When you donate to Fondation de France, you enable nonprofits and stakeholders on the ground to serve the public interest.

We have a calling at Fondation de France and that is: to match the trust that donors place in us. Which is the reason we make a rigorous selection of the initiatives supported, and then assist them day to day.

For more than 50 years, we have reinforced our expertise to first set specific objectives in all the areas we operate in, and then select the best projects that will achieve these objectives.

To do that, we regularly offer tangible and innovative solutions to address society’s problems and we can help the most vulnerable people.

Thanks to our 36 volunteer expert committees made up of specialists in their area, we act wherever generosity is the most effective and we evaluate project impact over time.

Concerning the use and effectiveness of your donation, we also provide utmost transparency and we undertake to account for it on a regular basis.

Find the best commitment model for you

 You can choose whichever commitment model you would like to implement, such as a one-off or a recurring donation. Donating to Fondation de France means the ability to support causes close to your heart (medical research, combating poverty, supporting isolated elderly people, the environment, healthcare, culture, etc.) You can also let Fondation de France decide how your donation is to be allocated, depending on priority programs and needs.

The guarantee of an effective and useful gift

Our network’s size makes for minimal overhead costs, so we can optimize the use of the donations you have entrusted us with. Our work relies on the rigorous management of the gifts derived from your generosity. Donations allocated to a cause serve that cause and no other. All the projects we support are monitored by volunteers on the ground. When fundraising is organized in the wake of a natural, climate-related or health disaster, all the activities carried out on the ground are audited. In addition to the control exercised by the French Court of Auditors and statutory auditors, we have a system of governance and control provided by independent committees.

When you donate to Fondation de France, you can be certain that 88% of your donation directly goes to supporting charitable projects.

Tax deductions

When you donate to Fondation de France you combine generosity with tax benefits. Tax deductions contribute to the expression of your solidarity and support for the causes close to your heart while reducing your tax bill.

With a donation, enjoy substantial tax benefits!

• French tax residents may deduct 66% from the income tax on their donation, up to threshold of donation representing 20% of taxable income. Any surplus may be carried over the following five years;
• 75% of the value of the donation may be deducted from your real estate wealth tax (for those liable to this tax), up to a maximum of 50,000 euros. For more information, please check out our dedicated website on real estate wealth tax: ifi.fondationdefrance.org (in French);
• for their part, companies based in France may deduct 60% from the corporate tax on their donation, up to a maximum of 20,000€ or 0.05% of their annual turnover. Any surplus may be carried over the following five years.

Questions on donations, planned giving, copyright assignment and more?

Feel free to contact our teams.

Do you have questions about our work, the way we use your donations, or  a fiscal issue? We’re here to help and answer your questions.

Our experts can give you more detailed advice – a donation from the estate, a gift of real estate property, assignment of copyright and other giving models, to assist you on your giving journey.