Philantrophy

The Poul Due Jensen Foundation supports projects bringing safe and affordable drinking water to rural communities in developing countries and the world's forgotten refugee camps. We also support selected Danish research environments within technical research and natural science, and finally we push for social inclusion in Central Denmark Region, where Grundfos has its birthplace.

Water

The Foundation cooperates with international partners with the ambition to supply safe water to the worlds poorest in rural communities and forgotten refugee camps.
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Research

The Poul Due Jensen Foundation is committed to fund and support scientific initiatives, environments and individuals within natural science disciplines.
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Inclusion

The Foundation wants to contribute to reducing the number of people living on passive public benefits. We support projects that have a long-term effect on the ability of people to be included in the labour market.
More about Inclusion (in Danish)

How was the split between the three philanthropic areas in 2017?

95.8

million

The Poul Due Jensen Foundation committed 95.8M DKK to philanthropic projects in 2017.

27 %

Water

In 2017, 27 % of the grants went to water projects.

 

66 %

Research

In 2017, 66% of the grants fell to research and learning environments.

 

7 %

Inclusion

The Foundation supported social causes focusing on the inclusion of the most socially vulnerable people in their local communities in Denmark. This area received 7% of the grants in 2017.

 

Active ownership means looking out for Grundfos’ interests. We set up holistic goals and challenge the Board of the Grundfos Group. We also contribute to the Group’s development and to the world through our employee awards and scholarships.
Active ownership
Research

New AAU Professor to Harness Massive Information

The amount of data is growing explosively these years. In three hours we generate more data than the amount that existed in 2003. Newly appointed computer science professor Katja Hose, 38, will map the data ocean so that we have the information we need, and especially, so that information is easily accessible, reliable and accurate
Research

Lab will help conserve 10,000 billion liters of water a year

Massive water and energy savings worldwide is the goal of a new lab at Aalborg University. The advanced water infrastructure laboratory, supported by five million kroner from the Poul Due Jensen Foundation, will be the first of its kind in the world
Research

A wireless transceiver lab for Aarhus

Domenico Zito. The Italian professor recently joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University, where he will be heading up the new state-of-the-art laboratory and hosting an internationally competitive research group within wireless transceiver applications.