

Juraj Uherek 

Erik Valovic 

Peter Zemaník 

STAFF 

Beáta Hirt, Executive Director 

Tomas Peti 

Danka Valentková 

Richard Wolt 

KUNTOUTUSSÄÄTIÖ 


Annual report 




2001 SLOVAK KORUNA EURO 

Total Assets 18,771,464 438,870 

Total Gifts 5,374,188 125,646 

Total Exp. 2,370,488 55,421 

Grants Exp. 945,075 22,095 

Programme Exp. 1,141,996 26,699 



Local government, local companies, individuals 

and grants from foreign donors. 


Zvolen Fund Office 

V. P. Totha 17 

96000 Zvolen 


Tel.: +421.45.532.3165 

Fax: +421.45.532.3165 

E-mail: valovicova@changenet.sk 


application form) 




Head Office, Rehabilitation Services, Training 

and Information 

Pakarituvantie 4-5 

P.O. Box 39 

00411 Helsinki 

Finland 

Tel.: +358.9.5.3041 

Fax: +358.9.566.3038 

Web: www.kuntoutussaatio.fi 

KEY CONTACT 

D.Soc.Sc. Veijo Notkola, General Manager 


Rehabilitation Foundation 


1945 

MISSION 

To enhance the working and functional capacity 

of the working aged, as well as to develop equal 

opportunities for people with disabilities in 

working life and in the social context as a whole. 

BACKGROUND 

Kuntoutussäätiö traces its roots back to the 

Foundation for Occupational Medicine which was 

founded in 1945. 


Finland 

FORMER NAME 

Foundation for Occupational Medicine



The Rehabilitation Foundation is a diverse centre 

of expertise and development in the fields of 

rehabilitation, health and working life. These 

goals are attained through: 

• Rehabilitation services 

• Research and development 

• Training 

Rehabilitation Services 

Develops new rehabilitation methods using a 

resource-oriented approach, and relies on multidisciplinary 

teamwork. Rehabilitation plans are 

prepared, carried out and followed up in 

cooperation with the workplace of the person in 

rehabilitation. The rehabilitation team includes a 

medical doctor, a psychologist, a social worker, a 

physiotherapist, and other experts. The most 

important rehabilitation services include an 

assessment of rehabilitation needs and working 

capacity; vocational-oriented early rehabilitation; 

training to maintain and to improve working 

capacity; training courses for empowering those 

at risk of social exclusion; work try-outs and job 

coaching; resource-oriented psychotherapeutic 

counselling; rehabilitation for heart patients; 

training for adults with reading and writing 

difficulties; and sheltered work for people with 

mental problems and learning disabilities. 

Research and Development 

Aims to generate new knowledge and identify 

good practices in order to improve and maintain 

peoples’ functional and working capacity and life 

control, to enhance employability, empowerment 

and well-being; to prevent social exclusion; and 

to develop supportive environments to evaluate 

and study the system of rehabilitation in Finland. 

This objective is fulfilled through a number of 

initiatives including generating new and 

applicable knowledge on disability or 

marginalisation processes and their prevention; by 

developing and evaluating medical, 

psychological, social and occupational/vocational 

rehabilitation measures and models; and by 

evaluating and critically examining the functions 

of and services produced by the Finnish 

rehabilitation system. 

Training 

Offers training for all professional groups 

working in the field of rehabilitation, employment 

service, and social and health care. Training 

varies from one to two day seminars to national 

conferences and extensive university-level 

courses, which are arranged in cooperation with 

universities and other domestic and international 

institutes. The annual National Congress has been 

organised since 1973. The scientific library 

belongs to the network of research libraries. 








Research 


Finnish 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-profit organisation 

GOVERNANCE 

The foundation is governed by a board of 

representatives appointed by: 

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions 

The Confederation of Finnish Industry and 

Employers 

The Finnish Association for Mental Health 

The Finnish Pension Alliance 

The Insurance Rehabilitation Association 

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 

The Social Insurance Institution 

STAFF 

D.Soc.Sc. Veijo Notkola, General Manager 

Dr. Vuokko Hupli, Medical Director 

D.Soc.Sc. Aila Järvikoski, Research Director 

Johnny Gädda, Chief of Economy and 

Administration 

Anna-Liisa Öfverberg, Manager of Sheltered 

Workshop 





Monographs 




Programme Exp. 502,765 502,765 


Two thirds of the annual revenue comes from 

third-party sources such as social insurance, 

labour administration, occupational health 

services, and municipal social and health service. 

One third of the revenue is covered by Finland’s 

Slot Machine Association. 


Research and Development 

Paasivuorenkatu 5b 


Finland 

Fax: +358.9.7740.1729 

E-mail: rd@kuntoutussaatio.fi 



THE LANKELLY FOUNDATION 


1968 


2 The Court 

High Street 

Harwell, OX11 OEY 


Tel.: +44.1235.82.0044 

Fax: +44.1235.82.0044 

Web: www.lankelly-foundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Peter Kilgarriff, Director 

MISSION 

To help in wide areas of social need and to 

respond to needs identified by those directly 

involved in the provision of services. 

BACKGROUND 

The Lankelly Foundation was established in 

1968. Nine years later the founder, who in his 

lifetime always wished to remain anonymous, 

established the Hambland Foundation. For many 

years the two foundations operated virtually as 

one trust, until September 1993 when the assets of 

the Hambland Foundation were wholly 

transferred to the Lankelly Foundation. In 1998, 

following the founder’s death, the foundation 

received a generous legacy which significantly 

increased its grantmaking capacity. From its 

beginnings, the administration of the foundation 

has been linked to that of the Chase Charity. 


UK, except Northern Ireland and Greater London 


The Chase Charity 


For 2002-2005 the foundation’s broad priority 

areas include: 

• Elderly people 

• Families and children 

• Homelessness 


• Neighbourhood work 

• Penal affairs 

• Physical and learning disabilities 


Elderly People 

Supports projects that clearly demonstrate the 

promotion of improved quality of life, 

independent living and user involvement. The 

foundation is particularly interested in innovative 

projects that broaden choices and promote wellbeing. 

Families and Children 

Supports preventative projects for adults and 

children under the age of 13 who are marginalised 


because of poverty, unemployment or crime, 

including domestic violence and sexual abuse. 

Homelessness 

Makes grants focusing on preventative work with 

young people and support to the older homeless 

who need long-term support in resettlement. 

Support focuses on the most vulnerable groups, 

such as ex-offenders, refugees, the elderly and 

those with multiple problems. 

Mental Health 

Works with mental health projects that promote 

independence and reintegration into society; that 

combat isolation whether geographical or 

cultural; and that support those who are 

particularly vulnerable such as the elderly, the 

homeless, and those in secure accommodation. 

Neighbourhood Work 

Supports communities that are working to create a 

positive environment in which people can 

flourish. Grants are targeted at small voluntary 

agencies with a strong user involvement, 

particularly in areas of high levels of poverty and 

disadvantage. 

Penal Affairs 

Encourages strong links between prisons and 

local communities and promotes good practice 

among voluntary agencies working within 

prisons. Supports projects that contribute to the 

rehabilitation of those in prison and those leaving 

prison and to the support of their families and 

friends. 

Physical and Learning Disabilities 

Supports people with mental and physical 

disabilities, particularly projects aimed at 

promoting independent living and social 

inclusion, through advocacy, training, sheltered 

and supported work opportunities. 

Young People 

Supports work with young people aged 14 to 25. 

Projects include those that support vulnerable 

young people through the difficult transition to 

adulthood, particularly those living in deprived 

neighbourhoods, or those who are at risk of 

school exclusion or offending, including 

youngsters leaving local authority care. In 

addition, a sum of money is set aside each year to 

be distributed in small grants to summer 

playschemes. 


The largest part of grant expenditure (22%) in this 

area goes to schemes that increase the choice 

facing people with disabilities or special needs 

and involve them in the planning and delivery of 

services. The foundation plans to devote more 

resources in the future to those with mental health 

problems and learning disabilities. 




• What? Centre, Stourbridge, UK, £72,000 to 

employ a full-time advice/disability outreach 

worker 

• Trinity Community Partnership, (Jigsaw 

Partnership), Clitheroe, UK, £75,000 to 

support an employment scheme in Accrington 

for people with disabilities 

• Oakleaf Enterprise Ltd., Guildford, UK, 

£75,000 to help with overall running costs of 

the charity 

The foundation has made its entrance and toilets 

accessible for those in wheelchairs and it has 

developed its website in accordance with its aim 

to be able to communicate with all applicants 

regardless of disabilities such as sight or hearing 

impairment. 




Equipment 





APPLICATIONS 

An initial letter should be sent, detailing how 

much needs to be raised, what support has already 

been attracted, how soon the money needs to be 

raised and who else has been contacted for 

support. The letter should also contain brief 

information about the applying organisation’s 

origin and status accompanied by the most recent 

set of annual reports and accounts. Full meetings 

of the trustees occur quarterly, and aim to deal 

with applications for grants of over £15,000 for 

one-off grants, or recurrent grants that come to 

more than £30,000 over a three-year period. 

Smaller applications are dealt with at interim 

meetings, and ratified by the full meeting of 

trustees. The foundation looks for user 

involvement as well as the proper use and support 

of volunteers, and the applicant will have to 

provide evidence of sound management and a 

commitment to equal opportunities. It recognises 

that the black voluntary sector and minority 

ethnic groups have particular needs and it 

welcomes applications from such organisations 

working within its broad priority areas. The 

minimum grant is £5,000 and grants are always 

made for specific purposes but they may cover 

capital or revenue needs. The foundation 

considers revenue support to a maximum of five 

years, although three-year support is more 

common. 


RESTRICTIONS 

The foundation only supports registered charities 

and it prefers to support community initiatives to 

meet local needs. It will consider applications 

from large national charities but support will be 

rare and limited. It does not make grants to 

replace funds that have been withdrawn from 

statutory sources, or consider applications to 

replace time expired grants from the Community 

Fund or any National Lottery Board. The 

foundation does not make grants in support of 

adaptations to improve access to buildings; the 

advancement of religion; animal welfare; arts and 

heritage; conferences or seminars; endowment 

funds; festivals or theatre productions; hospices; 

individual needs; individual youth clubs; large 

capital projects; medical research; other 

grantmaking bodies; publications, film or video; 

schools for people with special needs; sport; 

travel, expedition or holidays; vehicles; or formal 

education including institutes of further and 

higher education, National Health Service 

Hospital Trusts and those emanating from 

associated charities concerned with medical 

projects. 


English 



GOVERNANCE 

Shirley Turner, Chairman 

Georgina Campbell 

Leo Fraser-Mackenzie 

Wallace Mackenzie 

Colleen Merlyn-Rees 

Simon Raybould 

Nicholas Tatman 

STAFF 

Peter Kilgarriff, Director 

Susan Ash, Assistant Director 

Ailsa Hollond, Assistant Director 

Brian Whittaker, Assistant Director 

Barbara Garlick, Administrative Secretary 

Leigh Roll, Administrative Secretary 

Marian Durban, Office Manager 



Annual report 







Total Assets 106,912,436 174,465,463 

Total Gifts 351,891 574,235 

Total Exp. 5,460,798 8,911,224 

Grants Exp. 5,091,471 8,308,536 



285 

Profits from investments, endowments and a 

donation from the Northwood Trust. 



For the financial year ended March 31st 2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 


(Sources of information: Annual Report and 

Accounts 2000-1; Information brochures; Website; 


LEVI STRAUSS & CO/LEVI 

STRAUSS FOUNDATION 

1952 

FUNDING SINCE 


Avenue Arnaud Fraiteur, 15-23 

1050 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.641.6011 

Fax: +32.2.640.2997 

E-mail: achristie@levi.com 

Web: www.levistrauss.com 

KEY CONTACT 

Alan Christie, Vice-President Public Affairs 

MISSION 

To contribute to the well-being of communities 

by promoting volunteerism and community 

service among employees as individuals and as 

teams through training, consulting, and 

recognition of effort; making cash and non-cash 

contributions including grants, donation of 

products, technical assistance and advocacy to 

non-profit organisations; and working in 

partnership with others to improve the well-being 

of society through education services for their 

employees, AIDS education and other work. 

BACKGROUND 

Levi Strauss & Co’s global giving programme is 

carried out through the Levi Strauss Foundation, 

and the Levi Strauss & Co. corporate giving 

programme. The foundation was established to 

enhance the corporate giving programme, 

supporting non-profit organisations that address 

key issues in society and the community. Through 

the foundation and the corporate giving 

programme, Levi Strauss aims to act as a catalyst 

for positive change in the communities where it 

operates by awarding grants, encouraging 

employees to volunteer their time, and standing 

behind critical, controversial issues. 


International, local communities where the 

company operates 


Four issues guide the Community Partnership 

Global Giving programmes: 

• HIV/AIDS prevention and care 

• Economic empowerment 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO/LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION 

• Social justice 

• Youth empowerment 

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care 

Aims to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and 

enhance care for those who are affected. The 

foundation’s priorities include risk reduction 

education targeted to populations most at risk for 

HIV/AIDS, and support services for people 

affected by HIV/AIDS. 

Economic Empowerment 

Economic empowerment grants seek to enhance 

economic opportunities for low-income adults, 

particularly women, minorities, the unemployed, 

the working poor, dislocated workers and other 

disadvantaged populations. The foundation’s 

priorities are job creation, especially 

microenterprise and small business development; 

targeted job-skills training, placement, and 

access; and strengthening the capacity of nonprofit 

organisations to undertake economic 

development projects. 

Social Justice 

Social justice grants help to break down barriers 

that prevent low-income and disenfranchised 

people from realising their basic human rights. 

The foundation supports programmes that combat 

social and institutional discrimination; ease 

tension between groups; promote diversity in 

community leadership; and prevent violent acts of 

racial and cultural prejudice. In addition to Project 

Change, an initiative to address institutional 

racism in the US, support is also given to work 

that breaks down barriers preventing full 

participation in society for Latinos, African 

Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans 

and women. Internationally, funds are provided 

for programmes assisting immigrants and 

refugees, as well as minority groups that face 

discrimination. 

Youth Empowerment 

Youth Empowerment grants support youth 

engagement in decision making and problem 

solving. The foundation supports programmes 

that help young people become advocates for 

positive change among their peers, families, and 

communities by being involved in decision 

making at all levels of the organisation and giving 

youth a voice in their communities. 




Gifts in kind 


APPLICATIONS 

Community Involvement Team Programme 

grants are awarded after volunteer and fundraising 

activities are completed. Between $1,000 

and $15,000 is available. Eligible organisations 


LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST 

are tax exempt and grants may cover start-up, 

project support and equipment purchase. The 

Community Partnership Programme offers single 

or multi-year grants. Enquiry letters and 

applications can be submitted to the Brussels or 

Budapest offices. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are not made to individuals, or for capital 

campaigns, endowments, event sponsorships, or 

scholarships. Product donations are not made, 

except to pre-selected charities. No support for 

organisations that discriminate on the basis of 

age, political affiliation, race, national origin, 

ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or 

religious belief. Grantees must be a recognised 

charitable organisation or a public body whose 

governance is reflective of the population or 

community being served. 


English and national languages for the 

Community Involvement Team Programme, and 

English for the Community Partnership 

Programme 




Retail trade 

STAFF 

Theresa Fay-Bustillos, Executive Director 

Patricia Boero, Senior Manager 

Kevin Carroll, Senior Manager 

Luis Casanova, Senior Manager 

Merle Lawrence, Senior Manager 

Alan Christie, Vice-President, Public Affairs 

Nick Goodwin, Community Affairs Manager 

Zoltan Valcsicsak, Community Affairs Manager 

Kim Yang Lim, Director, Public Affairs 







Total Exp. 20,675,000 23,178,251 


AFFILIATIONS 

EFC Member 


Community Affairs 

Rakoczi ut 42 

1072 Budapest 

Hungary 

Tel.: +361.327.7600 

Fax: +361.267.9937 

E-mail: zvalcsicsak@levi.com 

US Contributions 

P.O. Box 7215 

1155 Battery Street, LS7 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

USA 

Tel.: +1.415.544.6579 

Fax: +1.415.544.6575 


Website) 




Scremby Grange 

Spilsby 

Lincolnshire, PE23 5RW 


Tel.: +44.1754.89.0540 

Fax: +44.1754.89.0538 

E-mail: info@linkage.org.uk 

Web: www.linkage.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Pat Lill, Personal Assistant to Chief Executive 


Martin Lodge, Employment Director 


1976 

MISSION 

To provide high quality education, care and 

employment services to enable people with 

learning difficulties and other disabilities to 

realise their full potential. 

BACKGROUND 

Linkage Community Trust was established in 

1976 and owes its origins to the recognition that, 

for many people with varying degrees of learning 

difficulty, there is a shortage of appropriate 

support for them to lead creative and purposeful 

lives in the community. Today, Linkage provides 

services for over 300 learning disabled people 

from all over the country and employs almost 350 

people in Lincolnshire and north-east 

Lincolnshire. Its main facilities are in Toynton All 

Saints (near Spilsby), Grimsby, Scremby, Lincoln 

and Mablethorpe. 


Lincolnshire, UK 


Linkage’s students, residents and beneficiaries are 

people with varying degrees of learning difficulty, 

from moderate to severe, including Down’s 

syndrome, autism, Asperger syndrome, Williams 

syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, speech and 

language difficulties, visual impairment, hearing 

impairment, epilepsy or physical disabilities. The 

support given includes: 

• Care Services 

• Employment Services

• Linkage College 

Care Services 

Aims to enable service users to maximise their 

independence and to become integrated within the 

local community in their recreational and leisure 

activities. Linkage Care Services has a team of 

experienced care staff and instructors who are 

supported by professional and specialist staff, 

including a chartered educational psychologist, a 

consultant psychiatrist, speech and language 

therapists, Makaton and British Sign Language 

trained staff, nursing staff and qualified social 

workers. Linkage Care Services consists of 

twelve residential care homes, and bungalows 

where eight service users are supported in their 

own accommodation. Within the trust’s Care 

Services, a range of vocational opportunities is 

offered in the specially equipped day centre, 

industrial training unit and in the local 

community. Where appropriate, residents may 

also be placed in local industry on work 

experience placements. 

Employment Services 

Works closely with the trust’s education and care 

services to develop links with businesses and 

organisations throughout Lincolnshire and 

beyond. The trust’s Employment Services focus 

not only on the needs of the trust’s students and 

residents but also on the needs of businesses, 

giving them advice, support and training to 

overcome concerns about employing a person 

with disabilities. Social firms (real businesses set 

up to employ mostly people with disabilities), 

part-time work, supported work and selfemployment 

are also being considered. 

Linkage College 

Offers students a range of vocational and work 

experience opportunities, and a comprehensive 

and progressive programme aimed at developing 

social and independent living skills. There is a 

strong emphasis on the integration of students 

into the community so that local facilities, 

including local colleges, work experience 

placements, sport and leisure venues, are accessed 

fully by Linkage College students. 


The Linkage Employment Services operate the 

following projects: 

• The Progressing Opportunities for Work 

through Education and Research (POWER) 

project is a partnership between Business Link 

Lincolnshire and Rutland, Linkage 

Community Trust and Boston College. Partly 

funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), 

the project seeks to enable people with 

disabilities in Lincolnshire to enter or re-enter 

the labour market. The project provides 

services to both people with disabilities 


(beneficiaries) and to small and medium-sized 

enterprises (SMEs). Services to beneficiaries 

include: full diagnostic assessment of 

employment interests; interface with 

government departments on benefit related 

issues; and work placement. Services to SMEs 

include: training on disability related issues; 

training on legislation (Disability 

Discrimination Act); and access audits 

• Within its Social Firm Development 

Programme, Linkage’s first social firm is 

Linkage Green, a county class bowling green 

and café, which provides work placement 

opportunities for up to 35 people with learning 

disabilities each week in three different 

environments: catering, customer service and 

horticulture/greens keeping. A further four 

social firms will be established and will 

provide a range of new training and 

employment opportunities 

• Linkage is a member of Social Firms UK and 

a founder member of Social Firms East 

Midlands. The foundation’s aim is to develop 

social firms with long-term viability and 

potential. The foundation is developing a 

facility to enable people with learning 

disabilities to design, build and manage their 

own websites. This will enable the exchange 

of information on a range of issues, including 

employment, and the development of workrelated 

skills. The foundation is seeking to 

address a number of issues faced by people 

with disabilities living in remote areas. Part of 

this involves investigation of the potential for 

home working 

• The Employment Development Project 

prepares people who have little or no 

understanding of the concept of work, for 

employment 




Equipment 




English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Prof. Arthur Ridings, Chairman 

STAFF 

Bob Price, Chief Executive 

Hugh Williams, Education Director 

Rex Richardson, Care Director 


LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 


Frank Proctor, Resource Director 

David Dexter, Financial Director 

Don Mackenzie, Psychologist 

Stephen Butler, Human Resources Director 



Annual report 





Total Assets 8,992,452 14,674,367 

Total Gifts 31,855 51,983 

Total Exp. 6,643,896 10,841,867 


College fees, Care Services fees, investment 

income, grants and trading. 


For financial year ended April 11th 2001. 



Sampson House 

139 Skellingthorpe Road 

Lincoln, LN6 0PB 


Tel.: +44.15.2268.2397 

Fax: +44.15.2269.0384 

E-mail: martin.lodge@weelsby.linkage.org.uk 



LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION 

FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 

1986 



P.O. Box 140 

St. Mary’s Court 

20 St. Mary at Hill 

London, EC3R 8NA 


Tel.: +44.20.7204.5276 

Fax: +44.20.7204.5275 

E-mail: guidelines@lloydstsbfoundation.org.uk 

Web: www.lloydstsbfoundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Christine Muskett, Company Secretary 

MISSION 

To support under-funded charities that help 

disadvantaged or disabled people of all ages to 

play a fuller role in the community. 

BACKGROUND 

The four TSB Foundations were formed in 1986, 

covering England and Wales, Scotland, Northern 

Ireland and the Channel Islands to continue 

TSB’s tradition of supporting the community. The 

Lloyds TSB Foundations are a result of the 

merger of Lloyds Bank and TSB Group in 1995. 

The Lloyds TSB Foundations are shareholders in 

Lloyds TSB Group and, instead of a dividend, 

receive 1% of the Group’s pre-tax profits 

averaged over three years. The foundations are 

legally independent of the group. Their policies 

are determined by independent boards of trustees. 

The Foundation for England and Wales is the 

largest of the four foundations, receiving 72.12% 

of the income. The majority of its income is 

allocated to regional budgets. 


England and Wales 

FORMER NAME 

TSB Foundation for England and Wales 


Lloyds TSB Group 


Grants are made in the following areas: 

• Social and community needs 

• Education and training 

• Family support 

• Challenging disadvantage and discrimination 

• Helping to make the voluntary sector more 

effective 

Social and Community Needs 

Supports a wide range of activities in the areas of 

advice services; addictions, particularly substance 

misuse; bereavement; counselling; emergency and 

rescue services; helplines; homelessness, 

particularly helping homeless people back into 

society; and housing and parenting. The 

foundation also works in community relations in 

preventing crime, particularly activities involving 

young people; mediation; promoting 

volunteering; rehabilitating offenders; victim 

support; and helping vulnerable young people. In 

addition, the foundation promotes community 

services including after school clubs, clubs for 

older people, community centres, family centres, 

playschemes, and youth clubs. It provides funding 

for cultural enrichment including increasing the 

number of disadvantaged and disabled people 

who take part in the arts and national heritage, 

promotes activities for people of any age that 

focus on education, and funds projects that benefit 

people and the social environment. Furthermore, 

it provides assistance for people with disabilities 

and works for the promotion of health including 

day care; information and advice, including 

newsletters and helplines; mental health; 

complementary and alternative medicine; home 

nursing; hospices and independent living for older 

people. 

Education and Training 

Aims to improve learning opportunities for 

disabled and disadvantaged people of all ages by 


supporting lifelong learning; reading and writing 

skills; pre-school education; promoting skills that 

people need to live independently; training for 

disabled people, including training them for the 

workplace; and training for disadvantaged people, 

to improve their chances of getting a job. 

Family Support 

Wishes to develop and strengthen organisations, 

programmes and projects that improve the quality 

of family life by focusing on work that aims to 

give people relationship, parenting and caring 

skills; and to give them the support they need to 

be good parents and carers. 

Challenging Disadvantage and Discrimination 

Seeks to support activities that challenge 

disadvantage and discrimination by focusing on 

work that aims to raise awareness of these issues 

and encourage people to get involved. 

Helping to Make the Voluntary Sector More 

Effective 

Seeks to enhance the capacity of the voluntary 

sector to provide effective services by focusing on 

work that aims to improve management skills and 

to encourage charities to work together and share 

good practice. 


The foundation works with organisations for 

disabled people to provide advocacy support; 

supports carers, particularly through information 

and support services, and providing care while 

carers have a break; day centres; information and 

advice; sheltered accommodation; and transport. 

Within the Challenging Disadvantage and 

Discrimination Programme, the foundation hopes 

to help remove the stigma surrounding mental 

health. 


• Portland College, Mansfield, UK £12,000 for 

computer-based interactive learning modules 

for people with disabilities 

• Special Needs Enterprises (Norfolk), 

Norwich, UK £5,000 for salaries and costs 

• Stockport Disability Group, Stockport, UK 

£5,000 for purchase and adaptation of a 

holiday caravan 



APPLICATIONS 

Application forms can be obtained from the 

central office or the website and should be 

returned to the relevant regional office, together 

with a recent annual report and full accounts, and 

copy of a recent bank statement. The trustees will 

only consider applications that are made on the 

application form and sent by post. Application 

forms that have been e-mailed or faxed will not 

be accepted. Applications are continually 

reviewed and the board of trustees meets every 

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 

three months to approve grants, so it usually takes 

up to three months for decisions to be made. 

