Hans Wilsdorf Foundation donations from July 1st, 2023, to June 30, 2024. (Data: hanswilsdorf.ch)
The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation has supported more than 5,500 projects in the past year, most of them in welfare and healthcare, according to the latest data made available by the foundation, which is the sole owner of Rolex. The foundation published the new data on Friday on its official website.
This year, la Fondation Hans Wilsdorf gave away 21% of its donation money to help people acquire job training. In the past, almost a third of its donation money would go to that category. But the foundation boosted donations in other categories — culture, arts, humanitarian, environment and animals.
Though many of these donations remained in Geneva, some have no geographical limitations, especially when it comes to the environment and animal rights, two fields in which the foundation allocated double the fund when compared to the previous year.
Still, the foundation's main goal is to fulfill the mission as outlined by its statutes — first, to guarantee Rolex's longevity as a business, a reason why the foundation tends to be conservative with its investments. Today, its subsidiaries, Marziano 19 and Marconi Investment, make up the largest private real estate ownership in the canton of Geneva.