The Canopus Foundation
Founded in 1997, the non-profit Canopus Foundation aims to contribute to the protection of people in need and their living environments in the Global South, and to the promotion of education and science for a sustainable economy.
In its first area of focus, the foundation supports social enterprises and non-profit organizations working to electrify low-income households with renewable energy solutions.
In its second area of focus, the foundation supports initiatives that expand the scope of economic sciences, fostering a greater plurality of economic theories and encouraging deeper engagement with the conditions necessary for a sustainable economy and society.
As a private family foundation, the Canopus Foundation primarily works with initiatives and organizations that are in their early stages of development, pursuing the principles of "venture philanthropy."
Energy Access
Access to sustainable energy for all people
Presently, 1.1 billion people worldwide live without access to energy. Especially in developing and emerging countries the shortage of electrical power supply detains large parts of the population from overcoming their poverty.
Education and Science
A Sustainable Economy
Since 2008, the economic sciences face a blatant crisis of legitimacy. Only a limited number of economists predicted the imminent crash of international financial markets.
