Guidelines 2025-2026

The Charity Fund intends to support local health welfare, improving access to social and health services for the elderly and vulnerable people, supporting families and strengthening health points complementary to the NHS. The beneficiaries include people with disabilities, chronically ill people, non-self-sufficient people, the homeless and fragile elderly people, with a focus on vulnerable groups. The supported services must be offered for free, with a multidimensional approach to care and in synergy with the NHS, guaranteeing quality and equity. Priority is given to projects that expand the offering of services, including with the use of technology.

The Charity Fund intervenes in Southern Italy with a strategic approach in three areas: fight against school dropout, development of internal areas and support for youth entrepreneurship. The aim is to promote equal opportunities, economic and social development, and address challenges such as digitalisation and sustainability. The aim is to actively involve people and local communities. The Fund supports projects by Third Sector organizations aimed at vulnerable individuals, especially young people and residents of internal areas, favoring social innovation, participation and environmental sustainability.

The Charity Fund supports fragile migrants and refugees, promoting their dignity and potential. The areas of intervention are: reception and inclusion, education and training, and job placement. The beneficiaries include refugees, asylum seekers, adult migrants and minors (including unaccompanied ones), in disadvantaged and isolated conditions. Among the qualifying requirements of the proposals: partnership with specific migrant associations; long-term management and with follow-up even at the end of the individual project; opportunities for discussion between organizations already involved in these areas.

The Fund's intervention focuses on all those medical research projects which aim to improve people's lives.
For this Area only, the deadline for submitting requests on the platform is May 31st of the reference year. The projects will be evaluated by external experts in the subject matter (referees) only if started in the year in which the donation request is presented. 

The Charity Fund focuses on studies that deepen or reveal forms of social discomfort or needs of the fragile. The research activity must lead to interventions that aim to solve the problem and/or respond to the identified needs. A limited part of the Research Area resources will be allocated to social research.

At least 50% of the resources allocated internationally are given over to this type of priority intervention. A context analysis has been carried out by the local banks, to map the most relevant social problems/needs in the respective countries. This analysis has evidenced certain common themes which the Charity Fund will treat as a priority.
For further details on the common themes identified, consult page 21 of the full Guidelines document.

There is a particular attention for the following topics:

• Food insecurity;
• Inequality in the right to health;
• Educational poverty;
• Economic development and professional training;
• Women and youth empowerment;
• Racial discrimination.

For these projects, it will be decided on a case-by-case basis the amount that can be dedicated to the purchase of durable goods and equipment. If the expenditure receipts cannot be recovered, the presentation of a third-party audit report on the project costs will be accepted. For emergency projects, co-financing by the organization and/or partner(s) is not required. For emergency projects of an amount equal to or greater than € 70,000 external Monitoring and Evaluation by a University is not required.