Fondation Culture et Diversité is a private foundation in France. It aims at helping young people from HLM housing projects start a career in the arts.Claire Bommelauer, 'Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, la prime au mérite', in Le Figaro, 27/05/2011
Overview It was founded by Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, the CEO of FIMALAC, in 2006.Lacharrière : «Finance et culture sont complémentaires», in L'Express, 05/10/2007 Le point articleIxchel Delaporte, 'Dans les filets du mécénat d’entreprise', in L'Humanité, November 16, 2010 'La Fondation Marc de Lacharrière porte la culture en banlieue', in La Croix, 16/10/06 The director is Eléanore Ladret de Lacharrière, his daughter.
It has an endowment of 15 million euros. It has partnered with the École du Louvre, La Fémis, and the Théâtre du Rond-Point.
According to journalist Évelyne Pieiller, "the operation is a major success in two respects: it consecrates the intrusion of the private into the public, since the foundation, directed by Éléonore Ladreit de Lacharrière, daughter of the billionaire, relies on a partnership tripartite with the Ministries of National Education and Culture; and it tends to influence curricula by differentiating school "publics"».
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