Porticus
Porticus is a private Amsterdam-based philanthropic foundation, established 1995, that advises and supervises grantmaking on behalf of the Brenninkmeijer family (C&A founders) across four sectors — Earth, Education, Faith, and Society — plus the Argidius enterprise-development programme, serving a global network of NGO and civil-society partners across 14 offices in six regions.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1995
- HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Porticus does
Porticus is a private philanthropic foundation headquartered in Amsterdam, established in 1995 to professionally coordinate and execute the philanthropic activities of the Brenninkmeijer family — the founders of the C&A retail business dating back to 1841. Operating as part of Constanter, a charitable foundation founded by the Brenninkmeijer family, Porticus advises and supervises grants given by a constellation of family-established charitable entities (Constanter, Clementia Verein, Stichting Benevolentia, Stiftung Auxilium, and Good Energies Foundation). The organisation does not raise funds or accept donations itself; its 'revenue model' is best characterised as foundation advisory and grant supervision under multi-generational family stewardship.
Porticus's offering is structured as a portfolio of grantmaking programmes organised into four thematic sectors — Earth (Clean Energy, Regenerative Agriculture, Living Forests, Purposeful Business), Education (Children in Displacement and on the Margins, social and emotional learning), Faith (Building a Vital Church, Child Protection, Vital Catholic Thought), and Society (Criminal Justice, People on the Move) — plus two strategic sub-brands: the Community Arts Lab (visual storytelling and arts-based social change) and Argidius (enterprise development for small and growing businesses in Africa and Central America). Underlying technology consists of digital Partner Portals, the proprietary SCALE framework for business development services, and co-developed open resources such as the digitalisation guidebook for Enterprise Support Organisations. Distribution operates through 14 office locations across six geographic regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, MENA, North America), with a highly selective, non-application-based partnership model.
Porticus's go-to-market is relationship-led rather than transactional: it does not accept open applications or unsolicited requests, instead proactively cultivating strategic partners (Alterna, African Management Institute, TechnoServe, World Press Photo Foundation, ICLEI, Acumen, SELCO, News Literacy Project, UNESCO Peru, and others) for multi-year core funding commitments. The customer base comprises the Brenninkmeijer family foundations supplying capital, and a global network of NGO, civil-society, research, and social-enterprise partners deploying that capital on the ground. Cumulative disclosed impact includes 117,000 businesses supported, 240,000 jobs created, €4 billion added to local economies, and €3 billion of finance mobilised in Central America and Africa since 2014.
Porticus firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Porticus
- Legal name
- Porticus Amsterdam C.V.
- Website
- https://porticus.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1995
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Porticus is a private Amsterdam-based philanthropic foundation, established 1995, that advises and supervises grantmaking on behalf of the Brenninkmeijer family (C&A founders) across four sectors — Earth, Education, Faith, and Society — plus the Argidius enterprise-development programme, serving a global network of NGO and civil-society partners across 14 offices in six regions.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Porticus industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Philanthropic Foundation Services
- NAICS
- Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)
- SIC
- Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Investment Advice (6282)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Family Offices & Philanthropic Advisors (Grantmaking) (BPAGAKAD)
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Where Porticus is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Amsterdam
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Porticus business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Foundation advisory and grant supervision: Porticus does not raise funds or receive donations itself. As a philanthropic organization, it advises and supervises grants given by charitable foundations set up by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. This is not a commercial revenue stream but a stewardship/grantmaking model where Porticus provides strategic advisory services and operational management for philanthropic capital deployment. Porticus is part of Constanter, a charitable foundation in service of the common good founded by the Brenninkmeijer family.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels8 records
Porticus product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Porticus is a private philanthropic organisation established in 1995 to professionally coordinate and develop the philanthropic activities of the Brenninkmeijer family business owners (founders of C&A). It advises and supervises grants given by charitable foundations set up by the family (Constanter, Clementia Verein, Stichting Benevolentia, Stiftung Auxilium, and Good Energies Foundation) through a portfolio of grantmaking programmes in four sectors — Earth, Education, Faith, and Society — together with the Community Arts Lab and the Argidius enterprise development programme.
