Contact the foundation
Please contact the Foundation d'entreprise Hermès at the following address:
Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
24, Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
France
Submitting a project
The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès is a not-for-profit initiative conceived as an umbrella organisation for new and existing acts of corporate citizenship on the part of the house of Hermès. The Foundation operates in France and all over the world:
- through its own programmes and activities (exhibitions,artist' residencies, conferences, the "News Settings" programme, the Prix Emile Hermès...)
- by providing support for external project
Projects may be submitted in the following areas of activity:
> “New settings” programme (performing arts)
The “New settings” programme provides a focus for the Foundation’s support in the field of the performing arts. (click here).
> Promoting exceptional craft skills
The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès supports projects working to promote craft skills and their integration into contemporary and future society
- Restoration of objects of fine craftsmanship, or works of art, drawing on and highlighting exceptional expertise.
- Exhibitions and projects highlighting works of exceptional craftsmanship, cultural or heritage value to the public at large.
- Institutional or not-for-profit projects promoting exchange and dialogue between creative artists and skilled artisans.
- Projects highlighting craft expertise as a tool for social, cultural, economic or ecological development in specific regions or communities.
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> Educational projects
The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès supports projects aimed at helping underprivileged young people shape their own future as independent adults; from access to basic education (reading, writing and arithmetic) to professional training, in particular the transmission of traditional craft skills and expertise.
The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès does not support:
- Preventive campaigns.
- Asult education and professional training.
- Sponsorship schemes.
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> Biodiversity
Support from the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès for biodiversity is concentrated in the following areas:
- Research programmes and field projects aimed at studying and preserving biodiversity
- Projects that associate the preservation of biodiversity with the transmission of traditional expertise, and projects working to promote sustainable, people-centred development.
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How to apply for support
To submit a project, please download, complete and print the application form for your sphere of activity. Please return completed forms by post to:
Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
24, Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
France
Apart from the “New settings” programme, the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès organises three selection annual rounds for submitted projects. Applicants are invited to submit their projects as follows:
- before 30 April for a decision before July 31
or
- before 30 September for a decision before December 31
or
- before 31 December for a decision before March 31
To facilitate the administration of the applications process, please submit your project by the dates indicated.
The Foundation d’entreprise Hermès will not consider applications for support in the following areas:
- Projects connected with architecture, architectural heritage or archaeology.
- Projects connected with the fashion industry.
- Projects connected with the visual and fine arts: projects for new artworks, solo exhibitions or exhibitions by artists’ collectives, art fairs, festivals, the publication of books or catalogues by individual artists, the production of films, the acquisition of works of art…
The Foundation supports the visual arts almost exclusively through its own activities as a producer or co-producer of events and programmes: : artists' residencies in the workshops of the Hermès group ; the Foundation's own programme of exhibitions ; H Box (video art).
- Projects connected with the world of design: The Foundation’s support for design is centred on the organisation and administration of the Prix Émile Hermès for young designer.
- Sponsorship projects.
- Projects steered by private enterprises for commercial ends.