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

Foundations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2013
Welfare Cultural Education Scientific Total
Alt Camp 2 7 2 0 11
Alt Empordà 19 24 3 1 47
Alt Penedès 12 16 5 1 34
Alt Urgell 4 4 0 0 8
Alta Ribagorça 0 1 1 0 2
Anoia 12 14 4 0 30
Bages 29 40 5 1 75
Baix Camp 17 33 3 4 57
Baix Ebre 3 7 3 0 13
Baix Empordà 14 24 2 0 40
Baix Llobregat 42 62 19 6 129
Baix Penedès 1 5 1 0 7
Barcelonès 532 693 130 82 1,437
Berguedà 6 6 4 0 16
Cerdanya 6 4 0 0 10
Conca de Barberà 1 5 1 0 7
Garraf 13 11 3 1 28
Garrigues 5 2 1 0 8
Garrotxa 6 10 2 1 19
Gironès 39 38 7 1 85
Maresme 44 44 10 2 100
Montsià 5 6 1 0 12
Noguera 3 4 1 0 8
Osona 39 43 12 1 95
Pallars Jussà 1 1 0 0 2
Pallars Sobirà 1 1 1 0 3
Pla d'Urgell 4 0 1 0 5
Pla de l'Estany 5 6 0 0 11
Priorat 1 2 1 0 4
Ribera d'Ebre 1 3 0 0 4
Ripollès 5 1 3 0 9
Segarra 5 4 0 0 9
Segrià 30 24 5 3 62
Selva 14 15 4 0 33
Solsonès 3 8 1 0 12
Tarragonès 30 28 3 4 65
Terra Alta 1 1 0 0 2
Urgell 3 5 2 1 11
Val d'Aran 1 1 1 0 3
Vallès Occidental 65 102 30 10 207
Vallès Oriental 39 28 10 0 77
Catalonia 1,063 1,333 282 119 2,797
Metropolità 722 929 199 100 1,950
Comarques Gironines 102 118 21 3 244
Camp de Tarragona 51 75 10 8 144
Terres de l'Ebre 10 17 4 0 31
Ponent 50 39 10 4 103
Comarques Centrals 77 97 22 2 198
Alt Pirineu i Aran 13 12 3 0 28
Penedès 38 46 13 2 99
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: March 19, 2014.

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.

On December, 31.

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 "..".