Donations from individuals

Support us

Developing top-level research and attracting the most promising talents requires a high level of financial support. Donations and legacies provide flexible, responsive funding that keeps pace with the pace of research so that it can continue to progress and lead to the innovation of tomorrow, while helping to solve the major challenges facing society.

Why support us?

Help

The 11,000 researchers in their quest for knowledge and ever greater understanding of the world around us and of ourselves;
The 14,000 technical and administrative staff who contribute to this research on a daily basis.

Enable

To perpetuate the pioneering and free spirit of long-term research with no immediate output in sight, and to support a timeless organisation in keeping with the wishes of its founders to contribute to the development of knowledge and the advancement of science;
The major discoveries to emerge from intellectual and experimental work that is as demanding as exciting;
To remain at the highest level of international competition for knowledge at a crucial time for the nation’s competitiveness.

Give

Time which is so precious to scientists;
The responsiveness needed to deal with topical issues.

Guarantee

Research that is totally free and independent of any funding and external pressures.

How can you support us?

Working together to support Foundation and CNRS projects;

Focus your donation on one of the societal challenges identified by the CNRS:

Climate change and energy transition;
Health and the environment;
Ethical and responsible Artificial Intelligence;
The city of tomorrow.

Ways to support us?

Donations

Each and every one of your donations counts and actively helps to support the work of CNRS laboratories.

Legacies and donations:

By making a bequest or donation to the CNRS Foundation, you can provide long-term funding for free, long-term research and contribute to the development of knowledge and the advancement of science.

Tax benefits

The withholding tax implemented in January 2019 preserves your tax benefits. The CNRS Foundation is authorised to receive legacies, donations, usufructs and life insurance policies exempt from inheritance tax.

Donations to the CNRS Foundation are tax deductible:

66%

of the amount of the donation, up to a maximum of 20% of taxable income if it is made in respect of income tax (IR).

75%

of the amount of the donation, up to a limit of €50,000, if it is made in respect of the IFI (tax on property wealth).