Dioraphte is one of the larger endowed foundations in the Netherlands. Our annual budget is €14.5 million. This budget enables us to support initiatives that have a significant impact on peoples’ lives.

Where

Both in the Netherlands and Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda, and and some projects in Sudan).

Who is it for?

The fund provides financial support to social organisations in the Netherlands and Africa.

For what purpose

Donations can be intended for either a project or to fund an organisation. Projects can run for several years. However, donations are awarded on an annual basis.

Budget

Dioraphte aims to provide around €14.5 million in donations annually. About 70% of that amount is allocated to initiatives in the Netherlands and the remaining 30% goes to initiatives in Africa.

Characteristics

• Managed by a small but efficient team with a dynamic board, ensuring that projects benefit from maximum financial support.
• Open to finding new ways forward, to nascent ideas and to topics that involve risk-taking.
• Willingness to make long-term investments in initiatives that require a longer commitment.

Origin

Two women, who didn’t know one another. They both held sizeable assets. Neither of them had any children. They decided to use their wealth to contribute towards a better society, and to continue to do so even after their deaths. Unselfishly and anonymously. After consulting their respective financial advisers, they established several small foundations: Stichting Liberty, Stichting Dijkverzwaring, Stichting Dioraphte and Stichting Continuendo MusartE Foundation.

Then in 2015, these foundations merged to form what is now called Dioraphte. The name is an anagram of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. Since then, Dioraphte has become one of the largest charitable equity funds in the Netherlands. It boasts a remarkably broad focus, in order to do justice to the interests and wishes of these women. It reflects, for instance, the compassion they felt towards those at a disadvantage in life. They wanted both big and small projects to receive opportunities. Similarly, these initiatives were allowed to be somewhat unconventional and cutting-edge. It is in this same spirit that we operate – to this day.