Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca

Name

Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca

Legal name

Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca

Website

https://fondazionebergamo.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Foundation / Philanthropic Grant Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Community foundation grants
• Philanthropic funding programs
• Nonprofit grant making
• Charitable giving services
• Social welfare grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergamo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The foundation receives donations from individuals, businesses, and other entities. Donors can contribute through bank transfers, online donations, 5x1000 tax designation, or legacy bequests.
2. Endowment Fund Management: The foundation manages endowment funds from Fondazione Cariplo and other sources, deploying them through territorial funding programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca is a community foundation that mobilizes philanthropic resources (donations, 5x1000, testamentary gifts, endowment income) and redistributes them to local nonprofit organizations, parishes, and schools in the Province of Bergamo through a portfolio of competitive grant programs (bandi). It also runs community development and youth-engagement programs (YouthBank, DIGEDUCATI) and acts as a territorial hub connecting local actors with available funding.

Product overview

Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca is a community foundation offering a portfolio of grant programs and donation services. The core offerings include Bandi (grant programs) for Social, Cultural, Environment, Heritage Preservation, and Community Projects sectors. The foundation operates Microprogetti (micro-projects) and Progetti delle Comunità (community projects) funding streams, with specialized programs like YouthBank for youth engagement and DIGEDUCATI for digital education. Additional services include a donation platform for online and bank transfer contributions, 5x1000 tax designation program, and testamentary giving options. The foundation connects donors with community initiatives through its online platform, supporting 125+ selected projects annually across the Bergamo province.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bando Microprogetti

Quantifiable outcome

• 53 micro-projects funded for 153,000 euro in a single cycle
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fondazione CariplocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFondazione Cariplo is the founding network partner providing territorial funds and strategic guidance. The Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca is part of the network of Fondazioni di Comunità affiliated with Fondazione Cariplo. Cariplo provides significant funding allocation for territorial programs including 169,000 euro for Extra Bando projects.
• Rete Bibliotecaria Bergamasca (RBBG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 2025 Promozione della Lettura bando, providing 50,000 euro in co-funding alongside Fondazione Cariplo's 50,000 euro allocation. Collaborates on reading promotion projects and library development initiatives.
• Consiglio di Rappresentanza dei SindacicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProtocol partnership for Piani di Zona social projects, involving all 14 district/territorial areas of Bergamo province. Coordinates with ATS di Bergamo for social welfare initiatives.
• Casa Circondariale di BergamominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through Protocollo d'Intesa for Area Penale Adulti inclusion projects. Collaborates with Ufficio Locale di Esecuzione Penale Esterna di Bergamo for social reintegration programs.
• Caritas Diocesana BergamascacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in multiple initiatives including Area Penale Adulti inclusion projects and support for families and elderly in fragile situations. Active collaboration in social welfare programs.
• Fondazione Istituti Educativi di BergamominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in social inclusion and educational initiatives under the Protocollo d'Intesa for social projects.
• Agenzia di Tutela della Salute (ATS) di BergamocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare authority partner for coordinated social welfare initiatives across Bergamo province, involved in Piani di Zona and marginalità programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fondazione con il Sud: Italian grantmaking foundation focused on southern Italy's third sector. Comparable in mission-driven grantmaking for community development, though regionally distinct.
• Fondazione Cariplo: The founding network partner and one of Italy's largest philanthropic foundations. Comparable as an Italian grantmaking institution, but operates at national scale with a broader portfolio beyond community-foundation intermediation.
• Compagnia di San Paolo: One of Italy's largest philanthropic foundations operating in Turin/Piedmont. Comparable in competitive grantmaking approach across social, cultural, and environmental sectors, but at much larger scale.
• Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bergamo (Fondazione Bergamo): Local Bergamo savings-bank foundation active in cultural, social, and economic development grantmaking. Operates in the same territory with broader mandate and larger asset base than the community foundation.

Direct peers

• Fondazione di Comunità del Verbano Cusio Ossola: Smaller Cariplo-affiliated community foundation in northern Lombardy/Piedmont border region. Comparable in scope and operating model, useful scale benchmark for Bergamo.
• Fondazione della Comunità Milanese: Community foundation serving Milan metropolitan area, part of the Fondazione Cariplo network. Closest peer in scale and donor ecosystem, with overlapping operating model for grantmaking and partner intermediation.
• Fondazione della Comunità Bresciana: Community foundation operating in Brescia province, part of the same Fondazione Cariplo network. Directly comparable in structure, mission, and grant-making model to Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca, serving a neighboring Lombard territory.
• Fondazione della Comunità di Padova: Community foundation in Padova, also affiliated with Fondazione Cariplo. Operates a similar competitive grant program (bandi) model funding social, cultural, and environmental projects for local nonprofits.
• Fondazione di Comunità di Torino: Turin-area community foundation deploying competitive grants and managing territorial endowments. Shares the same Cariplo-affiliated community foundation model and sectoral bando approach.

Others

• Istituto Italiano della Donazione (IID): Italian nonprofit accountability and fundraising research body. Adjacent ecosystem player referenced in the foundation's own communications, providing sector transparency standards and donor trust infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fondazionebg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fondazione-della-comunit%C3%A0-bergamasca

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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