Jenni Ferlawrence

The work of charitable foundations in Europe has its own peculiarities. In the developed countries this is the name of the organization, which operates outside the government and is aimed at obtaining socially significant, not financial, benefits.

While many large foreign philanthropic foundations focus on improving people’s lives, WWF is concerned with achieving harmony between man and nature.

The so-called Silicon Valley Foundation focuses on solving humanity’s most difficult problems, improving the quality of life.

The assets of the Foundation amount to more than 22 billion dollars. The London-based charity was founded in 1936 in memory of Henry Welkom, the pharmaceutical magnate.

One of Germany’s most important and largest Hamburg foundations is named after the politician and publisher Gerd Bucerius.

The Foundation’s assets are more than $33 billion. Microsoft owner Bill Gates founded the organization together with his close people – his wife and father (later the list of founders expanded).

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent charitable organization founded by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur in 1978 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, non-profit organization whose primary mission is to promote cooperation among the nations of the world.