Overview
- President Salvador Illa and Fundación la Caixa chairman Isidre Fainé signed the renewal in Barcelona, lifting the annual collaboration to €250 million, up €25 million from 2024.
- €99 million is earmarked for social programmes focused on child poverty, active ageing, care for people with advanced illnesses, and support for people with disabilities or at risk of exclusion, with no breakdown provided for new versus ongoing initiatives.
- Health research receives added emphasis in line with the CaixaResearch Institute, slated to open in 2026 after construction that began in 2023 and financing that includes an €80 million EIB loan to CriteriaCaixa for a €110 million project.
- In 2025 the foundation awarded €9.3 million to 12 health research projects and €1.9 million to 16 health innovation initiatives, alongside collaborations with ISGlobal, IrsiCaixa, VHIO and the Sant Joan de Déu research institute.
- Cultural and educational outreach remained robust, with more than 1.7 million visits to CaixaForum, CosmoCaixa and Cap Roig between January and October and 102 scholarships granted to Catalan students this year.