Funding is given to a very small number of 

charities working overseas, but only those 

approached by the foundation itself. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Funding is usually not given to organisations that 

are not recognised charities, except if the income 

of such an organisation is less than £1,000 a year; 

activities that central or local government, or 

another organisation, are responsible for; 

activities that collect funds to give to other 

charities or to individuals; animal welfare; 

corporate subscription or membership of a 

charity; endowment funds; environment, 

including conserving and protecting plants and 

animals, geography and scenery; expeditions or 

overseas travel; fund-raising events or activities; 

hospitals and medical centres; individuals, 

including students; loans or business finance; 

promoting religion; schools, universities and 

colleges; or sponsorship or marketing appeals. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 

Company limited by guarantee 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Joanna Foster, Chairman 

Prof. Murray Stewart, Deputy Chairman 

Rev. Rachel Benson 

Virginia Burton 

Ann Cuino 

Dr. Pauleen Lane 

John Penny 

Howard Phillips 

Linda Quinn 

Gareth Roberts 

Karamjit Singh 

Colin Webb 

STAFF 

Kathleen Duncan, Director General 

Christine Muskett, Company Secretary 

Stephen Sibbald, Operations Manager 

Martine Claeys, Manager, Grants Administration 

Birgitta Drury, Manager, England and Wales 

Sylvia Mentzel, Policy Officer 

Louise Harley, Communication and Information 

Officer 

David Kay, Manager, North West 

Sue Denning, Manager, East Midlands 

John Aldridge, Manager, Greater London 

Peter Ellis, Manager, North East 

John Paton, Manager, South East 

Rodney Thorne, Manager, South West 


MICROSOFT EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 

Mike Lewis, Manager, Wales 

Karen Argyle, Manager, West Midlands 

Stephen Robinson, Manager, Yorkshire 


Annual report 




Total Assets 3,870,000 6,315,274 

Total Gifts 25,661,000 41,875,000 

Total Exp. 25,786,000 42,078,982 

Grants Exp. 24,342,000 39,722,585 



3,740 

The Lloyds TSB Foundations receive 1% of the 

Lloyds TSB group’s pre-tax profits averaged over 

three years. 



MICROSOFT EUROPE, MIDDLE 

EAST & AFRICA 

1997 

FUNDING SINCE 


Community Affairs Manager 

Microsoft EMEA 

Coeur Défense 

Tour B, 37e étage 

100 Esplanade du Général de Gaulle 

92932 Paris, La Defense 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.7099.1000 

Fax: +33.1.7099.1030 

E-mail: inthecom@microsoft.com 

Web: www.microsoft.com/europe/ 

inthecommunity 

KEY CONTACT 

Carrie Goux, Corporate Affairs Manager 

MISSION 

To promote lifelong employability through 

information technology (IT); to provide students 

and young people with access to new information 

and communication technologies; and to apply 

new technological capabilities to solving real life 

challenges. 

BACKGROUND 

Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa 

(EMEA) has had a dedicated corporate citizenship 

programme in the EMEA region for several years. 

The programme allows Microsoft’s 5100 

employees based in some 38 countries in the 

region to demonstrate their commitment to the 

communities in which they live and work. 


Europe, the Middle East and Africa 


Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa 


Activities fall under three distinct themes: 

• Lifelong employability 

• Connected learning community 

• Creative use of new technologies 

Lifelong Employability 

Aims to give people the skills they need to find a 

job in the new economy by focusing on two areas. 

First, the European Scholar Programme provides 

information technology training to the long-term 

unemployed in order to equip them with the skills 

and certification needed to acquire employment in 

the IT industry. The Scholar Programme is 

currently active in 12 European countries. 

Second, Microsoft’s IT Training Initiatives 

provide technology access and training to 

disadvantaged communities. 

Connected Learning Community 

Ensures that underserved communities, students 

and their teachers have the IT access and 

knowledge they need to benefit fully from the 

educational possibilities offered by new 

technologies. In the area of education, the 

initiative provides schools and universities with 

tools and resources. Microsoft’s Library 

Initiatives bring new technology to 

disadvantaged, isolated or rural communities 

through libraries and community centres. The 

company’s Young Minds in Motion programme 

provides one-time grants of $5,000 to $50,000 to 

community-based charitable organisations 

worldwide for projects that support the 

educational and skills development of 

disadvantaged children through the innovative use 

of technology. 

Creative Use of New Technology 

Aims to eliminate the ‘digital divide’ by working 

towards accessibility for people with disabilities 

and, through its hospital programmes, keeping 

patients in contact with their everyday world 

through the innovative use of new technology. 

Through its humanitarian actions, Microsoft 

employees join together to offer their time, 

determination and technical knowledge to assist 

in regions wracked by crisis and disaster. 


Seeks to reduce the limitations, resulting from 

physical disability, which are placed on an 

individual’s potential for learning, 

communication, self-expression and contribution 

to society. Promotes a range of programmes 

across Europe which aim to use creative 

technology to accommodate disabilities. 

Programmes include helping disabled people 

work from home. 





Gifts in kind 


APPLICATIONS 

Application procedures are based on the 

individual programme and/or on the grant policy 

of the local Microsoft subsidiary. Details are 

available from Microsoft Europe’s website or the 

company’s local website in the country 

concerned. 


RESTRICTIONS 

To be eligible for support, organisations must be 

non-political, non-religious and non-profit. 


French and English at European level, national 

language(s) at national level. 




Information technology 

STAFF 

Carrie Goux, Corporate Affairs Manager 


‘Community Affairs Annual Report’ 


Newsletter: ‘Microsoft in Europe’ 


Revenue from Microsoft company. 

AFFILIATIONS 


(Sources of information: Community Affairs Annual 

Report 2000; EFC membership application form; 


NADACE EURONISA 

1995 



Rumjancevova 3 

46001 Liberec 1 

Czech Republic 

Tel.: +420.48.525.1947 

Fax: +420.48.510.2753 

E-mail: euronisa@nextra.cz 

Web: www.euronisa.cz 


Euronisa Foundation 

MISSION 

To help people live normal lives regardless of 

their age, social background or physical health. 

BACKGROUND 

Nadace Euronisa was founded in 1995 by the 

Moravian church in Liberec which traditionally 

focused on social, educational and cultural areas. 

The foundation aims to re-establish these 

practices. 

NADACE EURONISA 


Mainly in the Czech sector of the Nisa Euroregion 

(districts of Liberec, Jablonec nad Nisou, Semily, 

Èeská Lípa and the Šluknov area) 


The foundation works to improve and enrich the 

life of both physically and mentally disabled 

youth; to help elderly, sick and lonely people in 

their everyday life; and to support projects and 

activities for the prevention of AIDS and drug 

abuse, among other things. The foundation 

focuses mainly on the following areas: 

• Social care 

• Youth 

• Projects 

Social Care 

Provides assistance to elderly, infirm and 

abandoned people to improve their quality of life. 

Youth 

Helps improve and enrich the lives of physically 

disabled youth so that they may play a fuller role 

in society. 

Projects 

Funds social, health, educational and cultural 

projects. 



• Nový Domov Dubá (New home Dubá by 

Èeská Lípa), Czech Republic, for a home for 

physically disabled youth 

• Maják o.p.s. Liberec (Lighthouse Liberec), 

Liberec, Czech Republic, for educational and 

advisory activities for young people on topics 

such as AIDS and drugs 

• Základní škola Dr.F.L.Riegra Semily 

(elementary school in Semily), Semily, Czech 

Republic, for the integration of disabled 

children 


Gifts in kind 



Czech 



GOVERNANCE 


Zdenìk Fejfar, Chairman 

RNDr. Karel Brodský 

Dipl. Ing. Vladimír Herman 

PhDr. Jan Šolc 

Dipl. Ing. Pavel Valèík 

Dipl. Ing. Jaroslav Zámeèník 

Supervisory Board 

Dipl. Ing. Vìra Bernardová, Chairman 

Dipl. Ing. Milada Hejná 

Dipl. Ing. Josef Votrubec 


NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION 


Advisory Board 

Otto Jelínek, Chairman 

Ing. Jaromír Adamec 

Miroslav Antoš 

Pavel Bárta 

Ing. Oto Chuchlík 

RNDr. Zdenìk Kadlas 

JUDr. Jaroslav Kašpar 

Mgr. Marie Matyášová 

Doc. PhDr. Jiøí Šetlík CS 

Mgr. Tomáš Sláma 

Marie Ulrichová 

STAFF 

Dipl. Ing. Aleš Rozkovec, Director 

Lydie Halamová, Secretary 

Dagmar Rajnová, Accountant 


Annual report 




NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION 

1997 



Nationwide House 

Pipers Way 

Swindon, SN38 2SN 


Tel.: +44.1793.65.7183 

Fax: +44.1793.65.7569 

E-mail: the.foundation@nationwide.org.uk 

Web: www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Lorna Hildreth, Foundation Administrator 

MISSION 

To make charitable grants to UK-based 

organisations whose aim is to improve the quality 

of life and the range of opportunities for those in 

need, promote social inclusion and achieve real 

and sustainable benefit to communities. 

BACKGROUND 

The Nationwide Foundation was launched in 

October 1997. As a separate legal entity, the 

foundation is not part of the Nationwide Group. It 

is controlled by an independent board of trustees 

which determines the foundation’s policies. 


UK 


Benefactor, Nationwide Building Society 


The trustees regularly review changing social 

needs and identify new themes on which to focus 

their overall objectives. The foundation currently 

has two areas of special interest: 

• Supporting volunteering programmes 

throughout the UK 

• Rural regeneration 

Supporting Volunteering Programmes 

Throughout the UK 

Supports projects involving grass-roots 

community action, with emphasis on the UK’s 

most marginalised communities; volunteering as a 

means of developing a community and of raising 

the confidence and self-esteem of the volunteers 

themselves; volunteering opportunities which 

enable people to play an active part in the life of 

their community; imaginative new ways of 

bringing together volunteers and volunteering 

opportunities; promotion of social inclusion 

through volunteering; and groups who are 

particularly disadvantaged as a result of 

discrimination within society. Support is also 

given to volunteering projects involving support 

of young people leaving care and those 

addressing the support needs of prisoners and 

their families, including initiatives that help them 

move into education, training and employment. 

Rural Regeneration 

Helps charitable and voluntary organisations to 

contribute to the regeneration of their rural 

neighbourhoods. Proposed activities may include 

relief of poverty through projects to educate, train 

or retrain unemployed people; the provision of 

work experience to unemployed people; support 

to young people who are likely to be excluded 

from mainstream education or those who are at 

risk of offending; and community-based learning 

support. The foundation encourages village and 

rural community development by supporting 

schemes addressing social isolation; projects 

offering accessible, integrated and sustainable 

support to people who are vulnerable or only just 

managing; projects that promote access to groups 

and communities through transport, befriending, 

buddies schemes and volunteering; and projects 

that tackle isolation by improving access to 

services, employment and the benefits of a wider 

community. 



• Black and Asian Disability Group, Walsall, 

UK, £13,000 to support a volunteering 

community initiative scheme where black and 

ethnic minority volunteers are provided with 

the opportunity to support disabled, 

housebound, isolated and socially excluded 

members of the community with a 

personalised service. The volunteers help with 

requests such as shopping, cleaning and some 

meal preparation. The volunteering 


opportunities promote personal development 

and aim to encourage take up of vocational 

and academic study, while helping to improve 

the quality of life for 100 disabled people 



APPLICATIONS 

The foundation’s grantmaking budgets are 

allocated to the areas of special interest within the 

12 regional areas which mirror the government’s 

Standard Statistical Regions, to ensure 

widespread and focused support throughout the 

UK. These budgets are determined on the basis of 

populations, weighted for social need. The 

foundation is prepared to consider applications for 

grants between £500 and £10,000 most of which 

will be made on a one-off basis. Applicants 

seeking longer-term funding must seek advice, 

followed by written approval, from the foundation 

before submitting an application for support. 

Application forms are available from the 

foundation office or from the website. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Funding is not given to large national charities 

which enjoy wide support; national charities 

which do not have regional offices or 

representation; charities which have substantial 

reserves (normally over 50% of annual running 

costs in unrestricted or general reserves) or are in 

serious deficit; purchase, conversion, 

refurbishment of buildings, gardens or 

playgrounds; fund-raising events; advertising; 

medical research; applications supporting 

individuals; animal welfare; conservation of flora 

and fauna; promotion of religion; promotion of 

politics; corporate membership; loans or business 

finance; expeditions or overseas travel; activities 

primarily the responsibility of central or local 

government or Health Authorities; replacement of 

statutory funding; schools, universities and 

colleges (except for projects that specifically 

benefit disabled students or which are additional 

to statutory responsibilities); acquisition of minibuses 

or other vehicles (unless part of a broader 

scheme); conferences and seminars; hospices; 

holidays; endowment funds; or museums or 

galleries. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Pat Doble, Chairman 

Neville Carrington 

Justin Davis-Smith 

NEDERLANDSE STICHTING VOOR HET GEHANDICAPTE KIND 

Nicholas Deakin 

Jeremy del Strother 

Sue Gillie 

Milton Gordon 

Bernard Simpson 

STAFF 

Jacqueline Reeve, Chief Executive 

Lorna Hildreth, Foundation Administrator 



Annual report 





Total Assets 5,993,819 9,781,036 

Total Gifts 7,001,118 11,424,801 

Total Exp. 2,945,999 4,807,440 

Grants Exp. 2,488,349 4,060,622 



372 

Nationwide Building Society (£7 million), 

Society employees, members and customers. 


Financial year runs from April 2000 to March 

2001. 



NEDERLANDSE STICHTING 

VOOR HET GEHANDICAPTE 

KIND 



Van Miereveldstraat 9 

1071 DW Amsterdam 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.20.679.1200 

Fax: +31.20.673.1006 

E-mail: info@nsgk.nl 

Web: www.nsgk.nl 

KEY CONTACT 

Dhr. drs. F.R. Mekking, Head of Projects 

Department 


Dutch Foundation for Disabled Children 


1950 

MISSION 

To promote and financially support initiatives that 

aim at the participation and/or integration in 

society of individuals with a disability who are 27 

years of age or younger in the Netherlands. 

BACKGROUND 

The Nederlandse Stichting voor het Gehandicapte 

Kind (NSGK) managed several homes for 

physically disabled children in the Netherlands 

until 1998, when this activity became a separate

NEDERLANDSE STICHTING VOOR HET GEHANDICAPTE KIND 

legal entity from the foundation. Since then, the 

foundation has operated solely as a fund, 

expanding its scope to include children with a 

physical, mental or multiple disability and/or 

chronic disease. The foundation is both 

grantmaking and grantseeking. 


Netherlands 


The foundation supports activities regarding 

children and young people with disabilities in the 


• Culture 

• Employability 

• Holidays 

• Information and communication technology 

• Independent living 

• Playing facilities and leisure activities 


In the area of employment and disabilities, NSGK 

has been involved in projects in the following 

areas: 

• Vocational training 

• Traineeships 

• Realisation of sheltered workshops 

• Purchase of special equipment and training 

facilities 

• Realisation of a training centre 

The largest project funded has been Overbruggen 

(Building Bridges) initiated by NSGK and the 

umbrella organisation of 35 Schools for Special 

Education in the Netherlands, and the Association 

of Mytyl and Tyltyl Schools. Since 1999, several 

secondary schools that educate young people with 

disabilities have been changed into tailor-made 

programmes in order to prepare them better for 

their future working careers. Based on their 

individual skills, preferences, and capabilities the 

students are taught the relevant skills to ensure 

employability. This programme, with its 

individual approach, served to mobilise public 

authorities and other actors in the Dutch school 

system for special education, causing a radical 

change in that system. Schools outside of the 

initial programme have joined in and are now 

following the programme’s method, providing 

students with the appropriate tools and skills for 

their future careers and making it easier and more 

valuable for employers to hire them as staff. As a 

consequence the employment rate for this group 

has risen considerably. 



APPLICATIONS 

Application forms can be found on the website 

and must be accompanied by a financial budget of 

the project, the by-laws of the applying 

organisation in the Netherlands, a list of the board 

members as registered with the local chamber of 

commerce (Uittreksel KvK), as well as the latest 

financial annual report. When all information is 

received, a decision will be communicated within 

three months. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Only funds Dutch not-for-profit entities such as 

foundations and associations and only projects 

within the Netherlands are eligible for support. 

Exceptions can be made as long as a project is for 

and in the direct interest of Dutch children or 

youngsters with disabilities (e.g. holiday 

projects). Does not fund religious activities. 


Dutch 



GOVERNANCE 

Project Advisory Committee consists of four 

board members and three staff members 


Board of eight members 

STAFF 

Drs. P.M. Schoof, Managing Director 

Dhr. Drs. F.R. Mekking, Head of Projects 

Department 

B.M. Achterbergh, Head of Fund-raising and 

Public Relations Department 




Annual report 






Total Assets 31,276,000 31,276,000 

Total Gifts 3,316,000 3,316,000 

Total Exp. 4,055,000 4,055,000 

Grants Exp. 3,378,000 3,378,000 



230 

Donations from individuals, interest on 

endowment, grants, sponsoring and collection. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Association of Fund-raising Istitutions (VFI) 

Central Bureau of Fund-raising (CBF) 

Fondsen Samen Buiten Spelen 

Foundations in the Netherlands (FIN) 



THE NORTHERN ROCK 

FOUNDATION 


1997 


The Old Chapel 

Woodbine Road 

Gosforth 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1DD 


Tel.: +44.1912.84.8412 

Fax: +44.1912.84.8413 

E-mail: generaloffice@nr-foundation.org.uk 

Web: www.nr-foundation.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Fiona Ellis, Director 


Penny Vowles, Grants Officer 

MISSION 

To help improve the conditions of those 

disadvantaged in society. 

BACKGROUND 

The Northern Rock Foundation was formed in 

1997, when the Northern Rock Building Society 

converted to a plc, to recognise the commitment 

of Northern Rock to the community from which it 

draws its strength. The foundation is fully 

independent of Northern Rock plc and its own 

Board of Trustees determines its policies. 


Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, 

Durham and Teesside, UK 


The foundation supports the following 

programmes: 

• Prevention of local and regional social decline 

• Regeneration 

• Basics 

• Exploration and experiment 

• A better, stronger voluntary sector 

• Aspiration 

Prevention of Local and Regional Social Decline 

Funds projects or organisations that work to 

prevent a decline in the quality of life of people 

affected by persistent crime; prejudice and 

discrimination; high rates of teenage pregnancy; 

the difficulties of providing good parenting; 

substance misuse and abuse; environmental 

decay; youth disaffection; and inadequate 

facilities for local groups to meet including 

community centres and village halls. 

Regeneration 

Aims to help people and communities to become 

economically more stable through the creation of 

more social businesses, provision of money to 

help development trusts; and finding alternative 

ways of providing local jobs, facilities and 

THE NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION 

services. The programme considers training 

programmes and schemes that help people in an 

area acquire skills or confidence to re-enter the 

workplace. Supports projects both in urban and 

rural areas that clearly aid the economic 

development of the locality, including capital 

grants for buildings or equipment where there is 

clear economic benefit. 

Basics 

Helps organisations to add high quality services 

and assistance to people over and above what 

statutory authorities provide. The programme 

concentrates on the following areas: in the field of 

disability, projects designed to benefit people 

with mental health issues or learning disabilities; 

projects that help people retain independence, 

remain in their own homes and benefit from the 

work of advocacy services; carers’ organisations; 

refuges and other support for survivors of 

domestic violence; and money, debt and welfare 

advice, establishing credit unions and other 

schemes to help people with limited means to 

manage their money. 

Exploration and Experiment 

Supports practical research that searches for new 

ideas or ways to address social problems. 

Supported research areas include new ways of 

treating persistent offenders and practical research 

into the causes of disadvantage or social 

problems. Encourages exchange of lessons 

learned from research. 

A Better, Stronger Voluntary Sector 

Supports groups to provide training, advice and 

support to allow smaller organisations to develop 

and thrive. 

Aspiration 

Funds organisations that provide enjoyable and 

stimulating activities of the highest quality to the 

widest population in the area. Examples of areas 

funded: art projects; museums; environmental or 

outdoor amenities; heritage sites; and charitable 

sports clubs. 


The foundation supports employment and 

disabilities through its priority areas: 

• Urban and rural regeneration 

• Supporting disabled people 

• Creative communities: the arts in social 

regeneration 

• Representative grants 

Urban and Rural Regeneration 

Funds the relief of poverty through projects to 

educate, train or retrain unemployed people; the 

provision of work experience to unemployed 

people; community-based learning support; and 

assistance to unemployed people setting up 

independent businesses. 


THE NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION 

Supporting Disabled People 

Funds programmes to support independent living 

initiatives; learning opportunities, training and 

work experience; seed money for employment 

training schemes or support of self-employment; 

and personal development. Also funds carers’ 

groups for programmes to assist carers of disabled 

people in maintaining their own health, skills and 

access to social and cultural opportunities. 

Creative Communities: the Arts in Social 

Regeneration 

Funds projects giving confidence and skills to 

unemployed people through the arts. 


• Mencap, Gateshead, UK, £45,000 to provide 

personal development opportunities for 

learning disabled people and enable them to 

advocate for their rights and take control of 

their own lives 

• The Learning Disabilities Federation, North 

Tyneside, UK, £79,000 to continue to employ 

the Parent Partnership project worker in North 

Tyneside 

• Create Bradford Ltd., Bradford, UK, £20,000 

to provide start-up funding for a recycling 

project which provides training to unemployed 

people in Bradford 





Equipment 

Research 


APPLICATIONS 

The foundation has two different application 

forms. The first is for requests for between £1,000 

and £15,000 and the second is for requests for 

over £15,000. Application forms are available on 

the website. Send the completed application form 

to the foundation by mail, the foundation is 

unable to accept applications by e-mail. For the 

main grant schemes (amounts over £15,000) the 

foundation will usually respond within four 

months, though some applications necessarily 

take longer. For smaller grants (amounts under 

£15,000) the foundation will try to respond within 

two months. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not fund organisations which do not have 

purposes recognised as charitable in law; charities 

that appear to have excessive unrestricted or free 

reserves (up to 12 months’ expenditure is 

normally acceptable) or are in serious deficit; 

national charities that do not have a regional 

office or other representation in the North East; 

grantmaking bodies seeking to distribute grants 

on foundations’ behalf; open-ended funding 

agreements; general appeals, sponsorship and 

marketing appeals; corporate applications for 

founder membership of a charity; retrospective 

grants; replacement of statutory funding; 

activities primarily the responsibility of central or 

local government or health authorities; 

individuals and organisations that distribute funds 

to individuals; animal welfare; mainstream 

education activity, schools and educational 

establishments; medical research, hospices and 

medical centres; medical treatments and therapies 

including art therapy; fabric appeals for places of 

worship; promotion of religion; expeditions or 

overseas travel; minibuses, other vehicles and 

transport schemes except where they are a small 

and integral part of larger scheme; holidays and 

outings; playgrounds and play equipment; private 

clubs or those with such restricted membership as 

to make them not charitable; capital bids purely 

towards compliance with the Disability 

Discrimination Act; amateur arts organisations; 

musical instruments; and sports equipment. 


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LEGAL STATUS 

Limited company 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

P.R.M. Harbottle, Chairman 

David Caulkner 

L.P. Finn 

The Lord Howick of Glendale 

Christopher Jobe 

Frank Nicholson 

Lady Russell 

J. Shipley 

J.S. Ward 

STAFF 

Fiona Ellis, Director 

Anne Burleigh, Assistant Director 

Alison Graham, Finance Manager/Company 

Secretary 

Susan Leonard, Office Manager 

Carol Bell, Grants Officer 

Sue Vaughan, Grants Officer 

Penny Vowles, Grants Officer 

Richard Walton, Grants Officer 

Lisa Thew, Grants Team Administrator 

Lesley Parker, PA to Director and Chairman 

Joan Woolley, PA to Assistant Director 

Barry Deans, Administration and IT Assistant 

Emma Bennewith, Administration Assistant 

Carole Rock, Administration Assistant 

Steph Hutchinson, Finance Assistant 





Annual report 







Total Assets 23,287,130 38,001,191 

Total Gifts 14,760,749 24,087,384 

Total Exp. 11,509,978 18,782,601 

Grants Exp. 11,054,580 18,039,458 


AFFILIATIONS 

ACF-Association of Charitable Foundations 



THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION 

1943 



28 Bedford Square 

London, WC1B 3JS 


Tel.: +44.20.7631.0566 

Fax: +44.20.7323.4877 

Web: www.nuffieldfoundation.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Anthony Tomei, Director 

MISSION 

To advance health and social well-being, 

particularly by scientific research; education; care 

and comfort to the aged poor; and to support 

projects aimed at supporting people with 

disabilities, promoting child protection and 

improving access to justice. 

BACKGROUND 

The Nuffield Foundation was established in 1943 

by William Morris (Lord Nuffield), the founder of 

Morris Motors. 


