Banca Popolare di Bergamo Onlus Foundation  

According to the intentions of the former Banca Popolare di Bergamo–Credito Varesino which formed it in 2001, it promotes historical and artistic heritage, the conservation of the environment and nature, the development of health and welfare and charitable activities in the Lombard area. The principal beneficiaries of donations made in 2010 included the following: Committee for the Pope John XXIII Hospital to build a new church in this Bergamo hospital; Opera Bonomelli of Bergamo for the development of hostel projects to assist the socially marginalised; the Circolo di Varese Hospital for its palliative care ward; the Adriano Bernareggi Foundation for activities for cultural and social development in the Bergamo area; the “Bergamaschi in the World” organisation to keep Bergamo people living abroad in touch with their home.

The CAB Foundation - Giovanni Folonari Cultural Institute

The CAB Istituto di Cultura Giovanni Folonari Foundation  was formed in 1983, its mission according to its constitution is to safeguard and enhance the human, historical, artistic and environmental heritage of the community of Brescia, promoting research into art and archaeology, history and literature, sociology and economics. In recent years it has focused on the restoration and enhancement of artistic and cultural heritage and in 2010 it made donations for the restoration of the Chiesa del Buon Pastore (Santa Maria della Carità) church and of the Parish of the Cathedral of Brescia, for the museum activities of “D’Annunzio Segreto” of the Vittoriale degli Italiani Foundation and for the activities of the Friends of the Museums of Brescia Association.

Banca San Paolo di Brescia Foundation

The Banca San Paolo Foundation was founded in 1998, its objective is to perpetuate the original ideals and catholic inspiration of the Banca San Paolo di Brescia which established it. It supports social, civic and church initiatives with attention given primarily to education, welfare and art, preferably in Lombardy and the Province of Brescia, and also in co-operation with other local organisations.

In 2010 it made donations to the activities of the following; the Opera per l’Educazione Cristiana of Brescia for the Paolo VI Institute, the Caritas Diocesana di Brescia for the people’s canteen “Madre Eugenia Menni”, the Prison and Community Association for the project “Prison and school: is it worth the bother?”, the Cesare Arici Institute of Brescia for the award of scholarships, the  Art and Spirituality Association of Brescia for teaching and cultural initiatives, the Catholic University of Brescia; and the Ente Bresciano Istruzione Superiore.

Unione di Banche Italiane per Varese Onlus Foundation

Founded in 2001 it pursues exclusive aims of social solidarity in the Region of Lombardy and in the Province of Varese in particular. It supports charitable initiatives and initiatives to conserve, promote and enhance, artistic and historical heritage, nature and the environment and also social welfare and health assistance.

In 2010 it made donations for the following: the creation of a facility to accommodate the relatives of patients in hospitals of the Cilla Foundation of Varese, the purchase of furnishings for the Family Home of the Renato Piatti Onlus Foundation, the Memory Outpatients of the Varese Alzheimer Association, the construction of accommodation for persons with mental disorders of the ATAP Incontro Onlus Association, the purchase of equipment for the Surgical Research Centre and the Transplant Research Centre of the University of Insubria, the purchase of medical equipment for eye operations for the Circolo di Luino Hospital.