Product overview
Porticus is a philanthropic organisation (not a software/technology product company) that coordinates and executes philanthropic strategy on behalf of the Brenninkmeijer family business owners through Constanter. Its offering is structured as a portfolio of grant-making programmes organised into thematic sectors — Earth (which includes Good Energies Foundation), Education, Faith, Society, and the standalone Community Arts Lab — together with Argidius, a strategic enterprise-development sub-brand. Rather than a single unified product, Porticus operates as a programme-portfolio architecture in which each sector portfolio funds and supports a global network of NGO and civil-society partners; Good Energies Foundation operates as an affiliated Swiss foundation within the Earth sector, and Argidius operates as a distinct strategic sub-brand focused on enterprise development in developing economies.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Good Energies Foundation: Swiss-based philanthropic organisation (registered in Canton Zug) that funds initiatives to reverse the impact of climate change through access to clean energy and protection of tropical forests; part of Porticus.
- Argidius
- Community Arts Lab
Products and services
- Earth portfolio Portfolio of grantmaking programmes under the Earth sector covering Clean Energy, Regenerative Agriculture, Living Forests, and Purposeful Business. Porticus advises and supervises grants given by charitable foundations set up by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners to address environmental and climate challenges.
- Education portfolio Portfolio of grantmaking programmes under the Education sector focused on Children in Displacement and on the Margins, supporting whole-child development, social and emotional learning, and educational access for marginalised and displaced young people globally.
- Faith portfolio Portfolio of grantmaking programmes under the Faith sector covering Building a Vital Church, Child Protection, and Vital Catholic Thought, rooted in Catholic Social Teaching principles serving the common good and promoting human dignity and social justice.
- Society portfolio Portfolio of grantmaking programmes under the Society sector covering Criminal Justice (e.g., Justice Reinvented, Rescaled, APACs) and People on the Move, focused on human dignity for vulnerable groups including formerly incarcerated people and migrants.
- Community Arts Lab Grantmaking programme supporting arts-based organisations (e.g., World Press Photo Foundation) that use visual storytelling and the arts to drive social change, foster empathy, and address diversity and inclusion in media.
- Argidius Enterprise development programme supporting Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Africa, Latin America, and other developing regions; provides core funding, strategic partnerships, and tools (e.g., SCALE framework) to grow enterprises and jobs.
- Good Energies Foundation Swiss-based international charitable foundation (CHE-113.910.604, Canton Zug) that is part of Porticus and funds initiatives to reverse climate change through access to clean energy and protection of tropical forests.
Quantifiable outcome
- Supported 117,000 businesses in Central America and Africa since 2014
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Companies that use Porticus
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments12 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Porticus technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
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Feature3 records
Porticus partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
46 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / parent entity, founding relationship, major, flagship programme, flagship strategic partner and moderate.
- Constanterflagship / parent entityConstanter is a charitable foundation in service of the common good founded by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. Porticus is part of Constanter and advises and supports it in developing and executing an essential part of its philanthropic strategy. This is Porticus's parent organisational relationship.
- Brenninkmeijer family business ownersfounding relationshipThe Brenninkmeijer family business owners (founders of C&A, est. 1841 in Sneek, Netherlands) established Porticus in 1995 to professionally coordinate and develop their philanthropic activities. Porticus advises and supervises grants given by charitable foundations set up by the family (Clementia Verein, Stichting Benevolentia, Stiftung Auxilium, Good Energies Foundation). Katy Hartley has worked with the Brenninkmeijer family across Porticus and COFRA since 2016.
- Clementia VereinmajorClementia Verein is one of the charitable foundations set up by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. Porticus advises and supervises grants given by this foundation as part of executing the Brenninkmeijer family's philanthropic strategy.
