FONDATION CARITAS FRANCE

FRANCE - FRANCE

Created in 2009 by Secours Catholique, the Caritas France Foundation is dedicated to fighting poverty and exclusion in all their forms. Its actions are based around four main missions:

• Project support : The foundation finances more than 70 projects every year, providing not only financial support but also extra-financial assistance (support with social impact assessment, development of own resources, HR issues, etc.).
• Support for individual and family philanthropy: it is home to more than 100 foundations, mainly family foundations, to which it offers a caring framework and tailor-made support: financial and administrative support, field visits, peer exchanges, etc.
• Support for research and innovation: The Foundation supports those involved in research into philanthropy and poverty issues, in particular through the Caritas Research Prize awarded each year to a young researcher in the social sciences.
• Social impact investment: The Foundation uses part of its capital to finance social enterprises that aim to have a positive social impact while seeking to achieve financial equilibrium.