What non profit foundation was founded by the wife of former King of Belgium, King Albert II?
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Queen Paola Foundation The Queen Paola Foundation, founded in December 1992, is a Belgian non-profit organization. The foundation was created at the request of Princess Paola of Belgium. The aim of the foundation is to provide support to Belgian organizations which help young people facing problems with re-integration into society, and to support education. The foundation has established the "School of Hope programme", in order to support schools located in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
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Queen Paola of Belgium Queen Paola of Belgium (born Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria on 11 September 1937) is the wife of the former King Albert II and was Queen of the Belgians from 1993 until his abdication in 2013 in favour of their son King Philippe.
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Princess Irene of the Netherlands Princess Irene of the Netherlands (Irene Emma Elisabeth; born 5 August 1939) is the second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Irene was first in the public eye when her family fled the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands during World War II, traveling first to Britain and later to Canada. In 1964, her decision to convert to Roman Catholicism and to marry the eldest son and heir of one of the pretenders to the Spanish throne caused a crisis in both the Dutch royal family and government, bringing her into the world spotlight once again. An activist for disarmament, she is also well known for her work with nature.
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Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands) The Carnegie Foundation (Dutch: "Carnegie Stichting" ) is an organization based in The Hague, Netherlands. It was founded in 1903 by Andrew Carnegie in order to manage his donation of US$1.5 million, which was used for the construction, management and maintenance of the Peace Palace. The Peace Palace was built to house the Permanent Court of Arbitration and a library of international law.
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Happy Hippie Foundation The Happy Hippie Foundation is an American non-profit organization founded by entertainer Miley Cyrus in 2014. The foundation focuses on youth homelessness (particularly among LGBTQ youth), the LGBTQ community, and other vulnerable populations.
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Harry Weinberg The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is a non-profit philanthropist organization founded by businessman Harry Weinberg (1908–1990) and his wife Jeanette Weinberg.
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations. It was created in 1964 by David Packard (co-founder of HP) and his wife Lucile Salter Packard. Following David Packard's death in 1996, the Foundation became the beneficiary of part of his estate. The foundation's goals, through the use of grants, are to "improve the lives of children, enable creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore earth’s natural systems." As of 2012, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was the 19th wealthiest foundation in the United States.
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EUFAMI The European Federation of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI) is an international non-profit organisation registered in Belgium that primarily advocates on behalf of carers. It was founded in 1992 after a meeting where members from all over Europe "shared their experiences of helplessness and frustration when living with someone with severe mental illness". The organisation is active in lobbying European Union bodies on behalf of its member organisations. It has members in 26 European countries and one non-European country. It is a federation of 41 family associations (including two non-European ones) and 5 other mental health associations.
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Poelaert Foundation The Poelaert Foundation is a Belgian association of public interest, incorporated by the Bar of Brussels. The Foundation bears the name of the architect Joseph Poelaert.
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The Queen's Charities (Belgium) The Queen's Charities (Dutch: "Hulpfonds van de Koningin"; French: "Oeuvres de la Reine") is an organization intended to help the Queen of the Belgians in her philanthropic and social activities. In order to support the Queen, it collects information for her, and allocates the funds according to her instructions. When the Queen has a particular interest in an institution, the charity can participate in the creation or development of those institutions.
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Marie Depage Marie Pauline Depage (23 September 1872 – 7 May 1915) was a Belgian nurse, and wife of Dr Antoine Depage. She was killed in the sinking of the RMS "Lusitania", and she is commemorated in Belgium alongside the British nurse Edith Cavell
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Princess Louise of Belgium Princess Louise of Belgium (18 February 1858 in Brussels – 1 March 1924 in Wiesbaden) was the eldest daughter of Leopold II and his wife, Marie Henriette of Austria. Louise was named after her paternal grandmother, the Belgian queen Louise of Orleans, and her mother.
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Ann Limb Ann Geraldine Limb CBE, DL (born 1953) is a British educationalist, business leader and charity chair. In September 2015, she became the first woman to be elected as Chair of The Scout Association since the movement was founded by Robert Baden Powell in 1907. She is also chair of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP); is leading the bid for Milton Keynes to be European Capital of Culture in 2023; and has held various other posts in public life.
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Princess Léa of Belgium Princess Léa of Belgium (born Léa Inga Dora Wolman in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 December 1951) is the dowager of Prince Alexander of Belgium, she is the aunt of King Philippe of Belgium.
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International Association of the Congo The International Association of the Congo (French: "Association internationale du Congo" ), also known as the International Congo Society, was an association founded on 17 November 1879 by Leopold II of Belgium to further his interests in the Congo. It replaced the Belgian "Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo" (French: "Comité d'études du Haut-Congo" ), which was part of the International African Association front organisation created for the exploration of the Congo. The goals of the International Congo Society was to establish control of the Congo Basin and to exploit its economic resources. The Berlin Conference recognised the society as sovereign over the territories it controlled and in 1885 its structures were acquired by the Congo Free State.
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Abel Cathrine Abel Cathrine (1626-1676) was a Danish courtier and philanthropist. She was the favorite of the queen of Denmark, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and known as the founder of "Abel Cathrines Stiftelse" (The Abel Cathrine Foundation).
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Manfred Wörner Foundation The Manfred Wörner Foundation is a Bulgarian not-for-profit non-governmental organization established on 20 October 1994, and registered in 1996. It is named in honour of Manfred Wörner, former Secretary-General of NATO.
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European Institute of Peace The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is a non-profit public foundation which contributes to and complements the global peace agenda of the European Union, primarily through mediation and informal dialogue. On 18 February 2014, the Ministers of Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland signed the statutes for the establishment of the Institute. The EIP was launched on 12 May 2014 by foreign ministers from the signatory governments as well as Italy and Spain, and is based in Brussels.
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Albertina Foundation (Denmark) The Albertina Foundation (Danish: Legatet Albertina) was a philanthropic foundation created by Carl Jacobsen in 1879 with the aim of installing sculpture in the public realm, particularly in the parks, of Copenhagen, Denmark. The artworks include both casts of classical Roman and Greek statues and works by contemporary artists. The foundation is named after Bertel Thorvaldsen, who in Italy went by the name of Alberto.
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Kering Foundation The Kering Foundation (previously known as PPR Corporate Foundation for Women's Dignity and Rights) is a foundation created and financed by Kering (previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute until 18 May 2005 and PPR).
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Michelson Medical Research Foundation The Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) is a private, non-profit philanthropy founded by orthopaedic spinal surgeon and inventor Gary K. Michelson. The foundation aims to solve global health issues by promoting the development of innovative ideas in medicine and bioscience.
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Batonga Foundation The Batonga Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to provide African girls a secondary school and higher education. It was founded by Angélique Kidjo in 2007 and is now working in five African nations: Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sierra Leone.