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Community Foundations<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Community Foundations<\/strong> activated and supported by Fondazione Cariplo represent Italy’s version of the eponymous foundations created in North America in the early 20th<\/sup> century. However, they also form part of the long history of attention to social issues frequently seen in Italy. Specifically, Fondazione Cariplo has adapted the model imported from the United States by activating independent, autonomous bodies in the local areas under its jurisdiction, to disseminate further its support for smaller and less structured non-profit organisations, which often experience difficulties responding to the philanthropic initiatives proposed by the Foundation. Since 1999, it has created and continues to support 16 Community Foundations<\/strong> working in Lombardy and in the provinces of Novara and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (one community foundation for each province, except for the Milan Metropolitan Area where three such Foundations operate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cCommunity Foundations\u201d project is the largest and longest-lasting project led by Fondazione Cariplo: since 2019, over \u20ac580 million<\/strong> have gone to support Community Foundations and the local areas in which they operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Foundations have achieved a total capitalisation of approximately \u20ac308 million (as at 31\/12\/2023); they contribute every year to supporting over 3,000 projects in the area with annual grants of approximately \u20ac40 million<\/strong> awarded to non-profit organisations in their catchment areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Giovanni Azzone<\/strong>, Fondazione Cariplo Chairman: \u201cCommunity Foundations have reached maturity, just like a person does, at the age of 25. They have significant assets and are now acknowledged interlocutors. Local people, institutions and companies are aware of and put trust in them, which is the key factor for working together. They have conscientious professionals among the bodies\u2019 members and among the practitioners and collaborators who combine what they do with an extra bit of spirit. A winning mix of managerial skills and sensitivity. Fondazione Cariplo relies on them, aware that it can count on a unique network that reaches even the most remote locations, according to an approach of listening and responding to needs, even of those who live in villages where there often seems to be little or nothing, but which actually have treasures of great value: the strength of relationships that keeps the world turning and makes things happen\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Community Foundations in the Fondazione Cariplo \u2018system\u2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n