Onwards towards
a harmonious
existence
Fred Foundation supports social initiatives dedicated to living life in harmony – harmony with ourselves and each other, and with nature.
We focus our efforts on
Nature
and climate
Together with social initiatives we restore and protect nature
Compassion for our
fellow humans
So that everyone has the chance
to live a good life
Public
interests
Because a well-functioning and open society matters to everyone
How we achieve
our goals
By donating
We support practical, innovative, and/or scalable initiatives, leveraging our experience and expertise to maximize impact.
By taking action
We take a hands-on approach, launching our own initiatives to demonstrate new and better ways of doing things.
By investing
Through the Flowfund Foundation (Stichting Flowfund), we invest in impact funds and social enterprises, directly putting our assets to work for the causes supported by Fred Foundation.
Initiatives
A selection of the initiatives is given below. A summary of all initiatives can be found here.
Public interest
Reporters without Borders
Promoting the freedom, pluralism and independence of journalism:
Compassion for our fellow humans
Shadow Game
Shadow Game is a coming-of-age narrative about young asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere.
About
Fred Matser
Fred Matser (1945) is founder and funder of Fred Foundation. With great compassion and verve, he fulfilled his role as chairman from the creation of the foundation in 1996 until July 2024.
After a successful career as a property developer, he decided in the 1980s to use his talent and assets to help create a better world. Fred wants to restore balance and harmony in society and he has set up several foundations that work towards that, including Fred Foundation, Flowfund, ForestPeace Foundation and Essentia Foundation.