UK and British Commonwealth 


Most of the foundation’s income is spent on 

grants, some of which are for research while 

others support practical innovation or 

development, often in voluntary sector 

organisations. The foundation also runs a number 

of grant programmes that are targeted towards 

specific purposes. Some provide support for 

scientists and social scientists at the early stages 

of their careers; others support particular kinds of 

projects or people. Finally, the foundation sets up 

and runs projects of its own. The three largest are 

the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Nuffield 

Languages Programme and the Nuffield 

Curriculum Centre. Project grants support self- 

THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION 

contained research or developmental projects that 

meet a practical or policy need. They range in size 

from £5,000 to over £200,000. Project grants are 

made in the following six areas: 

• Access to justice 

• Child protection, family law and justice 

• Curriculum innovation 

• Education provision and children’s needs 


• Older people and their families 

Access to Justice 

Aims to promote developments in the legal 

system that will improve its accessibility to all 

people; to promote wider access to legal services 

and advice and a better understanding of the 

obstacles to access to justice; to fund research and 

promote developments in alternative dispute 

resolution; to help promote a greater knowledge 

of the rights and duties of the individual, 

including those of the European citizen; to 

examine the implications of new human rights’ 

obligations on civil (not criminal) justice; and to 

help promote a greater public understanding of 

the role of law in society and of the legal system. 

Child Protection, Family Law and Justice 

Supports work to help ensure that legal and 

institutional frameworks are best adapted to meet 

the needs of children and families. 

Curriculum Innovation 

Supports independent curriculum innovation for 5 

- 19 year olds through project grants and through 

the work of the Nuffield Curriculum Centre. 

Supports creative people with imaginative and 

timely ideas. 

Educational Provision and Children’s Needs 

Supports projects that improve policy or practice 

for the education of children with distinctive 

needs. The foundation has broad interests in the 

improvement of social provision for children for 

whom mainstream provision is likely to be 

inappropriate or inadequate and, where 

appropriate, applications will be handled jointly 

with the Child Protection, Family Law and Justice 

programme. Educational provision for the 

following groups of children is of interest: 

potentially high achieving children; children with 

specific learning needs; children in care; traveller, 

refugee, and asylum-seekers’ children; ethnic 

minority children; and children with English as an 

additional language. 

Mental Health 

Supports projects that aim to develop or improve 

the educational or social provision for those with 

learning disabilities or mental health problems. 

Older People and Their Families 

Wishes to fund work that starts from the 

perspectives, needs and interests of the older 

person and his or her family, rather than those of 


OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION SOFIA 

service providers. The foundation is interested in 

projects that will enhance individual autonomy 

and choice and that recognise variation in 

preferences and provision. 


Under its Mental Health interest area, the 

foundation focuses on the following: children and 

young people, particularly in the context of 

families and schools; ethical and legal issues 

arising from mental incapacity; and employment, 

in particular transition from school to work for 

young people with mental disorders or 

disabilities. 


• University of Newcastle, Department of Child 

Health, Newcastle, UK, £18,350 for parentimplemented 

early intervention for children 

with autism spectrum disorder 



Fellowships 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 

For project grants, applicants must send an outline 

of the project with a rough budget, which must 

not exceed three single-sided A4 sheets. If the 

project is deemed suitable for consideration, a 

formal application can be prepared. For award 

schemes, applicants must contact the relevant 

department for further information and an 

application form. 


RESTRICTIONS 

The foundation does not consider applications for 

capital grants for buildings, attendance at 

conferences, provision for sport, recreation, the 

performing arts, or expeditions. The foundation 

does not contribute to appeals or make grants to 

individuals in personal difficulty. 


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GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Baroness O’Neill CBE FBA, Chairman 

Sir Tony Atkinson FBA 

Dr. Peter Doyle CBE FRSE 

Lord May of Oxford AC PRS 

Prof. Genevra Richardson 

Prof. Sir Michael Rutter CBE FRS 

Anne Sofer 

STAFF 

Anthony Tomei, Director 

Sharon Witherspoon, Deputy Director 

James Brooke-Turner, Assistant Director 

(Finance and Administration) 

Dr. Catrin Roberts, Assistant Director (Education) 

Andrew Hunt, Director of the Nuffield 

Curriculum Centre 

Alwena Lamping, Languages Programme 

Coordinator 

Dr. Sandy Thomas, Director of Nuffield Council 

on Bioethics 


Annual report 





Total Assets 251,015,000 409,619,778 

Total Exp. 9,329,000 15,223,564 

Grants Exp. 6,816,808 11,124,034 

Programme Exp. 


1,411,120 2,302,742 

The foundation’s income (around £9 million a 

year) comes from the returns on its investments. 


For financial year ending December 31st 1999. 

(Sources of information: Annual reports; Application 

guidelines; Website; Verified by funder) 

OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION 

SOFIA 



56 Solunska Str. 

1000 Sofia 

Bulgaria 

Tel.: +359.2.930.6619 

Fax: +359.2.951.6348 

E-mail: info@osf.bg 

Web: www.osf.bg 

KEY CONTACT 

Rayna Gavrilova, Executive Director 


Nikolay Iltchev, Programme Director 


1990 

MISSION 

To promote, help develop, and sustain the values, 

attitudes and practices of open society in 

Bulgaria. 

BACKGROUND 

The Open Society Foundation Sofia (OSF) was 

set up by George Soros, the American financier of 

Hungarian origin, to support the development of 

an open society in Bulgaria. It gives financial 

support to different educational and cultural 

initiatives of Bulgarians at home and abroad. 

Through its various programmes, it establishes 

new contacts and information channels in social 

sciences, humanities, education and state 

administration.


Bulgaria 


Soros Foundations Network 


Grantmaking is organised into five priority areas: 

• Rule of law 

• Education 

• Public health 

• European integration and regional 

development 

• Democracy, public life and civil participation 

Rule of Law 

This priority area incorporates a Joint Programme 

with the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute 

(COPLI). It supports the initiatives of nongovernmental 

organisations (NGOs), civic 

associations and individual citizens aimed at 

promoting the protection of human rights, reform 

in law enforcement institutions, and efforts to 

limit corruption and to bring Bulgarian legislation 

in line with the requirements of the EU. 

Education 

Strives to improve the quality of Bulgarian 

education, increase access to education, and 

modernise the Bulgarian education system by 

introducing and promoting democratic values and 

practices. This work consists of two main 

programmes: the Education Programme and the 

Network Education Programmes of the Open 

Society Institute and Other Partner Organisations. 

Public Health 

Aims to introduce humane approaches and 

practices in the Bulgarian health care system, to 

create conditions for equal access to health care 

services, and to encourage citizen participation in 

decision making. 

European Integration and Regional Development 

Encourages the participation of citizens and civic 

organisations in the European integration process 

and the regional cooperation efforts within the 

Stability Pact framework. Raises public 

awareness of the process of European integration, 

regional integration and stability. 

Democracy, Public Life and Civil Participation 

Endeavours to broaden civil participation in local 

government, in decision making, and in efforts to 

reform public services; works towards achieving 

transparency in the activity of central and local 

governments, stopping the different forms of 

corruption, and guaranteeing access to 

information for both citizens and the media; 

identifies and promotes successful social 

practices, and encourages public debate on 

important social issues; and provides free legal 

assistance in repealing unlawful administrative 

acts. 

OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION SOFIA 


As part of its ‘Local Government and Public 

Service Reform Initiative’, the foundation aims to 

create an accessible urban environment and 

combat the problems faced by disabled and 

elderly people. 


• Centre of Independent Living, Sofia, Bulgaria, 

to re-establish the infringed civil rights of 

disabled people to equal access; to establish a 

practice of strictly abiding by technical 

requirements for accessibility; to create 

cooperative relations between the different 

social sectors; and promoting the basic 

democratic principle of equal access to all 

public facilities and social goods to anyone 

who is willing and has the need to make use of 

them 

• Louis Braille National School, Bulgaria, to 

envisage rehabilitation and reintegration of 

blind people in Bulgaria by ensuring a 

specially equipped work place with Internet 

access; appointing a qualified specialist with a 

sight disability; and adapting the electronic 

fund, comprising more than 15,000 titles, to 

the needs of blind people by means of an 

audio programme or a special display, among 

many other initiatives 

• Union of Blind People in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, 

to increase the independence of people with 

sight problems, enabling easy and safe 

movement in the urban environment by 

creating conditions for overcoming social 

isolation and for full integration of people 

with sight disabilities in family, target group 

and public life, jointly with the municipal 

authorities and the regional branches of the 

union; raising public awareness of the goals, 

objectives and funding source of the project 

through the local media; equipping street 

lights with sound systems; and providing 607 

sensor walking sticks to people with acquired 

blindness in view of their rehabilitation for 

safe and independent movement in urban 

environments, among other things 

• Trust Association, Bulgaria, supporting an 

initiative with a target group consisting of 30 

elderly and socially vulnerable people with 

serious motor/physical disabilities. The 

envisaged package of care and services aim at 

their social adaptation and reintegration, as 

well as at a higher level of independence. The 

project’s development creates a model for a 

daily care of elderly people, which is close to 

existing European practices 






PEOPLE IN NEED TRUST 

Equipment 

Fellowships 



Publications 


Research 

Scholarships 


APPLICATIONS 

The foundation supports individuals and 

organisations by organising open competitions or 

considering projects that apply for financing. 

Completed application forms are not accepted 

during the months of January, July, August and 

December. Deadline is at least 45 days before the 

beginning of the project. The Expert Councils 

decide within two months of application 

submission. 


RESTRICTIONS 

No support to individuals and organisations who 

have failed to fulfil their responsibilities on 

projects financed by the foundation in previous 

years. No funds for social assistance for 

individuals, individual medical treatment, science 

and engineering, sports, or activities of political 

parties and organisations. No financial support for 

individuals applying for long-term training abroad 

(more than ten months) except through the 

scholarship competition. 


Bulgarian 



LEGAL STATUS 

Non-governmental organisation 

GOVERNANCE 


Stefan Popov, Chairman 

Svetoslav Bozhilov 

Roumiana Chervenkova 

Marin Delchev 

Yonko Grozev 

Georgi Koritarov 

Nelly Koutskova 

Veselin Metodiev 

Svetlana Vasileva 


Auditing Committee 

Roumen Bobev 

Hristo Mavrodiev 

Todor Tabakov 

STAFF 

Rayna Gavrilova, Executive Director 

Veliko Sherbanov, Financial Director 

Nikolay Iltchev, Programme Director 

Assya Kavrakova, Programme Director 

Neda Kristanova, Programme Director 

Emila Tontcheva, Programme Director 




Annual report 



‘Monitoring the EU Accession Process Reports’ 

Newsletter: ‘Open Society Biweekly’ 

Newsletter: ‘Wide Awake’ 



Total Assets 6,103,000 6,841,928 

Total Gifts 7,424,000 8,322,870 

Total Exp. 7,508,000 8,417,040 

Grants Exp. 6,374,000 7,145,740 

Programme Exp. 1,134,000 1,271,300 



965 

Open Society Institute New York which donated 

$7,358,000; public and private foundations; and 

the Delegation of the European Commission in 

Bulgaria. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Soros Foundation Network 

EFC Member 


Website) 

PEOPLE IN NEED TRUST 



Clarendon House 

33-37 Clarendon Street 

2 Dublin 

Ireland 

Tel.: +353.1.679.2944 

E-mail: pin@telethon.ie 

Web: www.peopleinneed.com 


1988 

MISSION 

To raise funds and make capital grants available 

in the Republic of Ireland to voluntary social 

service organisations which provide for, inter alia, 

the elderly, deprived children, the homeless, 

persons with disabilities, disadvantaged areas and 

other specific needs. 

BACKGROUND 

The People in Need Trust was established in May 

1988 during the Dublin Millennium. While the 

Trust’s initial orientation was to focus on Dublin, 

it quickly became apparent that it would have to 

take on a nationwide brief. The People in Need 

Trust is one of a few non-government 

independent funds operating in the Republic of 

Ireland.


Ireland 


Grant allocations are decided by major categories 

of need including: 

• Elderly 

• Children/young persons 

• Mental and physical disabilities 

• Homeless 

• Multi-purpose 

• Other 


Of an annual budget of approximately IRL £4.1 

million (5.2 million euros), people with mental 

and physical disabilities receive 26%. A further 

27% is given to the ‘others’ category which 

includes work with the long-term unemployed. 




APPLICATIONS 

Grants are made only on the basis of applications 

submitted. 

RESTRICTIONS 

One of the fundamental policies of the trust since 

its inception has been that the funds raised in each 

county go back in grants to voluntary social 

service organisations in that county. In 2000, for 

example, £184,600 was raised from the Telethon 

in Co Offaly and 30 organisations in the county 

benefited from the allocation of this amount. 

Grants are for voluntary social service 

organisations such as those providing services for 

the elderly, the homeless, deprived children and 

youth, persons with disabilities and organisations 

providing services in disadvantaged areas. Grants 

are available for capital purposes only rather than 

the normal running costs of organisations. The 

trust does not entertain requests for or from 

individuals. 


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LEGAL STATUS 

The People in Need Trust is a company 

incorporated under the Companies Act, 1963, 

limited by guarantee and not having share capital; 

the trust has been granted charitable status by the 

Revenue Commissioners (CHY 8441) 




RTE, Eircom and telethons every second year, 

including community events, corporate 

donations/sponsorship, and private donations. 


THE PERCY BILTON CHARITY 

THE PERCY BILTON CHARITY 



Bilton House 

54/58 Uxbridge Road 

Ealing 

London, W5 2TL 


Tel.: +44.20.8579.2829 

Fax: +44.20.8567.5459 

KEY CONTACT 

Grants Administrator 


1962 

MISSION 

To distribute one-off payments to youth 

organisations and charities providing aid to the 

disabled, both mentally and physically, the 

elderly, and disadvantaged youth. 

BACKGROUND 

The charity was established in 1962 by the late 

Percy Bilton for exclusively charitable objects. 


UK 


Distributes small grants for charities dealing with 

the following social issues: 

• Disadvantaged youth 

• The disabled 


Disadvantaged Youth 

Provides grants for furnishings and equipment to 

aid underprivileged or at risk young people, 

through educational and recreational support. 

The Disabled 

Seeks to encourage disabled people to gain a 

greater degree of independence, and to help in the 

provision of suitable accommodation for respite, 

occupational and recreational establishments. 


Supports schemes for the relief of poverty 

isolation and loneliness, and encourages active 

participation in community projects, self-help and 

independent living schemes. Particularly 

concerned with the frail and sufferers of 

dementia. It also provides single capital 

donations. 



Equipment 

APPLICATIONS 

The charity does not use an application form for 

main funding. It may be contacted for a copy of 

its application guidelines. Each application must 

contain sufficient information on the request 

before it can be considered. The charity reserves 

the right to make a site visit. Applications may be 

made for two kinds of grants. The first is a small

THE PILGRIM TRUST 

one-off payment of up to £500 for furnishings and 

equipment. The second is a single capital 

donation in excess of £2,000 for any one project. 

The board’s decision will be made known to the 

applicant as soon as practicable. Funding may be 

re-requested after a period of 12 months 

following rejection. Applications may be 

submitted at any time during the year, but are 

considered by the board quarterly, in March, June, 

September and December. Applications for small 

grants should be made to the Small Grants 

Committee and applications for main funding to 

the Administrator. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are only made to registered charities or 

youth organisations in the UK. The charity will 

not consider applications for donations for general 

funding; the arts (theatre, dance groups); 

unemployment projects; general ‘circularised’ 

appeals; general running expenses; bursaries; 

expeditions; overseas projects; salaries; research; 

organised playschemes, holidays or trips; or 

minor building or conversion works that fall 

outside approved categories. 


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LEGAL STATUS 

Charitable company 

GOVERNANCE 

Directors 

W.J.D. Moberly, F.C.A., Chairman 

M.A.G. Bilton 

J.R. Lee 

S.J. Paciorek 

W.J. Veielli 

STAFF 

Priya Ponnalyah, Company Secretary 




Annual report 




Total Assets 16,985,647 27,718,092 

Total Exp. 1,026,687 1,675,403 

Grants Exp. 775,935 1,266,212 



Endowment fund. 

1,083 


The accounting year runs from April 2001 to 

April 2002. 






Cowley House 

9 Little College Street 

London, SW1P 3SH 


Tel.: +44.20.7222.4723 

Fax: +44.20.7976.0461 

E-mail: georgina.nayler@thepilgrimtrust.org.uk 

Web: www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Sarah Senior, Assistant Grants Officer 


1930 

BACKGROUND 

The Pilgrim Trust was founded by Edward S. 

Harkness of New York who endowed it with a 

capital sum of just over £2,000,000. The donor 

was prompted by his admiration for what Great 

Britain had done in the 1914-18 war, and by his 

ties of affection for his homeland. He desired that 

the gift should be used to give grants for some of 

the country’s more urgent needs and to promote 

her future well-being. 


UK 


The trust’s priorities include: 

• Social welfare 

• Art and learning 

• Preservation 

• Records 

• Places of worship 

Social Welfare 

Supports projects that assist people involved in 

crime, or in alcohol or drug misuse to change 

their lives and find new opportunities; projects 

concerned with the employment, support or 

housing of people with mental illness; projects in 

prisons and those providing alternatives to 

custody that will give new opportunities to 

offenders and so assist in rehabilitation; and 

projects for young people who are looked after by 

local authorities in residential or foster care and 

for those leaving that care. 

Art and Learning 

Promotes scholarship, academic research, and 

cataloguing and conservation within museums, 

galleries, libraries and archives, particularly those 

outside London. 

Preservation 

Supports the preservation of particular 

architectural or historical features on historic 

buildings and the conservation of individual 

monuments or structures that are of importance to 

the surrounding environment. Supports projects 

that seek to give a new use to obsolete buildings

that are of outstanding architectural or historic 

interest; and promotes the preparation and 

dissemination of architectural or historical 

research about buildings and designed landscapes 

and their importance to the community. 

Records 

Supports the cataloguing and conservation of 

records associated with archaeology, marine 

archaeology, historic buildings and designed 

landscapes. 

Places of Worship 

Makes annual block grants for the repair of the 

fabric of historic churches of any denomination to 

the Historic Churches Preservation Trust for 

churches in England and Wales and to the 

Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust. 

The Pilgrim Trust makes an annual block grant to 

the Council for the Care of Churches for the 

conservation of historic contents (organs, bells, 

glass and monuments) and important structures 

and monuments in church yards for places of 

worship of all denominations. 


The trust supports projects that offer support to 

people with mental illness, including helping 

people who have experienced mental illness to 

find jobs and then offer ongoing support to both 

employee and employer. 


• Reading YMCA, Reading, UK, £5,000 for the 

start-up costs of an education and training 

centre 

• Furniture Now! East Sussex, UK, £5,000 for 

the cost of purchasing training equipment for 

accredited training courses for the mentally ill 

to construct ‘new furniture’ 

• The Foundation for Human Development, 

UK, £20,000 for the cost of the ‘Working 

Health’ project 

• Bootstrap Enterprises, London, UK, £20,000 

for the creation of new offices for the 

expanded ‘Pathways to Employment’ projects 

• Safe, Southampton, UK, £24,000 for the costs 

of a support worker for people with mental 

health problems attending the ‘Get That Job’ 

scheme 





Equipment 

Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Application forms and guidelines for applicants 

are available on the website. Applications can be 

made at any time during the year. The full board 

of trustees meets quarterly, normally in January, 

April, July and October. Applications and all the 


necessary supporting information must be 

received at least six weeks before the date of the 

next board meeting. Applications must include 

details of the organisation’s bank account; its 

latest audited accounts and annual report; a 

budget for the project and details of other sources 

of funding. Applications will be acknowledged 

within two weeks and any necessary further 

information requested. Trustees run a small grants 

fund and have set aside an annual sum of 

£200,000 for applications of £5,000 or less. These 

applications normally require less detailed 

assessment, whereas a site visit or meeting may 

be required for larger applications. Applicants for 

sums of less than £5,000 should include the 

names of two referees from organisations with 

whom they work. For larger projects, the average 

grant from the Pilgrim Trust is in the region of 

£20,000. 

RESTRICTIONS 

The purpose of the application must be charitable. 

Normally applications will only be considered 

from UK registered charities except where the 

applicant is exempt from registration, is a 

recognised public body or is registered as a 

Friendly Society. No grants can be made to 

private individuals. The project must be based 

within the UK. Organisations from the Channel 

Islands and the Isle of Man are not eligible to 

apply. Currently, the Pilgrim Trust does not make 

grants for major capital projects and major 

appeals, particularly where ‘partnership’ funding 

is required and where any contribution from the 

Pilgrim Trust would not make a significant 

difference; activities that the trustees consider to 

be primarily the responsibility of central or local 

government; medical research, hospices, 

residential homes for the elderly and people with 

learning disabilities; projects which offer training 

or employment for people with learning 

disabilities; projects for people with physical 

disabilities and schemes specifically to give 

access to public buildings for people with 

physical disabilities; drop-in centres, unless the 

specific work within the centre falls within one of 

the trustees’ current priorities, youth and sports 

clubs, travel or adventure projects, community 

centres or children’s play groups; drop-in centres 

or hostels for people who are homeless; reordering 

of churches or places of worship for 

wider community use; education, assistance to 

individuals for degree or post-degree work, 

school, university and college development 

programmes; trips abroad; one-off events such as 

exhibitions, festivals, seminars, conferences and 

theatrical and musical productions; 

commissioning of new works of art; and general 

appeals. 


QUEEN ELIZABETH’S FOUNDATION 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

Mary Moore, Chairman 

Nicolas Barker, Deputy Chairman 

Lord Cobbold 

The Rt. Hon. Lord Bingham of Cornhill 

Lady Jay 

Neil MacGregor 

Sir Richard Carew Pole 

Dame Ruth Runciman 

Eugenie Turton 

STAFF 

Georgina Nayler, Director 

Roland de la Mothe, Grants Officer 

Sarah Senior, Assistant Grants Officer 

Pauline Romano, Finance Officer 




Annual report 





Total Assets 62,869,202 102,593,345 

Total Exp. 2,940,119 4,797,844 

Grants Exp. 2,600,257 4,243,239 



137 

Income from investment and legacies. 




Application guidelines; Website; Verified by funder) 

QUEEN ELIZABETH’S 

FOUNDATION 

1989 



Leatherhead Court 

Leatherhead, KT22 0BN 


Tel.: +44.1372.84.1100 

Fax: +44.1372.84.4657 

E-mail: webmaster@qefd.org 

Web: www.qefd.org 

KEY CONTACT 

Cynthia Robinson, Chief Executive 

MISSION 

To enable disabled people to acquire skills for 

employment; build their confidence; increase 

independence; and maximise mobility. 


UK 


The foundation operates a range of programmes 

including: 

• Brain Injury Centre 

• Development Centre 

• Mobility Centre 

• Resource Centre 

• Training College 

• Disability information services 

• Care and Respite Fund 

• Retail trading 

Brain Injury Centre 

This rehabilitation centre offers assessment, 

extensive rehabilitation and education for young 

adults over the age of 16, who have acquired 

disabilities and associated learning difficulties as 

a result of brain injury. Individual action plans are 

developed and comprise long-term goals and 

shorter-term aims and targets, which are regularly 

evaluated and revised. Programmes offered 

include access to communication; cognitive 

therapies; community/educational re-integration; 

creative therapies; education including 

information and communication technology; 

mobility/driving; occupational therapies; physical 

therapies; speech therapy and language therapy; 

planning and preparation for the future; practical 

and design skills; recreation and leisure; and 

vocational rehabilitation. 

Development Centre 

Works with severely disabled young people to 

give them the skills they require to enable them to 

move on to a lifestyle and location of their choice. 

Mobility Centre 

Provides an extensive training programme, a 

telephone information service, assessments and 

tuition for disabled people who wish to learn to 

drive, or are uncertain about the type of car 

adaptations required. Also provides training for 

those who wish to resume driving after a change 

of circumstance, such as following a stroke or an 

accident. 

Resource Centre 

Provides a selection of classes, including 

computer training; arts and crafts; woodwork; 

Braille; and indoor and outdoor sports. It also 

operates a Wheelchair Repair Service and a 

Complementary Therapy Clinic, both of which 

are used by members and the local community. 

Counselling, information and support services are 

available. Those who are able to consider 


etraining or employment are offered one-to-one 

advice and guidance. 

Training College 

Provides training for sustainable employment for 

disabled people, especially those who have been 

forced into career changes by accident or illness. 

The college offers fifteen courses in a range of 

business and technical subjects, each focused on a 

job market and leading to a recognised 

qualification. 

Disability Information Services 

Provides a free, helpful, confidential information 

service for people of all ages with any type of 

disability as well as for family members, carers 

and professionals. It answers enquiries on all 

aspects of living with disability, such as benefits, 

holidays, education, mobility and employment. 

Care and Respite Fund 

Makes available grants to provide financial 

assistance to enable disabled people to have a 

break at a specialist centre or nursing home of 

their choice. 

Retail Trading 

Operates ten shops in the south-east and 

separately runs a Christmas card and gift mail 

order service from the foundation’s offices in 

Leatherhead. 

The foundation also provides consultancy 

services to organisations that are attempting to 

make their premises accessible to people with 

disabilities. 







APPLICATIONS 

Application form can be found on website. 


English 



STAFF 

Cynthia Robinson, Chief Executive 




SCHWEIZERISCHE WOHN - UND ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FÜR KÖRPERBEHINDERTE 

SCHWEIZERISCHE WOHN - 

UND ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT 

FÜR KÖRPERBEHINDERTE 



Hännisweg 7 

3645 Gwatt-Thun 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.33.334.4080 

Fax: +41.33.334.4090 

E-mail: info@wag-gwatt.ch 

Web: www.wag-gwatt.ch 

KEY CONTACT 

Barbara Hirschi, Head of Administration 


1959 

MISSION 

To provide disabled adults with employment and 

a home. 

BACKGROUND 

Schweizerische Wohn - und Arbeitsgemeinschaft 

für Körperbehinderte was founded as a result of 

an initiative of the Schweizerischen Vereinigung 

der Gelähmten ASPR (Swiss Organisation of 

Paralysed People) in 1959. 


