Creating a foundation under aegis

Give your project a lasting framework

The CNRS Foundation is a host foundation. It offers
the possibility of creating your own dedicated fund or sheltered foundation.

In keeping with the CNRS’s mission – to carry out unrestricted multi-disciplinary research at national and international level – the Foundation is open to hosting initiatives in support of research and innovation: foundations of researchers or foundations of patrons wishing to develop their field of action, their reputation and their fund-raising capabilities, by benefiting from the status of foundation under aegis.

The CNRS Foundation is a legal entity for its founders, relieving them of administrative and management burdens, enabling them to devote their energies solely to supporting the causes they have chosen.

Why create a dedicated fund or a foundation under aegis?

The fund or foundation is free to use the names of its founders, or to highlight the cause it supports by name;
Tax benefits are identical to those of the CNRS Foundation;
Ability to receive bequests and donations;
Administrative support from the CNRS Foundation, while retaining considerable freedom in the collection and use of funds;
A freely chosen fixed term, or even perennial, a foundation with or without an initial endowment.