Grants and payments by foundations
How much money is distributed by Danish foundations each year? What are the foundation grants used for? The statistics on foundation grants and payments show how several billion Danish kroner are distributed annually to a range of purposes, including culture, health, and social initiatives. The grants can be further broken down into grants allocated to research., Philanthropic grants and payments of foundations, The figure shows the total grants and payments distributed across philanthropic purposes. Philanthropic purposes can be characterized as charitable or beneficial to a broader segment of society. Grants and payments for non-philanthropic purposes can be found in StatBank Denmark – click “In Statbank denmark, you can find more data…” below the figure., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Grants for philanthropic and non-philanthropic purposes (FOND17), More about the figure, Last update, 17.11.2025, Next update, 16.11.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on a survey conducted among Danish foundations and associations. The population includes all organizations in the private sector with the legal structures of Commercial Foundations, as well as Foundations and other self-governing institutions. A stratified sample of 550 foundations is drawn and scaled based on the foundation's utilization of tax deductions under the Foundation Tax Act. This is supplemented by a group of entities, such as patient associations, that operate as foundations., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, Foundation grants by purpose, The figure shows the total foundation grants distributed by various purposes., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Grants (FOND01), More about the figure, Last update, 17.11.2025, Next update, 16.11.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on a survey conducted among Danish foundations and associations. The population includes all organizations in the private sector with the legal structures of Commercial Foundations, as well as Foundations and other self-governing institutions. A stratified sample of 550 foundations is drawn and scaled based on the foundation's utilization of tax deductions under the Foundation Tax Act. This is supplemented by a group of entities, such as patient associations, that operate as foundations., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, Foundation payments by purpose, The figure shows how the total foundation payments are distributed by various purposes., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Grants (FOND01), More about the figure, Last update, 17.11.2025, Next update, 16.11.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on a survey conducted among Danish foundations and associations. The population includes all organizations in the private sector with the legal structures of Commercial Foundations, as well as Foundations and other self-governing institutions. A stratified sample of 550 foundations is drawn and scaled based on the foundation's utilization of tax deductions under the Foundation Tax Act. This is supplemented by a group of entities, such as patient associations, that operate as foundations., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, Foundation grants to research and development, The figure shows how grants to research are distributed by subject area, including grants that have been subjected to competition (awarded in connection with open competition with published criteria)., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Grants for research purpose (FOND20), More about the figure, Last update, 17.11.2025, Next update, 16.11.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on a survey conducted among Danish foundations and associations. The population includes all organizations in the private sector with the legal structures of Commercial Foundations, as well as Foundations and other self-governing institutions. A stratified sample of 550 foundations is drawn and scaled based on the foundation's utilization of tax deductions under the Foundation Tax Act. This is supplemented by a group of entities, such as patient associations, that operate as foundations., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, Foundation grants to green research and development, The figure shows how research grants are distributed by subcategories within green research and development., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Grants for green research purposes (FOND21), More about the figure, Last update, 17.11.2025, Next update, 16.11.2026, Source data, The statistics are based on a survey conducted among Danish foundations and associations. The population includes all organizations in the private sector with the legal structures of Commercial Foundations, as well as Foundations and other self-governing institutions. A stratified sample of 550 foundations is drawn and scaled based on the foundation's utilization of tax deductions under the Foundation Tax Act. This is supplemented by a group of entities, such as patient associations, that operate as foundations., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, On the statistics – documentation, sources and method, Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published., See the documentation of statistics to learn more:, Activities of foundations, The purpose of this statistic is to give new knowledge about foundation, by showing the activities of the foundation in form of grants and payouts. The statistics was published for the first time in 2016., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Activities of foundations, Need more data on Grants and payments by foundations?, Go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find more detailed figures, e.g how grants are distributed across purpose and main areas., Go to the StatBank, Contact, Sara Tvile Marker, Phone: +45 23 74 28 36, Mail: , stk@dst.dk
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