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King Baudouin Foundation

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International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

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Fondation Roi Baudouin; Koning Boudewijnstichting

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The King Baudouin Foundation is the largest public benefit foundation in Belgium, serving as an institution that facilitates or directly provides financial resources to a plethora of organizations, mainly private, to allow these organizations to develop projects for the public benefit domestically and internationally. As such, it is a prime example of a civil society organization serving as a financial vehicle for other nonprofit and civil society organizations performing projects for the public benefit.

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Brederodestraat 21, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. http://www.kbs-frb.be

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The King Baudouin Foundation (also Koning Boudewijn-Stichting or Fondation Roi Baudouin) is a Belgian independent public benefit foundation. It was established in 1976 when Baudouin I (1930–1993) celebrated his 25th anniversary as King of Belgium. He did not want to receive any personal gifts to mark his jubilee, so the...

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  1. Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Bram Verschuere

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  1. Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Regina A. List

  2. Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Helmut K. Anheier

  3. Schar school, George Mason University, ARLINGTON, VI, USA

    Stefan Toepler

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    Regina A. List

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Verschuere, B. (2020). King Baudouin Foundation. In: List, R., Anheier, H., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_416-1

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