Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers

What Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers does

Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers is a French "fonds de dotation" (endowment fund) established in 2015 and affiliated with the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers. Its stated mission is to promote, support, and develop health research and medical innovation at CHU de Poitiers. The fund operates as a non-profit intermediary that channels donations from individuals, companies, and associations toward a portfolio of more than 20 active medical research projects spanning oncology, neurology, ophthalmology, cardiology, infectious disease, palliative care, geriatrics, and public health. Its principal product offerings are giving mechanisms — an online donation platform, automatic monthly bank transfers, legacy/bequest giving services, and a tax-deduction calculator — together with the Villa Santé public-health education house inaugurated in November 2018. Fundraising is driven by events such as the annual Gala des Sports (collecting €35,380 in its 2025 inaugural edition) and recurring partnerships with local sports clubs, corporations, and associations.

The fund's revenue model is donation-based rather than transactional. Donors receive French tax deductions of 66% for individuals, 75% under the ISF wealth-tax regime, and 60% for corporates. Distribution is primarily domestic (France), executed through the fund's official website, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky), email newsletter, press coverage, and community events. The fund has no proprietary technology product, no API, and no app; its technical footprint is limited to a standard RGAA-compliant, CNIL-declared donation website. Governance is led by President Jean-Pierre Dewitte (also Director General of CHU de Poitiers) with patron Frédérick Gersal, a France 2 journalist, providing public visibility. The team is approximately 6 employees, and the organization reports to a board of directors and a scientific council that oversee grant allocation to CHU researchers, often in collaboration with Inserm units and I-Stem.

Name

Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers

Legal name

Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers

Website

https://fonds-alienor.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fonds Aliénor is a French non-profit endowment fund affiliated with CHU de Poitiers that channels tax-deductible donations from individuals, companies, and associations into more than 20 medical research projects at the hospital, supported by recurring fundraising events and the Villa Santé public-health house.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Poitiers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations from individuals: Individual donors contribute to support health research and medical innovation at CHU de Poitiers. Donations are tax-deductible at 66% for individuals, and the fund provides fiscal advantages under the French general tax code for non-profit organizations.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers is the endowment fund (fonds de dotation) of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers. It collects tax-deductible donations from individuals, companies, and associations, and channels the proceeds into medical research and innovation projects led by researchers at CHU de Poitiers. Its core outputs include funding for over 20 ongoing research projects across oncology, neurology, cardiology, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, and public health, plus the operation of the Villa Santé public health education house.

Product overview

Fonds Aliénor du CHU de Poitiers is a healthcare endowment fund that operates primarily as a donation and fundraising platform supporting medical research and innovation at CHU de Poitiers. The organization offers multiple giving mechanisms: an online donation platform with project-specific giving options, a legacy/estate giving service with various testamentary structures, monthly automatic donation plans, and a tax deduction calculator. The fund channels donations to a diverse portfolio of medical research projects spanning oncology, neurology, cardiology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology, and public health. Additionally, the organization operates Villa Santé, a public health house inaugurated in 2018 that provides health education and prevention services to the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donation Platform (Faire un don)

Quantifiable outcome

• 66% tax deduction for individual donors (within 20% of taxable income)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered notable, minor and core.

