Stavros Niarchos Foundation
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation was established in 1996 to honor Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos. The foundation's funds ultimately derive from fossil fuels, as Niarchos was one of the world's largest transporters of oil and petroleum[2], and owned the largest supertanker fleet of its time.
Founded | 1996 |
---|---|
Founder | Stavros Niarchos[1] |
Type | Charitable |
Focus | Arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare |
Location | |
Area served | Global |
Method | Grants, funding |
Website | snf.org |
Organization
The foundation's board of directors includes:
- Philip Niarchos, Co-President (son of Stavros Niarchos)
- Spyros Niarchos, Co-President (son of Stavros Niarchos)
- Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President, (great-nephew of Stavros Niarchos)[3]
- George Agouridis
- Heini Murer
The foundation has staff in Athens, Greece; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and New York City, New York, United States.
Since 1996, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has provided more than 4,700 grants totaling more than $3 billion to non-profit agencies.[4]
SNF announced a $100 million global initiative to help alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.[5]
In 2012, in response to the socio-economic crisis in Greece, SNF announced a grant initiative of additional $130 million (€100 million) over three years to help ease the adverse effects of the deepening crisis. A new initiative, Recharging the Youth, was announced in 2013 to help create new opportunities for Greece’s younger generations and committed an additional $130 million (€100 million).[6] Upon the completion of the first phase of the program against the Greek Crisis, a second phase was introduced in June 2015, announcing the allocation of another $112 million (€100 million), intensifying the efforts against the ongoing crisis in Greece and providing immediate support to the most vulnerable groups of society.[7]
SNF's grants include:[8]
- Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Children's Soccer Training
- Consorzio Farsi Prossimo
- Cultural Heritage without Borders
- MIT Enterprise Forum via the Greek Technology Enterprise Forum, Athens, Greece
- Cutty Sark Trust, Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
- ECOWEEK
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Kastoria, Greece
- Fulbright Program in Greece
- Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, California, United States
- Hellenic Fire Service, Greece[9]
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, New York, United States
- Megali Sholi
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, New York, United States
- Marie Curie (charity), London, United Kingdom
- National Center for Emergency Care (EKAV), Greece
- Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Pro-Natura International, Paris, France
- Queens Public Library, New York City, New York, United States
- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- SNF Agora Institute Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Faliro bay, Athens, Greece
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York Public Library, New York City, New York, United States[10]
- Wikimedia Foundation[11]
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
References
- "FOUNDER".
- "Greek Shipping Hall of Fame".
- "Andreas Dracopoulos".
- "HISTORY & MISSION".
- Candid. "Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $100 Million to COVID-19 Response". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- "RECHARGING THE YOUTH - Stavros Niarchos Foundation". www.snf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- "Initiative Against the Greek Crisis (1st Program: 2012-2015, 2nd Program: 2015-2016) - Stavros Niarchos Foundation". www.snf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- "Stavros Niarchos Foundation".
- Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- Schuessler, Jennifer (September 13, 2017). "A $55 Million Gift, and a New Name, for the Mid-Manhattan Library". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Wikipedia 15 Contributors Retrieved January 15, 2016.