Opéra national de Paris
Support for the Ecole de Danse de l'Opéra national de Paris in organising an international event.
WHO ARE WE ?
The Marguerite and Adrien Dassault Foundation focuses on helping families and people in need and education; and on environmental protection and animal welfare.
Created in 2021, the Foundation has funded more than ten associations in Belgium, France, and Lebanon. Beyond financial support, the MAD Foundation wishes to create real and long-lasting links with the associations, thus facilitating their project development. The Foundation intends to progressively increase the number of projects supported in the coming years.
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"We have always had the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon”
Engagement areas
Supporting families, people in need, and education
In France and Belgium, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line.
For these children, it isn’t only a lack of money. It also potentially means being deprived of healthy food, decent housing, medical care, school support, cultural outings, books… It can mean having difficulties in French and at school. Some may give up on studying and working altogether, isolating themselves.
The MAD Foundation seeks to better support families in precarious or fragile situations. It strives to give every child a decent education by stimulating their talent and entrepreneurial spirit from a young age. It also wishes to help entrepreneurs recover after a professional bankruptcy, and prevent entire families from falling into a spiral of financial stress.
Protecting our planet
One third of the world’s agricultural soils are degraded…
…while 70,000 agricultural jobs are left unfilled each year and hundreds of thousands of farms are taken over in France. The MAD Foundation seeks to contribute to a much-needed ecological transition. How? For example, by helping associations that carry out organic and regenerative farming projects and soil preservation.
Protecting our planet also means protecting animals: every year, 100,000 pets are abandoned in France and 60,000 in Belgium. By focusing on the therapeutic virtues of animals in particular, the MAD Foundation seeks to protect and reinforce the links between animals and humans.
We support them
Médecins Sans Frontières
A humanitarian organisation dedicated to bringing medical aid to countries in need.
Centre de Sauvegarde de l Faune en Lorraine
The centre's mission is to protect wildlife in Lorraine by caring for and reintroducing animals in distress, as well as raising awareness and carrying out research.
Home Philippe Speth
Long-term care for young people aged 12 to 18 who have grown up in a difficult environment, providing them with social and medical support.
The Dauphine Foundation
Promoting entrepreneurship among students and alumni of Université Paris-Dauphine.
Synergie 14
Accommodation and support for unaccompanied foreign minors to help them integrate in Belgium.
Schola ULB
Enabling young pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds in Brussels to benefit from a tutoring programme free of charge.
