Why support research?
The French Red Cross Foundation is committed to working closely with those on the ground to develop and build the humanitarian and social action of tomorrow. While the urgent need to act on behalf of the most vulnerable remains, this cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the contexts and the responses provided. That is why we support French-speaking researchers around the world every year. Their work, carried out in close connection with the realities on the ground, produces results that can be directly used by NGOs and Red Cross teams to strengthen the impact and relevance of their actions. The Foundation is guided by a strong conviction: research is an essential lever for sustainably improving humanitarian and social practices by embedding them in a process of analysis, rigour and continuous evolution.
A tailor-made partnership offer adapted to your needs
The French Red Cross Foundation offers a wide range of partnerships designed to suit the needs and resources of businesses and public organisations. Whether your organisation is an SME or a large group, a corporate foundation or a local authority, we are open to working with you to develop a partnership that meets your objectives.
Our partnerships can take the following forms:
• Funding for research programmes and awards;
• Sponsorship of events (annual meetings, conferences, etc.);
• Skills-based sponsorship (consulting, communication, fundraising, etc.);
• Sponsorship of services (creation of videos, podcasts, graphic design, etc.).
Let’s co-create a sponsorship project aligned with your CSR strategy
The French Red Cross Foundation develops research and innovation projects on broad and essential themes. These major fields of application offer companies a unique opportunity to align their commitment with their sector of activity and their sponsorship and CSR strategy.
Become a partner by supporting research on:
A partnership on access to healthcare and epidemics
By becoming a partner of our foundation, you are directly contributing to shaping the future of global public health with research that:
- Placing people at the heart of our actions, giving a voice to those affected to better meet their needs.
- Deepen our understanding of health situations faced by vulnerable populations.
- Paving the way for more effective and inclusive approaches, integrating socio-cultural factors into access to healthcare.
- Améliorent les stratégies de prévention des maladies et des risques épidémiques, taking into account local circumstances.
- Identify innovative ways to strengthen health systems, by adapting to specific contexts.
A partnership on natural hazards and disasters
By becoming our partner, you play a key role in understanding and managing the risks associated with natural disasters. Your support helps fund and disseminate research that:
- Giving a voice to those affected to design solutions that suit them.
- Identify the causes of fragility populations facing natural disasters.
- Assess the relevance of the preparation and crisis management capability affected populations.
- Enable better adaptation of intervention strategies through the analysis of risk perceptions.
- Studying innovative humanitarian responses implemented in the most affected areas.
A partnership focused on social ties and commitment
By becoming our partner, you will help fund and disseminate essential research that:
- Giving a voice to isolated individuals to better meet their needs, placing people at the heart of our actions
- Analyse the factors that break social ties and their consequences.
- Assess the effectiveness of innovative measures to combat social isolation.
- Studying the strengthening of social ties through volunteering and new forms of civic engagement.
A partnership on humanitarian aid
By supporting us, you are helping to shape the future of humanitarian action. Your partnership enables us to fund and disseminate crucial research that:
- Anticipate changes in the humanitarian sector, offering essential forward-looking insights.
- Identify the most promising practices, analysing the evolution of operational models.
- Paving the way for innovative collaborations, by studying the emergence of new partnerships.
- Paving the way for more effective action, by examining the reconfiguration of the role of humanitarian actors.
A partnership on migration and displacement
By becoming our partner, you play a vital role in improving our understanding of global migration dynamics. Your support enables us to fund and disseminate research that:
- Listen to and value the opinions of those affected in order to develop appropriate responses, by putting people first.
- Identify the origins and causes of migration.
- Study strategies, pathways and experiences of people in exile.
- Assess the relevance and impact of humanitarian responses in the face of these challenges.
- Supporting the renewal of practices to better respond to this global challenge.
Your questions about corporate partnerships or sponsorship
Why become a partner or sponsor?
By choosing to collaborate with us, you will:
- Advance research in the humanities and social sciences, contributing to tangible improvements in the practices of those working in the field.
- Participate in the production of new knowledge that is directly useful to humanitarian and social actors.
- Invest in the future by supporting promising young researchers who will shape the humanitarian and social action of tomorrow.
- Become an innovation leader by helping us develop new solutions to address urgent challenges.
- Share the values of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement by contributing to a more just and united world.
- Support a diverse range of talented researchers, including those from research territories, promoting a plurality of approaches to best respond to the realities on the ground.
How can you become a partner of our Foundation?
Let’s build solidarity together. Becoming a partner of the French Red Cross Foundation means committing to supporting research and social innovation. Each partnership is unique and tailored to the commitments and values of our partners.
It is constructed in several stages:
- Initial contact: contact us by e-mail or telephone to discuss your commitment and find out about our areas of focus.
Contact : Partnerships Division +33 1 40 71 16 37 contact@fondation-croix-rouge.fr
- Definition of needs and objectives : we organise a meeting to identify possible synergies and jointly develop a suitable partnership.
- Development of a tailor-made project (in the case of programme funding): we work with you to define a research project on a theme that combines your areas of focus and our expertise, in order to explore essential and impactful topics.
- Formalisation and signing of the agreement
- Implementation and monitoring of the research project (in the case of programme funding): throughout the partnership, we will keep you informed of the progress of the research project and its results.
- Promotion of the partnership: your commitment is highlighted in our communications and events.
Programme funding: How is the partnership co-constructed?
By becoming a partner company, you will be able to get involved in the various phases of the research project:
Phase 1: by defining the theme of the call for applications.
Phase 2 : as a member of the researcher selection committee.
Phase 3 : through your involvement in monitoring the research project.
Phase 4 : during events and the broadcasting of results.
Donations to charities by companies: what are the tax benefits?
Working with the French Red Cross Foundation allows you to benefit from various tax advantages depending on the type of partnership :
Corporate tax benefits described on this page relate to French tax law and apply to companies that are subject to corporate income tax in France.
- Funding for research programmes and awards : Tax deduction of 60% of the donation amount, up to a limit of €20,000 or 0.5% of annual turnover excluding tax. If this limit is exceeded, the surplus can be carried forward to the following five financial years.
- Event sponsorship : Sponsorship expenses are deductible from the company’s taxable income if they are used directly to promote its business.
- Skills-based sponsorship : tax deduction equal to 60% of the value of the hours worked on these assignments, up to a limit of 0.5% of annual turnover excluding tax.
- Service sponsorship : tax reduction of 60% of the cost price of the service.
Who can become a patron or partner of the Foundation?
Whether you are a company, foundation, school, public institution or any other organisation, the French Red Cross Foundation is open to any structure wishing to work alongside it.
Let’s get in touch
We are available to answer any questions you may have regarding the terms of partnership. If you would like to discuss how we can work together, please contact us:
Partnership contact
Phone : +33 1 40 71 16 37