- Stichting BenevolentiamajorStichting Benevolentia is one of the charitable foundations set up by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. Porticus advises and supervises grants given by this foundation.
- Stiftung AuxiliummajorStiftung Auxilium is one of the charitable foundations set up by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. Porticus advises and supervises grants given by this foundation.
- Good Energies Foundationflagship programmeGood Energies Foundation is a Swiss-based philanthropic organisation and part of Porticus. It is an international charitable foundation under Swiss law, registered with the Commercial Register of Canton Zug (CHE-113.910.604), located at Grafenauweg 10, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. Funds initiatives to reverse the impact of climate change through access to clean energy and protection of tropical forests. Cannot accept unsolicited requests.
- Alternaflagship strategic partnerAlterna is a Guatemala-headquartered business support organisation and Argidius strategic partner running its cultivation programme for small businesses and entrepreneurs across Central America and Mexico. First Argidius grant in 2014; became strategic partner in 2019. Created 9.5K+ new full-time and 7.5K+ new part-time jobs in SGBs to date. Grown from a handful of staff to nearly 50.
- African Management Institute (AMI)flagship strategic partnerAMI is a strategic partner of Argidius. During COVID-19, AMI supported 3,700+ enterprises across 30 countries through Business Survival Bootcamps and achieved 11,560 members after one year of their support network. They also enabled 10 additional BDS providers to continue support by opening up their learning platform. Rebecca Harrison is AMI's representative.
- TechnoServeflagship strategic partnerTechnoServe's Entrepreneurship Practice is one of Argidius's three strategic partners. During COVID-19, developed a survival toolkit within weeks that was rolled out to entrepreneurship programs supporting 3,000 enterprises throughout TechnoServe's 29 countries of operation and published to support the whole sector.
- News Literacy Project (NLP)majorPorticus has partnered with NLP since 2017 to teach young people how to be ethical and empowered digital citizens. NLP builds open-source resources to fight mis- and disinformation while providing news literacy education, including the Checkology Virtual Classroom e-learning programme for middle and high school teachers. NLP has partnered with public schools across the USA since 2008.
- World SavvymajorWorld Savvy is Porticus's partner in North America. They create 'Changemaker Hubs' to deepen connections to community partners and K-12 public schools and districts. Porticus has funded Hubs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Carolina in localities experiencing demographic changes, focusing on youth-led design challenges around clean water, poverty, economic development, and education equity.
- Zizi Afrique FoundationmajorZizi Afrique Foundation is Porticus's Kenyan-based partner in the 'Building Youth Capabilities for Work and Life' programme, which began in 2017. They focus on Whole Youth Development (WYD) within Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Kenya. As part of their Strategy 2025, Zizi Afrique aims to reach 5 million young people, including 1 million 'furthest left behind.'
- ARC2020 (Agricultural & Rural Convention)majorARC2020 is Porticus's partner for European agricultural and rural policy advocacy. They created a European platform advocating for radical reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), working with 150+ NGOs, communities and farmer organisations. Through 'Nos campagnes en résilience,' they support experiments in socio-ecological transition in France. Porticus has supported ARC2020 since 2020.
- Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)majorCEEW is one of Asia's leading not-for-profit research institutions founded in 2010 in New Delhi, India. Good Energies Foundation supports CEEW's Powering Livelihoods programme to boost the rural economy via clean-energy-powered micro enterprises. Good Energies was a founding supporter of CEEW's Centre for Energy Finance (CEF), which serves 17 countries.
- World Press Photo Foundation (WPPF)majorPorticus's Community Arts Lab partner since 2016. WPPF's World Press Photo Contest and Exhibition showcases global stories that build empathy and understanding. The partnership is supporting WPPF's implementation of a new strategy (designed 2021) to address the lack of diversity and inclusion in photojournalism worldwide. Executive director: Joumana El Zein Khoury.
