Civil society

Strengthen civil society associations at all levels in Belgium and Europe.

Associations are essential to our democracy. They allow people to connect and give them a voice in the social discourse. The King Baudouin Foundation offers structural and project-based support to associations to help them strengthen their operational capacity and expand their impact.

To do so, we offer financial resources and tools to professionalise their governance. By spreading information, we enhance the visibility and position of associations in the public discourse, and we promote the link between supporters and associations. We encourage cooperation and the sharing of knowledge through conferences, workshops and networking events. We make the case for protecting freedom of association, and we support research to help better understand the needs of associations.
 

Civil society in brief

  • We offer tools to professionalise governance
  • We provide information about associations for the public at large and research
  • We encourage cooperation and the sharing of knowledge
  • We protect freedom of association

Civil society is part of the programme Democracy

Grantees

Terres vivantes

Transition agroécologique en Wallonie
Democracy

To promote the transition to an agro-ecological system in Wallonia, to the benefit of the rural economy and employment, farmers, citizens, biodiversity and the climate.

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The Rotary Foundation Switzerland

Support the End Polio campaign of The Rotary Foundation
Democracy

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Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives

Social Profit Data Trust Fund

Democracy

The Social Profit Data Trust Fund aims to create a Belgian platform for consolidating, publishing and statistically analyzing data from companies in the social profit sector.

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Funds and philanthropic tools

Rotary Belgium (Fund)

Democracy

Improving the living conditions of the population in a sustainable way by supporting projects of general interest at Belgian or international level and contributing to initiative…

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Co-Labs (Friends of Fund)

LocalDemocracy

Philanthropists support projects of the non-profit organisation Co-Labs which aims to facilitate citizen initiatives and projects for a sustainable transition with maximum impact…

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Beweging.academie (Friends of Fund)

LocalDemocracy

Philanthropists support projects of asbl Bewiging.academie with the aim of moving towards a sustainable, fair inclusive society.

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