Fondation Cyrys

Name

Fondation Cyrys

Legal name

Fondation Cyrys

Website

https://fondationcyrys.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Federated Giving Organizations (e.g., United Way-type) (BPAGAKAG)

Keywords

• Social support services
• Community transition projects
• Project co-financing
• Social reintegration
• Territorial development

Headquarters

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Dinant

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation funding and grants: As a charitable foundation founded by the Abbey of Leffe in 2017, CYRYS operates primarily through institutional funding, grants, and co-financing arrangements for projects. The foundation supports transition projects through co-financing and receives support from partners for initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fondation Cyrys is a non-profit foundation that delivers human-centered social support services and co-finances collective socio-environmental transition projects. Through its Social Pole, it provides administrative, social, psychological, and financial guidance to individuals facing difficulties. Through its Project Pole, it co-finances and supports transition-focused collective initiatives led by ASBLs, cooperatives, associations, and public authorities in six Belgian communes.

Product overview

Fondation CYRYS is a non-profit foundation (founded 2017 by the Abbey of Leffe) operating two complementary service poles across six Belgian communes. The Social Pole provides direct assistance to individuals through budgetary management, administrative/psychological/financial guidance, and active listening, collaborating with a network of local organizations. The Project Pole supports and co-finances collective initiatives that simultaneously improve social and environmental conditions, working with ASBLs, cooperatives, associations, and public entities. The foundation also manages international projects like ACTES and supports local initiatives including Proximity, La Fabrique à Initiatives, and L'épicerie de la gare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• France Active Champagne-ArdennecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner in the ACTES micro-project Interreg, a cross-border initiative aimed at strengthening competencies of Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) actors to integrate transition principles, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into their management practices.
• Proximity (proxmitycyrys.be)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal project supported by the Foundation CYRYS, focused on proximity initiatives within the territory.
• La Fabrique à InitiativesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with La Fabrique à Initiatives (in collaboration with SAWB) supporting local initiatives and collective projects for socio-environmental transition.
• Network of local social servicescoreOthersActive collaboration with local network including associations, CPAS (Public Social Action Centers), mutual insurance companies, debt mediation services, lawyers, ONEM, hospitals, and other social services for comprehensive support delivery.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• European Foundation Centre (Philea): European philanthropy sector umbrella representing hundreds of foundations. Comparable as a sector-level actor that connects foundations to funding streams, policy advocacy, and cross-border partnerships relevant to CYRYS's ESS positioning.

Regional players

• CPAS de Dinant: Public Social Action Center serving the same commune as CYRYS. Comparable because it delivers administrative, social, and financial guidance to residents in precarity — directly overlapping with CYRYS's Social Pole in both mission and catchment.

Direct peers

• Réseau Financité: Belgian network promoting socially responsible finance and supporting solidarity-based initiatives. Comparable to CYRYS in channeling funding and accompaniment to ESS actors and community-led projects in Wallonia.
• King Baudouin Foundation: Belgium's largest community foundation, providing grants and supporting projects across Belgian civil society. Highly comparable to CYRYS as a Belgian foundation funding and accompanying socio-environmental and community transition projects, though at a national scale.
• La Fabrique à Initiatives: Belgian initiative-fabrication organization partnering with CYRYS to support local socio-environmental initiatives. Comparable as a partner-level actor that co-designs and supports grassroots transition projects in the same territory.
• Fondation de France: France's leading community foundation mobilizing philanthropy and supporting solidarity-based projects. Comparable to CYRYS in its dual role of directing funds to associations and operating field programs supporting social cohesion and transition.
• Fondation Bernheim: Belgian foundation supporting social economy, citizen initiatives, and socio-professional integration. Highly comparable to CYRYS in funding model and in its focus on supporting ASBLs and cooperatives driving social impact in Belgium.
• France Active Champagne-Ardenne: Cross-border partner of CYRYS on the ACTES Interreg micro-project. A regional ESS finance and accompaniment actor supporting the social and solidarity economy — directly comparable because it co-finances and accompanies transition projects for associations and cooperatives.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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