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Foundations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Foundations. By type of activity. Counties and areas Catalonia
Welfare Cultural Education Scientific Total
2010 1,005 1,256 281 116 2,658
2009 977 1,236 274 112 2,599
2008 954 1,210 268 107 2,539
2007 888 1,144 264 95 2,391
2006 846 1,083 261 88 2,278
2005 800 1,014 256 79 2,149
2004 760 972 252 77 2,061
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: March 21, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Foundation
Non-profit organization formed by one or several founders by affecting some goods or economic rights and the destination of their income or resources obtained by other means to pursue tasks of general interest. The foundation acquires definitive legal personality with the registration of the founding charter in the Register of Foundations from the Ministery of Justice.

Methodological aspects

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is responsible for registering ordinary associations. Political, religious, competitive sports and professional associations which regulate working rights are excluded because they have specific registers.

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is also responsible for registering and supervising foundations.

Associations and foundations are founded by three or more persons with a common objective. The most significant differences between an association and a foundation are these:

  • The creation of a foundation requires assets.
  • An association may pursue a general or specific objective (whatever the members want, as long as it is legal). In contrast, a foundation may only pursue objectives of general interest.
  • The governing bodies of an association are the general assembly and the board of directors, while the foundation has a board of trustees.

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The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".