Fondazione Italia per il dono

What Fondazione Italia per il dono does

Fondazione Italia per il Dono Ente Filantropico (F.I.Do), founded in 2013 and headquartered at Piazza Tre Torri 3 in Milan, is an Italian non-profit foundation that operates the country's first philanthropic intermediation platform. The organization acts as an intermediary between donors and vetted charitable causes rather than running its own programs. It serves four primary constituencies: individual donors seeking to launch personal philanthropic funds; corporate entities building sustainability and employee-giving strategies; non-profit and public organizations that want to extend donor services such as crowdfunding campaigns and payment-method variety; and estate/wealth-planning clients arranging testamentary bequests.

The platform's core technology is a digital philanthropic infrastructure comprising personal fund management, crowdfunding campaign activation, a fiscal benefit calculator (developed in collaboration with the National Council of Chartered Accountants), a directory of verified funds and projects (I Fondi / I Progetti), and an authenticated reserved area (Area riservata) for donor account management. Distribution is anchored by donation IBANs held across four banking partners — Allianz Bank, Unicredit, Bancoposta, and Crédit Agricole — with Allianz Bank Financial Advisors additionally embedding F.I.Do services into private-banking advisory offerings.

The business model is fee-based fund administration: F.I.Do manages donor-established philanthropic funds and charges management fees for administration, allocation verification, and reporting. Pricing is structured as managed services with annual billing for personal and corporate funds and multi-year contracts for testamentary bequests; specific fee schedules are not publicly disclosed. The organization is led by Honorary President Stefano Zamagni, with a lean operating team of 7 employees and Development Manager Bernardino Casadei responsible for ecosystem expansion.

Name

Fondazione Italia per il dono

Legal name

Fondazione Italia per il Dono Ente Filantropico

Website

https://perildono.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fondazione Italia per il Dono (F.I.Do), founded in 2013 and headquartered in Milan, is Italy's first philanthropic intermediary, operating a digital platform that lets individuals, corporations, and non-profits create, manage, and route donations to vetted charitable causes through five fund products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH), Charitable Giving & Philanthropic Trust Advisory (FSAEAKAH), Philanthropic & Charitable Trust Services (FSAAANAI), Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Philanthropic intermediation
• Charitable fund management
• Corporate philanthropy
• Donor services platform
• Testamentary bequest services

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: F.I.Do acts as a philanthropic intermediary, charging management fees for administering donor funds and ensuring proper allocation to verified causes and projects

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

F.I.Do operates as Italy's first philanthropic intermediary, enabling individual donors, corporations, and non-profit entities to create and manage personalized philanthropic funds. The foundation administers personal funds, testamentary bequests, funds for disadvantaged persons, non-profit funds, and corporate funds, while providing donation processing through multiple banking partners and a fiscal benefit calculator developed with the National Council of Chartered Accountants.

Product overview

Fondazione Italia per il Dono (F.I.Do) is Italy's first philanthropic intermediary platform. The organization offers a suite of services including personal funds (Fondi personali), testamentary bequests (Lasciti testamentari), funds for disadvantaged persons (Fondi per soggetti svantaggiati), funds for non-profit entities (Fondi per enti non profit), and corporate funds (Fondi d'impresa). The platform also provides a tax benefit calculator tool and facilitates donations through multiple payment methods including bank transfer. As an intermediary, F.I.Do does not have its own projects but supports donors in creating and managing philanthropic funds and projects for verified charitable causes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fondi personali (Personal Funds) Individual philanthropic funds allowing donors to support causes they care about, respond to emergencies through personal fundraising campaigns, and mobilize resources for social impact.
• Lasciti testamentari (Testamentary Bequests) Advisory and administration services for donors wishing to allocate their estate to charitable causes, enabling continued support of meaningful causes beyond the donor's lifetime.
• Fondi per soggetti svantaggiati (Funds for Disadvantaged Persons) Funds designed to support the economic needs and life projects of disadvantaged individuals, including 'durante e dopo di noi' (during and after us) planning for vulnerable beneficiaries.
• Fondi per enti non profit (Funds for Non-Profit Entities) Services enabling non-profit and public entities to offer enhanced donation services to their donors, including multiple payment methods and crowdfunding campaign activation, while simplifying administrative management.
• Fondi d'impresa (Corporate Funds) Corporate philanthropy solutions that help companies build sustainability strategies, promote social change, and engage employees through charitable giving programs.
• Calcola il tuo beneficio fiscale (Tax Benefit Calculator) A calculator tool developed in collaboration with the National Council of Chartered Accountants to help donors identify the most advantageous tax benefit options for their charitable donations in Italy.
• Donazione con bonifico bancario (Bank Transfer Donation) Multiple bank account options (Allianz Bank, Unicredit, Bancoposta, Crédit Agricole) for making donations via bank transfer to specific funds or projects.

