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		<title>INFINITE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent & Excellence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supporting young talent in their studies, so that a lack of resources is never a barrier to excellence.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://infinite.study/" data-type="link" data-id="https://infinite.study/">INFINITE non-profit programme</a> enables talented students from modest backgrounds to access the most demanding courses and succeed in them. Recognising that talent is universal but access to opportunities is not, INFINITE is committed to removing the financial, social, and cultural barriers that hinder access to excellence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To this end, INFINITE has developed a unique model combining a zero-interest student loan with no guarantor — made possible thanks to the support of dedicated donors — and personalised mentoring from professionals who have achieved excellence in their fields. Students also benefit from structured support and a dedicated community that provides access to networks, advice, and opportunities crucial to their future.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the heart of the INFINITE model lies the principles of solidarity and sustainability: once students have established themselves professionally, they gradually repay their loan, thereby helping to fund the studies of new generations of students. This mechanism turns every contribution into a sustainable lever capable of guiding more and more talented individuals towards their desired career paths.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MAD Foundation provides financial support to INFINITE to help roll out its student loan programme and fund its structural and operational needs. This enables the organisation to continue its development and expand its impact.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Student quote: <em>&#8220;</em><em>Without INFINITE, my admission to HEC Paris would have remained a dream, shattered by an insurmountable financial barrier. Thanks to their trust and the support of donors, a door that money threatened to close has opened up a possible future.&#8221; </em>Hidaya, promo of 2024</p>
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		<title>Vaincre la Mucoviscidose (Stream Against Muco)</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/vaincre-la-mucoviscidose-through-stream-against-muco/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 13:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Well-Being & Inclusion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supporting patients and their families in every aspect of life disrupted by cystic fibrosis.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since 1965, Vaincre la Mucoviscidose has supported patients and their families in every aspect of life disrupted by cystic fibrosis. The association is organized around four key missions: curing tomorrow by supporting and funding research; treating today by improving care quality; living better with cystic fibrosis by enhancing patients’ quality of life; raising public awareness and informing parents and patients.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through its participation in the 2025 edition of Stream Against Muco – a charity event co-organized by Vaincre La Muco to raise funds for the association – The MAD Foundation financially supports Vaincre la Mucoviscidose in fulfilling its four missions: cure, care, live better, raise awareness and inform.</p>
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		<title>Le Village des Enfants Extraordinaires</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/le-village-des-enfants-extraordinaires/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Well-Being & Inclusion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Creating educational and playful spaces adapted for children and teenagers with disabilities, particularly cognitive or behavioral disorders, as well as their families.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://le-village-des-enfants-extraordinaires.assoconnect.com/page/620706-accueil" data-type="link" data-id="https://le-village-des-enfants-extraordinaires.assoconnect.com/page/620706-accueil" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Le Village des Enfants Extraordinaires</a></strong> is a French non-profit organization dedicated to creating educational and playful spaces adapted for children and teenagers with disabilities, particularly cognitive or behavioral disorders, as well as their families. In September 2023, it inaugurated its first pilot center in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, offering a variety of activities such as dance, music, visual arts, and motor skill courses in an inclusive and supportive environment. The goal is to encourage learning through play, reduce isolation among families, and promote social inclusion from an early age. VILDEO has been awarded numerous prizes and distinctions for technological and social innovation in the fields of solidarity and disability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MAD Foundation<strong> </strong>provides financial support to the Village des Enfants Extra-Ordinaires by contributing to the costs associated with children&#8217;s access to the Village, including participation in weekly educational workshops and open-access activities.</p>
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		<title>Opéra national de Paris</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/opera-national-de-paris/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent & Excellence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Support for the Ecole de Danse de l'Opéra national de Paris in organising an international event.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With a history spanning over 350 years, the Paris Opera offers each season a lyrical and choreographic program at the highest level of excellence, at the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille. The institution pursues three fundamental missions: creation – at the very heart of its activities – openness to all audiences – through an accessible pricing policy, dedicated arts and cultural education programs, tours, and performance broadcasts – and the transmission of its knowledge and expertise – contributing to the enrichment of a shared heritage, notably through its Academy, which hosts singers and instrumentalists in residence, and its Ballet School.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through its contribution to the AROP’s Cercle Taglioni (Circle of Patrons) since 2024, the MAD Foundation supports the Paris Opera Ballet School in fulfilling its key missions: education, by accompanying the talents of all students, irrespective of their background or circumstances; stage experience, through ambitious seasonal programming and enriching the School’s repertoire; work environment, by supporting the School’s health department; and finally outreach, by backing recordings and broadcasts of performances, masterclasses, and international exchanges.</p>
