Santander Foundation

  • GRI:
  • Total amount allocated to community engagement activities Custom indicator
    Total amount allocated to community engagement activities
  • Number of beneficiaries of projects and social initiatives in the field of education initiated and/or supported in a given year by the bank and/or the bank's FoundationCustom indicator
    Number of beneficiaries of projects and social initiatives in the field of education initiated and/or supported in a given year by the bank and/or the bank's Foundation

The Santander Foundation was established in 1997 as an organisation attached to Bank Zachodni S.A. In the 25 years of its activity, the Foundation has become the inventor, initiator and executor of most of the bank’s social commitment programmes.

The Foundation:

  • cares for ecology, local community development, supports children and young people, and raises awareness of safe banking through grant programmes;
  • invests in the education of children and young people, facilitates the development of their passions and talents through a scholarship programme;
  • supports academic communities across Poland through the Santander Universidades programme;
  • promotes and supports the idea of volunteering, developing corporate volunteering in the bank;
  • provides schools, orphanages and other institutions with computers, as well as funding for educational, charitable and cultural projects.

Santander Foundation in numbers in 2021

  • Number of organisations supported by grant programmes: 102

  • Amount of money allocated to all grant programmes: PLN 600,000

  • Number of grant programme beneficiaries: 544,872

More information about the activities carried out by the Santander Bank Polska Foundation can be found on the Foundation’s website: fundacja.santander.pl/

Here I Live, Here I Make ECO Changes

More information about the grant programme „Here I Live, Here I Make ECO Changes” can be found on the Foundation’s website.

Other grant programmes

The Bank of Children’s Smiles

Assumptions

The Bank of Children’s Smiles funded projects to help children and young people in need of psychological support due to, among other things, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Effects

  • Number of applications received for the programme: 161
  • Number of organisations supported: 15
  • Number of beneficiaries: 422
  • Programme budget: PLN 150,000

The Bank of Young Sports Champions*

Assumptions

The programme promotes active spending of leisure time. Within the framework of the 2021 edition, we provided support to sports undertakings with the participation of persons aged 5 to 26, such as team sports competitions, Olympics, Paralympics, practice sessions and other activities that promote sport and the principle of fair play

Effects

  • Number of applications received for the programme: 585
  • Number of organisations supported: 29
  • Number of beneficiaries: 5 674
  • Programme budget: PLN 150,000

Hacks for cyber attacks*

Assumptions

We inaugurated the 1st edition of the „Hacks for Cyberattacks” programme, which aims to identify the most interesting consumer financial education projects on:

  • protection against fraud and financial crime,
  • safe use of electronic banking,
  • secure online financial management.

Effects

  • Number of organisations supported: 15
  • Amount of a single grant: PLN 50,000 or PLN 100,000
  • Programme budget: PLN 1,200, 000

* The competition was settled in 2022.