Switzerland 


The foundation provides housing and 

employment opportunities to adults with 

disabilities. The aim is to offer people with a 

disability a sense of security, freedom, 

independence, and attention from other people. 

The foundation offers workshops on art and 

cooking, and training on how to attain work. The 

foundation helps residents gain employment and 

secure good working conditions. Support is 

currently given to 50 disabled people who live at 

the centre and 16 who live off site. 



APPLICATIONS 

Send application, residence permit and work 

permit to foundation. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Only funds disabled people and not people with 

an addiction. 


German 



GOVERNANCE 

Markus Haesler, Steffisburg, President 

Doris Kelterborn, Thun, Vice-President 

Dora Dick, Wimmis 

Urs Fahrni, Thun 

Vreni Haesler, Unterseen

SHAW TRUST 

Paul Schuepbach, Duerrenroth 

Vrendy Schüpbach, Dürrenroth 

Margrit Wenger, Heimberg 

STAFF 

René Wenger, Head of Workshops 

Barbara Hirschi, Head of Administration 

Susanne Ith, Head of Accommodation 




Annual report 





Total Assets 10,125,224 6,846,919 

Total Gifts 83,526 56,482 

Total Exp. 5,739,349 3,881,085 



SHAW TRUST 

1981 



Shaw Trust Information Resource 

Shaw House 

Epsom Square 

White Horse Business Park 

Trowbridge, BA14 0XJ 


Tel.: +44.1225.71.6350 

Fax: +44.1225.71.6334 

E-mail: stir@shaw-trust.org.uk 

Web: www.shaw-trust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Tim Papé, Director General 

MISSION 

To break down the barriers to employment for 

disabled and disadvantaged people across the UK. 

BACKGROUND 

Shaw Trust was founded in 1981 during the 

International Year for Disabled People. Shaw 

Trust originated in the village of Shaw, 

specifically to meet the known needs of a small 

group of individuals. All were severely disabled, 

but each one had valuable skills and abilities. By 

focusing on what they could do, rather than what 

they could not, real jobs were found with 

employers. This not only meant employment and 

income, but independence, a sense of self-worth 

and the chance to live their lives as integrated 

members of society. After 20 years of growth, the 

Shaw Trust is now widely recognised 

internationally as one of the leading authorities in 

disability, disadvantage and employment. 


UK 


Each year, Shaw Trust supports over 10,000 

people across England, Scotland and Wales 

through job preparation, job finding, job support, 

job retention and job creation. The trust’s work in 

this field comprises several different projects 

including: 

• Training 

• Employment 

• Personal Adviser Service 

• Enterprises 

• Job placements 

• Consultancy 

• Retail 

• Other projects 

Training 

Provides a range of tailored training services 

through 200 projects and a network of over 450 

staff across England, Scotland and Wales. In 

2001, over 2,500 disadvantaged people accessed 

these training services. The training courses vary 

from short introductions to accredited certificates. 

The subjects covered by the courses include: 

• Short intensive basic skills 

• City & Guilds Word and Number Power 

• NVQ in Customer Care and Catering 

• Website design 

• Job search and interview techniques 

• Vocational modules in Office Practice, Retail, 

Care and Printing 

• Confidence and motivational courses 

• IT skills development 

• Horticultural training 

• Life and social skills 

• Independent living 

• Tourism and leisure 

Employment 

Provides guidance and advice to disadvantaged 

individuals to identify their skills and work 

aspirations. The trust’s teams of specialist staff 

work across the UK to match these people to real 

vacancies within the labour market. In 2000-2001, 

the Shaw Trust provided over 2,500 employment 

opportunities for disabled people under the 

Supported Employment Programme. 

Personal Adviser Service 

The Personal Adviser Service in Newham and 

South Tyneside was used by over 2,000 people, 

with 777 of those gaining permanent jobs. Both 

projects were in the top four performers out of all 

the private, voluntary and public sector providers 

across the UK. 

Enterprises 

Through the development of innovative services, 

many of the trust’s projects have developed into 


social enterprises and social firms that provide 

training and employment for disadvantaged 

people. These projects compete for and win 

commercial contracts, generating revenues that 

are used to provide further training and 

employment opportunities within the project. The 

trust now has 40 such projects that provide 

business services to local communities while 

enabling disadvantaged people to gain new skills 

and work experience. Its range of enterprises now 

includes horticulture, catering, retail, office 

services, craft work, printing, payroll services, 

packaging and cycle repairs. The Grangefield 

Project in Stockton on Tees provides 

opportunities in horticulture, marketing, packing, 

driving, stocktaking, numeracy and literacy. 

Job Placements 

Enables individuals to work in local companies 

for up to six weeks to find out more about 

different industries, gain new skills and 

demonstrate their abilities to prospective 

employers. 

Consultancy 

Develops its range of innovative consultancy 

services to help employers recruit, train and retain 

disabled and disadvantaged employees. Its 

consultancy services include: 

• Practical advice regarding minor adjustments 

to the working environment 

• Assistance with reviews of equal opportunities 

policies 

• Help with the retention of employees who 

have become ill or disabled while employed 

• Training in subjects such as disability 

equality, mental health awareness, 

employment law and the Disability 

Discrimination Act 

• Development of progression plans enabling 

employers to fulfil their obligations under 

existing equal opportunities legislation and 

Disability Discrimination Act 

The Shaw Trust Shield project provides free 

advice for employers in South Wales to assist 

them to retain valued employees who may be in 

danger of losing their jobs due to disability or 

long-term ill health. 

Retail 

The Shaw Trust’s retail outlets provide revenue 

and training opportunities to support more 

disabled and disadvantaged people in work. These 

outlets are also invaluable in raising awareness 

and understanding the trust’s work. Its shops are 

located in key towns, mainly in the heart of 

England. The profile they create on the high street 

has continued to allow the trust to reach a wide 

audience. 

SHAW TRUST 

Other Projects 

Shaw Trust training services in Hampshire and 

High Wycombe gained top position in their TEC 

league tables for training disabled people and 

high positions in the overall mainstream league 

table in their areas. Shaw SAFE project in 

Merseyside provided training for 180 people in 

1980. Within the element of the project funded by 

the Training and Enterprise Council, 27 out of 48 

trainees progressed to further training or higher 

education. 



Equipment 





English 



GOVERNANCE 


Sir Derek Hornby, President 

Hamish Orr-Ewing, Vice-President 

Clive Richards, Vice-President 

John Bradbeer, Chair 

Charles Keen, Honorary Treasurer 

John Briffitt 

David Hinton 

Stuart Innes 

Angela Wadlow 


Patrons 

Evelyn Glennie 

Sir Geoffrey Holland 

Sir Maurice Johnston 

Richard Mansell-Jones 

The Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Needham 

STAFF 

Tim Papé, Director General 

Ian Charlesworth, Managing Director 

M.P. Beaven, Finance Director 


Annual report 





Total Assets 948,091 1,547,146 

Total Gifts 100,237 163,572 

Total Exp. 33,739,579 55,058,060 

Programme Exp. 


31,154,508 50,839,602 

The Shaw Trust obtains income from a variety of 

sources including the Employment Service, Local 

Authorities, TECs, Health Trusts and the 

European Commission. Income also comes from 


SLOVENSKÁ HUMANITNÁ RADA 

the National Lottery Charities Board, fund-raising 

and the trust’s shops. 


Accounting year runs from the latter part of 2000 

to the first part of 2001. 

(Sources of information: Annual Accounts 2000- 

2001; Annual Review 2000-2001; Website) 

SLOVENSKÁ HUMANITNÁ 

RADA 

1990 



Ruzová dolina 27 

82109 Bratislava 


Tel.: +421.2.5341.4755 

Fax: +421.2.5341.3655 

E-mail: shr@changenet.sk 

Web: www.shr.sk 

KEY CONTACT 

Ivan Sykora, President 


Slovak Humanitarian Council 

MISSION 

To help people in need at home and abroad. 

BACKGROUND 

The Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC) was 

established in 1990 with an endowment of 33 

million Czech Crowns from the Czechoslovak 

Council for Humanitarian Co-operation. 


Slovak Republic and Central and Eastern Europe 


The foundation is an umbrella organisation acting 

as a coordinating, informational, training, 

consulting, lobbying and grantmaking centre for 

its members who aim to help disabled and 

disadvantaged citizens. Its primary interests are in 

the areas of humanity and charity. Under this 

banner, it offers direct financial help for 

humanitarian activities; technical equipment and 

medical instruments to ease the life of disabled 

people; reconditioning and rehabilitation stays for 

children from orphanages and disabled children 

and adults; and humanitarian aid abroad. The 

foundation focuses on the following areas: 

• Educational training 

• Health services 

• Social services 

• Charity 

• Culture, art and mass media 

• Human rights 

• International solidarity 

• Development of the third sector 


• Respite stays 

• Sport 

• Legislation 

• Consultancy 

• Information provision 

• Mediating services 



Equipment 

Gifts in kind 




APPLICATIONS 

Standard application form available. 


RESTRICTIONS 

The council only supports well-defined projects 

of its own member organisations. Gifts in kind 

and technical assistance are not under any 

restrictions. 


Slovakian 



GOVERNANCE 


Jaroslav Hinst, Vice-President 

Viktor Blaho 

Jozef Dudás 

Anna Klimackova 

Iveta Liberková 

Maria Orlovska 

Milan Surgos 

Stefan Vancik 


Frantisek Vojtech, Chairman 

Peter Baciak 

Lubica Gálisová 

Helena Pindrochova 

Alexander Potocky 

STAFF 


Bohuslava Zániova, Director 

Eva Lysicanová, Advisor 




Annual report 



Newsletter: ‘Humanita’ 

‘Regulations of the SHC’ report 



2001 SLOVAK KORUNA EURO 

Total Assets 20,230,000 472,970 

Total Exp. 


11,710,000 273,775 

Revenue from financial investments, foundations, 

sponsors, state grants and public contributions. 

AFFILIATIONS 

EURAG 

European Volunteer Centre 

International Association for Volunteer Effort 

EFC Member 


application form; Information brochures; Website) 

STICHTING START 

1999 



P.O. Box 889 

5600 AW Eindhoven 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.40.246.1850 

Fax: +31.04.237.0515 

E-mail: startfnd@start.nl 

Web: www.start.nl/startfoundation 

KEY CONTACT 

Jos Verhoeven, Executive Secretary 


Start Foundation 

MISSION 

To express the social engagement of the Start 

company by supporting initiatives that focus on 

disadvantaged people who have no or limited 

access to the labour market. To improve, support, 

and initiate social innovation related to 

employment issues. To accumulate and distribute 

expertise in and outside of the Start company. To 

contribute to the debate on employment issues in 

relation to disadvantaged groups in society. 

BACKGROUND 

Stichting Start was founded after the major 

redesign of the company’s structure in 1996. Start 

Holding reformed its structure from a non-profit 

structure into a businesslike (Ltd.) holding 

structure. However, Start did intend to continue 

its strong social focus including its cooperation 

with unions, employers associations and 

governments. The company shares remained in 

the hands of a special foundation. The board of 

this shareholder foundation, consisting of 

representatives of the former tripartite structure, 

decided to use the received dividend to create 

Start Foundation, which became operational in 

1999. 


Netherlands, international where Start 

International delivers services 


Start Company 

STICHTING START 


The Start Foundation does not actively deliver 

services to several target groups, instead it 

responds to financial, contact or expertise needs 

on request from entrepreneurs. Proactively the 

foundation formulates ideas or defines actual 

problems and invites entrepreneurs to respond. 

The target groups of the foundation include 

people with physical disabilities; psychological 

disabilities; long-term unemployed; drug abusers; 

(ex-) prisoners; refugees; low educated elderly 

people; and young school drop outs. The core 

business of the foundation includes participation 

in experiments and projects and Start 

Employability Services, which delivers 

reintegration services for disability career 

guidance. The foundation also initiates its own 

activities, including: 

• Children at work 

• National Inclusion Innovation Contest 

• Start Foundation Forum 

• Seminars and workshops 

• Start Foundation Project Assembly 

Children at Work 

Introduces children with disadvantaged 

backgrounds (deprived areas, disabilities) to 

companies in their community. On a special 

visiting day the children can learn what it is like 

to be a bus driver, baker, policeman, or 

shopkeeper for one day. This programme aims to 

protect children from unemployment later in life 

due to their background. The programme is 

operated in association with the National Youth 

Care Foundation. Start Flex Services offers 

assistance as well. 

National Inclusion Innovation Contest 

Organises an annual contest in which everybody 

in the Netherlands is challenged to present the 

project or idea that is the most beneficial for 

improving the position of disadvantaged groups 

in the labour market. In 2000, the first series, 230 

entries were received for the contest. 

Start Foundation Forum 

Organises a national forum every two years. 

During this event, the foundation presents 

provocative opinions, confronts national 

politicians with grass-roots implications of their 

policies; and runs workshops focusing on 

maximising empowerment strategies. The forum 

also contains an exhibition on Holland’s best 

practice projects. 


STIFTUNG KRÄIZBIERG 

Seminars and Workshops 

Provides knowledge by initiating several 

workshops and seminars annually. The foundation 

assembles expertise and presents outcomes to 

practitioners in the field of labour market 

reintegration. Seminar fees are collected and 

directly donated to community initiatives. 

Start Foundation Project Assembly 

Brings together annually project promoters for a 

one-day event. During this event, the promoters 

are given the opportunity to meet one another and 

to discuss issues such as evaluation, 

implementation, developments on the labour 

market and distribution of knowledge. 



• Get Down on It, Netherlands, to produce a 

video about people with Down’s Syndrome 

who work in regular jobs. The video aims to 

put an end to the prejudice that these people 

might be unfit for the regular labour market. 

When the video’s effects were studied, it 

turned out to have a positive effect on teachers 

and parents in particular 

• More Together, Netherlands, to assist people 

with multiple sclerosis in setting up their own 

information and communication technology 

company as they regard themselves as having 

no prospects on the labour market because of 

the unpredictable course of their illness. The 

company focuses on making websites nondiscriminating 

in terms of disabled people, 

and offers part-time or full-time work 

• Pit 2000, Netherlands, to encourage jobless 

people to participate in a group programme 

that aims to help people redefine their own 

reality. By means of sport and counselling, 

based on a Canadian programme, people are 

encouraged to emphasise their abilities 

• Hi5, Netherlands, to show that ordinary 

people are unemployed for reasons such as 

age, ethnic origin, disability or previous 

occupation, rather through their own fault, by 

broadcasting a nine part television 

programme. It shows others that it is difficult 

to find a job when one comes from a very 

disadvantaged position 

• Brewery the Pearl, Netherlands, to produce a 

special beer sold to pubs and alcohol stores. 

This social firm employs people with severe 

psychiatric disturbances 


Awards/prizes 


Publications 


APPLICATIONS 

The criteria for funding include the innovative 

potential of the plan; the diverse background of 

the partners involved; the aims, objectives, 

activities and budget; a strong emphasis on selfevaluation; 

and opportunities for continuation 

after the project has finished. A minimum amount 

of 11,300 euros and a maximum amount of 

159,000 euros is available to support single 

initiatives. 


Dutch and English 



GOVERNANCE 

Executive Board 

Prof. Bert de Vries 

Johan Stekelenburg 

Marike van Lier Lels 


The foundation’s advisory board consists of a 

former employment minister, a scientist from the 

National Social Research Institute and a 

representative from the ethnic minority 

community. 

STAFF 

Jos Verhoeven, Executive Secretary 




Annual report 





Total Assets 1,800,000 1,800,000 


The annual Start Foundation assets are fixed at 

1.8 million euros. 


STIFTUNG KRÄIZBIERG 



Route de Zoufftgen 

3958 Dudelange 

Luxembourg 

Tel.: +352.52.4.3521 

Fax: +352.51.7721 

E-mail: direction@kraizbierg.lu 

Web: www.kraizbierg.lu 


1977 

MISSION 

To improve the moral, social and economic 

conditions of people with physical disabilities, 

particularly aimed at prevention, medication,

education, training, retraining, workplace 

adaptations and social insertion. 

BACKGROUND 

Stiftung Kräizbierg was created in 1977 to 

support people with physical disabilities. 


Luxembourg 


The institutions and services of the foundation are 

divided into three categories: 

• Accommodation for living communities 

• Training and professional activities services 

• Service centres 

Accommodation for Living Communities 

Manages five accommodation structures: Foyer 

Lankhelzerweiher in Esch-sur-Alzette, Foyer 

Pietert in Grevenmacher, Betreit Wunnen 

Gasperich in Gasperich, Foyer La Cerisaie in 

Dalheim and 

Foyer Brill in Dudelange. 

Training and Professional Activities Services 

The Emile Mayrisch Centre is a professional 

school that offers training to adolescents and 

adults aged 16 to 40 years in the following areas: 

gardening; pottery; stage layout; administration 

and office work; and silk screen printing. After 

their training the pupils have the guarantee to be 

able to find paid work in one of the foundation’s 

five workshops of Centre d’Aide par le Travail. 

Service Centres 

The follow-up service helps the disabled person 

in his/her daily life by technical aides all trained 

in neuro-psychology. The functional re-education 

service aims to improve physical well-being and 

motor independence by traditional physiotherapy 

as well as relaxation techniques, hydrotherapy 

and sport therapy. 



Equipment 




German and French 






THEOTOKOS FOUNDATION 





Theotokou 2 

Ilion 

13122 Athens 

Greece 

Tel.: +30.1.231.4332 

Fax: +30.1.231.4888 

E-mail: mail@theotokos.gr 

Web: www.theotokos.gr 

KEY CONTACT 

Domini Sarris, President of Board of 

Administrators 


Panagiota Papanikolopoulou, Scientific Director 


1954 

MISSION 

To provide help to children with learning and 

developmental difficulties and to offer them 

opportunities to learn how to communicate; to 

function adequately in their everyday lives; to 

take care of themselves; and to be able to work in 

order to become independent and active adults. 

BACKGROUND 

Theotokos Foundation was founded in 1954 by 

the late Maria A. Papagos who served as 

president, supported by a board of directors which 

incorporated her aspirations and continues to do 

so. Since then, it has offered its services to some 

3,000 children and adolescents. 


Greece 


The foundation offers comprehensive services to 

children and youths up to 25 years of age with 

learning and other developmental disabilities 

including: 

• Counselling centre 

• Early intervention 

• Pedagogical unit 

• Pre-vocational training 

• Vocational training 

• Support and enrichment programmes 

• Vocational placement and integration 

Counselling Centre 

Offers diagnoses, assessments and individual and 

group counselling to attending students as well as 

their family members. These same services are 

offered to residents of the community that 

surrounds the foundation. 

Early Intervention 

This area comprises the ‘Metis’ programme 

which focuses on young children that exhibit 

deficiencies in various developmental areas. The 

aim of the programme is the early intervention


and the suitable treatment of the children to 

achieve a smoother passage to the educational 

milieu. The programme aims for a small child-tostaff 

ratio. This area includes part- or full-time 

programmes; cooperation with parents in 

applying the programmes at home; seminars 

aiming at training parents; and counselling of 

parents. 

Pedagogical Unit 

Supports overall child development focusing on 

practical abilities through daily living skills 

training programmes. The skills taught include 

communication, speech, socialisation, self-care, 

movement, and cognitive functioning. There are 

also enrichment programmes in music therapy, 

creativity, and gymnastics. 

Pre-vocational Training 

Supports pre-vocational training programmes for 

youths aged 12 to 16 years where the following 

goals are targeted: assimilation and generalisation 

of school learning through daily living activities; 

acquisition of pre-vocational knowledge and 

practices; vocational orientation based upon the 

desires, interests and abilities of the youth; selfcare 

skills; development of practical and creative 

skills; and constructive use of leisure time and 

strengthening of imagination. 

Vocational Training 

Provides a three-year social and vocational 

training programme for young people with 

learning disabilities between 17 to 25 years of age 

in order to enable them to live a normal, 

independent life. 

Education is provided in model programmes of 

vocational training in specially equipped 

workshops with the possibility of practical 

training in actual work settings. Training involves 

the following crafts and specialities: carpentry; 

general office assistance; building maintenance 

assistance; printing and graphic arts; ceramics; 

book binding; weaving; silk printing; sewing; 

canteen and catering; horticulture and 

greenhouse; cooking and confectionery; assembly 

work; storeroom clerk; environmental recycling; 

and laundry room worker. Training is achieved 

through the production of goods which are 

displayed during the foundation’s bi-yearly 

bazaars and through specific contract orders 

which are carried out for public and private 

contractors. 

Support and Enrichment Programmes 

Participates in a wide variety of support and 

enrichment programmes including speech 

therapy; physical education and athletics; 

creativity; music and theatrical expression; Boy 

and Girl Scouts; and participation in athletic 

events for people with special needs. 

Vocational Placement and Integration 

Helps young adults with learning disabilities that 

wish to work through the foundation’s vocational 

integration programme called ‘Ergaxia’, which 

means ‘value in work’. The programme is aimed 

at young adults over 20 years of age. The 

participants are helped by a placement team, 

whose goals are to place, train and maintain 

disabled workers in normal jobs. On-the-job 

training is emphasised, as well as long-term 

psycho-educational support of workers and 

employers. There are currently 85 young people 

working in normal jobs within their communities, 

and the foundation’s aim is to place, train and 

maintain 12 new young people every year in 

normal job settings. 



APPLICATIONS 

Students wishing to apply, referred by 

themselves, family, or other services, are assessed 

for admission by a multidisciplinary team. 

Referrals are usually made by social services or 

the ministries of Health and Welfare or Education 

as well as the health insurance services of 

families. Individuals or families interested in 

admissions are free to call the foundation and 

apply. All referrals are placed on a waiting list 

after completing an application awaiting a full 

assessment by the centre’s multidisciplinary team 

in order to determine if the Theotokos services are 

appropriate to the needs of the specific child or 

young adult. The initial assessment usually takes 

one to two days and includes the following 

components: psychological; psychiatric; 

neurological; occupational therapy and or 

educational, social and family history. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Does not make grants and all programmes are 

rehabilitation and educational. 


Greek 



LEGAL STATUS 

Private, non-profit organisation 

GOVERNANCE 

The foundation is administered by a nine-member 

Administration Council, presided over by Domini 

Sarris. 

STAFF 

Domini Sarris, President of Board of 

Administrators 

George Migiakis, Financial/Administrative 

Director 

Panagiota Papanikolopoulou, Scientific Director 








Total Gifts 58,000 58,000 

Total Exp. 2,229,000 2,229,000 


Programme Exp. 2,054,000 2,054,000 



2 

Greek Government, European projects and 

donations. 

AFFILIATIONS 

European Platform for Rehabilitation 

European Union for Supported Employment 

Rehabilitation International 


ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION 

1973 



The Green 

Bradgate House 

Anstey 

Leicester, LE7 7FU 


Tel.: +44.116.236.4325 

Fax: +44.116.234.0205 

E-mail: foundation@ulverscroft.co.uk 

Web: www.ulverscroft.co.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Joyce Sumner, Secretary and Administrator 

MISSION 

To relieve, assist, and provide treatment and 

education for sick or disabled people and, in 

particular, people suffering from defective 

eyesight; to promote or conduct medical research; 

and to provide and assist in the provision of 

facilities for the treatment or alleviation of sick or 

visually impaired people. 

BACKGROUND 

The Ulverscroft Foundation was formed by the 

Ulverscroft Group in 1973 to assist in the 

treatment of eye patients. 




Ulverscroft Group Ltd. 


All financial help given by the Ulverscroft 

Foundation is made through channels such as 

regional health authorities, hospitals, schools, 

libraries and groups for the visually impaired. The 

Ulverscroft Foundation is administered by 

appointed trustees who investigate each special 

ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION 

need. The support given focuses on the following 

categories: 

• Medical facilities 

• Public libraries 

• The housebound 

• Books on Wheels 

• Ophthalmic research 

Medical Facilities 

Provides hospitals and eye clinics with the latest 

technology, specialised equipment, and money for 

facilities and operating theatres. This has enabled 

many more adults and children from all parts of 

the world to have their eye conditions diagnosed 

and treated. 

Public Libraries 

Provides support to libraries to help the visually 

impaired, for example, by enabling the purchase 

of computerised reading machines for blind and 

partially sighted readers. These machines give 

access to virtually any printed document. 

The Housebound 

Helps libraries provide transport to take readers to 

the library or create Mobile Libraries especially 

designed to take reading materials to visually 

impaired and housebound readers, or to homes for 

elderly people, sheltered accommodation and day 

centres. 

Books on Wheels 

Supports the work of librarians with the Women’s 

Royal Voluntary Service, whose ‘Books on 

Wheels’ go direct to housebound readers unable 

to visit libraries. They are able to choose books 

from a selection brought to their homes by a 

variety of volunteers, from Women’s Royal 

Voluntary Service (WRVS) helpers, Boy Scouts, 

Girl Guides, readers’ friends or any able-bodied 

person who can be recruited. To help WRVS 

members start ‘Books on Wheels’ schemes in 

new areas of the country, the foundation financed 

the production of a 16mm colour film that showed 

how the Nottinghamshire County Library service 

and the WRVS worked closely together to get 

books to housebound readers. 

Ophthalmic Research 

Supports the Department of Ophthalmology at the 

University of Leicester. Following this successful 

development, similar arrangements have been 

made with the Royal Australian College of 

Ophthalmologists, Sydney; and the University of 

London and its teaching hospitals - the Great 

Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, the 

Moorfields Eye Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital 

School, and St. George’s Hospital Medical 

School. 