- Life Skills Collaborative (India)majorLife Skills Collaborative was founded in 2020 in India to tackle the challenge of integrating life skills into mainstream education for young people aged 11-18. Porticus partners with Life Skills Collaborative to build Whole Child Development (WCD) through social and emotional learning in Indian public education systems. The partnership addresses India's educational inequality (per 2022 World Inequality Report).
- CIVICUSmajorCIVICUS is a global civil society alliance. Lysa John serves as Secretary-General and writes as a contributor for Porticus's Dignity Series. Porticus supports CIVICUS's mission to influence foundations and philanthropic organisations in the Global South to help set the agenda for transformation and civic engagement change.
- ICLEI - Local Governments for SustainabilitymajorICLEI is a global network of more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainability. Porticus supports ICLEI's Fair Local Green Deals project across five cities in Poland, Spain, and Belgium, designing Local Green Deal processes in inclusive, participative ways. Matthew Bach leads work on justice, equity, and democracy in the European region at ICLEI.
- AcumenmajorAcumen is a social impact organisation investing patient philanthropic capital for 10-15 years in entrepreneurs serving low-income populations. Founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz. To date, Acumen's companies have impacted more than 500 million low-income people. Notable portfolio companies include d.light (63 countries, 160 million+ people electrified) and Sanergy (6,000+ toilets, 200 tons of waste daily in Nairobi).
- European AI & Society FundmajorThe European AI & Society Fund is a philanthropic initiative working on responsible technology policy. Catherine Miller serves as Director. Porticus supports the Fund's work to ensure AI technologies do not compromise human dignity, working to secure regulation (Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act) that protects the public and promotes human dignity.
- Pusaka FoundationmajorPusaka Foundation works with indigenous peoples in Indonesia on participatory land mapping that combines indigenous knowledge with satellite mapping. Through this partnership, the Gelek Malak tribe secured official recognition and protection of their customary land rights via Local District Government decree on 15 October 2021, enabling their return to their ancestral lands.
- FilmAid KenyamajorFilmAid Kenya is Porticus's implementation partner for the 'Tasfiri' mother tongue education project in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp. Porticus has been involved in education programmes focused on embedding Social and Emotional Learning in the refugee education system since 2020. FilmAid Kenya teaches refugee content producers to help share stories of change.
- UNESCO PerumajorPorticus and UNESCO Peru collaborated on a study titled 'Amazonía, educación y Desarrollo sostenible' providing concrete proposals for education and sustainable development in the Peruvian Amazon, which houses 51 of Peru's 55 indigenous peoples and 44 of 48 native Peruvian languages.
- Norwegian Refugee CouncilmajorThe Norwegian Refugee Council's Better Learning Programme (BLP) is involved in the Kakuma refugee camp education programme, developing the skills of teachers and community facilitators to address psychosocial needs and integrate psychosocial support into classrooms as part of everyday learning.
- SELCO IndiamajorSELCO India is a social enterprise that provides affordable, cutting-edge solar technology to low-income customers in India. Founded by Harish Hande, SELCO has democratised access to sustainable energy and reliable health at the doorstep of more than 1.5 million households. Porticus partner for clean energy access.
- Climate and Land Use AlliancemajorClimate and Land Use Alliance is a funder collaborative bringing together diverse expertise and resources to address tropical deforestation and land management changes. Good Energies Foundation is a member; Executive Director is Lindsey Allen. Together they amplify impact, raise awareness, and mobilise corporate actors, investors, and governments.
- Dalberg AdvisorsmoderateTogether with Dalberg Advisors and ANDE, Argidius developed a digitalisation guidebook to help Enterprise Support Organisations think through digitalisation levels and adoption pathways during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidebook is being disseminated globally and developed into an online tool with Accenture Development Partners.
- ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs)moderateANDE co-developed the digitalisation guidebook with Argidius and Dalberg Advisors. The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth has since launched a digitalization project with ANDE that disseminates the guidebook through chapter events across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
- Swiss ContactmoderateSwiss Contact is an Argidius partner featured in the 'Ten years of impact' podcast. Colin Banning is Swiss Contact's representative. They work on enterprise development and business support services in emerging markets.