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		<title>Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/mecenat-chirurgie-cardiaque/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Well-Being & Inclusion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Giving children with heart defects a chance.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque offers a chance to children suffering from heart malformations by operating on them when this operation is not possible in their country, often due to technical or financial constraints<em>.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MAD Foundation grants multi-year financial support to Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, with the aim of assisting the Association in its commitment to children needing surgery for heart defects.</p>
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		<title>Centre de Sauvegarde de l Faune en Lorraine</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/centre-de-sauvegarde-de-l-faune-en-lorraine/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marguerite Dassault Longuet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Protection of Nature]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.csfl.fr/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.csfl.fr/">The Centre de Sauvegarde de la Faune en Lorrain</a>e (CSFL), founded in 2013, is a dedicated association committed to the protection of wildlife in the Lorraine region, including the departments of Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, and Vosges. They actively engage in networks of conservation centers, rescue, and care for distressed wildlife, reintroduce them to their natural habitats, raise awareness among the public and schools about nature preservation, and conduct scientific research on wildlife.</p>
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		<title>The Dauphine Foundation</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/the-dauphine-foundation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marguerite Dassault Longuet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 07:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent & Excellence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Promoting entrepreneurship among students and alumni of Université Paris-Dauphine.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since its creation in 2008, the <a href="https://www.fondation-dauphine.fr/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.fondation-dauphine.fr/">Dauphine Foundation</a> has been supporting the advancement in higher education and the development of Université Paris Dauphine &#8211; PSL by funding strategic and innovative projects. Since 2012, it has developed an incubator service whose threefold mission is to raise awareness of and support entrepreneurs, bring the ecosystem together and promote mixed, diversified entrepreneurship with impact.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MAD Foundation provides financial support to the Dauphine Foundation&#8217;s incubator for the implementation of the &#8220;Track Impact&#8221; project, dedicated to accompanying growing projects with a positive impact mission (social, environmental or local).</p>
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		<title>Hectar</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/hectar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Protection of Nature]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Participating in the ecological transition through regenerative agriculture ]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.hectar.co/">HECTAR </a>is a 600-hectare agricultural campus just outside Paris. Composed of an incubator for start-ups and innovators, a pilot farm in regenerative agriculture, and coaching programs, HECTAR also offers coworking spaces, seminars and awareness sessions for young people and companies. HECTAR aims to enhance the value given to our soils and to help farmers by supporting projects that are economically viable, ethical, and sustainable for the planet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">More specifically, the MAD Foundation supports the <em>Maison Pédagogique</em>, which aims to raise awareness among young people aged 6 to 17 about the respect for biodiversity and our food’s impact on our health and planet. For example, it established in october 2023 a new <em>biodiversity parcours </em>for children and young adults.</p>
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		<title>La Fondation pour l&#8217;Ecriture</title>
		<link>https://fondationmad.org/en/projet/la-fondation-pour-lecriture/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise d Aspremont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Well-Being & Inclusion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Encouraging young people to write]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://academiesciencesmoralesetpolitiques.fr/fondations/fondation-pour-lecriture/">La Fondation pour l&#8217;Écriture</a> brings together various sponsors – companies and individuals – seeking to encourage writing practices. Created in France, where nearly 12% of young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 have reading difficulties, the Foundation particularly supports the work of <em>Labo des histoires</em>, which is dedicated to helping the writing practices of children, adolescents and young adults under the age of 25. Since 2011, they&nbsp; have offered free writing workshops in order to develop their taste for writing and reading, imagination, and creativity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MAD Foundation supports <em>Labo des histoires</em> to extend its offering throughout France, to coordinate its branches, promote educational tools, and implement four major writing programs each year. &nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through <em>Labo des histoires</em>, it supports the <a href="https://jaimeadire.fr/" data-type="link" data-id="https://jaimeadire.fr/">Jaime à dire</a> programme, a project also run by the Fondation Engagement Médias pour les Jeunes and Graine d&#8217;Orateur to promote eloquence among young people aged from 14 to 30 in France. The operation resulted in a <a href="https://www.france.tv/spectacles-et-culture/5688537-j-aime-a-dire.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.france.tv/spectacles-et-culture/5688537-j-aime-a-dire.html">programme </a>produced and shown by France Télévisions in December 2023, and will be repeated every year at the same time.</p>
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