Awards/prizes 

Equipment 



VATES-SÄÄTIÖ 


Research 

APPLICATIONS 

Applicants should apply in writing, making their 

proposal as detailed as possible. There is no 

application form. Applications should include 

details of current service to the visually impaired, 

if any; how the proposed project will be 

integrated or enhanced; the amount of funding 

obtained to date, if any; and the names of other 

organisations applied to. If possible, an estimate 

of how many visually impaired people use/will 

use the service; and a set of latest annual accounts 

and an annual report should be included. The 

success of any appeal is dependent on the level of 

funding available at the time of consideration. 

Applications are considered every three months. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Grants are rarely given to individuals. The 

foundation does not generally grant assistance 

towards salaries and general running costs. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

Trustees 

P.H.F. Carr 

R. Crooks 

M.K. Down 

A.W. Leach 

D. Owen 

A.W. Price 

STAFF 

Joyce Sumner, Secretary and Administrator 

E.V. Hill, Treasurer 



Annual report 






Total Assets 13,048,872 21,293,851 

Total Exp. 16,420,440 26,795,757 

Grants Exp. 353,250 576,452 


Income from sales of books and from donations. 


For financial year ended October 31st 2001. 

Figures refer to the Ulverscroft Foundation and its 

subsidiary undertakings. 

(Sources of information: Annual report; Application 

guidelines; Information brochures; Website; Verified 

by funder) 

VATES-SÄÄTIÖ 



P.O. Box 40 

Oltermannintie 8 


Finland 

Tel.: +358.9.7527.551 

Fax: +358.9.7527.5521 

E-mail: marianne.kaunismaki@vates.fi 

Web: www.vates.fi 

KEY CONTACT 

Marianne Kaunismäki, Secretary 


Leena Sariola, Development Manager 

Antti Paajanen, Development Manager 

Arja Suni, Consultant 


Vates Foundation 


1993 

MISSION 

To provide job opportunities for people with 

disabilities using a variety of employment 

methods and opportunities to make choices based 

on their needs and ability to work. 

BACKGROUND 

The Vates Foundation was established in 1993 by 

19 national associations and organisations. The 

foundation cooperates with organisations and 

associations for and of persons with disabilities, 

and with government, regional authorities, 

business, industry and other associations. 


Europe 

FORMER NAME 

FPED Foundation 


The foundation runs several programmes to find 

job opportunities for people with disabilities. 

Main activities include: 

• Supported employment 

• Employment models for mentally ill people 

• Sheltered workshops 

• Dissemination of information 

• Staff training 

• Social firms and social enterprises 

Supported Employment 

The foundation created the Finnish Network for 

Supported Employment (FINSE) to promote 

education, awareness and communication about 

supported employment. FINSE organises national 

and international seminars and training for job 

coaches and publishes a newsletter.

Employment Models for Mentally Ill People 

Helps to find jobs that are suitable for disabled 

people who are going through rehabilitation and 

helps them find housing, hobbies and friends. 

Sheltered Workshops 

Works with sheltered workshops to develop a 

new workshop model which will function 

independently as part of a local and regional 

network with other service providers in training 

and rehabilitation and in the labour market. 

Dissemination of Information 

Aims to promote positive attitudes towards the 

employment of people with disabilities and 

eliminate associated prejudices. Aims to raise 

general awareness of skills of people with 

disabilities, and their desire to integrate into 

normal working life. 

Staff Training 

Provides training for the staff of services 

providers, mostly for sheltered workshops and 

employment projects and initiatives. 

Social Firms and Social Enterprises 

Set up the Finnish Network of Social Firms 

(SOFI) in 1998 to promote the establishment of 

social firms and social enterprises in Finland. 




Publications 

Research 




GOVERNANCE 

Marjatta Varanka, Managing Director 

STAFF 

Marianne Kaunismäki, Secretary 

Leena Sariola, Development Manager 

Antti Paajanen, Development Manager 

Arja Suni, Consultant 










Programme Exp. 893,011 893,011 





VÝBOR DOBRÉ VULE - NADACE OLGY HAVLOVÉ 

VÝBOR DOBRÉ VULE - 

NADACE OLGY HAVLOVÉ 




P.O. Box 240 

11121 Prague 


Tel.: +420.224.21.7061 

Fax: +420.224.21.7082 

E-mail: vdv@telecom.cz 

Web: www.vdv.cz 

KEY CONTACT 

Hana Haráková 


Dr. Milena Cerná, Executive Director 


The Committee of Goodwill - Olga Havel 

Foundation 


1992 

MISSION 

To provide aid to non-governmental organisations 

(NGOs) who support health care, education and 

social assistance, as well as helping the 

disadvantaged and defending human rights. 

BACKGROUND 

The Olga Havel Foundation grew out of the 

Committee of Good Will, which was founded in 

1990 by the first wife of the president of the 

Czech Republic to defend the rights of 

disadvantaged people and to aid their full 

integration into society. 


Czech Republic and Slovak Republic 


Charter 77 Foundation, Prague 


The foundation seeks to defend human rights and 

aid the integration of the disadvantaged back into 

society through the following programmes: 


• Education 

• Social and health care sector 

• Human rights 

• Olga Havel award 

Health Care 

Provides health care support in many different 

areas, including the prevention of cancer, and 

assisting women and children with the disease. 

The foundation also supports the education of 

specialist staff in play therapy for children in 

hospital. Supports a programme for the 

prevention of asthma in children; and education 

of parents and teachers regarding relations to 

children with asthma. Supports the improvement 

of knowledge among specialist health care 

personnel and the parents of children with cystic

VÝBOR DOBRÉ VULE - NADACE OLGY HAVLOVÉ 

fibrosis. The foundation receives gifts in kind 

from some manufacturers of medical equipment 

and pharmaceutical products which the 

foundation passes on to the patients in need. 

Education 

Aims to improve education through its Education 

Fund which provides grants to gifted physically 

disabled children and children from children’s 

homes to further their studies. The foundation 

also runs the Salzberg Cornell Medical Seminars 

for experts and NGO’s. 

Social and Health Care Sector 

Provides social assistance to the disadvantaged 

through the following: holidays for children; the 

establishment of a halfway house to provide a 

refuge for children and young people in difficulty, 

and programmes of street work, asylums for 

mother and child and homeless people; the 

Pathways to Integration programme, which 

provides aid and contributions towards 

reconstructing buildings to provide easy access 

for the disabled and employment for people with 

disabilities; supporting the rehabilitation of 

disabled people; supporting foster families caring 

for children from children’s homes; cooperation 

with associations and charitable institutions which 

offer an active and dignified life to the elderly; 

and single contributions to cover emergency 

expenses relating to living conditions of those in 

need. 

Human Rights 

Supports education and cultural activities within 

the Roma communities to enhance dialogue and 

mutual understanding between different ethnic 

groups. 

The Olga Havel Award 

The foundation awards this annual sum to a 

person with a disability who helps other people in 

need. This event enables the public to recognise 

the contributions of people with disabilities in 

society. 


The foundation supports this area through the 

following programmes: 

• Education Fund 

• Pathways to Integration 

• Rehabilitation 

• The Olga Havel Award 

Education Fund 

The foundation gives stipends to physically 

disabled children and to young students from 

children’s homes, who need financial support to 

continue their education in higher secondary 

school and universities in the Czech Republic. 

Pathways to Integration 

One of the main aims of the Olga Havel 

Foundation is to help people with disabilities to 

overcome their barriers and find a comfortable 

way to integrate themselves into society. The 

foundation contributes to the reconstruction of 

homes without barriers; provides funds for tools 

and equipment needed by disabled children at 

school; and provides funds for personal assistance 

required by disabled people wanting to live an 

independent lifestyle. 

Rehabilitation 

The Olga Havel Foundation supports families 

with chronically ill children, people suffering 

from the consequences of a serious accident, and 

the physically disabled. The foundation 

contributes to the purchase of medical equipment 

that is not usually reimbursed by insurance 

companies. The foundation also contributes to the 

furnishing of sheltered workshops. 

The Olga Havel Award 

Each year, the foundation gives an award to a 

person with a physical disability who actively 

participates in activities that aim to improve the 

lives of other people in need. The goal is to raise 

awareness about the value of disabled people in 

society. 


Awards/prizes 




Equipment 

Fellowships 

Gifts in kind 

APPLICATIONS 

The Olga Havel foundation renders grants to 

associations, charity institutions, private 

individuals, and schools but explicitly for projects 

described on the foundation’s website, where full 

application guidelines can be found. 


RESTRICTIONS 

Does not accept requests from entrepreneurial 

organisations; for running costs of organisations; 

refunds for medical treatment in private hospitals; 

car purchases; free-time activities and sports; air 

cleaners for individuals; loans or debts. 


Czech and Slovak 



GOVERNANCE 

Dana Nemcová, President 

PhDr. Ivan Douda 

Ivan M. Havel, PhD 

Bishop Václav Malý 

Senator MUDr Jaroslava Moserová 

Diana Phipps 

Mgr. Milos Rejchrt 

PhDr. Milan Tománek 

Ljubica Václavová 



Helena Navrátilová, Magda 

Jan Stolar Pistorová 

STAFF 

Dr. Milena Cerná, Executive Director 

JUDr Petr Hanzal 

Hana Haráková 

Vera Kubátová 

Eva Kvasnicková 

Jarina Simunková 

Marie Strnadová 

Jarmila Vernerová 



10 volunteers 


Annual report 



Monographs 


2001 CZECH CROWN EURO 

Total Assets 43,409,000 1,347,122 

Total Gifts 20,182,040 626,314 

Total Exp. 23,337,371 724,235 

Grants Exp. 15,167,866 470,708 

Programme Exp. 8,169,505 253,526 



694 

Gifts from individuals and companies, legacies 

and the proceeds of fund-raising activities. 

Significant assistance is received from overseas 

sister organisations of the Olga Havel Foundation. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Olga Havel Foundation’s sister organisations in 

the US, Great Britain, Norway, Germany and 

Switzerland 



Senovázné námestí 2 

11121 Prague 1 



Information brochures; Verified by funder) 

WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON 

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 



48 New Park Street 

Devizes, SN10 1DS 


Tel.: +44.138.072.9284 

Fax: +44.138.072.9772 

E-mail: info@wscf.org.uk 

Web: www.wscf.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Anna Marsden, Director 


Jennie Francis, Office Manager 


1991 

MISSION 

To help direct funds where they are most needed 

and where they can make the most difference in 

the Wiltshire and Swindon county. 

BACKGROUND 

The Wiltshire and Swindon Community 

Foundation was established to create a 

community foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon 

to provide a permanent source of grant aid for 

local charities. 


Wiltshire and Swindon, UK 

FORMER NAME 

Wiltshire Community Foundation 


The foundation runs the following funds: 

• Main Project Fund 

• Small Grants Fund 

• Progress Fund 

Main Project Fund 

Supports community care projects in the 

following areas: supporting carers, the disabled 

and the elderly; tackling isolation; dealing with 

rural transport and services and working with 

people who are isolated because of illnesses or for 

cultural reasons; and investing in young people 

aged 12 to 25, especially those young people who 

have worries about accommodation, addiction or 

behaviour problems. 

Small Grants Fund 

Funds groups with an income of less than £10,000 

per year with one time grants of £50-£500. 

Progress Fund 

Aims to help people of working age improve their 

skills, build confidence, raise self-esteem and 

improve access to work. Especially helps groups 

working with marginalised communities. This 

fund is supported by the European Social Fund 

(ESF).

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS’ CHARITABLE TRUST 


The foundation grants aid to voluntary and 

community organisations working with the most 

disadvantaged. Includes grants to organisations 

working with frail elderly, people suffering 

ongoing mental health problems and people with 

disabilities. 

APPLICATIONS 

Initial approach by telephone. If applicable, the 

foundation will send application form. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not give grants outside Wiltshire and 

Swindon. Does not fund individuals; sponsored 

events; general large appeals; advancement of 

religion; medical research and equipment; animal 

welfare; political party activities; and substitution 

of statutory sector funds. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


GOVERNANCE 

The 13 trustees include people from the business 

sector, private individuals and professional 

advisors. 


Honorary solicitors and honorary treasurer. 

STAFF 

Anna Marsden, Director 

Jen Wildblood, Programme Director 

Kate Hunter, Development Director 

Jennie Francis, Office Manager 

John Nash, Finance Officer 


40 volunteers 


Annual report 



Newsletter: ‘Wiltshire Matters’ 



Total Assets 2,189,581 3,573,076 

Total Gifts 544,934 889,253 

Total Exp. 429,337 700,615 

Grants Exp. 235,513 384,323 

Programme Exp. 193,824 316,292 



141 

Corporates, ESF, trusts, individuals and statutory. 




AFFILIATIONS 




THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY 

OF INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGISTS’ 




39A Bartholomew Close 

London, EC1A 7JN 


Tel.: +44.20.7600.1992 

Fax: +44.20.7600.1991 

E-mail: trust@wcit.org.uk 

Web: www.wcit.org.uk 

not available 

MISSION 

To bring the benefits of information technology 

(IT) within reach of people disadvantaged for 

whatever reason. 

BACKGROUND 

The Worshipful Company of Information 

Technologists (WCIT) has its origins in the early 

1980s when two IT professionals, Alan Benjamin 

and Bernard Harty, approached the City of 

London to discuss the possibility of a Livery 

Company based on the Information Technology 

profession. Many people were interested in 

promoting professional standards; supporting 

education and training; and undertaking charitable 

activities and wanted to give something back to 

the ICT (information and communication 

technologies) industry. Six years after it was 

founded, WCIT was awarded full Livery 

Company status and received a charter from the 

Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London. 

The company’s charitable work is coordinated by 

the WCIT Charitable Trust. 


UK 



Technologists 


WCIT is composed of panels with groups of 

Freemen and Liverymen who concentrate on an 

area of interest. The 12 panels include: Arts 

Panel; Charity Dinner Panel; Charity Walk Panel; 

Disability Panel; Education and Training Panel; 

Ethical and Spiritual Development Panel; Events 

Panel; Housing Panel; Industry Panel; Medicine 

and Health Panel; Recreation and Leisure Panel; 

and Youth and Community Panel. The trust 

operates a variety of educational/training 

programmes including: 

• Open age 

• King George’s Hostel 

• Leading the way to ICT success 

• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) 


• St. Botolph’s project 

• Young Carers Project 

Open Age 

Teaches basic IT skills to more than 100 older 

people at a west London community centre. The 

project built a new IT room at the Open Age 

Centre in North Kensington. Introduction to IT 

courses are being run for older people with no 

previous experience of computing, and once the 

course has been completed, trainees are then able 

to use the centre on a drop-in basis. 

King George’s Hostel 

Raises money to fund the installation of IT 

systems for staff and residents at the King 

George’s Hostel in Westminster for homeless 

men, using IT as a way of building confidence 

and skills for the hostel’s residents. Residents can 

also take a short introductory course using the 

computers. Topics include using Microsoft Word; 

editing photos and pictures through Photoshop; 

and an introduction to the Internet. 

Leading the Way to ICT Success 

The WCIT and the Baring Foundation have 

jointly funded the report ‘Leading the Way to ICT 

Success’. The report is based on interviews with a 

range of charities who are successfully using ICT, 

drawing out the key lessons from their 

experiences to provide a framework to maximise 

the voluntary sector’s effective use of ICT. 

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) 

Develops a knowledge sharing website for VSO 

volunteers on IT placements across the 

developing world to promote the exchange of 

ideas and best practice models. 

St. Botolph’s Project 

Works with St. Botolph’s Project, a homelessness 

charity, to provide an IT-based information 

system for use by clients attending the Aldgate 

Advice Centre. 

Young Carers Project 

Provides access to IT for the children and young 

people attending NCH’s Young Carers Projects. 

This will enable these children to develop IT 

skills and to link with other young carers groups 

across the country. A second part of this project is 

to provide a knowledge management system for 

staff in the young carers projects, enabling them 

to share ideas and develop best practice models. 


The Carers Online programme provides carers of 

disabled people with a 24 hour web-based service 

offering advice, information, and support, as well 

as a link to a virtual community of carers. In the 

longer term, the site will also be offering carers 

the opportunity to purchase relevant goods and 

services online at discounted prices. 



THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS’ CHARITABLE TRUST 



Equipment 




Research 


APPLICATIONS 

Although many of the company’s charitable 

activities are developed proactively from within 

the company, the trust considers proposals from 

registered charities, libraries, educational 

establishments, churches, hospitals or similar 

non-profit organisations. Organisations interested 

in developing projects with WCIT should contact 

the trust for an initial discussion. The purpose of 

this discussion will be to clarify whether the 

proposed project meets the company’s criteria; to 

assess the capacity of the company to take on new 

projects; and to determine whether additional 

information is required at this stage. Appropriate 

project proposals will be taken to the company’s 

panels for a decision. This decision is normally 

confirmed within three months of the initial 

approach to the company. Applicants must meet 

the following criteria: projects must directly 

benefit an identifiable group, especially those 

who are disadvantaged for whatever reason; 

projects must demonstrate an innovative use of 

IT, which can be developed into a model for 

wider replication; projects must be sustainable 

beyond the time frame of the company’s 

involvement; and projects must focus on 

outcomes which can be formally evaluated. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Funding is only offered to projects where the 

company’s membership has been actively 

involved in the development of the project. 


English 




The company’s charitable programme is delivered 

through a number of panels - groups of freemen 

and liverymen who share an interest in a 

particular issue, and who give their time and 

skills, working together to deliver a range of 

projects and other company activities. There is no 

fixed number of panels. Over time new panels are 

formed and existing panels become dormant as 

their project/activity is completed. There are 

currently 12 active panels. 





THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST 

THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST 


1999 


47a Paris Road 

Scholes 

Holmfirth, HD9 1SY 


Tel.: +44.1484.68.3403 

Fax: +44.1484.68.3403 

E-mail: yapp.trust@care4free.net 

Web: www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk 

KEY CONTACT 

Margaret Thompson, Administrator 

MISSION 

To help smaller charities, especially those 

tackling difficult or less popular work; and to 

support charities working with elderly people and 

those working in Wales or Northern Ireland. 

BACKGROUND 

Originally two charitable trusts were set up, using 

funds bequeathed by William Johnston Yapp, 

who died in 1946. These operated as The Yapp 

Welfare Trust and The Yapp Education and 

Research Trust until September 1999, when they 

were combined into The Yapp Charitable Trust. 


UK 

FORMER NAME 

The Yapp Welfare Trust 


The trust makes grants for work with: 

• Elderly people 

• Children and young people 

• People with disabilities or mental health 

problems 

• People trying to overcome life-limiting 

problems such as addiction, relationship 

difficulties, abuse, or a history of offending 

The trust also makes grants to support charities’ 

work in the fields of education and learning, 

including lifelong learning; and scientific and 

medical research. 



APPLICATIONS 

Applicants must complete a simple form that is 

obtainable from the trust’s administrator. The 

trustees meet three times per year to consider 

applications, usually in March, July and 

November. Applications should have reached the 

trust by January 31st (for March); May 30th (for 

July) and September 30th (for November). For 

summer holiday projects please apply to the 

November or March meeting as the July meeting 

takes place too late for replies to be sent before 

the project starts. 

RESTRICTIONS 

Does not fund individuals, including students 

undertaking research, expeditions or gap year 

projects; groups that do not have their own charity 

registration or exemption; or fund-raising groups 

raising money to benefit another organisation. 

Does not fund charities whose normal expenditure 

is over £75,000 a year; work with children under 

five years of age; child care; holidays and holiday 

centres; core funding of general community 

facilities such as community centres and village 

halls; or any capital expenditure, including 

buildings, renovations, extensions, furnishings, 

equipment, or minibuses. 


English 



LEGAL STATUS 


STAFF 

Margaret Thompson, Administrator 







Total Assets 5,327,600 8,693,864 

Total Exp. 322,800 526,762 

Grants Exp. 299,000 487,924 



101 

Interest on endowment. 


For financial year October 2000 to September 

2001. 

AFFILIATIONS 

Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) 




INDEXES

FUNDERS BY COUNTRY OF PRIMARY ADDRESS 

ALBANIA 


Paaftesise......................................................... 69 

BELGIUM 

Cera Foundation.................................................. 51 



Stiftung/King Baudouin Foundation ............... 87 

Johnson & Johnson ........................................... 128 

Levi Strauss & Co/Levi Strauss Foundation ..... 137 

BULGARIA 

Open Society Foundation Sofia ........................ 150 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Nadace Euronisa ............................................... 143 

Výbor dobré vule - Nadace Olgy Havlové........ 167 

FINLAND 

Kuntoutussäätiö................................................. 133 

Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 

FRANCE 

AXA Atout Coeur ............................................... 37 

Fondation Agir Contre l’Exclusion..................... 70 

Fondation Agir Pour l’Emploi ............................ 71 

Fondation Auchan pour la Jeunesse.................... 73 

Fondation BNP Paribas....................................... 75 

Fondation Caisse d’Epargne ............................... 76 

Fondation de France............................................ 81 


Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 

Fondation d’Entreprise France Télécom............. 79 

Fondation d’Entreprise Vivendi Universal ......... 80 


Assurances ...................................................... 83 

Fondation Electricité de France .......................... 83 

Fondation Franco-Américaine ............................ 85 

Fondation Jeunesse Avenir Entreprise ................ 86 

Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa.......... 142 

GERMANY 

Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Deutsche Kinder-und Jugendstiftung.................. 61 

Freudenberg Stiftung GmbH............................... 95 

GREECE 

Theotokos Foundation....................................... 163 

IRELAND 

People in Need Trust......................................... 152 

ITALY 

Compagnia di San Paolo ..................................... 56 


Provincie Lombarde........................................ 89 

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma ........... 91 

Fondazione Europa Occupazione - Impresa e 

Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 

LUXEMBOURG 


Mentalement Handicapés................................ 72 

Stiftung Kräizbierg............................................ 162 

MACEDONIA 


Makedonija...................................................... 99 

MALTA 

Fondazzjoni Arka................................................ 93 

NETHERLANDS 

Co-operating Netherlands Foundations for 

Central and Eastern Europe............................. 53 


Gehandicapte Kind........................................ 145 

Stichting Start.................................................... 161 

PORTUGAL 

Fundação da Juventude ....................................... 97 

Fundação Irene Rolo ........................................... 98 

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 

Komunitná Nadácia Zdravé Mesto ................... 132 

Slovenská humanitná rada................................. 160 

SPAIN 

Fundació Congost Autisme ............................... 101 

Fundación Luis Vives ....................................... 102 

Fundación María Francisca de Roviralta........... 105 

Fundación Minusválidos en la Naturaleza ........ 105 

Fundación ONCE.............................................. 106 

Fundación Paideia Galiza.................................. 108 

Fundación Psico Ballet Maite León .................. 110 

Fundación Ramón Rey Ardid............................ 111 

Fundación Telefónica........................................ 112 

SWEDEN 

Institute on Independent Living ........................ 121 

SWITZERLAND 

Fondation Battenberg.......................................... 74 

Fondation Defitech.............................................. 82 

Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses.................. 88 


Arbeitszentrum für Mobilitätsbehinderte ...... 125 

Jacobs Foundation............................................. 125 

Jubiläumsstiftung der Credit Suisse Group....... 131 


Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Körperbehinderte ... 157 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Abbey National Charitable Trust ........................ 35 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 

Barrow Cadbury Trust......................................... 39 

Berkshire Community Foundation...................... 40 

Boots Charitable Trust ........................................ 41 

Bridge House Estates Trust Fund........................ 42 

British Telecommunications plc.......................... 44 

Cable and Wireless plc........................................ 46 

Cadbury Schweppes Foundation plc ................... 47 

Camelot Foundation............................................ 48 

Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 

Community Fund ................................................ 54 

Derbyshire Community Foundation.................... 58 

Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund........... 64 

Ernest Cook Trust ............................................... 66 

Essex Community Foundation ............................ 68 


FUNDERS BY COUNTRY OF PRIMARY ADDRESS 

Four Acre Trust .................................................. 94 

Grocers’ Charity ............................................... 113 

Haberdashers’ Company................................... 115 

Harrow Community Trust................................. 117 

Henry Smith Charity......................................... 118 

Jill Franklin Trust ............................................. 127 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation............................ 130 

Lankelly Foundation......................................... 135 

Linkage Community Trust................................ 138 


Wales ............................................................ 140 

Nationwide Foundation .................................... 144 

Northern Rock Foundation ............................... 147 

Nuffield Foundation ......................................... 149 

Percy Bilton Charity ......................................... 153 

Pilgrim Trust..................................................... 154 

Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation.......................... 156 

Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 

Ulverscroft Foundation..................................... 165 


Foundation .................................................... 169 

Worshipful Company of Information 

Technologists’ Charitable Trust.................... 170 

Yapp Charitable Trust....................................... 172 

USA 

American Express Foundation............................ 36 

IBM Corporation USA ..................................... 120 

International Youth Foundation........................ 122 

Ireland Funds .................................................... 123 


SUBJECT INDEX 

ARTISTIC EDUCATION 



France.............................................................. 78 





The Ernest Cook Trust ........................................ 66 

The Haberdashers’ Company............................ 115 

ARTS & CULTURE (GENERAL) 

American Express Foundation ............................ 36 


B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 

British Telecommunications plc ......................... 44 





Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 


Paaftesise......................................................... 69 




France.............................................................. 78 




Assurances ...................................................... 83 









Makedonija ..................................................... 99 

Fundación María Francisca de Roviralta .......... 105 



IBM Corporation USA...................................... 120 







Slovenská humanitná rada ................................ 160 


The Grocers’ Charity ........................................ 113 

The Henry Smith Charity.................................. 118 

The Ireland Funds ............................................. 123 

The Lankelly Foundation .................................. 135 

The Northern Rock Foundation ........................ 147 

The Pilgrim Trust.............................................. 154 

AUTISM 

Fondation d’Entreprise France Télécom ............. 79 


Linkage Community Trust ................................ 138 


The Nuffield Foundation................................... 149 

BUSINESS PROMOTION 




Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Deutsche Kinder-und Jugendstiftung .................. 61 



