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FACILITATING THOUGHTFUL, EFFECTIVE GIVING TO EUROPE AND AFRICA.

2016 SNAPSHOTStaff

Jean Paul Warmoes | Executive Director

Ellena Fotinatos | Deputy Director, Donor & Nonprofit Services

Hafeeza Rashed | Senior Advisor, Communications & Outreach

Board of DirectorsPeter Piot (Chair) | Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Guillaume Bastiaens | Former Vice Chairman of Cargill

Alan John Blinken | Former Ambassador of the United States to Belgium

Emile Boulpaep | Professor at Yale University School of Medicine

Verna Eggleston | Research and Development at Bloomberg Philanthropies

Sam Fox | Former Ambassador of the United States to Belgium

Georges Jacobs de Hagen | Honorary Chairman of Delhaize Group and UCB

Natalia Kanem | Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Frannie Léautier | Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank

Thomas Leysen | Chairman of KBC Group and Umicore

Luc Tayart de Borms | Managing Director of the King Baudouin Foundation

Maurice Tempelsman | Chairman of Lazare Kaplan International

Dirk Wouters | Ambassador of Belgium to the United States

Investment CommitteeEmile Boulpaep | Professor at Yale University School of Medicine

Katrien Carbonez | Managing Director Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs

Gilles Dellaert | Chief Investment Officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group

Ahmed Fahim | Managing Director at Citi

Jean Paul Warmoes | Executive Director of KFBUS

Art Advisory CommitteeKatelijne De Backer | Director of Art New York

Yvette Mutumba | Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary And (C&)

Peter Sutton | Executive Director of the Bruce Museum

Anna Swinbourne | Independent art historian, Former curator at MoMA

Gaston Van Duyse-Adam | Former Ambassador of Belgium

Jean Paul WarmoesExecutive Director

Throughout 2016, the King Baudouin Foun-dation United States (KBFUS) worked hard to further strengthen its position as the leading resource for philanthropic giving to Europe and Africa. And a stellar year it was! Thanks to the generosity of our do-nors, KBFUS facilitated $22.3 million in grants to hundreds of projects across both continents. We opened a record num-ber of 63 new donor-advised, legacy and American friends funds, which brings the total to an impressive 261 funds under our management. Launched in 2015, KBFUS ART is getting traction as well - KBFUS re-ceived a spectacular painting by Luc Tuy-mans in 2016, now to be admired at the Royal Atheneum in Antwerp, Belgium. As always, we welcome your questions or feed-back, and look forward to our con-tinued collabora-tion in 2017!

INTRODUCTION BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Cover image: Surrey SATRO, UK, grantee of the Synopsys Foundation Fund for Europe

A flexible tool to make recurring donations overseasA donor-advised fund at KBFUS is a flexible tool for individuals, families and corporate donors wishing to support nonprofits overseas on a regular basis. Donors can contribute to their fund whenever it suits them, claim an immediate tax deduction, and recommend grants to their favorite nonprofits at a later date.

The Life Giving Water Fund, a donor-ad-vised fund established by Richard Ha-choose, Dale and Deborah Van Aken, granted $120,750 to the People’s Action Forum (PAF) in Zambia. PAF works to improve the lives of rural communities, in particular by providing them with access to safe water. The grant is being used to drill 30 new water wells, serving up to 30,000 people in the most rural parts of the country.

Tony Julius left his tiny, isolated village of Kypa-rissi, Greece at the beginning of the 20th century, seeking a better future in the United States. But he never forgot his roots. Today, his memory lives on thanks to the Tony Julius Legacy Fund. In 2016, Kyparissi used $14,000 to develop new climbing routes in surrounding mountains. An excellent way to boost its position as a top climbing destination!

CUSTOMIZED SERVICES FOR U.S. DONORS

A lasting commitment to future generations

Our legacy funds enable donors to create a charitable legacy that will make gifts in their name,in perpetuity or for a specific number of years, to promote the causes or organizations they cherish, anywhere in Europe or Africa. Contributions can be made during the donor’s lifetime and/or through a charitable bequest.

UHAI EASHRI (Kenya), Africa’s first indigenous activist fund, supports sexual and gender minori-ties and sex workers throughout Eastern Africa. In 2016, the UHAI EASHRI US Fund at KBFUS raised close to $300,000 from U.S. donors eager to help them achieve equality, dignity and justice for all.

