Kering Foundation

Kering Foundation is the philanthropic foundation associated with Kering. Its origins date to 2008, when François-Henri Pinault, then CEO of PPR, launched the PPR Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights. Following the group’s name change in 2013, the foundation became Fondation Kering and focused its work on Kering’s operating regions. The foundation’s stated mission is to contribute to ending gender-based violence against women and children. It works by resourcing specialist organizations, engaging Kering and its ecosystem, and seeking to influence others. After 15 years of collaboration with organizations supporting women survivors, it expanded its scope to include violence against children, with the stated aim of helping break the cycle of intergenerational violence. Kering says the foundation changed its legal status from a corporate foundation to an endowment fund, adopting the name Kering Foundation. The stated purpose of this change was to amplify its commitment and facilitate collaboration with Kering’s Houses, other companies, and foundations. The supplied official material does not specify its headquarters, a complete list of operating markets, funding figures, or individual programs.

Kering Foundation’s history began in 2008, when François-Henri Pinault, then CEO of PPR (now Kering), launched the PPR Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights. The initiative was presented as aligning with the group’s ambition to help shape a fairer and more inclusive society. In 2013, when the group changed its name from PPR to Kering, the foundation became Fondation Kering. Its work was refocused on Kering’s operating regions, with the aim of strengthening impact and mobilizing employees. The foundation initially worked with organizations specialized in supporting women survivors of violence. After 15 years of such collaboration, it broadened its scope to address violence against children as well, with the stated goal of helping break the intergenerational cycle of violence. Its mission encompasses gender-based violence experienced by women and children. The foundation describes its approach as resourcing specialist organizations, engaging Kering and its ecosystem, and influencing others. As part of this evolution, Kering changed the legal status of its corporate foundation to an endowment fund and renamed it Kering Foundation. The group said this change was intended to amplify the foundation’s commitment and facilitate collaborations with Kering’s Houses, other companies, and foundations. The supplied official material does not provide further details on the endowment fund’s governance, funding, leadership, headquarters, or specific initiatives.

• 2013

  Renamed Fondation Kering and refocused regionally

• 2008

  PPR Corporate Foundation launched

• Scope expanded to include violence against children

• Legal status changed to an endowment fund

A corporate philanthropic foundation focused on addressing gender-based violence against women and children through support for specialist organizations, engagement with Kering’s ecosystem, and advocacy.

• Expand the foundation’s scope to childrenOther

• Adopt endowment-fund legal statusOther

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