LaSalle Foundation

What LaSalle Foundation does

LaSalle Foundation, legally registered as De La Salle Solidarietà Internazionale ETS, is an Italian non-profit foundation headquartered in Rome that funds and implements educational projects for vulnerable children and youth worldwide. Operating as the primary development and fundraising arm of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, it draws on a network of more than 1,100 Lasallian educational works across 80 countries, which together serve over one million children and youth annually. The foundation's programmatic portfolio spans school construction, scholarships, dormitories, water and solar infrastructure (e.g., San Isidro Labrador in Paraguay, Lasallian schools in Lebanon and Egypt), girls' education and menstrual hygiene (Lasallian Women of Hope), vocational training in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUCCESS), youth employability in the Southern Mediterranean (GEN-YOUTH), and emergency response (Lasallian Emergency Fund, most recently activated for Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar). In 2024, the foundation implemented 47 projects across 27 countries on five continents, reaching more than 82,000 direct beneficiaries and raising and distributing more than €4 million.

The foundation generates its entire income from donations, grants, and tax-designation receipts, with no commercial revenue. Revenue streams include one-time and recurring individual donations (tiers from €15 to €1000+ on monthly, half-yearly, or annual cadences), corporate and foundation grants (Misean Cara, Loyola Foundation, CEI, La Salle International Foundation), Italian 5permille tax-designation income, legacy bequests, and EU institutional funding for multi-country consortia. Distribution occurs through a multilingual donation portal (EN, IT, FR, ES) with multiple payment rails including credit card, PayPal, Satispay, and SEPA bank transfer, alongside project-specific crowdfunding and the 1 La Salle global campaign. The organization reports a 96% program-to-administrative cost ratio, supported by a small central team of fewer than 10 staff based in Rome plus an Executive Director. There is no proprietary technology, API, or AI/ML capability; the operating model is relationship-driven, leveraging the centuries-old Lasallian brand (traced to 1651) and on-the-ground presence in 80 countries to identify projects, channel funds, and report impact.

Name

LaSalle Foundation

Legal name

De La Salle Solidarietà Internazionale ETS

Website

https://lasallefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LaSalle Foundation is a Rome-based Italian non-profit that funds and delivers educational projects for vulnerable children and youth worldwide, operating as the development arm of the La Salle Institute's 1,100+ educational works across 80 countries, with annual fundraising above €4 million supporting 40+ projects annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Non-Profit

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA), Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Fundraising & Annual Giving (EDALAOAB)

Keywords

• Charitable foundation services
• Educational development programs
• Humanitarian emergency response
• Scholarship and infrastructure funding
• Global education fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters worldwide. Donation options range from €15 to €1000+ with monthly, quarterly, and annual giving options.
2. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Partnerships with organizations like Misean Cara, Loyola Foundation, CEI, and others for project funding.
3. 5permille (Italy): Italian tax designation allowing supporters to direct 5permille of income tax to the foundation.
4. Legacy/Bequest Donations: Solidarity bequests through testamentary giving for long-term impact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LaSalle Foundation is a non-profit foundation (legally De La Salle Solidarietà Internazionale ETS) that raises funds globally to support educational projects and programs for vulnerable children and youth in developing and crisis-affected regions. It funds school construction, scholarships, clean water systems, renewable energy, vocational training, and emergency humanitarian response through donations, corporate grants, and 5permille tax designations, operating as the development and fundraising arm of the La Salle Institute's global network of over 1,100 educational works in 80 countries.

Product overview

La Salle Foundation operates as a non-profit international development organization rather than a commercial product company. Its 'products and services' consist of fundraising/donation platforms and educational/development programs. The core donation portal (dona.lasallefoundation.org) enables global giving through multiple payment methods. The organization delivers social impact through initiatives including the Emergency Response Fund for humanitarian crises, the 1 La Salle Campaign supporting education projects, and various programmatic interventions such as scholarships for girls, school infrastructure (water systems, solar energy), vocational training (SUCCESS program), youth employability (GEN-YOUTH), and women's empowerment (Lasallian Women of Hope). Annual Social Transformation Education Campaigns provide SDG-aligned teaching materials to schools worldwide. The portfolio is unified by the mission of quality education access for vulnerable children and youth across five continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lasallian Women of Hope (LWH): Initiative to ensure girls and women have full access to their Lasallian education, fighting period poverty and promoting hygiene education worldwide. Founded in 2016.
• SUCCESS Project
• GEN-YOUTH
• Lasallian Emergency Fund (Fonds Lasallien d'Urgence)

