Showcasing those who take action
Projet Banlieues
Odyssée Jeunes
Refugee programme
Climate & Biodiversity Initiative
Dream Up
Help2Help
Our mission:
Giving power to those who take action
The power to build a better world for future generations;
The power to rally around the most vulnerable populations;
The power to lead the fairest and most sustainable transitions;
The power to shine a light on those who make a difference.
For 40 years, we have been discovering, bringing together and supporting talents who lead innovative and impactful projects; projects that are part of a systemic approach to social, environmental and cultural change.
Through our cutting-edge approach, we support people and projects that help change the world: boldly and innovatively, over the long term, with active and tailored support, in order to publicise them, promote them, and perpetuate their actions.
This is our mission.
We take action to:
Give confidence in the future
By supporting equal opportunities programmes, the BNP Paribas Foundation helps to fight against various forms of exclusion, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We also support the voluntary and personal commitment of the Group’s employees. In 2023, 7.65 million euros were raised for these causes:
Understand and protect the planet
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the greatest environmental challenges of our times. Since 2010, the BNP Paribas Foundation has been funding international research on the interactions between climate and biodiversity, through France’s largest environmental philanthropy programme: with 24 million euros and 35 research teams worlwide supported – i.e around 500 scientists – and almost 1 million people made aware of environmental issues.
Support culture and make it accessible
As a special partner of contemporary dance and circus, as well as jazz, the BNP Paribas Foundation places artistic creation and access to culture at the heart of its cultural philanthropy. Its goal: to create wonder. Boldness, creativity, youth, accessibility and inclusion are the hallmarks of our actions. In 2023, 2.14 million euros have been dedicated to support nearly 60 artists, institutions and festivals.
Committed to philanthropy
for the common good
« Can a changing world evolve towards new paradigms? Is a fairer, more sustainable and more artistic world possible? For many people it is not only possible, it is a necessity. This is the approach that the BNP Paribas Foundation has taken for 40 years, backing social innovation as well as artistic creation and environmental research, and doing what it takes so that each of its actions has an impact on the world and society at large. »
Michel Pébereau
Honorary Chairman of BNP Paribas Group
Chairman of the BNP Paribas Foundation
« Acting for the common good, providing solutions, fostering this ambition notably driven by the impetus provided by the Groupe’s employees, and persuading all stakeholders – private, public, and associations – to do their part: this is what the BNP Paribas Foundation is meant to do. To protect, remediate, inspire, act on both urgent matters and for the long term, and extend a hand and give everyone a chance must be a leading objective. »
Anne Pointet
Head of BNP Paribas Group Company Engagement
Member of BNP Paribas Group Executive Committee
« Taking action to make the world a better place is part of our philanthropic activities’ DNA. Innovating, fostering dreams, supporting visionary actors of solidarity, the environment and culture to enable them to grow, giving power to those who take action, and playing our role as a lookout are all missions that we take to heart in each of our patronage. The creation of our new Exploration Lab will further this pioneering approach. »
Isabelle Giordano
Head of BNP Paribas Group Philanthropy
General Delegate of the BNP Paribas Foundation
Our impact
Since 1984, the Foundation has provided its support to more than 2 million beneficiaries and more than 4,200 projects, including:
3,600
social and educational initiatives
50
research programmes on the climate and biodiversity
500
cultural projects