Support Us
You have the opportunity to direct your gift toward one or more of the 5 strategic pillars funded by the ESSEC Foundation:Social Scholarships, the Endowment Fund, Academic Excellence, the Next-Generation Campus, and Responsible Entrepreneurship.
Alternatively, you may make an unrestricted gift, which will be deployed where the School’s needs are most pressing. .
You can benefit from tax deductions on your donations to the ESSEC Foundation whether you reside in France, Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, or Hong Kong.
Make an Online Donation
The simplest way to give is through our secure online platform.
Benefit from Tax Deductions on Your Donation
If You Reside in France
If You Reside Abroad but are Subject to French IFI
The ESSEC Foundation gratefully accepts one-time or multi-year pledges via check. Payable to: "FDF / Fondation ESSEC" Mail to: Fondation ESSEC, 3 avenue Bernard Hirsch, CS 50 105 Cergy, 95 021 Cergy-Pontoise, France.
The ESSEC Foundation accepts recurring donations.
Planned Giving: Bequests and Donations
Hosted by the Fondation de France, which manages bequests and donations as a recognized public utility foundation, the ESSEC Foundation benefits from exemption on inheritance tax as well as a wide range of expertise: financial, patrimonial, legal, and tax advisory. Discover three types of planned giving:
- Bequest: A posthumous gift that offers a promise for ESSEC's future.
- Donation: Immediate support that can include movable or immovable property, in various forms, offering significant tax advantages.
- Life Insurance: Simply designate the ESSEC Foundation as the beneficiary of your policy.
Learn more on our dedicated page
International Donors
United Kingdom or Europe
The ESSEC Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, is a member of Transnational Giving Europe (TGE), a network of partner foundations that allows you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.I donate from the UK
I donate from Europe
United States
The ESSEC Foundation has a legal structure in the United States called ESSEC USA, a 501(c)(3) registered charity in New York. This allows US residents to benefit from tax deductions in accordance with current regulations.Hong Kong
In partnership with the Fondation de France Asia, residents of Hong Kong can benefit from tax deductions on their donations.
I donate from Hong Kong
Choose your country of residence
France
Under the aegis of the Fondation de France, a non-profit-making organization, the ESSEC Foundation offers important tax advantages to its donors. Under the new French tax system in 2018, the tax deductions applied to the Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière (IFI replacing the previous ISF) and to the Income Tax (IRPP) remain the same.
The following tax deductions thus apply to your donations to ESSEC Foundation.
TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR RESIDENTS IN FRANCE
Income tax
66 %
of your donation is deductible from your income tax, up to a limit of 20% of your taxable income, with a carry-over of the surplus possible over 5 years.
Tax on real estate wealth
75 %
of your donation is deductible from the tax on real estate wealth, with a deduction ceiling of €50,000.
Corporate tax
60 %
of your company's donation is deductible from corporate tax, up to a limit of 0.5% of turnover excluding tax or €20,000.
TAX DEDUCTION CALCULATOR (IRPP or IFI)
My donation costs me €0 after income tax deductions, and €0 after deductions from IFI
On 12 months, my donation costs me €0 after income tax deductions, and €0 après réduction de mon IFI
Belgium
If you are a resident of Belgium
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Belgium, the partner foundation is the Fondation Roi Baudouin.
You can make an online donation
Contacts:
• Carine Poskin
Tel: +32 2 549 02 31
email: poskin.c@kbs-frb.be
• Ludwig Forrest
Tel: +32 2 549 02 38
email: forrest.l@kbs-frb.be
Bulgaria
If you are a resident of Bulgaria
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Bulgaria, the partner foundation is the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation.
Contact:
Lyudmilla Atanassova
Tel: +359 2 981 19 01
email: tge@bcaf.org
Germany
If you are a resident of Germany
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Germany, the partner foundation is Maecenata Stiftung.
You can make an online donation
Contact:
Christian Schreier
Tel: +49 30 28 38 79 09
email: csc@maecenata.eu
Hungary
If you are a resident of Hungary
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Hungary, the partner foundation is the Carpathian Foundation - Hungary.
Contact:
Bata Boglarka or Norbert Havasi
Tel: +36 36 516 750
email: boglarka.bata@cfoundation.org or norbert.havasi@cfoundation.org
Ireland
If you are a resident of Ireland
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Ireland, the partner foundation is the Community Foundation for Ireland.
Contact:
Helen Beatty
Tel: +353 1 874 73 54
email: tge@foundation.ie
Italy
If you are a resident of Italy
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Italy, the partner foundation is the Associazione Vita Giving Europe Onlus.
