The Velux Foundations

Name

The Velux Foundations

Legal name

Velux Foundations

Website

https://veluxfondene.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Velux Foundations is a Danish non-profit foundation group, comprising VELUX FONDEN and Villum Fonden, that provides grants to support scientific research, environmental, cultural, and social projects primarily in Denmark. Founded in 1981 and based in Søborg.

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Charitable Foundation Grants

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

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Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

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Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI), Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Charitable grant funding
• Scientific research grants
• Cultural project funding
• Nonprofit foundation
• Environmental research support

Headquarters

HQ city

Søborg

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

The Velux Foundations is a non-profit foundation group that provides grants and financial support to advance scientific research, environmental initiatives, cultural projects, and social welfare causes in Denmark. It operates through two distinct but related Danish foundations, VELUX FONDEN and Villum Fonden, which collectively fund researchers, cultural institutions, and social organizations through thematic grant programs.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• VELUX FONDEN Grant Programs Grants provided by VELUX FONDEN to support scientific research, cultural initiatives, environmental projects, and social welfare causes for Danish researchers, cultural institutions, and non-profit organizations.
• Villum Fonden Grant Programs Grants provided by Villum Fonden, one of the two foundations under The Velux Foundations group, to fund projects in Denmark.

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Broad incumbents

• Rockefeller Foundation: A long-established foundation supporting health, science, and social welfare. Comparable as an established multi-domain grantmaking foundation, though at significantly larger scale and broader global reach.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: A globally significant grantmaking foundation supporting health, education, and poverty alleviation. Comparable in supporting multi-domain research, social, and global initiatives, but at vastly larger scale and international scope.
• Open Society Foundations: A large global foundation funding social justice, education, and cultural initiatives. Comparable in supporting social and cultural causes alongside research, but with a globally focused mission.
• Wellcome Trust: A large global charitable foundation funding science, health research, and societal engagement. Comparable in grantmaking scope across research and social causes, though with broader international scale and a more concentrated focus on health.

Direct peers

• Villum Foundation: One of the two entities within the Velux Foundations group itself. Listed as a peer for benchmarking purposes — it operates as a Danish grantmaking foundation funding technical/scientific research and environmental initiatives, sharing direct mission and structural overlap.
• Lundbeck Foundation: A Danish enterprise foundation supporting biomedical and health sciences research and other scientific fields. Comparable as a Danish corporate-backed foundation focused primarily on scientific grantmaking.
• Novo Nordisk Foundation: A major Danish enterprise foundation supporting scientific research, education, innovation, and social initiatives. Closely comparable as a large Danish grantmaking foundation with a similar multi-domain philanthropic mandate and Danish operational base.
• Carlsberg Foundation: A Danish enterprise foundation supporting basic scientific research and is affiliated with the Carlsberg Group. Highly comparable given its Danish origin, corporate-backed structure, and focus on research grantmaking.
• Kavli Foundation: A foundation supporting scientific research in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics, with additional cultural and environmental focus. Comparable in supporting research, environment, and cultural initiatives.

Regional players

• Nordea Foundation: A Danish-Norwegian foundation funding cultural, environmental, and social projects in Nordic countries. Comparable as a Nordic grantmaking foundation with cultural and social program areas, though with a regional Nordic rather than Denmark-only focus.

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