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Ourea, Capital Croissance’s philanthropic fund

Ourea,
Capital Croissance’s
philanthropic fund

Housed in the Fonds de Dotation Transatlantique, Ourea was created in 2019 with the aim to finance public interest projects and organise the skill-based sponsorship’s actions of Capital Croissance to offer an innovative model of entrepreneurial philanthropy.

5 supported themes

Every year, Ourea supports a dozen of projects falling within the five following themes, in line with Capital Croissance’s values and DNA

To be studied, the projects must be eligible to the sponsorship tax system as defined by the General Tax Code, article 200

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT & FOOD

EDUCATION & INSERTION

SOCIAL & SOLIDARITY-ORIENTED ACTIONS

HEALTH

OUR PHILANTHROPIC ENTREPRENEURS

Ourea benefits from a lasting capital endowment, through annual contributions.
It is collected annually from our philanthropic entrepreneurs who happen to be the subscribers of the funds managed by Capital Croissance and the management company’s team.

OUR GOUVERNANCE

Ourea is administered by a Selection Committee, made of members of the Capital Croissance’s team.
Agnès Lamoureux (former communication director of Fondation de France) is Ourea’s patron and spearheads proposals.

THE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT

The philanthropic fund Ourea supports a dozen of projects per year, for amounts ranging from €3 000 to €20 000 per project.

The projects we support

Some of the projects being supported by Ourea

Le défi à vélo de Pierre Boussion / APHP
Health
Solidary tour of Europe

Solidary solo and independently tour of Europe to support research against cancer

Goal: Supporting the research studies handled by the Department of Medical Oncology at the Saint-Louis Hospital, that whishes to develop clinical testing on new cancer treatments (especially gynecological, urological, pulmonary and ENT) being still incurable

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Lazare
Social & solidarity-oriented actions
Solidary flat-shares

Reintegration assistance of people having lived in the street through solidary flat shares with voluntary young workers

Goal: Opening new houses in more French cities

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Seuil
Education & Insertion
Rupture trekking

Social reintegration assistance to troubled young people through an individualized rupture trek

Goal: Multiplying the organized educational treks, increasing its visibility

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L'Envol
Health
Combating exclusion of severely diseased children and their families

Organization of programs (adapted trips, workshops at the hospital, days of retreat) for severely diseased children and their families, so they benefit from a psychological and social support

Goal: Allowing ever more families to participate to the various programs, offering new activities, multiplying hospital partners

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Veni Verdi
Sustainable environment & food, Education & Insertion
Creation of gardens in urban areas

Creation of gardens in urban areas (vegetated roofing and facades, sustainable development oriented activities), in particular within schools, empowering youth and raising their awareness of sustainable development (knowledge, culture, processing and sales of food)

Goal: Install 2 urban farms within schools and launch the project “An agricultural neighbourhood on the doorsteps of the 20th arrondissement of Paris” (installation of an economic and social fabric with local agriculture as main theme)

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60 000 rebonds
Entrepreneurship, Social & solidarity-oriented actions
Support of entrepreneurs who went bankrupt to rebound in a new project

Support of entrepreneurs who went bankrupt on both personal and professional levels to rebound in a new professional project

Goal: Multiply individual coaching sessions, monthly collective workshops and other formations

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Le Chaînon Manquant
Sustainable environment & food, Social & solidarity-oriented actions
Anti waste & solidary collects of food surplus

Fight against food waste and insecurity by collecting perishable food surplus and distributing the latter to the neediest nearby

Goal: Expand in Nouvelle Aquitaine

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Etincelle Occitanie
Health
Support care for people affected by cancer

Offering people affected by cancer support care (i.e. excluding any medical activity) in the two Etincelle houses, in Montpellier and Toulouse: suitable physical activities, nutritional advice & healthy cooking classes, psychological support, socio-aesthetic & well-being activities, return to employment & professional retraining

Goal: Restore the dietetic support program (Onco’Nutri), supervised by professionals and established around individual sessions, collective workshops & cooking classes (preventing recommendations, food precautions regarding some cancers, etc.)

