Local Initiatives
Strong local connections form the basis for a caring society.
There are so many local initiatives in which the warm generosity of people helps build close and genuine connections. They are the glue that binds a strong society and the best remedy against polarisation.
As a Foundation, we wish to reach out to, support and bring together these projects, their initiators and their participants in all corners of our country. That way, we can breathe life into this crucial social fabric, bolstered by in-depth insight into what it is that people truly need. In doing so, we ensure that not a single citizen is overlooked, because at the local level too, every individual matters.
Local in brief
- The local reflex: where relevant, we transpose a programme or project to the local level.
- Build and strengthen a network of satellites to encourage the development of local funds.
Local initiatives is part of the programme Local
Calls for projects
2025A - Schools Solidarity Accounts
Fundraising to enable schools to financially intervene on behalf of children from underprivileged families and improve their chances of successfully completing their school year.
Ongoing2025A - Project Accounts - King Baudouin Foundation
The Foundation helps collect funds for innovative projects which serve the general interest. The donations for project accounts are tax deductable.
Ongoing
Brussels Airport Fund
Support for sustainability projects from local communities that aim to strengthen the connection between the residents and their surroundings.
Selection announcedGrantees
Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives
Funds and philanthropic tools
Jeannine et Louise Jacquemotte (Fund)
Worldwide, support to poor people and children in the field of health and protection of biodiversity. In Belgium, support to cancer patients and for the heritage of Huy.
Germaine Thibaut (Fund)
Support for the welfare of vulnerable residents in Halle. Prevention and control of life-threatening diseases, especially cancer. Humanitarian, medical emergencies around the wor…
Lion's Footprint (Corporate Fund)
Participation in sustainable development through support for efforts and structural change to reduce the use of plastic, food waste and CO2 emissions. The fund aims to encourage …
Press Releases
Stories
Gasol Foundation tackles child obesity in disadvantaged neighbourhood of Barcelona
Local Initiatives
“We consider a child’s family and broader relational context, rather than focusing narrowly on nutrition only.”
Community garden as a meeting place
Local Initiatives
“I believe we have already made great strides in this direction and have turned an underused, 400-m² site into a green jewel.”
Raised beds in a cemetery
Local Initiatives
"The children and even young people are incredibly proud of themselves when they see how their plants have grown.”