Partnerships

arcas supports projects that strengthen social cohesion, but also wishes to break new ground methodically, formally, and in terms of content in order to face current social challenges. Innovative forms of project funding are just as much a part of this as sustainable investment strategies for the foundation’s capital.

The Ernst Göhner Foundation supports projects of recognised quality and visible potential; the projects make a sustainable impact, meet identified needs and have supra-regional significance. The Foundation is also involved in pioneering or experimental projects that respond to changes and new needs in society.

The Mercator Foundation Switzerland is committed to a cosmopolitan, engaged society that treats the environment responsibly and offers all young people the opportunity to develop their potential. To this end, it promotes and initiates projects in the four areas of education, understanding, participation and the environment.

The Clara Mändle Foundation helps young people obtain a good professional education, to access better further education and training for a profession, in cases where they do not have sufficient financial means to do so.

The Clara Mändle Foundation is a lender to EDUCA SWISS. The foundation has actively been promoting education for over 10 years; it advises and accompanies EDUCA SWISS in the further development of our offers and makes contributions to the society for the promotion of funding our coaching pool.

The Eckenstein-Geigy Foundation supports projects that promote equal opportunities and independence and whose benefits are long-term. Through EDUCA SWISS, the Eckenstein-Geigy Foundation grants educational loans to around 40 candidates each year.

The Dora Foundation supports children and young people with “special needs”, referring to any situation in which children or young people suffer from physical or mental illnesses, have learning difficulties or have difficult family circumstances.

The foundation’s support is primarily through action in the areas of research, prevention, education and treatment. These measures are aimed at children, their families and/or their environment, as well as the professionals who work with them.

The independent and neutral Fondation des Fondateurs aims to make funding goals as easy as possible. Founded by a visionary couple in 2007, it now serves as the leading umbrella foundation in Switzerland for around 51 foundations. It is managed with proven philanthropic competence and is professionally committed to facilitating funding.

Based in Tannay (VD), the Fondation Gandur pour la Jeunesse aims to promote the development and social integration of children, adolescents and young adults who are dealing with hardship, are disadvantaged, have been uprooted or are suffering from a physical disability. To this end, it supports and promotes, with the help of donations, existing programmes developed by institutions or organisations pursuing the same goal.

The Gebert Rüf Foundation was established by the entrepreneur Heinrich Gebert as a foundation of science and innovation. Its goal is to strengthen “Switzerland as an economic and living space”. As a private funding agency, it supports entrepreneurial and impact-driven projects in accordance with its motto “Move.Science “.

The Options for Growth Foundation aims to support the education of youth and young adults from economically disadvantaged families in Switzerland or from developing countries. The Foundation aims to strengthen the personal and professional role of youth and young adults in society, to promote leadership and to increase their influence in all areas of society.

The Rütli Foundation is a tax-exempt umbrella foundation established in Lucerne in 2000. It offers organisational and legal services to donors who wish to engage in charitable activities.

Founded in 2001 as a joint initiative of eleven Swiss grant-making foundations in Basel, SwissFoundations is today a membership organisation for grant-making foundations. SwissFoundations gives Switzerland’s charitable grant-making foundations a strong and independent voice. The association is committed to liberal political framework conditions and to a positive public perception of charitable grant-making foundations. It helps foundations network with one other and with other relevant stakeholders in politics, science, business and society, and provides them with practical support in their day-to-day work as a foundation.

The Sotto Voce Foundation aims to promote people’s awareness of the spaces they use and create. The challenge is to reconcile the complex and highly professional world of construction with the needs and preferences of the inhabitants. Sotto Voce provides a platform for architects to present their ideas and work to a wider audience. Sotto Voce wants to show people how architecture works.

Bank Vontobel supports EDUCA SWISS with the Impact Loan. This enables the invested capital to be distributed among various educational projects. Bank Vontobel does not charge any fees in connection with the Impact Loan. In this way, the bank is making a valuable contribution to EDUCA SWISS.