Country profile

Netherlands

Definition
In the Dutch Civil Code Book 2, Article 285-307, a foundation ('stichting') is defined as 'a legal person created by a legal act which has no members and whose purpose is to realise an objective stated in its statutes using capital allocated to such purpose'. Dutch Endowment Funds can also have the form of an association ('vereniging') - in accordance with the Dutch Civil Code Book 2, 26-52. Besides, foundations and associations can have the ‘ANBI’ fiscal status, if they spend 90% of their resources on the public good.

Netherlands’s philanthropy profile

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Pool of assets

€391 million

Total expenditure

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Total employment

Netherlands’s foundations

4500

foundations

Additional links

More on the sector:

Branchevereniging van Fondsen en Foundations

Further reading:

Geven in Nederland 2020 Filantropie op de grens van overheid en markt, Verkenning, 2018

Member organisation

Adessium Foundation Aidsfonds Association of Foundations in the Netherlands (FIN) Both ENDS Built by Nature Clean Clothes Campaign Dioraphte Foundation European Climate Foundation European Cultural Foundation Fonds Schiedam Vlaardingen e.o. het Cultuurfonds IKEA Foundation Journalism Funders Forum Learning for Well-being Foundation Liliane Fonds Mama Cash Foundation Oranje Fonds Porticus Postcode Lottery Group Prins Claus Fonds for Culture and Development RNW Media Simavi Stichting Edukans Stichting Fonds 1818 Stichting Instituut Gak Terre des Hommes - Netherlands University Fund Wageningen Van Leer Group Foundation War Child Holland