Facts and Figures

The Foundation finances its country programs through donor contributions from Strategic Partners and Friends of the Foundation, and the returns on the Foundation's capital cover administrative costs. Alumni repayments under the Compromiso de Honor also finance the Foundation's programs, but are not booked in Switzerland.

In addition, the Foundation works with like-minded local funding partners to sustainably anchor its foundation purpose locally. Cooperations exist both for the co-financing of scholarships and for the handling of entire scholarship programs of local third-party organizations. In the case of co-funding, the scholarships count as those of the foundation; in the case of collaborations with third-party organizations, they do not. Although in the latter case the selection and supervision of scholars is also carried out according to the Foundation's tried and tested guidelines, the local funding partners are free to decide on the study programs financed, which is why the partner universities may also differ from those of the Foundation. 

Unless otherwise stated, the following key figures relate exclusively to results achieved with Foundation funds (i.e. excluding third-party scholarship programs). Scholarships financed by the returns of the Compromiso de Honor are counted as scholarships financed by the Foundation, even if in some cases they are awarded and administered by a local alumni organization.