Fondation Agir Pour l’Emploi............................. 71 



Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 

Fondation d’Entreprise Vivendi Universal.......... 80 

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma............ 91 


Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 









Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 




CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 





Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 







Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 





Open Society Foundation Sofia......................... 150 

Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 





SUBJECT INDEX 

CIVIL RIGHTS & ADVOCACY 

Bridge House Estates Trust Fund ....................... 42 



Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 

Freudenberg Stiftung GmbH .............................. 95 

Fundación ONCE ............................................. 106 

Jacobs Foundation ............................................ 125 

Levi Strauss & Co/Levi Strauss Foundation..... 137 


Wales ............................................................ 140 


The Lankelly Foundation.................................. 135 

The Nuffield Foundation .................................. 149 

CIVIL SOCIETY/LAW/CIVIL RIGHTS (GENERAL) 

Boots Charitable Trust........................................ 41 



Compagnia di San Paolo..................................... 56 


Diageo plc........................................................... 63 


Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 





Stiftung/King Baudouin Foundation............... 87 

Fondation Suisse pour les Téléthèses ................. 88 


Solidarietà....................................................... 92 

Fondazzjoni Arka ............................................... 93 



Makedonija ..................................................... 99 

Fundación Luis Vives....................................... 102 


Fundación Paideia Galiza ................................. 108 

Institute on Independent Living........................ 121 



Johnson & Johnson........................................... 128 





Wales ............................................................ 140 



Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 


The Barrow Cadbury Trust................................. 39 


Fund................................................................ 64 



The Ireland Funds............................................. 123 




COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC & SOCIAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Abbey National Charitable Trust........................ 35 


AXA Atout Coeur............................................... 37 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 




Centrica plc......................................................... 49 

Cera Foundation ................................................. 51 

Community Fund................................................ 54 



Central and Eastern Europe ............................ 53 

Derbyshire Community Foundation ................... 58 

Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 


Diageo plc........................................................... 63 

Essex Community Foundation............................ 68 







Kronenbourg................................................... 77 


France ............................................................. 78 

Fondation de France ........................................... 81 






Solidarietà....................................................... 92 


Fundação da Juventude....................................... 97 


Makedonija ..................................................... 99 


Fundación Telefónica ....................................... 112 







Kuntoutussäätiö ................................................ 133 




Wales ............................................................ 140 

Stichting Start ................................................... 161 






Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 

CONTINUING TEACHER TRAINING 




CONTINUING TRAINING 




B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 





Cadbury Schweppes Foundation plc................... 47 

Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 





Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 


Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 



Paaftesise......................................................... 69 










Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 











Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 


Four Acre Trust................................................... 94 




Fundació Congost Autisme............................... 101 





SUBJECT INDEX 







International Youth Foundation ........................ 122 





Joseph Rowntree Foundation ............................ 130 







Wales............................................................. 140 


Nationwide Foundation..................................... 144 


Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation .......................... 156 



Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 





Fund ................................................................ 64 












Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 

CONTINUING VOCATIONAL TRAINING/JOB 

TRAINING PROGRAMMES 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 




Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 

DROP-OUT PREVENTION 



ECONOMICS 





SUBJECT INDEX 

EDUCATION (ADULT/CONTINUING) 








France ............................................................. 78 



Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa ......... 142 

The Yapp Charitable Trust ............................... 172 

EDUCATION (HIGHER) 











Výbor dobré vule - Nadace Olgy Havlové ....... 167 

EDUCATION (OTHER STRUCTURES) 









France ............................................................. 78 





Fundación Psico Ballet Maite León.................. 110 

Fundación Ramón Rey Ardid ........................... 111 



The Ernest Cook Trust........................................ 66 



Gehandicapte Kind ....................................... 145 



EDUCATION (PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 

SECONDARY) 







Diageo plc........................................................... 63 




France ............................................................. 78 











EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL/GRADUATE) 









EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL) 






Arbeitszentrum für Mobilitätsbehinderte...... 125 






EDUCATION/INITIAL TRAINING (GENERAL) 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 




Cable and Wireless plc ....................................... 46 


Centrica plc......................................................... 49 








Diageo plc........................................................... 63 











France.............................................................. 78 



Assurances ...................................................... 83 











Makedonija ..................................................... 99 






















Wales............................................................. 140 









The Barrow Cadbury Trust ................................. 39 


Fund ................................................................ 64 






The Jill Franklin Trust....................................... 127 




SUBJECT INDEX 



The Yapp Charitable Trust................................ 172 


Ulverscroft Foundation ..................................... 165 

Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 


EMPLOYMENT 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 



Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 




Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 





Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


Fondation Electricité de France........................... 83 

Fondation Franco-Américaine............................. 85 





Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 


















Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 



Fund ................................................................ 64 






Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 


ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY 



SUBJECT INDEX 









Fondation Defitech ............................................. 82 


Fondation Jeunesse Avenir Entreprise................ 86 









Makedonija ..................................................... 99 
















Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 




ENVIRONMENT (GENERAL) 


B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 





Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 

















ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTIFICATION & OPEN 

SPACES 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 










FURTHER/COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION 




GIFTED PUPILS 


HEALTH (GENERAL) 









Centrica plc......................................................... 49 







Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 



Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 









Assurances ...................................................... 83 


















Makedonija ..................................................... 99 


















Wales............................................................. 140 














Fund ................................................................ 64 









The Percy Bilton Charity .................................. 153 





Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 




SUBJECT INDEX 

HEALTH (SPECIFIC DISEASES) 


Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 







Fund ................................................................ 64 


HEARING IMPAIRMENT 











HIGHER EDUCATION COOPERATION 


HISTORIC SOCIETIES/HISTORIC PRESERVATION 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 







The Grocers’ Charity......................................... 113 


HOUSING 







HUMAN RIGHTS 








HUMANITIES/LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY 






Makedonija...................................................... 99 



SUBJECT INDEX 


INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING 


INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION 


INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RELIEF 

SERVICES 





Diageo plc........................................................... 63 


Fund................................................................ 64 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT/RELATIONS 

(GENERAL) 





Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 






Solidarietà....................................................... 92 





Makedonija ..................................................... 99 









Fund................................................................ 64 



INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY 


JOB CREATION 


Centrica plc......................................................... 49 






Solidarietà....................................................... 92 









Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Körperbehinderte... 157 

Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 



Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

LAW & LEGAL SERVICES 





Solidarietà....................................................... 92 


Makedonija ..................................................... 99 






Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 




Fund................................................................ 64 




LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 














Fund................................................................ 64 



The Jill Franklin Trust ...................................... 127 




Theotokos Foundation ...................................... 163 

LIBRARIES 










MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS 




Paaftesise......................................................... 69 





Makedonija ..................................................... 99 




MEDICAL CARE 






Paaftesise......................................................... 69 

















Wales............................................................. 140 












MEDICAL RESEARCH 









SUBJECT INDEX 







MENTAL HEALTH 












Mentalement Handicapés ................................ 72 












Makedonija...................................................... 99 










Wales............................................................. 140 









Fund ................................................................ 64 











SUBJECT INDEX 




Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

MUSEUM SERVICES 






NON-PROFIT SUPPORT SERVICES 





Centrica plc......................................................... 49 


Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 






Solidarietà....................................................... 92 







NON-TEACHER STAFF TRAINING 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 




OUT-OF-SCHOOL EDUCATION/EXTRA- 

CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 







PERFORMING ARTS 



Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 





PHILANTHROPY PROMOTION 



Wales ............................................................ 140 


PHILANTHROPY/NON-PROFIT SECTOR 

(GENERAL) 






Centrica plc......................................................... 49 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 


Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 










Solidarietà....................................................... 92 








Wales ............................................................ 140 








PHYSICAL DISABILITIES 








Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 




Assurances ...................................................... 83 





Fundação Irene Rolo........................................... 98 


















Fund ................................................................ 64 





POLITICAL SCIENCE 


PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION 

COOPERATION 




PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL 

UNDERSTANDING 


Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 




Makedonija ..................................................... 99 





PUBLIC AFFAIRS/ADMINISTRATION 


Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 


Makedonija ..................................................... 99 








PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY 









RECREATION & SPORTS 


Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 




SUBJECT INDEX 













Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 











REHABILITATION 



Paaftesise......................................................... 69 









Wales............................................................. 140 









RELIGION 




RURAL DEVELOPMENT & AGRICULTURE 








Fund ................................................................ 64 




SUBJECT INDEX 

SCHOOL/PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 



SCIENCE (GENERAL) 





Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 




















Makedonija ..................................................... 99 












Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 








SENSORIAL DISABILITIES 











Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 















SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT 






Fund................................................................ 64 


SOCIAL SCIENCE (GENERAL) 






Solidarietà....................................................... 92 




SOCIAL SERVICES 




B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 



Centrica plc......................................................... 49 








Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 






Kronenbourg................................................... 77 


France ............................................................. 78 









Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 












Wales............................................................. 140 





Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 









Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 




SPECIAL EDUCATION 








France.............................................................. 78 














SUBJECT INDEX 

STUDENT EXCHANGES/STUDY ABROAD 





STUDENT SERVICES 


SUBSTANCE ABUSE 












Wales............................................................. 140 









TEACHING & TRAINING METHODS/MATERIALS 




TRAINING & ACCREDITATION CENTRES 


TRAINING OF TRAINERS 






France.............................................................. 78 










TRAINING-EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 




B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 






SUBJECT INDEX 

Centrica plc......................................................... 49 





Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 









Kronenbourg................................................... 77 














Wales ............................................................ 140 



Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 


Stiftung Kräizbierg ........................................... 162 




Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK 






Centrica plc......................................................... 49 


Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 










Kronenbourg................................................... 77 













Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 


Fund................................................................ 64 






VISUAL IMPAIRMENT 








Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 









VOLUNTARISM PROMOTION 




Diageo plc........................................................... 63 





Wales ............................................................ 140 





GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS INDEX 

AFRICAN COUNTRIES 



ALBANIA 


Paaftesise......................................................... 69 

ASIAN COUNTRIES 

Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 


AUSTRIA 


BALKAN FOCUS 


BELGIUM 






BULGARIA 




CENTRAL & EAST EUROPEAN FOCUS 


Makedonija ..................................................... 99 





CROATIA 









DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 


Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 



ESTONIA 



EUROPE-WIDE FOCUS 








Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 




FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 


FINLAND 


FRANCE 






Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 




Assurances ...................................................... 83 






GERMANY 





GREECE 


HUNGARY 





IRELAND 




ISRAEL 


ITALY 






Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 


LATVIA 



LITHUANIA 





LUXEMBOURG 





MACEDONIA 


Makedonija ..................................................... 99 

MALTA 


MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES 



NETHERLANDS 







NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES 

Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 



POLAND 




PORTUGAL 



ROMANIA 










SLOVENIA 


SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES 




SPAIN 



Fundación Minusválidos en la Naturaleza........ 105 







SWEDEN 


SWITZERLAND 









UKRAINE 





B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 







Centrica plc......................................................... 49 









Wales ............................................................ 140 



Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 



Fund................................................................ 64 

















WESTERN EUROPEAN FOCUS 


WORLDWIDE/INTERNATIONAL 







Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 



France.............................................................. 78 

























Fund ................................................................ 64 





Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 


POPULATION INDEX 

AGEING/THE ELDERLY 





Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 



















Wales............................................................. 140 

















ALCOHOL/DRUG ADDICTS 



CHILDREN & YOUTH (GENERAL) 












Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 


Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 






Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 






Assurances ...................................................... 83 






















Wales............................................................. 140 










Fund ................................................................ 64 


















Foundation.................................................... 169 

CHILDREN ONLY 


DISABLED 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 






Camelot Foundation ........................................... 48 

Centrica plc......................................................... 49 






Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 


Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 





France ............................................................. 78 





Assurances...................................................... 83 















Fundación Minusválidos en la Naturaleza........ 105 

















Wales ............................................................ 140 




People in Need Trust ........................................ 152 



Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 

















DISADVANTAGED/LOW-INCOME 








Centrica plc......................................................... 49 







Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 


Diageo plc........................................................... 63 






Kronenbourg................................................... 77 



France.............................................................. 78 






















Wales............................................................. 140 




Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 




Fund ................................................................ 64 










ETHNIC MINORITIES 









Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 










Makedonija...................................................... 99 






Wales............................................................. 140 




Fund ................................................................ 64 



FAMILIES 





Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 






Paaftesise......................................................... 69 

















Wales............................................................. 140 



Fund ................................................................ 64 








HOMELESS PEOPLE 










Diageo plc........................................................... 63 






Wales ............................................................ 140 






IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES 




France ............................................................. 78 





Fund................................................................ 64 




OFFENDERS/EX-OFFENDERS 




Wales ............................................................ 140 








WOMEN/GIRLS 

Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 






Makedonija ..................................................... 99 






YOUTH ONLY 

Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 






TYPES OF SUPPORT INDEX 

AWARDS/PRIZES 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 










BUILDING/RENOVATION 


B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 








Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 





















Fund ................................................................ 64 









CAPITAL SUPPORT (GENERAL) 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 







Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 







Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 




Paaftesise......................................................... 69 






Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 





Assurances ...................................................... 83 











Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 



























Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 




Fund................................................................ 64 












Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 



Foundation.................................................... 169 

CHALLENGE/MATCHING SUPPORT 





Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 

Diageo plc........................................................... 63 






COLLECTIONS ACQUISITION 




Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 








CONFERENCES/SEMINARS 










Solidarietà....................................................... 92 



Makedonija ..................................................... 99 










Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

CONTINUING SUPPORT 

Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 






CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP 




Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 



CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 




Centrica plc......................................................... 49 






Makedonija ..................................................... 99 






Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 




EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING PROGRAMMES 



Kronenbourg................................................... 77 












EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFTS 

Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 

Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 

EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING/TECHNICAL 

ASSISTANCE 




B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 







Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 

Diageo plc ........................................................... 63 



Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 



Assurances ...................................................... 83 











EQUIPMENT 






Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 







Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 


Paaftesise......................................................... 69 








Assurances ...................................................... 83 

















Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 




Fund ................................................................ 64 












FELLOWSHIPS 



Makedonija...................................................... 99 






FUNDER-OPERATED PROGRAMMES 



Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 





France.............................................................. 78 
























Shaw Trust........................................................ 158 





GENERAL SUPPORT/GENERAL PURPOSES 




Centrica plc......................................................... 49 





Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 


Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 









GIFTS IN KIND 





France ............................................................. 78 








GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS 







Wales ............................................................ 140 





INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 






Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 









Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 



PROFESSOR/FACULTY DEVELOPMENT 






Makedonija ..................................................... 99 




PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL) 



B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 







Centrica plc......................................................... 49 







Deutsche Bank.................................................... 59 



Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 










Kronenbourg ................................................... 77 


France.............................................................. 78 





Assurances ...................................................... 83 











Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 







Makedonija ..................................................... 99 






















Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 





Fund ................................................................ 64 
















Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 


PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS 














Fund ................................................................ 64 

PUBLICATIONS 



Paaftesise......................................................... 69 



Assurances ...................................................... 83 





Solidarietà ....................................................... 92 



Makedonija...................................................... 99 






Vates-säätiö....................................................... 166 

RESEARCH 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 


Centrica plc ......................................................... 49 



Deutsche Bank .................................................... 59 








Assurances...................................................... 83 







Solidarietà....................................................... 92 




Makedonija ..................................................... 99 
















Fund................................................................ 64 











Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

SCHOLARSHIPS 











Makedonija ..................................................... 99 








STAFF DEVELOPMENT 

B&Q plc.............................................................. 38 


Centrica plc......................................................... 49 





Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 





Makedonija ..................................................... 99 




Fund................................................................ 64 





Vates-säätiö ...................................................... 166 

STUDENT AID (GENERAL) 






Assurances ...................................................... 83 










Makedonija ..................................................... 99 











TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (BY THIRD PARTY) 




Paaftesise ........................................................ 69 





France.............................................................. 78 









Makedonija ..................................................... 99 















Shaw Trust ........................................................ 158 








ALTERNATE NAMES 

Agregación Nacional de Fundaciones para la 

promoción de la Acción Social ‘Luis 

Vives’..............................................................102 

Air France Foundation ..........................................78 

Albanian Disability Rights Foundation.................69 

Arka Foundation ...................................................93 

Art and Technology Foundation .........................112 

AXA Heart in Action ............................................37 

BCF.......................................................................40 

Berkshire Community Trust..................................40 

Brasseries Kronenbourg Foundation.....................77 

BT .........................................................................44 

CARIPLO .............................................................89 

Cariplo Foundation ...............................................89 

CNFCEE ...............................................................53 

Defitech Foundation..............................................82 

Disabled in Nature Foundation ...........................105 

Dutch Foundation for Disabled Children ............145 

ECT.......................................................................66 

Electricité de France Foundation ..........................83 

Euronisa Foundation ...........................................143 

FACE ....................................................................70 

FAPE.....................................................................71 

FEO.......................................................................92 

FIR ........................................................................98 

FLV.....................................................................102 

FMFR..................................................................105 

Fondation APEMH ...............................................72 

Fondation Générale des Eaux................................80 

Fondation Kräizbierg ..........................................162 

Fondazione CARIPLO..........................................89 

FOSIM ..................................................................99 

Foundation for Occupational Medicine...............133 

Foundation of France ............................................81 

FPED Foundation................................................166 

France Telecom Foundation..................................79 

Freudenberg Foundation .......................................95 

FST........................................................................88 

Fundación El Cierzo............................................111 

GCYF....................................................................61 

German Children and Youth Foundation ..............61 

Grand Metropolitan plc/Guinness plc ...................63 

HCCF ..................................................................132 

Healthy City Community Foundation.................132 

IBM.....................................................................120 

Irene Rolo Foundation...........................................98 

IWAZ ..................................................................125 

IYF ......................................................................122 

J & J ....................................................................128 

JAE........................................................................86 

Johann Jacobs Foundation...................................125 

Joseph Rowntree Village Trust ...........................130 

Jubilee Foundation of Credit Suisse Group.........131 

Komunitná Nadácia - Zdravé Mesto Banská 

Bystrica ...........................................................132 

Luis Vives Foundation ........................................102 

NLLB ....................................................................54 

NSGK..................................................................145 

OHF.....................................................................167 

ONCE Foundation for Social Cooperation 

and the Integration of People with 

Disabilities ......................................................106 

Open Society Institute Macedonia ........................99 

OSF .....................................................................150 

Paideia Foundation..............................................108 

Psico Ballet Maite León Foundation...................110 

Ramon Rey Ardid Foundation ............................111 

Rehabilitation Foundation...................................133 

Roviralta Foundation...........................................105 

RRAF ..................................................................111 

SHC.....................................................................160 

Slovak Humanitarian Council .............................160 

Start Foundation..................................................161 

Swiss Accommodation and Employment 

Centre for People with Limited Mobility ........125 

Swiss Foundation for Rehabilitation 

Technology........................................................88 

Telefónica Foundation ........................................112 

The Committee of Goodwill - Olga Havel 

Foundation ......................................................167 

The Yapp Welfare Trust......................................172 

TSB Foundation for England and Wales.............140 

Vates Foundation ................................................166 

WAG...................................................................157 

WCIT Charitable Trust .......................................170 

Wiltshire Community Foundation.......................169 

WSCF..................................................................169 

Youth Foundation .................................................97 

Youth Future Business ..........................................86 


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EFC ORPHEUS NETWORKING CENTRES AND NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATIONS OF DONORS 

The following are foundations or corporate funders, national or regional associations, forums and 

federations of foundations across Europe. These centres are valuable sources of information in 

their country or region. Many hold details of national funders’ cross-frontier grantmaking 

activities or programmes. An asterisk* denotes organisations that participate in the Orpheus Civil 

Society Project, which is reviewed briefly in the EFC Orpheus Programme section of this 

publication. 

ALBANIA 

Albanian NGOs Forum* 

Rr. Jani Vreto, 14 

Tirana 

Albania 

Tel.: +355.423.0893 

Fax: +355.423.0893 

E-mail: angof@adanet.com.al 

AUSTRIA 

The World of NGOs 

Spiegelgasse 8/5 

A-1010 Vienna 

Austria 

Tel.: +43.1.513.1728 

Fax: +43.1.513.86589 

E-mail: office@ngo.at 

Web: www.ngo.at 

BELARUS 

Support Center for Associations and Foundations 

(SCAF)* 

16 Korolia Street, Room 301 

220004 Minsk 

Belarus 

Tel.: +375.172.10.5751 

Fax: +375.172.34.7129 

E-mail: izag@user.unibel.by 

Web: www.dialogue.unibel.by 

United Way – Belarus/NGO Development 

Centre* 

Uralskaya St. 3/30 

220037 Minsk 

Belarus 

Tel.: +375.17.230.3276 

Fax: +375.17.230.8054 

E-mail: uwb@user.unibel.by 

Web: www.uwb.unibel.by 

BELGIUM 

European Foundation Centre* 

51, rue de la Concorde 

1050 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.512.8938 

Fax: +32.2.512.3265 


Web: www.efc.be, www.fundersonline.org 

King Baudouin Foundation 

rue Brederodestraat, 21 

1000 Brussels 

Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.511.1840 

Fax: +32.2.511.5221 

E-mail: infonet@kbs-frb.be 

Web: www.kbs-frb.be 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 

NGO Information and Support Center* 

Ante Fijamenga 14b 

71000 Sarajevo 

Bosnia-Herzegovina 

Tel.: +387.71.23.0810 

Fax: +387.71.23.0810 

E-mail: cip@bih.net.ba 

BULGARIA 

Union of Bulgarian Foundations and Associations 

(UBFA)* 

47-51, Tsvetna Gradina Str. 

1421 Sofia 

Bulgaria 

Tel.: +359.2.65.6522 

Fax: +359.2.66.5172 

E-mail: ubfa@techno-link.com 

Web: www.ngo.bg 

CROATIA 

Centre for Development of Non-Profit 

Organisations (CERANEO)* 

Jakova Gotovca 1 

10000 Zagreb 

Croatia 

Tel.: +385.1.48.9.5829 

Fax: +385.1.48.1.2384 

E-mail: ceraneo@zg.tel.hr 

Web: www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9175 

Stope Nade* 

Bosanska Str. 4/1 

21000 Split 

Croatia 

Tel.: +385.2.134.3303 

Fax: +385.2.134.3303 

E-mail: stope-nade@st.tel.hr 

Web: www.stope-nade.com 


EFC ORPHEUS NETWORKING CENTRES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF DONORS 


Czech Donors Forum 

Stepanska 61 (Palace Lucerna) 

5 th Floor 



Tel.: +420.2.2421.5385 

Fax: +420.2.2421.6544 

E-mail: kalousova@donorsforum.cz 

Web: www.donorsforum.cz 

Information Center for Foundations and Other 

Not-for-Profit Organisations (ICN)* 

Hradební 3 



Tel.: +420.2.2482.7310 

Fax: +420.2.2482.7345 

E-mail: inform@icn.cz 

Web: www.icn.cz 

ESTONIA 

The Network of Estonian Non-Profit 

Organisations (NENO)* 

Endla 4 

10142 Tallinn 

Estonia 

Tel.: +372.626.3308 

Fax: +372.626.3310 

E-mail: info@ngo.ee 

Web: www.ngo.ee 

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 

Center for the Development of Non-Profit Sector* 

Zmaj Jovina 34 

Belgrade 11000 

FR Yugoslavia 

Tel.: + 381.113.28.3306 

Fax: + 381.113.28.3308 

E-mail: info@crnps.org.yu 

Web: www.crnps.org.yu 

FINLAND 

Council of Finnish Foundations 

P.O. Box 203, Bulevardi 5 A 


Finland 

Tel.: +358.9.60.2144 

Fax: +358.9.64.0474 

E-mail: rs@skr.fi 

Web: www.skr.fi/spalvelu/council 

FRANCE 

Centre Français des Fondations 

40 avenue Hoche 

75008 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.14.421.3101 

Fax: +33.14.421.3101 

E-mail: ccf@fdf.org 

Web: www.centre-francais-fondations.org 


40 Avenue Hoche 

75008 Paris 

France 

Tel.: +33.1.44.21.3100 

Fax: +33.1.44.21.3101 

E-mail: fondation@fdf.org 

Web: www.fdf.org 

GEORGIA 

Horizonti – The Foundation for the Third Sector* 

2 Dolidze Str. 4th Floor 

380015 Tbilisi 

Georgia 

Tel.: +995.32.29.2955 

Fax: +995.32.98.7504 

E-mail: nino.adm@horizonti.org 

Web: www.horizonti.org 

GERMANY 

Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen e.V 

Binger-Strasse 40 

14197 Berlin 

Germany 

Tel.: +49.30.89.79.47.0 

Fax: +49.30.89.79.47.11 

E-mail: bundesverband@stiftungen.org 

Web: www.stiftungen.org 

Maecenata Institut für Dritter-Sektor-Forschung 

Albrechtstrasse 22 

10117 Berlin-Mitte 

Germany 

Tel.: +49.30.28.38.79.09 

Fax: +49.30.28.38.79.10 

E-mail: mi@maecenata.de 

Web: www.maecenata.de 

HUNGARY 

Nonprofit Information and Training Centre 

(NIOK)* 

Margit krt. 58/I/4 

1027 Budapest 

Hungary 

Tel.: +36.1.201.9311 

Fax: +36.1.212.2374 

E-mail: contact@niok.hu 

Web: www.niok.hu 

ITALY 

Centro di Documentazione sulle Fondazioni 

c/o Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli 

Via Giacosa 38 

10125 Turin 

Italy 

Tel.: +39.011.650.0500 

Fax: +39.011.650.2777 

E-mail: info@fondazioni.it 

Web: www.fondazione-agnelli.it 


LATVIA 

Centre for Non-Governmental Organisations* 

Lacplesa iela Str. 52/54-22 

1011 Riga 

Latvia 

Tel.: +371.728.3283 

Fax: +371.728.9227 

E-mail: info@ngo.org.lv 

Web: www.ngo.org.lv 

LITHUANIA 

Kaunas NGO Support Center* 

Gimnazijos G. 4, Sv. Gertrudos G.17 

3000 Kaunas 

Lithuania 

Tel.: +370.7.32.0319 

Fax: +370.7.32.1270 

E-mail: info@knopc.lt 

Web: www.knopc.lt 

NGO Information and Support Centre (NISC)* 

A. Jaksto 9, Suite 301 

2001 Vilnius 

Lithuania 

Tel.: +370.2.22.6045 

Fax: +370.2.61.8782 

E-mail: info@nisc.lt 

Web: www.nipc.lt 

MACEDONIA 

Macedonian Center for International Cooperation 

(MCIC)* 

bb Baraka 1, P.O. Box 835 

91000 Skopje 

Macedonia 

Tel.: +389.91.36.5381 

Fax: +389.91.36.5298 

E-mail: mcms@informa.mk 

Web: www.mcms.org.mk 

MOLDOVA 

Center for the Development of the Participatory 

Democracy* 

3 George Meniuc Str. 

2009 Chisinau 

Moldova 

Tel.: +373.2.73.3255 

Fax: +373.2.73.1477 

E-mail: office@ifes.md 

CONTACT Centre* 

83 Bucuresti Str. 

2001 Chisinau 

Moldova 

Tel.: +373.2.23.3946 

Fax: +373.2.23.3947 

E-mail: info@contact.md 


MONTENEGRO 

Centre for Development of Non-Governmental 

Organisations* 

72 Hercegovacka Str. 

81000 Podgorica 

Montenegro 

Tel.: +381.81.23.0372 

Fax: +381.81.23.0372 

E-mail: crnvo@cg.yu 

Web: www.crnvo.cg.yu 

NETHERLANDS 

Vereniging van Fondsen in Nederland 

Jan van Nassaustraat 102 

2596 BW The Hague 

Netherlands 

Tel.: +31.70.326.2753 

Fax: +31.70.326.2229 

E-mail: fin@xs4all.nl 

Web: www.verenigingvanfondsen.nl 

POLAND 

Association for the Forum of 

Non-Governmental Initiatives* 

5/5 Szpitalna Str. 