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Impala / Les geeks du bâtiment
Education & Insertion
Training of out-of-school youth in the building sector

Insertion of out-of-school youth in the building trades through a graduating training and social support

Goal: Expanding the formations, in particular to become building maintenance technician (120 000 vacant posts in the building maintenance sector in 2019 as per Pôle Emploi)

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1001 Fontaines
Social & solidarity-oriented actions
Potable water production station

Potable water production stations being entrusted to microentrepreneurs in remote areas

Goal: Reducing poverty, diseases and bad health status through both the improvement of potable water sources in remote areas and the education of how important potable water is regarding health and hygiene issues in particular

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Pure Ocean
Sustainable environment & food
Oceans conservation

Conservation of marine biodiversity and sensitive ecosystems, awareness

Goal: Collecting oceanographic data to measure climate change and anticipate the necessary adaptation

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Aïda
Health
Visits of young people with cancer

Visits of young people with cancer at the hospital, support for research against cancer, awareness

Goal: Multiplying its partner hospitals, implementing awareness campaigns

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Sport dans la ville
Education & Insertion
Sport facilities in priority neighborhoods

Sport facilities to help young people from priority neighborhoods with social and professional inclusion through personal progression and development

Goal: Increasing its action in the Hauts-de-France region, deploying the program named “Entrepreneurs dans la Ville”

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La Salle à Manger, La Défense
Insertion / Sustainable food / Social & solidarity-oriented actions
Community restaurant near La Défense preparing meals from unsold food for homeless people, insertion workshops

Reception of people into precarious or isolation situations, and solidary catering offer based on unsold food to fight against wasting food, managed by persons in professional integration and volunteers of neighbouring companies

Goal: Carrying out the work needed to open the Salle à Manger near La Défense in September 2020, and financing meals

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Les enfants de la balle
Education & Insertion
Inclusion of children with disabilities in weekly leisure facilities

Giving children and teenagers with disabilities access to a social and civic life thanks to a sport, artistic or cultural practice in a situation of “normalcy”

Goal: Accompany ever more sport clubs through this process

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Green Trek
Sustainable environment & food
Raising awareness and promoting an easy ecology through the reduction of waste in nature

Reducing waste in nature through the distribution of bags encouraging hikers to pick up waste while hiking in France, Belgium and Morocco

Goal: Launching CleanUpTheWorld through the manufacturing and distribution of bio-based and 100% biodegradable bags to voluntary collectors to clean seas and shores during their holidays in particular

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Carton Plein
Education & Insertion, Sustainable Environment & Food
Use of secondhand cardboard boxes for moving services by bicycle, by people experiencing exclusion

Enable everyone to join the workforce in innovative, emerging, and meaningful sectors in view of the ecological emergency

Goal: Help unemployed people find sustainable employment by training them in cycling logistics whilst acting against global warming.

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SynLab
Education & Insertion
Professional strengthening of the players in education

Contribute to the professional development and strengthening of educational players (teachers, headmasters and principals) for the success and fulfilment of students

Goal: Reduce educational inequalities and contribute to improving students’ experiences in vocational high schools by training their teaching team.

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Les Entrep'
Education & Insertion, Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship promotion amongst youngsters seeking work or from priority neighbourhoods after their baccalaureate diploma

Promote entrepreneurship through free, certificated and action-oriented programs and coaching, delivered by business leaders

Goal: spread their pedagogical offer across France and strengthen their renown.

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ENDOmind
Heath
Awareness-raising activities on endometriosis and patient support

Raise public awareness of this health issue, support the millions of women affected and promote treatment research

Goal: accelerate research into treatments for endometriosis, with priority given to reducing the time to diagnose, the aetiology of the disease and the treatment of pain.

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La Maison des Marraines
Education & Insertion
Free housing and social mentorship for young women in precarious housing conditions

Provide housing access to 18- to 25-year-old women as well as social and professional support to ease the implementation of training or inclusion work programs

Goal: accommodate an increasing number of young women and support their professional (re)integration.

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Elles Dansent
Health, Social & Solidary-oriented action
Dance classes and danced interventions in hospitals for people with cancer

Include physical activities into supportive care in cancer (as recommended by the National Cancer Institute) through adapted dance classes in hospitals

Goal: Create 50 Youtube dance tutorials for people with cancer and finance the show for the movie release “Elles dansent”.

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Greffe de vie
Health
Bibs for the Mont Blanc Ultra Trail to support the charity “Greffe pour la vie”

Purchase of solidary bibs for the Mont Blanc Ultra Trail to support the charity “Greffe pour la vie” which promotes organ donations to authorities and to the general public

Goal: Promote organ donations, increase removal and transplantation activities, improve the life of patients and support research.

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Our methodology

A 3-step process

01.

Projects identification

Ourea collects the donation applications through a questionnaire, and meets with the project leaders to better understand their actions

02.

Projects analysis and selection

Twice a year, the Selection Committee analyses all the donation applications, selects c. 6 of them and decides for each of them the amount of donation to be allocated

03.

Projects follow-up

The supported projects are encouraged to communicate an annual report, on which Ourea’s decision of donation renewal may be based.

To submit a project

1 – Download and complete the questionnaire
2 – Send us the latter to the following mail address (you can attach any additional document you find relevant):
projets@ourea-mecenat.fr

Your application will then be reviewed by the Selection Committee.