stichting the elba charitable foundation

What stichting the elba charitable foundation does

Stichting The Elba Charitable Foundation is a Dutch charitable foundation (Stichting) registered under ANBI status (RSIN 857437434) and headquartered at Hofplein 20, 3032 AC Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 2017 and governed by an unremunerated three-person board — Tamar Matalon, Melanie Smith, and Oliver Plunkett — the foundation operates exclusively in the public interest without a profit motive, providing grants and support to charitable projects under both Dutch and UK charity law with no geographical restrictions on the projects it funds.

The foundation's "products" are grants to roughly ten named charitable initiatives spanning education (Ark, Oxplore, Reach the World), poverty relief and family welfare (Baby Bank Alliance, Gered Gereedschap, Inn Churches), health (Tess Unlimited), community development (Courtside Hubs), and environmental education (Plastic Whale Foundation). It also co-funds higher-visibility programs such as HMS Oardacious with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. No technology products, APIs, or proprietary platforms are developed or sold; the foundation channels funds through direct grant-making relationships with established charitable organizations.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the entity has no commercial pricing or products. The foundation's go-to-market is community-led grant-making: identifying charitable organizations aligned with its mission of poverty relief, education advancement, and health promotion, and providing means and measures to support those organizations. Transparency is delivered through an ANBI publication, an annual report (most recent disclosed: 2024), and a website (elbafoundation.org), which together constitute its primary external communications channels.

Name

stichting the elba charitable foundation

Legal name

Stichting The Elba Charitable Foundation

Website

https://elbafoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stichting The Elba Charitable Foundation is a Dutch ANBI-registered grant-making foundation based in Rotterdam that funds approximately ten charitable projects in education, poverty relief, health, and community development across the Netherlands, UK, and selected international locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Grant-Making

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

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Charitable grant-making
• Poverty relief funding
• Education support grants
• Health promotion grants
• Community project funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Grant-Making: The foundation operates as a non-profit charitable organization acting exclusively in the public interest. It provides grants and other relevant support to organizations or persons whose activities further its primary purpose of creating cohesive, sustainable and beneficial conditions for people to achieve their full potential. The foundation does not operate with an aim for profit.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stichting The Elba Charitable Foundation is a Dutch ANBI-registered charitable foundation that provides grants and other forms of support to organizations and persons whose activities further its public-interest purposes of creating cohesive, sustainable and beneficial conditions for people to achieve their full potential. It funds charitable causes in poverty relief, education advancement, and health promotion under the laws of both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, acting exclusively in the public interest and without an aim for profit.