Products and services

• La Salle Foundation Donation Portal Online donation platform enabling one-time and recurring contributions to support educational projects for vulnerable children worldwide. Accepts credit cards, PayPal, Satispay, and bank transfers.
• Lasallian Emergency Response Fund (Fonds Lasallien d'Urgence) Humanitarian emergency fund enabling rapid response to crises worldwide including wars, floods, earthquakes, cyclones, and epidemics affecting educational communities.
• 1 La Salle Global Fund Campaign Global fundraising campaign supporting education projects worldwide, focusing on girls' education, women's empowerment, and environmental sustainability in vulnerable communities.
• Social Transformation Education Campaigns Annual educational campaigns aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, providing teaching materials, games, videos, and practical activities for schools in multiple languages.
• All Girls at School (Toutes les filles de l'école) Scholarship and vocational training program for girls in Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo, providing education access and professional development for 80 girls annually.
• Water Collection System (San Isidro Labrador School) Rainwater harvesting, purification, and distribution system providing clean water to San Isidro Labrador school in Pozo Colorado, Paraguay, benefiting 250 students and surrounding communities.
• Renewable Energy for Schools Solar panel installation project in Lasallian schools across Lebanon and Egypt to provide electricity, heating, clean water, and meals despite economic crises.
• GEN-YOUTH Youth employability strengthening program targeting Southern Mediterranean countries (Tunisia, Jordan, Algeria, Lebanon) to improve organizational capacity and employment services for young people, particularly NEETs, women, and rural youth.
• SUCCESS (Skills and Competences for Employability in Sub-Saharan Africa) European Union-funded initiative modernizing African vocational education and training institutions by strengthening enterprise partnerships and aligning education with market needs in Rwanda, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Cameroon.
• Lasallian Women of Hope Global initiative combating period poverty and menstrual hygiene exclusion, providing sanitary products, hygiene education, and feminine leadership courses to enable girls' continued education in Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and India.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 4 million euros raised and distributed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• FORMAC SKA (Poland)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European partner in SUCCESS project - modernizing African TVET institutions and enterprise partnerships.
• ACTEC - Association for Cultural, Technical and Educational Cooperation (Belgium)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European partner in SUCCESS project for African TVET modernization.
• RUKOMO - Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes au RwandamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025African partner in SUCCESS project; Rwanda-based Lasallian educational institution.
• CFPC LS - Centre de Formation Professionnelle et Continue De La Salle (Cameroon)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025African partner in SUCCESS project; Cameroon-based vocational training center.
• AFEC - Association Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes (Burkina Faso)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025African partner in SUCCESS project; Burkina Faso Lasallian institution.
• Atelier des Frères (Madagascar)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Associate partner in SUCCESS project in Madagascar.
• St. LaSalle School Karemeno (Kenya)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Associate partner in SUCCESS project in Kenya.
• HEKET - Fundacja Humans, Experience, Knowledge, Education, Training (Poland)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project for youth employability in Mediterranean region.
• La Salle Andalucía (Spain)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project; Spanish Lasallian educational institution.
• Euro-Med Eve - L'Association Euro-Méditerranéenne des Échanges, Volontariats, Événements (Tunisia)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project; Tunisian civil society organization.
• UNFT - Union Nationale des Femmes Tunisiennes à Sfax (Tunisia)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project focusing on women's employment.
• JYIF - Jordan Youth Innovation Forum Society (Jordan)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project; Jordanian youth organization.
• UOEB - Université d'Oum El Bouaghi (Algeria)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project; Algerian university.
• F.E.C. - Association des Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes (Lebanon)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in GEN-YOUTH project; Lebanese Lasallian institution.
• Fondazione San ZenocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Supporter of CasArcobaleno project in Scampia, Naples for educational support.
• Cooperativa OcchiAperticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Local partner for Scampia educational support project.
• Misean CaracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Development partner supporting educational projects, particularly in Paraguay for the San Isidro Labrador water system project.
• Loyola FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner supporting educational mission projects worldwide, co-funder of Paraguay school water access initiative.
• CEI (Conferenza Episcopale Italiana)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Italian Bishops' Conference supporting educational projects, co-funder of Paraguay initiative.
• La Salle International FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Sister Lasallian foundation, partner in global educational mission.
• Fundación La Salle ParaguaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Local partner foundation in Paraguay for San Isidro Labrador school project.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Plan International: International NGO advancing children's rights and equality for girls, with education and emergency response programs in 80+ countries — directly comparable beneficiary focus, girls' education programming, and country portfolio.
• Room to Read: Non-profit focused on literacy and girls' education in low-income countries — comparable education-only mission, scholarship programming, and developing-country school infrastructure focus.
• Jesuit Refugee Service: Catholic religious order-affiliated international NGO providing education and humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced persons worldwide — directly comparable mission, Catholic network affiliation, and donor base structure.
• Fondation de France: French community foundation distributing funds to education, social welfare, and development programs — comparable private foundation grantmaking model with European donor base and educational mission focus.
• Compassion International: Christian child sponsorship organization funding education, health, and economic development for children in developing countries — highly comparable child-focused education fundraising model with global geographic reach.
• International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE): Paris-based international Catholic NGO promoting children's rights and access to quality education in developing countries — directly comparable Catholic identity, child rights and education mission, and donor-base structure.

Emerging players

• Malala Fund: Foundation focused on girls' education worldwide, with grantmaking and advocacy programs in developing countries — comparable girls' education funding model and developing-country geographic focus, though driven more by advocacy and single-donor branding.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children: Global child rights NGO delivering education, health, and emergency response in 100+ countries — comparable child beneficiary focus, education programming, and emergency fund operations, but at substantially larger scale.
• Caritas Internationalis: Global Catholic charitable confederation operating in over 200 countries with a focus on poverty, education, and emergency response — overlaps on Catholic donor base, education programming, and emergency response, but at a vastly larger scale.
• Catholic Relief Services: Official U.S. Catholic international humanitarian agency working in 100+ countries on education, emergency response, and development — comparable faith-based identity, education focus, and emergency response functions but much larger operational scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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