Contact:
Martina Rogato
Tel: +39 02 552 298 382 or +39 34 049 669 36
email: m.rogato@vita.it
Luxembourg
If you are a resident of Luxembourg
If you are a tax resident in Luxembourg, you can follow the donation procedures from France.
A tax agreement exists between our two countries allowing tax residents in Luxembourg to benefit from the tax deductions in force in Luxembourg by making a donation to an institution in France.
Poland
If you are a resident of Poland
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Poland, the partner foundation is the Foundation for Poland.
Contact:
Justyna Blinowska
Tel: +48 22 54 25 891
email: tge@fdp.org.pl
Romania
If you are a resident of Romania
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Romania, the partner foundation is the Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation.
Contact:
Christopher Worman
Tel: +40 74 934 72 99
email : office@szka.org
Slovenia
If you are a resident of Slovenia
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Slovenia, the partner foundation is the SKUP Skupnost privatnih zavodov.
Contact:
Tatjana Strojan
Tel: +386 4 23 448 04
email: info@skup.si
Switzerland
If you are a resident of Switzerland
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In Switzerland, the partner foundation is the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.
You can make an online donation
Contact:
Tel: +41 22 732 55 54
email: tge@swissphilanthropy.ch
The Netherlands
If you are a resident of the Netherlands
If you are a tax resident in Netherlands, you can follow the donation procedures from France.
A tax agreement exists between our two countries allowing tax residents in Netherlands to benefit from the tax deductions in force in Netherlands by making a donation to an institution in France.
UK
If you are a resident of the United Kingdom
The ESSEC Foundation, as part of the Fondation de France, is a member of TGE (Transnational Giving Europe), a network of partner foundations that enables you to benefit from tax deductions in your country of residence.
In the United Kingdom, the partner foundation is the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) - Registered UK Charity No.268369.
You can make an online donation
Contact:
M. Andrew Fakley
Phone: +44 (0) 30 00 12 33 80
email: tge@cafonline.org
Address:
Charities Aid Foundation
Transnational Giving Europe
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling, ME19 4TA
Note: the minimum donation is 250 pounds sterling.
United States
If you are a resident of the United States
Thanks to the support of ESSEC Alumni USA, if you are a US taxpayer you can give to the ESSEC Foundation and benefit from tax deductions as stipulated in Article 501(c) paragraph 3 of the IRC (local authorities income tax).
ESSEC Alumni USA collects donations made to the ESSEC Foundation. To make a secure online payment via PayPal, please go directly to the ESSEC Alumni USA website.
Contact:
François-Olivier Luiggi
President ESSEC Alumni USA
Tel: (212) 613 8665
email: francois.luiggi@tajhotels.com
Other countries
Other countries
If you live in a country that does not have a specific partnership with the ESSEC Foundation, you can still make a donation to the Foundation.
If you are liable, for example, for the Property tax (IFI) in France, your donation to the ESSEC Foundation will benefit from tax deductions.
Bank transfer
Name:First name :
Course:
Year of graduation:
Email:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
Postcode:
Country:
Amount of your donation in euros:
I wish to support:
Bourses sociales
Endowment fund
Teaching excellence
No specific preference
Campus 2020
My donation 2017:
My donation 2018:
My donation 2019:
I do not wish my name to be published as a donor in ESSEC communications (reports, website etc.)
Make your transfer to the following account:
HSBC FRANCE PARIS CBC 511
IBAN : FR76 3 005 6 005 1 105 1 100 2 022 907
BIC : CCFRFRPP
Include “FDF/ESSEC Foundation” and your name in the transfer description.
Please complete the form below and return it to:
Fondation ESSEC
3 avenue Bernard Hirsch
CS 50 105 cergy
95 021 Cergy-Pontoise
France
Once we have received your donation, we will send a tax receipt to the postal address indicated on the form. Every donation counts. Thank you for your support. PRINT
Check
Name:First name :
Course:
Year of graduation:
Email:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
Postcode:
Country:
Amount of your donation in euros:
I wish to support:
Bourses sociales
Endowment fund
Teaching excellence
No specific preference
Campus 2020
My donation 2017:
My donation 2018:
My donation 2019:
I do not wish my name to be published as a donor in ESSEC communications (reports, website etc.)
Please complete the form below and return it, with the amount in euros payable to “FDF/Fondation ESSEC” at the address below:
Fondation ESSEC
3 avenue Bernard Hirsch
CS 50 105 cergy
95 021 Cergy-Pontoise
France
Once we have received your donation, we will send a tax receipt to the postal address indicated on the form. Every donation counts. Thank you for your support. PRINT
fondation@essec.edu