00031 Warsaw 

Poland 

Tel.: +48.22.828.9128 ext. 128 

Fax: + 48.22.828.9128 

E-mail: fip@fip.ngo.pl 

Web: www.fip.ngo.pl 

BORDO Information Centre for NGOs* 

Szpitalna Str. 5/5, Room 525 

00031 Warsaw 

Poland 

Tel.: +48.22.828.9128 ext. 150 

Fax: +48.22.828.9129 

E-mail: bordo@cofund.org.pl 

Web: www.bordo.innet.pl 

BORIS Support Office for the Movement of Self- 

Help Initiatives* 

ul. Nowolipie 25B 

01011 Warsaw 

Poland 

Tel.: +48.22.838.3982 

Fax: +48.22.838.2672 

E-mail: boris@boris.org.pl 

Web: www.boris.org.pl 

OPUS – Centre for Promotion and Development 

of Civil Initiatives* 

28 Skarbowa Str. 

91473 Lodz 

Poland 

Tel.: +48.42.17.1941 

Fax: +48.42.65.63131 

E-mail: opus@opus.org.pl 

Web: www.opus.org.pl 



PORTUGAL 

Portuguese Foundation Centre 

c/o Fundação Oriente 

Rua do Salitre 62-66 

1269-065 Lisbon 

Portugal 

Tel.: +351.213.58.5220 

Fax: +351.213.53.4746 

E-mail: fundoriente@mail.telepac.pt 

Web: www.foriente.pt 

ROMANIA 

AID-ONG – Agency for Information and 

Development of Non-governmental 

Organizations* 

Calea Aradului 12, ap. 12 

1900 Timisoara 

Romania 

Tel.: +40.56.19.2352 

Fax: +40.56.13.3943 

E-mail: aidong@xnet.ro 

Web: www.aid-ong.ro 

Assistance Centre for NGOs (CENTRAS)* 

16 Arcului St. 

1st Floor, ap. 4 

70149 Bucharest 

Romania 

Tel.: +40.1.310.0380 

Fax: +40.1.310.0382 

E-mail: centras@fx.ro 

Web: www.centras.org.ro 

Civil Society Development Foundation – 

Romania* 

2K Splaiul Independentei Str. 

Bucharest 

Romania 

Tel.: +40.1.310.0177 

Fax: +40.1.310.0180 

E-mail: ancuta@fdsc.ro 

Web: www.fdsc.ro 

Romanian Donors Forum 

Calea Plevnei nr. 98 

bld.10C apt.8 sector 1 

7000 Bucharest 

Romania 

Tel.: +40.1.223.0875 

Fax: +40.1.223.0934 

E-mail: rdf@principesa.ro 

RUSSIA 

CAF – Russia* 

24/2 Tverskaya St. 

Buil 1 

113035 Moscow 

Russia 

Tel.: +7.095.792.5929 

Fax: +7.095.792.5929 

Web: www.cafonline.org/cafrussia 

International Consulting Center* 

68/3 Karla Marksa Str. 

394000 Voronezh 

Russia 

Tel.: +7.073.255.5818 

Fax: +7.502.200.2129 

E-mail: icc@comch.ru 

Russia Donors Forum 

8 Ozerkovskaya Naberezhnaya 

115184 Moscow 

Russia 

Tel.: +7.095.787.8811 

Fax: +7.095.787.8822 

E-mail: nkamin@osi.ru 

Web: www.donorsforum.ru 

Sluzhenye – Volga-Vyatka NGOs Support 

Centre* 

24 Rozhdestvenskaya Str., Office 14 

603001 Nizhny Novgorod 

Russia 

Tel.: +7.8312.31.3564/3052 

Fax: +7.8312.34.2806 

E-mail: sluzh@sandy.ru 


SAIA– SCTS* 

Nam. Slobody 23 

81220 Bratislava 1 


Tel.: +421.2.5441.1464/5441.1484 

Fax: +421.2.5441.1429 

E-mail: saia@saia.sk 

Web: www.saia.sk 

Slovak Donors Forum 

Bastova 5 

81103 Bratislava 


Tel.: +421.7.5441.7917 

Fax: +421.2.5441.7917 

E-mail: donorsforum@donorsforum.sk 

SLOVENIA 

Association of Slovenian Foundations 

Stefanova ul. 15 

SI-1000 Ljubljana 

Slovenia 

Tel.: +386.1.426.3590 

Fax: +386.1.426.3591 

SPAIN 

Centro Español de Fundaciones 

C/ Conde de Aranda, 5 2° Izq. 

28001 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.576.1687 

Fax: +34.91.576.1601 

E-mail: centro.fundaciones@adenle.es 

Web: www.adenle.es 



Velázquez 18, 2 Izq. 

28001 Madrid 

Spain 

Tel.: +34.91.578.2585 

Fax: +34.91.578.3623 

E-mail: cef@fundaciones.org 

Web: www.fundaciones.org 

Please note, the Centro Español de Fundaciones 

and the Confederación Española de Fundaciones 

will merge in 2003 to form the Asociación 

Española de Fundaciones and will have the 

following address: 

General Castaños, 4 – 4 th floor 

28004 Madrid 

Spain 


c/ Provenza, 304 1º 3ª 


Spain 

Tel.: +34.93.488.1480 

Fax: +34.93.487.4257 

E-mail: info@ccfundacions.org 

Web: www.ccfundacions.org 

SWITZERLAND 

SwissFoundations 

Bundesgasse 16 P.O. Box 7426 

3001 Bern 

Switzerland 

Tel.: +41.31.310.4241 

Fax: +41.31.311.2152 

E-mail: info@swissfoundations.ch 

Web: www.swissfoundations.ch 

TURKEY 

Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) 

Cemil Topuzlu Caddesi, Karaoman Apt. 68/3 

Goztepe 

81080 Istanbul 

Turkey 

Tel.: +90.216.483.9116 

Fax: +90.216.483.9114 

E-mail: tusev@mail.koc.tr 

Web: www.tusev.org.tr 

UKRAINE 

AHALAR – Centre For Humane Technologies* 

P.O. Box 69 

14000 Chernigov 

Ukraine 

Tel.: +380.46.227.2776 

Fax: +380.46.227.2776 

E-mail: ahalar@cn.relc.com 

Web: www.ahalr.cn.ua 


Community Initiatives Charity Foundation 

23 Rubalko Str. 36 

61099 Kharkiv 

Ukraine 

Tel.: +380.57.212.7119 

Fax: +380.57.212.7119 

E-mail: com_in@kharkov.com 

Donetsk Regional Center “Spriyannya” 

129-A Artyoma Str. 210 

83055 Donetsk 

Ukraine 

Tel.: +380.62.335.5159 

Fax: +380.62.335.5159 

E-mail: rsc@rsc.donetsk.ua 

GURT – Resource Centre for NGO 

Development* 

P.O. Box 126 

Popudrenka Street 52, Suite 904 

01025 Kiev 

Ukraine 

Tel.: +380.44.552.1052 

Fax: +380.44.552.1052 

E-mail: maslych@gurt.org.ua 

Web: www.gurt.org.ua 



2 Plough Yard, Shoreditch High Street 

London EC2A 3LP 


Tel.: +44.20.74.22.8600 

Fax: +44.20.74.22.8606 

E-mail: acf@acf.org.uk 

Web: www.acf.org.uk/foundations 

Charities Aid Foundation 

Kings Hill 

West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA 


Tel.: +44.1732.52.0000 

Fax: +44.1732.52.0081 

E-mail: info@caf.charitynet.org 

Web: www.cafonline.org 


Swallow House, 11 Northdown Street 

London N1 9BN 


Tel.: +44.2077.13.9326 

Fax: +44.2077.13.9327 

E-mail: network@communityfoundations.org.uk 

Web: www.communityfoundations.org.uk 


INFORMATION CENTRES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

OF DONORS OUTSIDE EUROPE 

The following are national or regional associations, forums and federations of foundations 

outside Europe. These centres are valuable sources of information in their country or region. An 

asterisk* denotes organisations that have signed a cooperation agreement with the European 

Foundation Centre. 

ARGENTINA 

Federación de Fundaciones Argentinas* 

Piedras 353/61 

C1070AAG Buenos Aires 

Argentina 

Tel.: +54.341.425.9526 

Fax: +54.341.425.9526 

E-mail: fedefafundaciones@ciudad.com.ar 

ASIA 

Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium 

Jl. Dharmawangsa Raya 50, Kebayoran Baru 

12160 Jakarta 

Indonesia 

Tel.: +62.21.726.1860 

Fax: +62.21.726.2834 

E-mail: appc@gol.com 

Web: www.asianphilanthropy.org 

AUSTRALIA 

Philanthropy Australia, Inc.* 

Level 10, 530 Collins Street 

3000 Melbourne, Victoria 

Australia 

Tel.: +61.3.9612.9022 

Fax: +61.3.9620.0199 

E-mail: pa@philanthropy.org.au 

Web: www.philanthropy.org.au 

BRAZIL 

Brazilian Center of Foundations* 

c/o Fundação Irmão José Otão 

Av. Ipiranga 6681, Predio 2/ Bairro Partenon 

90619-900 Porto Alegre (RS) 

Brazil 

Tel.: +55.51.3315.8169 

Fax: +55.51.3228.4731 

E-mail: fundacao@fijo.com.br 

Web: www.fijo.com.br 

CANADA 

Canadian Center for Philanthropy 

Le centre canadien de philantropie 

425 University Avenue, 7th floor 

Toronto 

ON Canada M5G IT6 

Tel.: +1.416.597.2293 

Fax: +1.416.597.2294 

E-mail: general@ccp.ca 

Web: www.ccp.ca 

COLOMBIA 

Fundación Mario Santo Domingo 

Carrera 45 No. 34-01 Piso 2 

Barranquilla 

Colombia 

Tel.: +57.1.638.9157 

Fax: +57.1.670.0324 

E-mail: fmsdbq@latino.net.co 

JAPAN 

Japan Foundation Center 

Believe Shinjuku Bldg. 4F, 

1-26-9 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, 

160-0022 Tokyo, Japan 

Tel.: +81.3.33.50.1857 

Fax: +81.3.33.50.1858 

Web: www.jfc.or.jp 

MEXICO 

Mexican Center for Philanthropy* 

Campos Eliseos No. 400-19 

11000 Mexico, D.F. 

Mexico 

Tel.: +52.5.281.1516 

Fax: +52.5.280.2851 

Web: www.cemefi.org 

PARAGUAY 

Cámara de Fundaciones de Paraguay* (CAFUPA) 

c/ Gral Santos, España 1342 

Asunción 

Paraguay 

Tel.: +595.21.20.0692 

Fax: +595.21.20.6783 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Southern African Grantmakers Association 

(SAGA)* 

2nd Floor Braamfontein Centre, 23 Jorissen 

Street, P.O. Box 31667 

2017 Braamfontein 

South Africa 

Tel.: +27.11.403.1610 

Fax: +27.11.403.1689 

E-mail: saga@saga.wn.apc.org 


INFORMATION CENTRES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF DONORS OUTSIDE EUROPE 

USA 

Council on Foundations, Constituency Services* 

1828 L Street NW, suite 300 

Washington DC 20036 

USA 

Tel.: +1.202.466.6512 

Fax: +1.202.785.3926 

E-mail: webmaster@cof.org 

Web: www.cof.org 

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers 

(RAG)* 

1111 19 th Street NW, Suite 650 

Washington D.C. 20036 

USA 

Tel.: +1.202.467.1120 

Fax: +1.202.467.0055 

E-mail: forum@rag.org 

Web: www.rag.org 

Foundation Center 

79 Fifth Avenue, 8 th Floor 

New York, NY 10003-3076 

USA 

Tel.: +1.212.807.3601 

Fax: +1.212.691.1828 

E-mail: library@fdncenter.org 

Web: www.fdncenter.org 


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

This selected bibliography provides a list of reference books on foundations and corporate 

funders active in and outside Europe. These publications are available for consultation at the 

European Foundation Centre Library in Brussels, Belgium. 

AVOIDING THE WASTEPAPER BASKET 

Tim Cook 

London: London Voluntary Service Council, 

1996, 35pp. 

This practical guide for applying to grantmaking 

trusts uses both straightforward language and 

cartoons to provide advice to grantseekers. The 

author uses examples from his own experience 

receiving applications to illustrate common mistakes 

made by voluntary organisations when applying to 

funders. 

BUILDING PHILANTHROPIC AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: 

THE WORK OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS 

Peter Walkenhorst 

Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Foundation, 2001, 

142pp. 

Presents the work and development of community 

foundations with an international perspective. 

Includes essays on the history and spread of the 

community foundation movement; on the role of 

community foundations in fostering social capital and 

civic engagement; and on key aspects of the day-today 

work of community foundations, such as asset 

development, donor services and marketing. 

THE CHARITABLE IMPULSE 

James A. Joseph 

New York: The Foundation Center, 1989, 210pp. 

A look at the intricate personalities and life 

experiences of prominent people in philanthropy 

worldwide. Provides a compelling collection of 

profiles that show how compassionate values are 

developed, nurtured and activated. Based on 

extensive research and personal interviews from 

around the world, the author tells what motivates the 

charitable impulse and describes how a society can 

help perpetuate it. 

CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTING 

Curt Weeden 

San Francisco: Barrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, 

1998, 235pp. 

A step-by-step plan that corporations can use to 

develop mutually-beneficial alliances with nonprofits. 

The plan also provides education, health care, 

culture and human services organisations a way to 

increase substantially the annual support they receive 

from the private sector. With the introduction of 

“corporate social investing”, companies can convert 

traditional corporate philanthropy into a resource that 

can help them achieve their business objectives and, 

at the same time, open up new revenue streams for 

non-profit organisations. 

CROSS-BORDER PHILANTHROPY - AN EXPLORATORY 

STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL GIVING IN THE UNITED 

KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, GERMANY AND JAPAN 

Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List 

West Malling: Charities Aid Foundation, 2000, 

127pp. 

A report presenting the first attempt at a systematic 

survey of how charitable funding is distributed from 

one country to another, and the amounts of money 

involved. Covers the cross-border flow of funds from 

individual donations, corporate gifts and 

governmental transfers, and highlights the differences 

among the featured countries. 

DIMENSIONS 2000, VOLUME 3. PATTERNS OF 

INDEPENDENT GRANT-MAKING IN THE UK: A SURVEY 

OF GRANTS MADE BY INDEPENDENT TRUSTS AND 

FOUNDATIONS 

Cathy Pharoah, Jeremy Vincent 


108pp. 

Part three of a three-part report. Contains the report 

of a large survey of grants, undertaken with the 

support of academics and trust representatives, and 

advised by the Association of Charitable 

Foundations. The survey sought to identify the main 

areas of need funded by trusts; the key beneficiary 

groups; the proportion of funding going to different 

areas; funding distribution among different countries 

and different regions; and the extent to which 

independent charitable funding is replacing or adding 

to government spending. Content listing is provided. 

EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FUNDAMENTALS 

Simon Brown (ed.) 

Brussels: European Foundation Centre, 1999, 

180pp. 

This publication defines the work of independent 

funders and provides an overview of Europe’s 

national-level independent funding community 

through a series of country reports. A section giving 

advice on grantseeking covers the process from initial 

research on the subject to making an actual grant 

application. The book includes additional information 

such as a selected bibliography, glossary of terms and 

details of EFC Orpheus Networking Centres. 

FOUNDATION FUNDAMENTALS: A GUIDE FOR 

GRANTSEEKERS, 6TH EDITION 

New York :The Foundation Center, 1999, 256pp. 



A publication that takes grantseekers step-by-step 

through the resources and search strategies developed 

and taught by The Foundation Center. Includes 

descriptions of various types of foundations, the 

regulations that govern their activities, a basic outline 

for a funding proposal, and a sample budget format. 

FOUNDATION GIVING TRENDS: UPDATE ON FUNDING 

PRIORITIES, 2000 EDITION 

Steven Lawrence, Carlos Caposeco, John 

Kendzior 


First in the “Foundations Today” series, which 

replaces the series of “Foundation Giving” reports 

produced by The Foundation Center. Presents a 

picture of how more than 1000 of the top US 

foundations distributed their grant dollars in 1998. 

Full contents page and list of tables are included. 

FOUNDATION YEARBOOK: FACTS AND FIGURES ON 

PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS 


Edition 2001 documents the growth in the number 

and assets of all active US foundations from 1975 

through 1999, estimates giving through 2000, and 

assesses prospects for giving in 2001 and beyond. 

Part of The Foundation Center’s new “Foundations 

Today” series of annual research publications, 

“Foundation Yearbook” provides comparisons of 

foundation activities by foundation size and type; 

breakdowns of foundation resources by geographic 

location; and a history of foundation development 

since the early 1900s. Data for the more than 50,000 

active foundations included in this report come from 

the Center’s survey of the top 22,000 foundations, 

from annual reports, and from public information 

returns filed with the IRS by all private foundations. 

2000 giving projections are based on survey figures 

reported by 1,660 large and mid-size foundations 

combined with year-end fiscal indicators. 

FOUNDATIONS IN EUROPE: SOCIETY, MANAGEMENT, 

LAW 

Andreas Schlüter, Volker Then, Peter 

Walkenhorst (eds.) 

London: Directory of Social Change, Charities 

Aid Foundation, Bertelsmann Foundation, 2000, 

650pp. 

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the 

foundation sector in Europe. It includes comparative 

sections on the role of foundations in society and the 

legal framework of foundations, as well as thematic 

sections covering issues of governance, organisation 

and management. 

FOUNDATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: PROFILING 

LEGAL AND FISCAL ENVIRONMENTS 

Brussels, European Foundation Centre, 2002, 87 

pp. 

This booklet provides in-depth profiles of the legal 

and fiscal environments for foundations in each of 

the 15 European Union countries. Profiles are 

organised to allow direct, country to country 

comparison on key legal and fiscal issues. A 

bibliography and useful contact information are 

provided for each country. 

FOUNDATIONS: EXPLORING THEIR UNIQUE ROLES & 

IMPACTS ON SOCIETY 

Alan J. Abramson, Jeri Spann 

Washington D.C.: The Aspen Institute, 1998, 

32pp. 

This publication brings together different views from 

a symposium held in October 1996 in the US by the 

Nonprofit Sector Research Fund. The symposium 

aimed to offer a forum for fresh research on how 

foundations affect society. 

FOUNDATIONS IN SLOVAKIA 

Stella Hanzelová 

Bratislava: Slovak Donors Forum, 1998, 8pp. 

An introduction to independent funders in the Slovak 

Republic. Highlights the legislative framework 

concerning non-governmental organisations and 

provides a typology of foundations. Contact 

information and a bibliography are also included. 

GEVEN IN NEDERLAND 1999: HET TWEEJAARLIJKSE 

RAPPORT OVER GEVEN AAN MAATSCHAPPELIJKE EN 

GOEDE DOELEN 

Dr. Th.N.M. Schuyt 

Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum, 1999, 146pp. 

The second edition containing findings from a 

survey, conducted in the Netherlands, on giving and 

volunteering. Provides information on topics 

concerned with giving such as emerging trends, 

motivations, and attitudes towards charitable 

organisations. Presents information and statistics 

through graphs and textual explanation. 

GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DIMENSIONS OF THE 

NONPROFIT SECTOR 

Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina 

List, Stefan Toepler, S. Wojceich Sokolowski et al. 

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil 

Society, 1999, 509pp. 

A country-by-country analysis of the scope, size, 

composition, and financing of the civil society sector 

in 22 countries in western and central Europe, Latin 

America, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. 

Includes full contents listing. 

GRANTMAKING BASICS: A FIELD GUIDE FOR 

FUNDERS 

Barbara D. Kibbe, Fred Setterberg, Colburn S. 

Wilbur 

Washington: Council on Foundations, 1998, 

121pp. 

An updated version of the classic publication. A 

compilation of background articles, guidelines, 

checklists and valuable supplementary information 

on the grantmaking process. Topics covered include 


pre-grant assessment, eligibility requirements, 

application procedures, proposal evaluation and 

financial analysis. Full table of contents is included. 

GRANT-MAKING: A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE 

R. Hedley, C. Rochester 

London: Association of Charitable Foundations, 

1993, 53pp. 

Handbook for people administering a grantmaking 

organisation. Covers all stages of grantmaking 

administration from consideration of the legal 

framework and governing documents to reviewing 

the effects of grants that are given. Examples from 

small, medium and large grantgiving bodies. 

HANDBUCH STIFTUNGEN 

Bertelsmann Stiftung 

Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2000, 439pp. 

This handbook for community foundations describes 

the aims, establishment, structure and projects of 

community foundations. The book starts with an 

overview of the history and development of 

community foundations in Germany and in an 

international context. The establishment and 

organisation of community foundations as well as 

issues such as fund-raising, marketing, management 

and projects are discussed. Concrete examples of 

different community foundations illustrate the range 

of possibilities and projects. Suggests standard 

articles for a community foundation and provides 

helpful addresses and links as a follow up. 

INDEPENDENT FUNDING: A DIRECTORY OF 

FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE MEMBERS OF THE 

EFC 

Brussels: European Foundation Centre, 2002, 

259pp. 

A comprehensive directory primarily aimed at 

providing foundations, corporate funders, 

governmental bodies and grantseekers with a public 

record of the funding interests of EFC members, both 

in Europe and intercontinentally. This updated 

directory includes detailed profiles of 142 

foundations and corporate funders active in Europe or 

intercontinentally. The profiles contain contact and 

background information, a mission statement, a 

review of financial information and major activities, 

and a list of trustees and executives. Profiles review 

the funder’s geographic interests, any restrictions on 

funding programmes, application procedures, 

publications and EFC membership category. 

INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE GIVING: LAWS AND 

TAXATION 

Carole Shelbourn, ed. 

Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994- 

2000, 410 pp. 

Each country chapter provides information on 

requirements for the establishment of a tax-exempt 

organisation, the various organisational forms 

available for this purpose, the method by which legal 


personality is acquired, and the regulation of the 

activities and taxation treatment of these bodies. 

INTERNATIONAL GRANTMAKING: A REPORT ON U.S. 

FOUNDATION TRENDS 

Loren Renz, Josefina Samson-Atienza (principal 

authors) 

New-York: The Foundation Center, 1997, 241pp. 

Provides baseline information on the amount, 

substance, and geographic focus of international 

funding in the 1990s; identifies notable shifts in 

funding patterns; and predicts future directions and 

issues. Detailed study conducted by The Foundation 

Center with the support and collaboration of the 

Council on Foundations. 

INTERNATIONAL GRANTMAKING II - AN UPDATE ON 

US FOUNDATION TRENDS 

Loren Renz, Josefina Samson-Atienza, Steven 

Lawrence 


The second examination of the role of private 

grantmakers in funding cross-border and international 

programmes. Following the first mapped funding 

patterns from 1990 to 1994; the report carries the 

analysis of giving trends through 1994 to 1998. This 

update compares changes in international giving with 

all foundation giving; relates foundation funding 

trends to changes in government and corporate 

support; identifies shifts in distribution patterns to 

US-based and overseas recipients; monitors changes 

in giving priorities of international funders and their 

possible causes and implications; compares 

differences in giving patterns for various subgroups 

of foundations as a means of developing a funder 

profile; explores changes in policies and practices of 

leading international grantmakers; and forecasts 

future prospects and new directions in funding. 