• Poitiers Basket 86, Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball, FDJ United-Suez, Stade Poitevin Rugby, Grand Poitiers Handball 86, Stade Poitevin FootballnotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 November 2025Six local sports clubs participating in the Gala des Sports 2026 at Arena Futuroscope. The second edition of this event follows the successful first edition that collected €35,380 for medical research. The clubs include five founding members and Stade Poitevin Football joining this year.
• ACEF Val-de-FrancenotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 March 2019Association created by and for civil servants and public service agents. Donated €2,000 to support Professor Nicolas Leveziel's DMLA research. Second consecutive year of support.
• Les Yeux Grands FermésnotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 December 2018Association that supports research on age-related macular degeneration (DMLA). Made a €10,000 donation to fund Professor Nicolas Leveziel's research on DMLA. This was the third consecutive year of support for this research area.
• Les Amis de JC MansminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 November 2018Association from Mauprévoir (86) that has supported the fund for three years by organizing various events. Donated €950 including €700 voted by the association and €250 from a film screening.
• Fondation Banque Populaire Val-de-FrancenotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 November 2018Foundation of Banque Populaire that donated €2,000 for equipment and therapeutic education activities at Villa Santé, the public health house inaugurated in November 2018.
• Solidarité Don d'Espoir and Les Amis du Château de la Villedieu de CommléminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 November 2018Co-organizers of the 'Emotionnelles' art exhibition who donated €4,282 from artwork sales to support Professor Xavier Drouot's sleep research in intensive care.
• Sécurité sociale des Indépendants (ex-RSI)notableGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 November 2018Social security organization for independent workers that donated €5,000 to support Catherine Boisseau's aromatherapy research project for mouth care in palliative treatment.
• Medef de la VienneminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2018Business association organized a charitable evening at Restaurant Le Bistrô de Saint-Benoit to benefit the fund and present Professor Drouot's sleep research project.
• Crédit Agricole de la Touraine et du PoitouminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 October 2018Bank that co-organized a medical research conference with the fund on mini-kidney generation from urinary stem cells, held at their Poitiers Touffenet location.
• Soroptimist ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 September 2018Women's organization that organized a conference by paleoanthropologist Michel Brunet, raising nearly €700 in donations for the fund.
• Pr Philippe Rigoard - Prismatics LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeurosurgeon leading the Predipain project to map back pain through an application, developed with his Prismatics Laboratory team at CHU de Poitiers.
• Inserm U1070 - Pharmacology of Anti-infectives UnitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch unit collaborating with Professor Blandine Rammaert on antibiotic bioavailability studies before and after bariatric surgery, led by Professor William Couet.
• Inserm U1082 - Ischemia Reperfusion and Organ TransplantationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch unit led by Professor Thierry Hauet collaborating on Clara Steichen's mini-kidney generation project using urinary stem cells.
• Inserm U1084 - Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaboratory led by Professor Lucie Karayan-Tapon, head of the biological cancerology laboratory and brain tumors and stem cells group, collaborating on glioblastoma research with Dr Pierre-Olivier Guichet.
• Institut des cellules souches pour le traitement et l'étude des maladies monogéniques (I-Stem)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStem cell institute collaborating with Professor Nicolas Leveziel on basic research using embryonic stem cells for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fondation Gustave Roussy: Fundraising foundation of Gustave Roussy, Europe's leading cancer center. Direct peer as a specialized hospital-affiliated foundation supporting oncology and translational research, using comparable donation, legacy, and event mechanisms.
• Fondation Bordeaux Université: University-affiliated foundation supporting research and innovation at the University of Bordeaux, including health sciences. Comparable structure: regional endowment fund channeling donations to investigator-led projects, with comparable donor mix and French tax-incentivized giving model.
• Fondation de l'AP-HP: Endowment/foundation affiliated with Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, channeling donations to hospital-based medical research. Directly comparable as a hospital-affiliated fundraising vehicle supporting investigator-led research across multiple specialties, with similar tax-advantaged French giving mechanisms.
• Fondation du CHU de Nantes: Endowment fund of Nantes University Hospital supporting health research and innovation. Direct peer: another CHU-affiliated fonds de dotation in western France, operating the same legal form and donor-funded research model for a regional university hospital catchment.
• Fondation Toulouse Cancer Santé: Foundation attached to the Toulouse Cancer University Hospital Institute, raising funds to support oncology research and care innovation. Comparable structure: hospital-tied charitable vehicle funding investigator-led research with multi-stakeholder donor base (individuals, corporates, associations).
• Fondation des Hospices Civils de Lyon: Hospital-affiliated foundation supporting research and innovation at HCL, France's second-largest university hospital. Direct peer: both are endowment funds tied to a single major French university hospital (CHU), funding diversified portfolios of investigator-initiated research projects.
• Institut Curie – Campagne de dons: Fundraising arm of Institut Curie supporting cancer research and patient care. Comparable as a single-institution charitable vehicle channeling donations to multidisciplinary research teams, with tax-advantaged giving and legacy programs similar to Fonds Aliénor's.

Broad incumbents

• Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM): One of France's largest private funders of medical research across all pathologies, supporting researchers at university hospitals nationwide. Comparable in mission (donor-funded medical research) but operates as a broad national incumbent rather than a single-hospital affiliate.
• Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer: Major national French charity funding cancer research through grants and programmatic calls. Operates at significantly larger scale than Fonds Aliénor across all French cancer research institutions, including work at CHU de Poitiers researchers, but serves as the broader incumbent in the hospital-research fundraising category.
• Fondation de France: Large French philanthropic umbrella that manages donor-advised funds and operates dedicated health and medical research programs. Comparable as a fundraising-and-grantmaking vehicle for French medical research, with a much broader thematic and geographic mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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