The Foundation
Giving power to those who take action
includes giving them media impact
Our street art murals
The BNP Paribas Foundation brings together and supports talented individuals who spearhead innovative projects with a strong social, environmental and cultural impact.
To mark our 40th anniversary, we are teaming up with street artists to put our partners and their engagement at the forefront.
Following the inaugural portrait of Zahia Ziouani unveiled recently in Pantin in greater Paris, our next portrait features Diariata N’Diaye, as viewed and painted by muralist Sébastien Bouchard in the city of Angers!
Our podcasts
The BNP Paribas Foundation produces podcasts that bring to light and promote our partners’ trajectories and impacts. (You can check here our episodes, which are mostly in French)
In underprivileged neighbourhoods deemed “priority”, there are women and men who keep positive initiatives going on a daily basis in education, combating exclusion, and promoting social inclusion and culture. In Les Beaux Quartiers, Raphäl Yem allows these individuals to present their visions, ambitions, and realities. Their inspiring stories and projects for their “beaux quartiers” (nice neighbourhoods). The real ones.
Classe is a podcast that turns the spotlight on equal opportunities. Or how to make something of your life, when you may have started out in challenging circumstances.
Because philanthropy is one of the keys to better outcomes, in this podcast, we wanted to present to you the Intrepid(e)s! – people who serve others.
Check all the podcasts produced by the Foundation and those to which we contributed (mostly in French):
Be all ears to all the podcasts episodes of, and with, the Foundation
Our podcastsSome awards
The distinctions received
Grand Prize of Philanthropy
The ceremony of the Grand Prix de la Philanthropie held by the Ficade Group recognises “the best work in tandem between patrons of the world of finance and foundations. Beyond the actual philanthropic project, it is the philanthropic approach that is recognised.”
It is the unstinting engagement for almost one decade by the Foundation and the BNP Paribas Group that the Grand Prize for Philanthropy wished to recognise in the “Inclusion” category in 2022. And with its Grand Prize for Philanthropy in the “Urgency” category in 2023, it wished to salute the extent and constancy of resources brought to bear by the Group, particularly the Group’s Foundations in Europe in taking urgent action to facilitate the processing and inclusion of refugee persons.
Deauville Green Awards
The 2023 jury of the Deauville Green Awards awarded two Special Prizes to episode 3 of the documentary series Insignificant, created by Franck Courchamp.
Franck leads the INVACOST research project – a 2014 laureate of our Climate & Biodiversity Initiative – and is in our Scientific Committee since the 2017 call for projects.
Client: Arte
Producer: Lumento
Director: Clément Morin
Duration: 00:03:32
Watch here the entire Insignificant documentary (in French)
The distinctions awarded
Young Researcher Prize
In 2020, at the second edition of the Prix du Jeune Chercheur of the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB), the BNP Paribas Foundation recognised Valentine Meunier “for her work on the relationship between coral reefs and planktonic diazotrophs in the context of climate change”.
The Foundation also recommended Valentine – successfully – for inclusion in the 2021 edition of the “30 younger than 30” who will change France by Vanity Fair.
