About us

It’s only progress if we all progress.

The essence of ”la Caixa” Foundation

Committed to local socio-economic development right from the start, ”la Caixa” Foundation soon began to provide social, cultural and civic services aimed at improving people’s quality of life.

To help build a better and fairer society by offering more opportunities to those who need them most.

To be a driving force for the transformation of society, through:

• Developing initiatives that improve people's quality of life, particularly the most vulnerable, by fostering both educational improvement and inclusion to help reduce structural inequalities and create equal opportunities.

• Promoting talent, research and innovation in the field of science, with the aim of bringing about social progress and making a significant contribution to tackling the challenges related to health and wellbeing.

• Culture as a tool for personal growth and the advancement of society as a whole.

The values of ”la Caixa” Foundation are based on four pillars:

• Social commitment, the ambition to act unceasingly in the service of society, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable and adapting at all times to emerging challenges.

• Responsibility, the duty to ensure the organisation’s actions are carried out in accordance with criteria of excellence in management and effectiveness in achieving results.

• Integrity, the determination to behave in accordance with the ethical principles of respect, fairness and compassion.

• Transparency, the commitment to adopt an honest and clear approach in everything we do, fostering trust and credibility through independent, meticulous management.

Committed to the present and future of people

At ”la Caixa” Foundation we place particular emphasis on programmes with the greatest power to transform society, such as those that combat child poverty and social exclusion, that foster employment, and help to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable people.

However, ”la  Caixa” Foundation’s work also focuses on other areas: medical research, high quality training, culture and education, all fundamental to promote progress and equal opportunities. Given the social commitment of ”la Caixa” Foundation to build a better society, the natural areas for it to carry out its work are Spain and Portugal.

The business assets management model

”la Caixa” Foundation manages its assets through its subsidiary, CriteriaCaixa, which is responsible for preserving and growing its resources in order to finance its work in society and ensure the continuation of the institution’s social, welfare, cultural, research and educational initiatives.

CriteriaCaixa’s priority is to provide the financial resources that enable ”la Caixa” Foundation’s social action to continue contributing, year after year, to the development of a society that offers more opportunities to those most in need.

Our management model is based on our principles of transparency and ethics which, at all times, govern the procedures supported by our values of social commitment, responsibility and trust, as well as respect for the natural environment.