Publications

The Valentin Haüy Foundation (VHF), which serves blind and visually impaired people, was created by the Valentin Haüy Association with an endowment of €95 million, and recognised as a public charity in July 2012. In its articles of association, its purpose is very similar to that of the founding ass...

The Valentin Haüy Association aims to meet all the needs of visually impaired people. It carries out its social missions itself, for which it has developed training facilities as well as putting in place support programmes for social and professional integration, accommodation for young people and s...

The French Federation of Cardiology (FFC), a non-profit organisation governed by the law of 1901 and created in 1964, has been recognised as a public-interest organisation since 1977. It brings together 27 independent regional cardiology associations, spread throughout the country, mainly around the...

With the authority to audit the use of resources by organisations appealing for public donations, the Court of Accounts conducts audits into the use of donations received following crises or disasters (Asian tsunami in 2004, Haiti earthquake in 2010, Notre-Dame de Paris fire in 2019). This audit by ...

Created in 1990, the “Fondation Abbé Pierre pour le logement des défavorisés” is a mem-ber of the Emmaüs movement, which brings together the organisations affiliated to the Emmaüs France federation. Its links - organic and financial - with the latter constitute a particular feature in the landscape ...

The Court of Accounts ensures, during its audits of organisations making public appeals for donations, that the funds collected are in line with these organisations’ stated objectives. If this is not the case, the Court issues a declaration of non-compliance, which is then made public. Formed in 201...

Founded in 1989, the Animal Assistance Foundation defends and protects 1800 animals, through a network of 18 clinics, shelters, and retirement homes. With 16 million euros collected in 2019 in the form of donations, bequests and gifts, it draws almost all of its resources - around 96% - from public ...

As part of its missions with regard to organisations in receipt of donations, the Court of Accounts audited the use-of-funds statement for donations received from the public by the Fondation de France from 2014 to 2019.

Being a 120-year-old association, the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (LDH) [Human Rights League] can count on a large network of more than 8,000 volunteers spread in local sections throughout the country. Their long-term involvement, including financial support (many are making donations to the League ...

The association “Vaincre la Mucoviscidose” (Overcoming Cystic Fibrosis) contributes to research against cystic fibrosis, for which it is the leading association funder in France, to the progress made in the knowledge of this rare genetic disease and improving the quality of care provided to patients...