Fondation de Luxembourg was launched on 2 January 2009, just 8 months after the "Seizing the opportunity for philanthropy in Luxembourg" symposium organised by Banque de Luxembourg.

Located at 59, Boulevard Royal, Luxembourg, Fondation de Luxembourg is part-funded by the government, part-funded by the Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande Duchesse Charlotte with an initial capital of €5 million.

Former banker Tonika Hirdman is the head of Fondation de Luxembourg and the first challenge for the organisation will be to define a strategic plan of action. Like its counterparts at Fondation de France and the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium, Fondation de Luxembourg's mission will be to assist private banking clients interested in donating to public interest organisations and to act as an umbrella foundation to help people lacking the necessary funds to launch their own association or foundation.

Useful links:

• Fondation de Luxembourg
• Fondation de Luxembourg: articles of association (Lien Statuts) in French
• Interview with Tonika Hirdman
• Fondation de France
• Fondation Roi Baudouin