UniCredit Foundation is a non-profit corporate foundation, as further testimony of the Group’s engagement in the promotion of a complex set of principles which are the basis of its corporate identity. UniCredit Foundation is entirely financed by the Group and it is an independent legal entity with a Board of Directors.

UniCredit Foundation is engaged in promoting the culture of modern corporate philanthropy, as well as of civil commitment, donation and voluntary work. The Foundation offers itself as a bridge between the employees of UniCredit– who are interested and willing to direct their energy and skills toward personal social engagement – and the needs of the target communities.

UniCredit Foundation is also interested in deepening the theme of social economy, with a particular focus on the meaning of business philanthropy and, more in general, on the relationship between for profit and non-profit.

Mission

UniCredit Foundation was set up in 2003 as a corporate foundation of UniCredit and as testimony to the work done by the Group to promote a comprehensive set of values that form the basis of its corporate identity.

Through corporate philanthropy, the Foundation intends to contribute to the growth of the community it works in, promoting the processes of social cohesion against a complex backdrop of inequality, need and transformation that characterizes modern society. With this objective, UniCredit Foundation undertakes to promote long-term initiatives, to seek innovation in different areas of social action and to construct effective, lasting partnerships with non-profit organizations.

In line with European strategies for economic and social development, the Foundation supports actions and players representing the social economy, which combine charity work with market principles to provide an ongoing response to the need for welfare services in the community, while simultaneously creating employment.

Finally, as the only non-profit organization in UniCredit specializing in philanthropy and the social economy, UniCredit Foundation promotes and organizes participatory and advisory activities within the Group on the issues of solidarity and social investment, to the benefit of everyone at UniCredit.