- BpeacemoderateBpeace is an Argidius partner featured in the 'Ten years of impact' podcast. Stephany de Gonzales is Bpeace's representative. They support small business growth in emerging economies, including light manufacturing businesses and women entrepreneurs.
- Steward RedqueenmoderateSteward Redqueen is an impact and sustainability consulting firm that drew a sample of 3,500 enterprises supported by 30 of Argidius's partners for the 'Impact and learning through a challenging 2020' research publication.
- Vital VoicesmoderateVital Voices supports SheFighter, the martial arts movement for women and girls founded by Lina Khalifeh in Jordan. Through Vital Voices's support, SheFighter expanded to more than 35 countries, training over 18,000 women and girls around the world.
- Wylde InternationalmoderateWylde International is an Argidius partner that supported Sylvia Kuria, an organic farmer in Kenya's Ndeiya, Kiambu County, during the COVID-19 pandemic by helping her move her business online via WhatsApp.
- MapBiomasmoderateMapBiomas is a Good Energies partner that uses collaborative capacity building to develop timelapse maps and data related to land cover in tropical countries. They use remote sensing and machine learning. With Good Energies' support, MapBiomas has expanded to 14 countries since 2015. Founder: Tasso Azevedo.
- SwitchONmoderateSwitchON is an India-based Good Energies partner promoting clean energy and climate-smart agriculture. With long-term Good Energies Foundation support, SwitchON doubled the size of its team and built organisational capacity. Managing Director: Vinay Jaju.
- Strong RootsmoderateStrong Roots is a Good Energies partner in the Congo Basin Region focused on forest sustainability. CEO Dominique Bikaba leads work to ensure indigenous peoples' governance and management rights of traditional forestlands are legally recognised.
- Charm ImpactmoderateCharm Impact is a Good Energies partner working as an impact investor funding distributed renewable enterprises at different stages of development. Founder and CEO: Gavriel Landau. They collaborate with other impact investors to identify common barriers and opportunities.
- Fairventures Social ForestrymoderateFairventures Social Forestry is a Good Energies partner that built a business model using agroforestry to restore degraded lands, create sustainable income opportunities for local communities, and provide returns to investors. CEO: Robert Bürmann.
- re.greenmoderatere.green is a Brazilian restoration fund. Good Energies provided seed funding to help develop a detailed business model, completing a significant equity raise from Brazilian impact investors. Co-CEO: Thiago Picolo.
- Energy Peace PartnersmoderateEnergy Peace Partners is a Good Energies partner that designed, tested, and launched a market-based innovation to unlock climate finance for fragile, conflict-affected regions. Good Energies' early-stage funding allowed them to prove the concept and tap into private sector capital. Managing Director: Sherwin Das.
- Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)moderateInstituto Socioambiental (ISA) is a Brazilian Good Energies partner working on socio-environmental transformation. Managing Director: Rodrigo Junqueira. ISA contributes to resistance in the territories and protagonism of traditional peoples and communities in Brazil.
- Mastercard Center for Inclusive GrowthmoderateMastercard Center for Inclusive Growth launched a digitalization project with ANDE which disseminates the Argidius/Dalberg/ANDE digitalisation guidebook through chapter events across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
- Accenture Development PartnersmoderateAccenture Development Partners is helping develop the Argidius/Dalberg/ANDE digitalisation guidebook into an online tool for Enterprise Support Organisations globally.
- National Council of Justice (Brazil)majorThe Brazilian National Council of Justice is part of a coalition led by Porticus for criminal justice reform in Brazil, supporting the APAC (Association for the Protection and Assistance to Prisoners) prison model that is managed by civil society organisations instead of government.
- APAC (Association for the Protection and Assistance to Prisoners)majorAPAC is a Brazilian civil society-led prison model featured in Porticus's Criminal Justice 'Changing Trajectories' programme. APAC facilities have no armed prison officers, criminal gangs, or cells with bars. Keys are entrusted to 'recuperandos' (individuals in recovery). 93 new APAC units opened across Brazil since Porticus began supporting the programme. Ciça Scarpi is Criminal Justice Challenge Lead at Porticus.
