The King Baudouin Foundation in France
A localised solution acting in the public interest
Founded in Brussels in 1976, the King Baudouin Foundation, an independent and pluralistic European foundation, has been active in France for many years. The Paris office opened in 2021.
Our mission
Facilitating philanthropic projects to support all types of initiatives of public interest in France and from within France.
- Advising philanthropists
- Generate and manage funds with their own resources, purpose, and governance
- Devising and managing innovative schemes that are of benefit to society
Our strengths
- An experienced team of French philanthropy professionals
- An expertise-driven environment and powerful support from the King Baudouin Foundation’s offices in Brussels
“The King Baudouin Foundation helps develop effective and responsible philanthropic projects in France and across Europe.”
About us
Our team combines a range of skills:
- legal, fiscal, and financial engineering for philanthropic projects
- strategic support
- operational management of philanthropic programmes (project appraisal and selection, monitoring partnerships, etc.)
- developing expertise within the sector.
Some key figures
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22,8 million €*of grant support in France in 2023
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7,7 million €of donations received in 2023 with a French tax receipt
*plus cross-border donations via our partners TGE (1.3 million €) and Myriad (30 million $).
Important: The King Baudouin Foundation is accredited by the French Ministry of Economics and Finance to operate in France as a recognised charitable foundation, in strict compliance with French regulations. The reason for this? Philanthropic organisations taxed in France benefit from the tax concessions provided for under French legislation when entrusted with French resources.
View our accreditation (only available in French)
Where to find us
We look forward to welcoming you at our Philanthro-Lab, just across the Notre-Dame de Paris, 15 rue de la Bûcherie in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Do you have a philanthropic project?
Are you an individual or a company with links to France? Do you want to make the world a better place, whether in France, Europe, or beyond?
We are here to help you set up and manage your fund through the King Baudouin Foundation.
Philanthropic advice
Our expertise: we can help you transform your philanthropic vision into tangible, effective, and sustainable action, providing a secure framework for your project.
Our leitmotif: your project comes first. We provide the added value.
- We will guide you towards a formula that is best suited to your needs.
- Got a particularly complex project? We will work with you to develop a tailormade, creative, and robust solution.
- Our expertise at the service of your project: we will help with the distribution and monitoring of major donations, European philanthropy, venture philanthropy, management of listed real estate assets, or art collections.
Fund management
Our core service offering: we ensure the administrative and financial management of your fund, as well as the secure implementation of decisions taken by its governing body.
Our à la carte services: draw on our expertise, tools, and networks
- We can help you identify projects and organisations that meet your fund’s criteria.
- We can carry out an in-depth analysis of the organisations and projects applying for funding from your fund.
- We can provide operational support for your programme.
- We can manage your fund’s assets.
Seeking support for your project?
In France, we offer exclusive support to non-profit organisations through the funds we manage, which have their own set of criteria. We are actively seeking projects for some of these. Contact us if, for example:
- Your organisation has an annual budget of at least €1 million and you develop projects in mainland France that provide concrete, direct help to people in difficulty, in particular elderly people who are isolated, vulnerable, and physically weak, homeless people, women in very precarious situations, and highly disadvantaged youths.
- You implement small-scale projects that make a difference at a very local level for particularly disadvantaged groups (migrants, people in very precarious situations, residents in very deprived neighbourhoods).