De Gravin van Bylandt Stichting

Founded in 1964, De Gravin van Bylandt Stichting is a grant-making foundation based in Den Haag, Netherlands working on community development, arts & culture, heritage +4 more.

De Gravin van Bylandt Stichting is an asset-based grant-making foundation (vermogensfonds) based in The Hague, Netherlands. It was founded by Marie Alexandrine Otheline Caroline Gravin van Bylandt, with the foundation established in 1964 and active as a grant-giver since her death in 1968. It provides financial support to foundations and associations carrying out projects in the general interest of people and/or animals in the Netherlands. Grants are made across five categories: Mens & Welzijn (people and wellbeing, with extra attention to older people), Kunst & Cultuur (professional performing arts, registered museum exhibitions and cultural initiatives), Publicatie & Educatie (scholarly publications and supplementary educational projects), Restauraties & Onderhoud (restoration of rijksmonumenten and building maintenance), and Dieren, Natuur & Milieu (innovative projects benefiting animals, nature and the environment). Applications are submitted online, and the foundation receives around 1,200 requests a year, so most grants are modest and supplementary. The foundation is governed by a board and a bureau, is recognised as an ANBI, and is a member of the Vereniging van Fondsen in Nederland. It also manages the Heshuijsen Fonds and, since 2026, stewards the Oostduin-Arendsdorp estate and its garden.