- Next Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP)majorThe Next Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP) is a leadership programme offered in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania that Porticus has been supporting and developing since 2005. NGLP focuses on the formation of future Catholic Church leaders with skills in executive management, spiritual formation, and synodality. Lenah Gideon serves as Grant Manager at Porticus.
Scale indicators11 records
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Porticus competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- IKEA Foundation: Stichting IKEA Foundation is a Dutch-registered family foundation (founded by the Kamprad family) that deploys philanthropic capital globally across climate, renewable energy, refugee livelihoods, and child development. Directly comparable to Porticus as a European family foundation with multi-decade patient capital and selective, partner-led grantmaking.
- Rockefeller Foundation: US-based family foundation with a similar long pedigree (founded 1913) operating globally across climate, health, food systems, and equity. Comparable to Porticus in multi-sector, multi-region grantmaking backed by patient family wealth.
- Ford Foundation: Large US family foundation with global programmes across economic justice, democracy, education, and climate. Comparable to Porticus in scale, multi-sector thematic portfolios, systems-change orientation, and selective partner engagement.
- Open Society Foundations: Large private foundation operating globally across human rights, governance, education, and justice with a strong advocacy and partner-grant model. Comparable to Porticus in international scope and partner-led systems-change approach.
- Oak Foundation: International family foundation (registered in Switzerland, operating globally) funding causes including environment, education, and human rights. Comparable to Porticus in European-anchored family-foundation structure and multi-region grantmaking approach.
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: European family foundation headquartered in Lisbon, operating globally across climate, social cohesion, and arts. Comparable to Porticus as another European-rooted family foundation with multi-sector international portfolios and a strong arts/community programme (analogous to Porticus's Community Arts Lab).
Broad incumbents
- Wellcome Trust: UK-based large charitable foundation funding global health, climate, and research. Comparable to Porticus in scale, multi-decade horizon, and global grantmaking portfolio model, though more concentrated on health and science.
- Mastercard Foundation: Large corporate-affiliated global foundation with programmes in education, financial inclusion, and youth employment in Africa. Comparable to Porticus in Africa focus, partner-led model, and enterprise development emphasis (e.g., overlaps with Argidius).
- Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF): Large UK-based global foundation focused on children, climate, and health with a venture-style grantmaking model. Comparable to Porticus in scale, international programmes, and willingness to deploy catalytic multi-year capital.
- Bloomberg Philanthropies: US-based large-scale philanthropic vehicle active across public health, climate, education, and the arts. Comparable to Porticus in scale, geographic breadth, and partner-led programme architecture.
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Frequently asked questions about Porticus
What does Porticus do?
Porticus is a private philanthropic organisation established in 1995 to professionally coordinate and develop the philanthropic activities of the Brenninkmeijer family business owners (founders of C&A). It advises and supervises grants given by charitable foundations set up by the family (Constanter, Clementia Verein, Stichting Benevolentia, Stiftung Auxilium, and Good Energies Foundation) through a portfolio of grantmaking programmes in four sectors — Earth, Education, Faith, and Society — together with the Community Arts Lab and the Argidius enterprise development programme.
Is Porticus a public or private company?
Porticus is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Porticus founded?
Porticus was founded in 1995. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Porticus based?
Porticus is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Porticus make money?
One revenue line is on record: foundation advisory and grant supervision.
Who are Porticus's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are IKEA Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Oak Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Broad incumbents are Wellcome Trust, Mastercard Foundation, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Does Porticus have an API?
No public API is recorded for Porticus.
What industry is Porticus in?
Porticus's product category is Philanthropic Foundation Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAGAKAA, Private Foundations, with a secondary code of BPAGAKAH, International Grantmaking & Development Foundations. Its NAICS code is 813211 and its SIC code is 8600.