EUR 12.2m
Total donations in 2020
EUR 2,830
In annual donations per employee
EUR 423m
Total donations since 1920
The Egmont Foundation’s charitable activities help children and young people in Denmark and Norway get life skills and acquire learning. Our work is based on social indignation and empathy. In all our activities we strive to involve the perspective of children and young people.
Focus is on the approx. 15% who are at risk of not completing an upper secondary education. And we contribute to ensuring that by 2030 all young people are able to complete such education.
We use a variety of philanthropic instruments: The programme called A Helping Hand which gives support directly to children and families at risk, donations, partnerships, incubator grants and catalytic activities.
Covid-19 left a significant mark on our catalytic activities in 2020 and on the foundation’s grant recipients, who all experienced an increased demand for their support during the crisis.