THE INTERNATIONAL GUIDE TO NONPROFIT LAW 

Lester M. Salamon 

Somerset: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997, 400pp. 

A complete guide to the world of global non-profit 

action and tax treatment. Covering every continent, 

this book describes the different types of non-profit 

organisations that exist, and details the tax treatment 

of these organisations and the tax deductions 

available for contributions to these organisations. 

Written in conjunction with experts from all over the 

world, this book explains many countries’ non-profit 

rules and regulations. 

INTERNATIONAL KEY TO THE DIRECTORY OF 

GERMAN FOUNDATIONS 1998 

Berlin: Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen, 

1998, 37pp. 

Companion of the Directory of German Foundations, 

“Verzeichnis der Deutschen Stiftungen”, which lists 

6,493 addresses, contact partners and aims of German 

foundations. It translates explanations, user tips and 

statistical data into English, providing answers to 



basic questions and an overview of the nature of 

foundations in Germany. 

PRIVATE FUNDS, PUBLIC PURPOSE: PHILANTHROPIC 

FOUNDATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 

Helmut K. Anheier, Stefan Toepler 

New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, 

1999, 264pp. 

A publication studying the role of philanthropic 

foundations in the international funding arena. 

Contains essays on subjects such as the history of 

philanthropic foundations in the UK and the US, 

comparative legal analysis of foundations, and the 

behaviour of grantmaking foundations. Contents, 

index and a full list of references are provided. 

REPÈRES À TRAVERS LE MONDE DES FONDATIONS 

Paris: Fondation de France, 1992, 66pp. 

An introductory booklet that defines foundations, 

describes how they are formed and illustrates the 

characteristic work of various categories of 

foundations. The role of public bodies in relation to 

foundations is also discussed. 

SELECT LEGISLATIVE TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES 

ON CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT 

LAW 

Douglas B. Rutzen, Ed. 

Sofia: International Center for Not-for-Profit 

Law, European Foundation Centre, Union of 

Bulgarian Foundations, 1995, 132pp. 

Contains an unofficial translation of non-profit laws 

in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, 

Hungary and Romania. 

STIFTUNGEN - NUTZEN, FÜHREN UND ERRICHTEN: 

EIN HANDBUCH 

Rupert Graf Strachwitz 

Frankfurt/Main: Campus Verlag, 1994, 224pp. 

Practical handbook which provides an overview of 

the nature of foundations in Germany. Provides 

information on the establishment, organisation, 

structure, taxation and management of a foundation. 

Also includes charts and statistics. 

THE TAX TREATMENT OF CROSS-BORDER 

DONATIONS: INCLUDING THE TAX STATUS OF 

CHARITIES AND FOUNDATIONS 

Amsterdam: The International Bureau of Fiscal 

Documentation, 1994-2000, 278pp. 

A series of reports on the way tax is levied on nongovernmental 

organisations in 27 countries, including 

double taxation agreements, special taxation 

agreements, and qualifying criteria. 

TRENDS, MYTHS AND REALITIES: FUNDING POLICIES 

AND THE LOCAL VOLUNTARY SECTOR 

Julia Unwin and Peter Westland 

London: Association of Charitable Foundations, 

1996, 20pp. 

Overview of a study of three English cities. Looks at 

the issues concerning the funding of the local 

voluntary sector. Puts forward questions which 

warrant a wider discussion not just locally but also 

nationally. Published in conjunction with Charities 

Aid Foundation. 

TRUST FUNDRAISING 

Anthony Clay 

London: Charities Aid Foundation & Institute of 

Charity Fundraising Managers, 1999, 151pp. 

A publication dealing with the most effective ways in 

which fund-raisers can approach grantmaking trusts. 

Aims to increase the success of fund-raisers 

undertaking this activity. Covers subjects such as the 

importance of research and well-maintained records, 

the value of the personal approach, the need for a 

detailed planning strategy for trust fund-raising, good 

and bad methods of trust approach, and the 

importance of continued contact after an application 

has been made. Content listing and alphabetical index 

are provided. 

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS IN AUSTRALIA 

Diana Leaf, Esther Lethlean 

Melbourne: Philanthropy Australia, Inc., 2000, 

45pp. 

A short paper on the subject of philanthropic research 

in Australia. Aims to stimulate researchers and 

funders to pursue research questions fundamental to 

philanthropy. Contains data on the nature and role of 

trusts and foundations in Australia, along with a 

summary of the recognised knowledge available on 

these organisations. Concludes that much more 

reliable data on trusts and foundations in Australia is 

clearly and urgently needed. 

TYPOLOGY OF FOUNDATIONS IN EUROPE 

Brussels: European Foundation Centre, 1995/6, 

13pp. 

A typology of the foundation community in Europe 

providing a comprehensive overview of the different 

types of European foundations. 

THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: 

THE LEGAL AND FISCAL FRAMEWORK 

Harry Kid 


48pp. 

Provides a simple bird’s eye view of the legal and 

fiscal framework within which associations, 

foundations and charities operate in European Union 

Member States. Includes a country-by-country 

outline of the types of voluntary organisations found 

in each Member State and of the fiscal treatment both 

of voluntary organisations and of gifts and donors. 


GLOSSARY 

Provided below is a list of important terms used in this publication. Certain terms refer primarily 

to US funders; these are indicated accordingly as (US). The Foundation Center in the United 

States granted permission to use glossary terms from its Foundation Directory. 

ASSETS 

The amount of capital - money, stocks, bonds, 

real estate or other resources - of the foundation. 

Generally, assets are invested and the income is 

used to make grants. 

CAPITAL SUPPORT 

Funds provided for endowment purposes, 

buildings, construction, or equipment. 

CEE 

Central and Eastern Europe. 


See Trust. 

COLLECTIVE PATRON 

A foundation or association that houses and 

manages the funds of smaller individual 

foundations and/or corporate giving programmes. 

Examples include Charities Aid Foundation, 

Fondation de France, and the Stifterverband für 

die Deutsche Wissenschaft. 

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

An organisation that makes grants for charitable 

purposes in a specific community or region. 

Funds are usually derived from many donors and 

held in an independently administered 

endowment; income earned by the endowment is 

then used to make grants. 

COMPANY-SPONSORED FOUNDATION (US) 

Also referred to as a Corporate Foundation. A 

private foundation whose grant funds are derived 

primarily from the contributions of a profitmaking 

business organisation. The companysponsored 

foundation may maintain close ties 

with the donor company, but it is an independent 

organisation with its own endowment and is 

subject to the same rules and regulations as other 

private foundations. 

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP 

Corporate citizenship is an approach taken by 

companies that donate their services and 

resources to the community in which their plants 

are located or in which they operate. Companies 

may invest by awarding grants, by promoting 

volunteer service by their employees, by 

matching employee gifts to non-profit 

organisations, by donating in-kind gifts, and even 

by lending or seconding corporate executive staff. 

CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAMME 

A grantmaking programme established and 

administered within a profit-making company. 

Corporate giving programmes usually do not have 

a separate endowment and their annual grant 

totals are generally more directly related to 

current profits. Some companies make charitable 

contributions through both a corporate giving 

programme and a company-sponsored foundation. 

COUNCIL OF EUROPE 

Founded by ten nations in 1949 to promote 

increased cooperation and unity among the 

peoples and countries of Europe. Today the 

Council of Europe includes 43 member nations 

and is the European organisation with the widest 

representation. The Council of Europe is an 

intergovernmental organisation which aims to 

protect human rights, pluralist democracy and the 

rule of law; to promote awareness and encourage 

the development of Europe’s cultural identity and 

diversity; to seek solutions to problems facing 

European society, including discrimination 

against minorities, xenophobia, intolerance, 

environmental degradation, human cloning, 

AIDS, drugs, and organised crime; and to help 

consolidate democratic stability in Europe by 

backing political, legislative and constitutional 

reform. 

COVENANT 

An agreement or written promise to pay an agreed 

sum of money to a designated person at regular 

intervals over a specified period of time. Where 

provision is made to donate to a registered 

charitable organisation, the donor may be entitled 

to tax benefits. 

CSO 

Civil Society Organisation. 

DEFICIT FUNDING 

Funding which is to be used to finance an excess 

of expenditure. 

EFTA (EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION) 

The European Free Trade Association was 

founded in 1960 with the initial goal of 

establishing free trade in industrial goods among 

its members. The four current members are 

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. 

EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT 

A contribution to a charitable organisation by a 

corporate employee which is matched by a similar 

contribution from the employer. 

ENDOWMENT 

Funds intended to be kept permanently and 

invested to provide income for continued support 

of an organisation. 


GLOSSARY 

EURO 

The euro was adopted as the single currency of 

the European Monetary Union on January 1st 

1999 by the following 11 Member States: Austria, 

Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, 

Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and 

Spain. Greece joined on January 1st 2001. On 

January 1st 2002, euro banknotes and coins 

replaced the national currencies of the Member 

States in the European Monetary Union. 

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

The European Commission is the executive organ 

of the European Union (EU) and is responsible 

for initiating and implementing policies. The 15 

countries of the EU include Austria, Belgium, 

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 

Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, 

Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United 

Kingdom. The European Commission is also 

responsible for defending Community interests, 

ensuring that Community law is being adhered to 

by the Member States, and administering the 

various Community Funds. It consists of 20 

Commissioners, who are appointed by the 

Council of Ministers, and nominated by the 

governments of the Member States. Each Member 

State must be represented by at least one national. 

In practice, the five largest EU Member States 

(namely France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the 

United Kingdom) designate two European 

Commissioners each. 

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS 

These are the main bodies responsible for 

European-level policies, legislation, funding 

and/or activities in a number of areas. The term 

refers to both European Union (EU) institutions 

and other European bodies. EU institutions 

include the Council, the Committee of the 

Regions, the European Central Bank, the 

European Commission, the European Court of 

Auditors, the European Court of Justice, the 

European Economic and Social Committee, the 

European Investment Bank, and the European 

Parliament. Major examples of European 

organisations outside the EU structure include the 

Council of Europe, the European Free Trade 

Association, the European Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development, and the 

European Space Agency, together with 

downstream institutions and structures. 

EUROPEAN UNION 

The European Union (EU) is the result of a 

process of European cooperation and integration 

which began in 1951 between six countries: 

Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg 

and the Netherlands. After more than fifty years, 

with four waves of accessions (1973 - Denmark, 

Ireland and the United Kingdom; 1981- Greece; 

1986 - Spain and Portugal; 1995 - Austria, 

Finland and Sweden), the EU today has fifteen 

Member States and is preparing for its fifth 

enlargement, this time towards eastern and 

southern Europe. This cooperation policy aims to 

promote economic and social progress; to assert 

the identity of the EU on the international scene; 

to introduce European citizenship, which confers 

a number of civil and political rights on European 

citizens; and to develop an area of freedom, 

security and justice. 

501(C)(3) ORGANISATION (US) 

This is the section of the US Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) Code that defines non-profit, 

charitable (as broadly defined), tax-exempt 

organisations. 501(c)(3) organisations are further 

defined as public charities, private operating 

foundations, and private non-operating 

foundations. 

GRASS-ROOTS ORGANISATION 

Organisations that usually operate at a 

local/community level. A grass-roots organisation 

is usually, but not exclusively, a service 

organisation that attempts to foster particular 

programmes and projects in the local environment 

in which it is based. 

INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION (US) 

A grantmaking organisation usually classified by 

the US Internal Revenue Service as a private 

foundation. Independent foundations may also be 

known as family foundations, general purpose 

foundations, special purpose foundations, or 

private non-operating foundations. (See also 

Private Foundation) 

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS (US) 

A contribution of equipment, supplies or other 

such property as distinct from a financial grant. 

Some organisations may elect to donate office 

space or staff time as a contribution in kind. 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE/IRS (US) 

The wing of the US government responsible for 

taxes and fiscal issues. Certain IRS regulations 

concern foundations, their administration and 

their giving programmes. 

LETTER OF ENQUIRY 

Letter outlining an organisation’s activities and its 

request for funding sent to a foundation or 

corporate giving programme to determine 

whether it would be appropriate to submit a full 

grant proposal. Many grantmakers prefer to be 

contacted initially in this way prior to a full 

proposal being submitted. 

MATCHING SUPPORT 

Funding that is made to match funds provided by 

another donor. 

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION (NGO) 

NGOs are groups that operate at all levels: local, 

regional, national and international. These 

organisations often have significant public 

responsibilities. Many NGOs are constantly 


involved with lobbying in Brussels, and some are 

umbrella organisations formed to represent their 

members. 

OPERATING FOUNDATION 

A foundation whose primary purpose is to 

conduct research, social welfare or other 

programmes determined by its governing body or 

establishment charter. Some grants may be made, 

but the sum is generally small relative to the 

funds used to underwrite the foundation’s own 

programmes. 

PHILANTHROPY 

A term used to describe an organised effort to 

promote the welfare of others. 

PRIVATE FOUNDATION (US) 

A non-governmental, non-profit organisation with 

funds (usually from a single source, such as an 

individual, family or corporation) and 

programmes managed by its own trustees or 

directors. Private foundations are usually 

established to maintain or aid social, educational, 

religious or other charitable activities serving the 

common welfare, primarily through the making of 

grants. The designation of “Private Foundation” 

also means that an organisation is tax-exempt 

under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3) (see above) 

and is classified by the IRS as a private 

foundation as defined in the Code. The Code 

definition usually, but not always, identifies a 

foundation with the characteristics described 

above. 


Refers to those subject areas or topics that a 

funder has interests in and provides funding for or 

has operational interests in, e.g. medical research, 

scholarships, or the arts. 

PROGRAMME OFFICER 

A staff member of a funder who reviews grant 

proposals and processes applications for the board 

of trustees. 

PROGRAMME-RELATED INVESTMENT (US) 

A loan or other investment (as distinguished from 

a grant) made by a foundation or corporate giving 

GLOSSARY 

programme to another organisation (including a 

business enterprise) for a project related to the 

grantmaker’s stated charitable purpose and 

interests. Programme-related investments are 

often made from a revolving fund; the foundation 

or corporation generally expects to receive its 

money back with interest or some other form of 

return at less than current market rates; it then 

becomes available for further programme-related 

investment. These investments are currently made 

by relatively few foundations. 

SEED MONEY/START-UP SUPPORT 

A grant or contribution used to start a new project 

or organisation. Seed grants may cover salaries 

and other operating expenses of a new project. 

SMES (SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES) 

The definition of small and medium-sized 

enterprises tends to be both country and sectorspecific. 

An SME is generally understood to have 

less than 50 employees, and net fixed assets under 

75,000,000 euros. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

Operational or management assistance given to 

non-profit organisations. It can include fundraising 

assistance, budgeting and financial 

planning, programme planning, legal advice, 

marketing, and other aids to management. 

Assistance may be offered directly by a 

foundation or corporate staff member or in the 

form of a grant to pay for the services of an 

outside consultant. 

TRUST (CHARITABLE TRUST) 

In the United Kingdom, a charitable trust is a trust 

established with the aim of benefiting the public, 

e.g. for the advancement of medical research, 

education or the arts, or the improvement of 

human welfare. 

TRUSTEE 

A member of a governing board. Boards of 

trustees meet to review grant proposals and make 

decisions. Often referred to as “director” or 

“board member”. 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE EFC ORPHEUS PROGRAMME 

The following is a list of publications from the EFC Orpheus Programme. Please contact the 

EFC for further details on these publications and for information on ordering. 

INDEPENDENT FUNDING 

This directory of foundation and corporate members 

of the EFC details their programme areas, missions, 

and finances. This fully-indexed directory is updated 

every two years. The 2002 edition contains 143 

profiles. (2002, 259pp.) 

FUNDING MINORITIES AND MULTICULTURALISM IN 

EUROPE 

Inventory containing 99 detailed profiles on funders’ 

activities in the fields of minorities and 

multiculturalism. Includes indexes and an in-depth 

analysis on the work of funders, identifying trends 

and gaps, and offering recommendations. The 

publication is a joint effort of the European 

Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, the 

Freudenberg Stiftung, and the EFC Orpheus 

Programme. (2001, 287pp.) 

EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FUNDAMENTALS 

Aims to increase the European-level work of 

foundations and associations by enhancing public 

understanding of foundations and corporate funders 

and how to research and approach them. Provides 

country profiles that include the number and types of 

funders, their key areas of interest, and a legal 

review. (1999, 180pp.) 

MEDITERRANEAN FUNDING 

Directory of more than 100 independent funders 

active across the Mediterranean region, including six 

indexes and individual profiles that provide contact 

information and details on funders’ activities. (1999, 

169pp.) 

YOUTH FUNDING IN EUROPE 

Directory comprising 145 detailed profiles of 

independent funders who have an interest in youth 

programmes. The directory shows the considerable 

extent to which funders are prepared to meet the 

challenges of changing European societies, and to 

engage young people as citizens and eventually 

productive members of the workforce. (1999, 248pp.) 

EDUCATION FUNDING IN EUROPE, VOLUME 1 

Directory of 205 foundations and corporate funders 

that actively support education across Europe. 

Includes indexes and full funder details. (1998, 

355pp.) 

EDUCATION FUNDING IN EUROPE, VOLUME 2. A 

PILOT STUDY ON INNOVATING EDUCATION AND 

LEARNING-THE ROLE OF FOUNDATIONS AND 

CORPORATE FUNDERS 

This companion volume to Education Funding in 

Europe provides an analysis of education funding 

policies and practices in eight western European 

countries and focuses on selected cases of best 

practice in innovating education policies, teaching 

and learning. (1998, 183pp.) 

ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING IN EUROPE 

Directory of 190 foundations and corporate funders 

that are active in the environment field within 

Europe. Includes six indexes and full funder 

information. (1998, 279pp.) 

EUROPEAN GRANTS INDEX 

Lists more than 1,750 grants and programmes 

supported by 78 foundations and corporate funders 

active in Europe. Grant listings are arranged 

alphabetically by funder, and indexes are provided by 

funder country and recipient country, as well as by 

grant subject focus, population focus, geographic 

focus and types of support awarded. Also includes a 

statistical analysis of this data. (1998, 187pp.) 

TYPOLOGY OF FOUNDATIONS IN EUROPE 

A typology of the foundation community in Europe 

that organises the types of funder into 4 broad and 18 

sub-categories. (1996, 13pp.) 

SOCIAL ECONOMY AND LAW JOURNAL 

This journal on non-profit law focuses primarily on 

Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent 

States, with expanding coverage of the European 

Union. The journal seeks to promote an enabling 

environment for the social economy, including 

foundations, associations, and other non-profit 

organisations, and to enhance the process of legal 

reform by improving the knowledge of current legal 

developments throughout Europe. The journal is 

published three times per year. 


ABOUT THE EFC ORPHEUS PROGRAMME 

OBJECTIVES 

The EFC Orpheus Programme provides a 

public record and public information service 

on foundations and corporate funders active 

in Europe. The programme has two main 

thrusts: 

• To document and provide a public 

record of the work of foundations and 

corporate funders active in Europe 

• To communicate this knowledge through 

open-access, professional library and 

Internet services, among other channels 

KNOWLEDGE BASE ON FUNDING 

Drawing on its extensive contacts and 

information gathering expertise, the Orpheus 

Programme maintains a database of detailed 

profiles of hundreds of funders across 

Europe and worldwide. This database is the 

EFC’s major research and trends analysis 

resource, and has proved to be an invaluable 

tool in meeting funders’ information needs. 

The database information is made available 

through topic-specific directories and 

through the EFC’s Funders Online website. 

FUNDERS ONLINE 

The Funders Online website, 

www.fundersonline.org, aims to promote 

and strengthen philanthropy in Europe by 

facilitating access to online independent 

funding and knowledge resources. It is the 

online resource for information on, and links 

to the websites of, hundreds of independent 

funders based or active in Europe. 

Information on the site is automatically 

updated through the Orpheus database. 

SOCIAL ECONOMY AND LAW 

The Social Economy and Law (SEAL) 

Project, launched in 1998, promotes an 

enabling legal and fiscal environment for 

foundations and citizens associations in the 

New Europe. The project complements and 

supports the work of the EFC European 

Union Committee’s Legal and Tax Task 

Forces. The project aims to expand the 

knowledge base on legal-fiscal issues and to 

build a network of legal reform architects. 

The project comprises: 

• The SEAL Journal, published three 

times per year in print and online form 

• The SEAL electronic bulletin (E-SEAL), 

distributed by e-mail four times per year 

• A set of national legal websites in 

Central and Eastern Europe and the New 

Independent States 

• A Directory of Key Contacts which 

includes profiles of key individuals with 

expertise, experience, and contacts in the 

area of social economy law 

The SEAL Project receives advisory support 

from the Advisory Board of the SEAL 

Journal, the SEAL Legal Advisor, and the 

EFC European Union Committee’s Legal 

and Tax Task Forces. In addition, the 

Orpheus Network and the growing network 

of SEAL contributors are valuable sources 

of advice, information, and feedback. 

ORPHEUS NETWORK 

A central component of the Orpheus 

Programme is the Orpheus Network, a 

decentralised network of 42 funding 

information and support centres that exist in 

33 countries across all regions of Europe. 

These networking centres – national or 

regional associations of foundations or 

information centres – maintain files that 

hold foundation and corporate funding 

information for their specific country or 

region, and they ensure that this information 

is available to users through open-access, 

professional library services. A list of 

networking centres is included in this 

publication. 

The EFC Secretariat provides a facilitating 

and convening role for the network, 

encouraging the use of common standards 

and norms, such as a joint keyword system 

to index funder interests, and a database 

with common specifications to hold funder 

information. 


ABOUT THE EFC ORPHEUS PROGRAMME 

CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT 

The Orpheus Civil Society Project (CSP) 

promotes civil society development in 

Central and Eastern Europe and the New 

Independent States. It strengthens the work 

of independent funders by providing up-todate 

and comprehensive information about 

new philanthropy initiatives in the region. 

Since 1994 CSP has supported the 

development of the Civil Society Network, a 

decentralised and open network of resource 

centres serving foundations, citizens 

associations and other not-for-profit 

organisations in 27 countries of the region. 

It provides knowledge and expertise across 

the spectrum of independent donors and 

their grantees’ activities such as developing 

a positive legal and fiscal environment; 

building participatory citizenship; aiding the 

European Union enlargement process; 

developing an effective relationship with 

public authorities and municipalities; and 

providing information and communications 

services in small towns and rural areas. 

SUPPORT TO INTEREST GROUPS 

In addition to the above activities, the 

Orpheus Programme provides information 

and technical support to a range of EFC 

Interest Groups. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

From its inception, Orpheus has been 

generously supported by Bernard van Leer 

Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation, 

Charity Know How, Charles Stewart Mott 

Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, 

Eurasia Foundation, European Cultural 

Foundation, Fondation de France, Ford 

Foundation, Freedom House, Freudenberg 

Stiftung, Fundação Luso-Americana para o 

Desenvolvimento, Fundación ONCE, The 

German Marshall Fund of the United States, 

Haniel Stiftung, King Baudouin Foundation, 

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, 

Microsoft EMEA, Open Society Institute – 

New York, Robert Bosch Stiftung, 

Stifterverband für die Deutsche 

Wissenschaft, the Bellagio Forum for 

Sustainable Development, Bundesverband 

Deutscher Stiftungen, the Dutch Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs, and the European 

Commission. 

For more information on Orpheus, contact: 

Denise Hizette 

Orpheus Programme Coordinator 

European Foundation Centre 

51, rue de la Concorde 

1050 Brussels, Belgium 

Tel.: +32.2.512.8938 

Fax: +32.2.512.3265 

E-mail: orpheus@efc.be 


ABOUT THE EFC AND FUNDACIÓN ONCE 

THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTRE 

The European Foundation Centre (EFC) is 

an international association of independent 

funders that promotes and underpins the 

work of foundations and corporate funders 

active in and with Europe. Established in 

1989 by seven of Europe’s leading 

foundations, the EFC today serves a core 

membership of more than 200 members, 

associates and subscribers; 250 community 

philanthropy initiatives; as well as a further 

50,000 organisations linked through a 

network of 42 information and support 

centres worldwide. 

Vision – A community of informed, inspired, 

committed, independent funders engaged in 

seeking solutions to challenges facing 

humanity in Europe and Internationally. 

Mission – The EFC is a knowledge-based 

membership association dedicated to 

strengthening organised philanthropy, 

which is embedded in and supports civil 

society, in Europe and Internationally. The 

EFC helps nurture efforts aimed at 

supporting independent, accountable and 

sustainable funders throughout the New 

Europe, particularly when this fundamental 

human right to associate private capital for 

public benefit needs fostering. 

The Centre is an independent international 

not-for-profit association under Belgian law. 

Ultimate authority vests in the EFC Annual 

General Assembly of Members, with 

governance entrusted to an elected 

Governing Council, supported by a 

Management Committee. Strategic guidance 

is provided by a European Union 

Committee, an International Committee, a 

Resource Development Committee, and an 

EU Enlargement Task Force. Operational 

responsibility is entrusted to a Brusselsbased 

Secretariat under the supervision of 

the EFC Chief Executive. 


Fundación ONCE, which is a Funding 

Member of the EFC and sits on its 

Governing Council, aims to launch, or to 

cooperate in, programmes aimed at the 

integration of people with physical, mental 

or sensorial disabilities, without substituting 

action in areas of governmental 

responsibility. The foundation, based in 

Madrid, Spain, was formed from the 

Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España 

ONCE (the National Organisation for the 

Blind of Spain), which was established in 

1938 to provide support to the blind in 

Spain. In 1988, ONCE decided to form a 

foundation dedicated to the social 

integration of all disabled people. The main 

income of the foundation comes through a 

national-based lottery, tickets for which are 

sold by the blind and those with other 

disabilities.

list of funders - The European Foundation Centre

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