Gl. Skanderborg Fonden

Founded in 2021, Gl. Skanderborg Fonden is a grant-making foundation based in Skanderborg, Denmark working on community development, mental health.

Gl. Skanderborg Fonden is a commercial foundation (erhvervsdrivende fond) established in 2021 following the sale of NEM Forsikring. It gives grants to charitable and public-benefit purposes in Central and Eastern Jutland, Denmark. Its funding focus covers three areas: combating social exclusion, developing rural districts, and strengthening communities. It supports projects in a defined list of municipalities, with grants typically ranging from 50,000 DKK to over 250,000 DKK, and it runs the Landsbykraft programme for villages under 2,000 inhabitants. The foundation is rooted in cooperative and customer-owned insurance traditions and aims to promote social cohesion and inclusive communities.