Foundation
Velux Stiftung is an independent charitable foundation supporting research in the areas of daylight, forestry, healthy ageing, and ophthalmology. The foundation aims to have an impact on sustainable improvement for the benefit of society.
Members of the foundation board. From left to right: Lykke Ogstrup-Lunde (chair), René Schürmann, Mirjam Eglin, Villum Ogstrup Pedersen
Funding Statistics 2023
29 projects supported with CHF 8.2 million
The foundation received 91 requests out of which 25 project applications were funded. The success rate for external requests was 27.5% in 2023. Additionally, four foundation projects received support.
CHF 230 million assets - 6.9% performance
Velux Stiftung pursues investments that have the potential to generate substantial and long-term total returns that offset inflation, in order to give out grants according to its foundation purpose in the long run.
Distributions
Daylight Research
CHF 1,907,417
Healthy Ageing
CHF 2,080,820
Forestry
CHF 2,267,250
Ophthalmology
CHF 1,900,200
Strategic Developments
In two areas of interest, the foundation runs funding programs that take a more targeted approach over their five-year term:
Forestry: Solution-oriented research projects based on an interaction between science and practice
Ophthalmology: Strenthening institutional research capacity building in low- and middle income countries
Projects
We present a selection of funded projects below and on our website. Besides research projects, we sometimes fund solicited lighthouse projects.
Foundation Projects
The foundation also formulates its own projects which function as a kick-starter or as advocacy projects. Most of our support goes to promoting the importance of daylight.