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti ContabilicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to develop fiscal benefit calculator tool helping donors understand and optimize tax advantages of charitable giving in Italy. The partnership brings professional accounting expertise to donor advisory services.
• Allianz BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner providing IBAN for donations (IT62J0358901600010570449757, SWIFT: BKRAITMM). Allianz Bank Financial Advisors also offers philanthropy services to their clients.
• UnicreditminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner providing IBAN for donations (IT84T0200801730000103557445, SWIFT: UNCRITM1MG5).
• BancopostaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner providing IBAN for postal donations (IT71G0760101600001048088320, SWIFT: BPPIITRRXXX).
• Crédit AgricoleminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner providing IBAN for donations (IT79R0623001627000047272764, SWIFT: CRPPIT2P227).
• Allianz Bank Financial AdvisorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFinancial advisors offering F.I.Do philanthropy services to their private banking clients, extending foundation reach to high-net-worth individuals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CAF (Charities Aid Foundation): UK-based philanthropic intermediary providing donor-advised funds, payroll giving, and grantmaking services worldwide. Closest comparable to F.I.Do as it operates the same managed philanthropic intermediary model in Europe and shares a focus on corporate giving and individual philanthropy tools.
• GlobalGiving: International crowdfunding and grants platform connecting donors to vetted nonprofits worldwide. Direct peer in the donation intermediation space, particularly for F.I.Do's crowdfunding campaigns and project catalog functionality.
• Transnational Giving Europe: Network of European philanthropic intermediaries enabling cross-border donations while preserving local tax benefits. Directly comparable service for F.I.Do donors and foundations, and a potential partnership channel for F.I.Do's stated international aspirations.
• Fondation de France: France's leading philanthropic intermediary, administering donor-created funds and distributing grants across causes. Direct functional peer: another national-scale 'philanthropic intermediary' enabling individuals and corporations to create purpose-built funds.
• Swiss Philanthropy Foundation: Swiss foundation that creates and hosts donor-advised funds for individuals and companies internationally. Comparable to F.I.Do's core 'Fondi personali' and corporate fund products with cross-border capability that F.I.Do could emulate.

Regional players

• Rete del Dono: Italy's main online donation platform connecting donors and nonprofits with transparency tools. Domestic peer competing for the same Italian donor pool across personal giving, corporate CSR, and nonprofit fundraising campaigns.

Broad incumbents

• Compagnia di San Paolo: One of Italy's oldest and largest grantmaking foundations. Operates at much greater scale in the same Italian philanthropic ecosystem, representing both a peer institution and a potential beneficiary of donor flows administered via F.I.Do.
• Fidelity Charitable: Largest US donor-advised fund sponsor, part of broader Fidelity ecosystem. Serves as a benchmark for the scale and stickiness achievable in donor-advised fund intermediation if F.I.Do successfully grows its personal funds business.
• Fondazione Cariplo: Large Italian philanthropic foundation that grants to civil society, research and environmental projects. Comparable in mission category but operates as a grantmaker rather than intermediary; F.I.Do routes funds to many such grantmaking foundations.
• GoFundMe (and GoFundMe Charity / Classy): Dominant consumer and nonprofit crowdfunding platform with global reach. Competes at the crowdfunding layer of F.I.Do's offering and sets donor expectations around ease of online giving that F.I.Do must match.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fondazioneitaliaperildono
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fondazione-italia-per-il-dono
• Instagraminstagram.com/perildono

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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