Product overview

Stichting The Elba Charitable Foundation is a grant-giving charitable organization (ANBI) that operates as a unified single entity providing means and measures to create cohesive, sustainable and beneficial conditions for people and societies to thrive. The foundation funds approximately ten distinct charitable projects including HMS Oardacious (ocean rowing and STEM education), Baby Bank Alliance (support for families in need), Courtside Hubs (community sports facilities), Plastic Whale Foundation (environmental education), Tess Unlimited (medical surgeries for children), Reach the World (global classroom exchanges), Gered Gereedschap (tools and vocational training), Oxplore (digital educational portal), Ark (school network), and Inn Churches (homeless shelter support). These projects are funded grants under the foundation's unified charitable mission, focused on education, poverty relief, health advancement, and community support without any commercial product offerings.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• HMS Oardacious A funded project supporting the Royal Navy's ocean rowing team that inspires young people through endurance challenges and STEM education while raising awareness of mental and physical wellbeing, in partnership with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity.
• Baby Bank Alliance A funded national network of baby banks across the UK that strengthens organizations by increasing access to funding, essential goods, training, and shared resources to support families in need.
• Courtside Hubs A funded community interest company that transforms public parks into vibrant spaces supporting physical activity, mental wellbeing, and social connection by revitalizing underused outdoor sports facilities, targeting 15 multi-city hubs by 2030.
• Plastic Whale Foundation A funded educational program for school children focused on plastic pollution that includes plastic fishing trips on boats made from plastic PET bottles to raise awareness of environmental issues.
• Tess Unlimited A funded organization arranging cleft lip and palate surgeries for children in Guatemala, along with psychological counseling, dentistry, transportation, and family stay support.
• Reach the World A funded program that transforms the energy of travelers into learning resources for K-12 classrooms, using web, messaging and video conferencing to connect youth with travelers through global virtual exchanges.
• Gered Gereedschap A funded organization helping people in developing countries access tools and vocational education for their trades, aiming to fight poverty by passing on knowledge, skills, and resources.
• Oxplore A funded digital outreach portal from the University of Oxford that engages 11 to 18 year olds with debates and ideas beyond the classroom, tackling complex ideas across a wide range of subjects.
• Ark (Absolute Return for Kids) A funded international charity operating a network of 37 schools in England educating more than 27,000 pupils, focused on giving every young person a great education regardless of background.
• Inn Churches A funded organization providing shelter in churches and practical support for those in need, including the Storehouse Project with café upgrades and cooking skills training for community groups.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Royal Navy and Royal Marines CharitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHMS Oardacious is a partnership with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. The initiative inspires young people through ocean rowing challenges and STEM education, demonstrating determination and resilience while highlighting the importance of mental and physical wellbeing.
• Reach the WorldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReach the World partners with HMS Oardacious for STEM programmes, providing educational content and virtual exchange opportunities for young people.
• Local AuthoritiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCourtside Hubs works with local authorities to invest in and revitalise underused outdoor sports facilities, turning them into inclusive community hubs that meet local community needs.
• Purposeful VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaby Bank Alliance is an initiative under Purposeful Ventures, a charity that partners with social entrepreneurs and philanthropists to improve education and wellbeing of young people. Purposeful Ventures selects, accelerates, and incubates organizations tackling specific social challenges.
• WereldhavendagenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPlastic Whale Foundation was part of the official program 2023 for Wereldhavendagen (World Port Days) event in Rotterdam, Europe's largest port city, to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stichting DOEN: Dutch grantmaking foundation (Stichting DOEN) backing innovative entrepreneurs and organizations across culture, sustainability, and social cohesion. Directly comparable as another Netherlands-based ANBI-registered private foundation making unrestricted thematic grants to nonprofit and social-purpose projects.
• Adessium Foundation: Dutch private foundation funding initiatives in nature conservation, social innovation, and independent journalism. Comparable as a similarly structured Netherlands-based grantmaking foundation operating under ANBI rules with a thematic multi-cause portfolio.
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation: UK grantmaking foundation supporting education, the arts, and social justice with a focus on disadvantage. Comparable as a private grantmaking charity operating in the UK (the Elba Foundation's UK charity-law jurisdiction) with a multi-cause portfolio targeting poverty and education.
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: UK charitable foundation funding arts, children and young people, environment, and social change. Comparable to Elba's UK-facing portfolio in scale, multi-cause breadth, and grantmaking model.
• Gatsby Charitable Foundation: UK grantmaking foundation operating in education, plant science research, economic well-being, and African conservation. Comparable to Elba as a UK-incorporated multi-cause grantmaker with international (Africa) grantmaking and a strong education funding focus.
• VELUX Foundations: Denmark-based grantmaking foundations funding sustainable buildings, daylight research, and active citizenship. Comparable as a European private grantmaking foundation with a multi-cause thematic portfolio and international project reach.
• Oak Foundation: International grantmaking foundation active in the UK and elsewhere, funding human rights, education, environment and other causes. Comparable to Elba as a multi-cause private foundation with significant UK grantmaking activity and international projects.

Broad incumbents

• King Baudouin Foundation: Large Belgian public-interest foundation making grants across poverty, education, health, democracy and heritage in Belgium, Europe and internationally. Comparable to Elba as a European grantmaking foundation with multi-cause funding and cross-border project reach, but considerably larger.
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: Portuguese foundation funding arts, education, science, and international development across Europe, the Caucasus and Africa. Comparable in its multi-cause international grantmaking profile, though materially larger and older than Elba.
• Wellcome Trust: Large UK charitable foundation primarily funding health and medical research with broader science and education initiatives. Comparable in its UK registered-charity grantmaking role and educational funding reach (including Oxplore-adjacent digital learning), though orders of magnitude larger.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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