Fondation Hans Wilsdorf
Carouge, Switzerland
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Founded in 1945, Fondation Hans Wilsdorf is a grant-making foundation based in Carouge, Switzerland working on community development, employment & skills, education +9 more.
The Fondation Hans Wilsdorf is a private-law foundation based in Geneva, created in 1945. It is a shareholder foundation that owns the Rolex group and funds its public-interest aims mainly from dividends. It works through five themes: social and health, training and professional integration, culture, humanitarian action, and animals and ecosystems. Its support covers individual aid and scholarships for residents of the canton of Geneva, as well as institutional funding for project-based and unrestricted grants to non-profit associations, foundations, cooperatives and NGOs. Humanitarian support is delivered from Geneva, while animal and ecosystem work extends across Switzerland and internationally. The foundation also created and finances nine thematic foundations, each with autonomous governance. Applications are assessed against submitted requests and the final decision rests with the foundation council, which does not give reasons for decisions. The foundation states it applies high social and environmental sustainability criteria to its operations and grants.
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Fondation Plaza
Arts & Culture
Project to restore the Plaza cinema in Geneva as a cultural centre dedicated to architecture and cinema.
Fondation MODUS pour une mobilité durable à Genève
Environment & Climate · Switzerland
Laboratory supporting the decarbonisation of mobility in Geneva through projects, networking and innovative services.
Fondation genevoise de Désendettement
Community development · Switzerland
Supports adults living in Geneva with a gift and/or interest-free honour loan to repay debts.
Fondation Appuis aux Ainés
Elderly care · Switzerland
Provides one-off financial aid to precarious AVS-age residents and supports projects improving quality of life for older people.
Fondation en faveur de la qualification et de l'emploi
Employment & Skills · Switzerland
Supports people under 25 and over 50 in training or professional integration projects and offers coaching.
Fondation pour la promotion et la valorisation de la formation professionnelle
Education · Switzerland
Promotes and develops vocational training among young people, their families and companies through innovative approaches.
Fondation Immobilière pour repenser le Logement par l'Innovation et l'Expérimentation
Housing & Homelessness · Switzerland
Promotes the design and construction of sustainable, affordable and innovative housing in response to environmental, economic and social challenges.
Fondation Immobilière pour le Développement des Entreprises Sociales
Community development · Switzerland
Fosters collaboration and synergies among social enterprises based at the Tourbillon site in Plan-les-Ouates.