In 2016, KBFUS ART received a spectacular painting by Luc Tuymans. Entitled Munich and measuring 150 inches high by 79 inches wide, the painting has an estimated value of $ 2.5 million. It can now be admired at the Royal Atheneum in Antwerp, Belgium, where Tuymans grew up.

A cost-effective solution to raise funds in the U.S.With an American friends fund at KBFUS, European and African nonprofits can receive tax-deductible gifts from U.S. donors, while saving the trouble and expense of setting up their own charity in the United States.

Solutions for European & African Nonprofits

Giving artworks and collections to museums abroad

KBFUS ART receives artworks and collections from U.S. donors and places them in museums all across Europe and Africa. Working with KBFUS, donors gain an experienced partner to navigate the cultural, legal and tax complexities involved in donating art overseas.

NETHERLANDS

BELGIUMSWITZERLAND

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

FRANCE

TOP 5 COUNTRIES GRANTED

TO IN EUROPE

key numbers

$ 25.7

$ 22.3$ 60.0

Receivedin 2016

Grantedin 2016

Granted in 2014 - 2016

GHANA

TANZANIA

ZAMBIA

SOUTH AFRICA

TOP 5 COUNTRIES GRANTED

TO IN AFRICA

grant dollars by program area

Peace & Human Rights

Human Services

Environment

Infrastructure

Education

Health

$ 67,619

$ 2,680,570$ 1,473,810

$ 155,080

$ 2,925,333

$ 8,519,304

$ 1,730,377

Arts & Culture

Science & Technology

$ 4,023,393

NEW FUNDS OPENED IN 2016

Total number of funds under KBFUS management

63261

KENYA

OF OUR EXPENSES WENT TO GRANTS AND PROGRAMS

95.8%

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JanuaryFranco Zeffirelli International Centre for the Performing Arts (Italy) establishes American friends fund to help preserve the legacy and archives of the legendary Maestro.

FebruaryUNISWA (Swaziland) opens the American Friends of the University of Swaziland at KBFUS to receive contributions from alumni and friends in the U.S.

MarchNY Times praises KBFUS’ annual study visit on the Art & Science of Fundraising, which has attracted over 330 European and African participants since its launching in 2007.

AprilAmerican friends of Karolinska Institute grants close to $1 million to Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), one of the world’s leading medical universities.

MayElephant Survival Organization (Tanzania) opens American friends fund, enabling U.S. donors to support its anti-poaching surveillance programs using drones.

JuneThrough its new American friends fund, YouthStart Belgium (Belgium) will raise funds for training programs in entrepreneurship for underprivileged youth and young adults.

JulyJohnson & Johnson International Health Fund makes $119,500 grant to Medical & Surgical Skills Institute (Ghana) to provide medical training in West Africa.

AugustLiberation Route Europe (Netherlands) opens American friends fund for its international remembrance trail which follows the footsteps of allied forces at the end of Second World War.

SeptemberEddy Offermann and Maja Serdarevic contribute $3.9 million to rebuild the Trebevic cable car in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

OctoberYvette Mutumba, co-founder of online magazine C& - a platform for international art from African perspectives, joins KBFUS’ Art Advisory Committee.

NovemberMandela Rhodes Foundation (South Africa) opens American friends fund to support its mission of building exceptional leadership capacity in Africa.

December American friends of Château de Chambord receives $3.6 million to renovate the formal gardens and the Great Perspective of the Château (France).

2016 Monthly Highlights

Tomorrow Trust American Fund, South Africa

INTRODUCTION BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF OUR EXPENSES WENT TO GRANTS AND PROGRAMS

Innovative learning opportunities

Corporate Philanthropy AND CSR in Europe:

Thirteen executives from American corporate foundations participated in our total immersion site visit to Brussels, Belgium in September 2016. Organized every other year, the program provides a window into the changing role of philanthropy in Europe and enables participants to see first-hand how successful giving programs can be developed in a European context.

The Art AND Science of Fundraising:

Sixty two executives from European and African universities and cultural institutions joined us for our two study visits on the Art & Science of Fundraising in 2016. During four days of discussions with New York City’s most talented fundraisers, they explored creative solutions to broaden their funding. Both programs were generously supported by the American Express Foundation.

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