Country Report 2020: France

Abstract

The data for cross-border giving in France comes from a 2018 study of the evolution of financial resources of 133 French international solidarity organizations led by the ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (Minister of European and International Affairs), Coordination SUD (Southern Coordination), and l’Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) (Coordination SUD, 2018). General data on French philanthropy are collected by a group of leading philanthropic organizations, including the Fondation de France (Foundation of France), the Centre d' Étude et de Recherche sur la Philanthropie (CerPhi, Center for the Study of and Research on Philanthropy), Recherches et Solidarités (Research and Solidarity), and Admical. Methodologies vary widely between organizations and studies, but most involve some form of tax analysis. To obtain the amount of total giving in France in 2017, Research and Solidarity examined tax information from households and donations collected by many leading foundations in France (Bazin et al., 2018). Admical also examined tax documents to collect its data on corporate philanthropy in addition to carrying out a study of the heads of philanthropy in approximately 1,000 French corporations (Admical, 2018). CerPhi identified which foundations act in the area of international development and conducted a survey of some of these foundations. The study also used OECD data on private development philanthropy to estimate the amount contributed by French foundations (Centre d’Étude et de Recherche sur la Philanthropie, 2019).