BOTÍN FOUNDATION

The Marcelino Botín Foundation wascreated in 1964 by Marcelino BotínSanz de Sautuola and his wife,Carmen Yllera, to promote socialdevelopment in Cantabria. Fiftyyears later, having kept its primaryfocus on Cantabria, the BotínFoundation now operates all over Spain and Latin America,contributing to the overalldevelopment of society by exploringnew ways to uncover and supportcreative talent, in order to createcultural, social and economic wealth.

The Botín Foundation organisesprogrammes in the realms of thearts and culture, education, scienceand rural development, andsupports social institutions inCantabria so as to serve those mostin need. It also offers a space forreflection, where it can also developprogrammes to detect and developnew talent.

CARMEN YLLERA MARCELINO BOTÍN

OUR OFFICES

The headquarters of the BotínFoundation is located in Santander,which was the home of the Sanz deSautuola family. Since 2012 it hasalso operated offices in Madrid, in order to handle the growingdemands of its activity.

The Foundation’s exhibition hall in Santander is located on MarcelinoSanz de Sautuola street, very near the headquarters. It alsooperates other spaces, such as El Promontorio and Villa Iris,emblematic sites in the city;institutional events are held at the former, and exhibitions andworkshops at the latter. Located in Cantabria, furthermore, is thePuente Pumar Rectory, theFoundation’s centre of operationsfor its activity in the Nansa RiverValley, where it is developing itsRural Development, Heritage and Territory Programme.

The Botín Centre, designed byarchitect Renzo Piano, is the most important project in theFoundation’s history. Through thearts, the Botín Centre will helpdevelop creativity in Santander, and thus unlock its social andeconomic wealth.

HEADQUARTERSPedrueca 1, Santander (Spain)+34 942 226 072

MADRID OFFICECastelló 18 C, Madrid (Spain)+34 917 814 132

CHAIRMAN

Javier Botín

MEMBERS

Jaime Botín

Emilio Botín

Alfonso Botín

Ana Patricia Botín

Carolina Botín

Paloma Botín

Carmen Botín

SECRETARY

Iñigo Sáenz de Miera

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

JAVIER BOTÍN

BOTÍNCENTRE

• ART

• CULTURE

• DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY

SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGYTRANSFER

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMME

• MIND THE GAP

EDUCATION• RESPONSIBLE EDUCATION: EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL

AND CREATIVITY PROGRAMME

• PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION

• TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS

TRENDOBSERVATORY

• TREND OBSERVATORY: WATER, EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ROLES OF THE BOTÍN FOUNDATION

• DETECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TALENT PROGRAMMES

RURALDEVELOPMENTAND HERITAGE

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REACTIVATION

• INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND PROGRAMME TRANSFER

SOCIAL ACTION AND PARTNERSHIPS

• AID FOR SOCIAL INTEGRATION

• CARE FOR THE DISABLED AND SICK

• PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER FOUNDATIONSAND INSTITUTIONS

BOTÍN CENTRE

The Botín Centre will be one ofSpain’s leading private art centres,part of the international circuit offirst-class art centres, and willcontinue and enhance the VisualArts programme developed by theBotín Foundation for more than 25years. The Visual Arts AdvisoryCommittee, responsible for theprogramme, is presided by Vicente Todolí.

The Botín Centre will be a newmeeting place in the city centrethat will invigorate Santander andCantabria with art and culture. It willthus contribute to strengthening thesocial and cultural fabric of the citythanks to its art, music, cinema,theatre, dance and literatureprogramming.

Furthermore, it will serve as a worldwide pioneer in thedevelopment of creativity throughthe arts. In collaboration with someof the best experts in the world, andwith its workshops, seminars andcourses, the Botín Centre willleverage the enormous educationalpotential of the arts, and especiallytheir ability to lead children, youthand adults to discover and learn tochannel their emotions to becomemore creative.

“The support and assistance I’ve hadfrom the Botín Foundation, from thebeginning of my training in London towhen I was executing my curatorialproject at Villa Iris, have been essentialfor the completion of my doctoralstudies.”

NURIA QUEROLCuratorship and Museum Management Grant Holder

SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGYTRANSFER

The Botín Foundation has beenproviding support for the sciencesfor over 10 years. In this regard, itsactivity is focused on improving theefficiency of laboratory-to-societytechnology transfer, in order togenerate economic and socialwealth.

For this purpose, it works closelywith some of the best biomedicalresearch groups in Spain to helpfacilitate their research, so as tomake it possible to convert theirdiscoveries into products, services,companies or projects that generatewealth and quality jobs.

In 2010, the Botín Foundationlaunched the Mind the Gap initiative,which invests human and financialresources to start-up biotechbusiness projects originating fromSpanish research institutions, thusnarrowing the gap between theworld of science and investors orindustry. Thanks to this initiative,new businesses have beenincorporated, innovativetechnology-based productslaunched, and new jobs created.

“The technology transfer programmegave me new insight into the process ofconverting knowledge into wealth.”

DR. JOAN GUINOVARTResearcher and Director of the BarcelonaInstitute of Biomedical Research

EDUCATION

Support for education is one of thestrategic commitments of the BotínFoundation to generatedevelopment.

The aim is to introduce emotionaland social intelligence and thedevelopment of creativity inclassrooms to improve the quality of education and promote healthygrowth for children and youth. It’s also intended to help providefamilies and teachers with theknowledge and tools they need tohelp children develop capacities,attitudes and skills enabling them to be independent, competent,responsible and caring.

To achieve this aim, work is carriedout in three spheres:

• Engagement, through theResponsible Educationprogramme, which is alreadybeing conducted in over 200schools, in seven regions (Galicia,Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarra,Castilla y Leon, Madrid, andMurcia);

• Research, through the Platform for Innovation in Education;

• Training, through scholarships andthe Master’s in Emotional, Socialand Creative Education, a degreespecific to the University ofCantabria and unique in the world,which is intended to promote well-being and personal and social development in the schoolcontext, one of the mostimportant needs of today’ssociety.

“Responsible Education ensures that ourstudents will learn to ‘be,’ to ‘live together,’and will learn to ‘handle’ their emotionaland social world, and display theircreativity...”

CARMEN JIMÉNEZDirector for Literature, Emotion and Creativity.Santo Tomás School. Pamplona. Navarre (Spain)

RURAL DEVELOPMENTAND HERITAGE

Since its inception, the BotínFoundation has set itself theobjective of meeting the need todevelop models in rural areas that help facilitate their economic,social and cultural development,contributing value to those who live there.

In 2005, the Foundation chose to respond to this challenge bydesigning an integral model forsustainable growth andimplementing it in a specific region of Cantabria: The Nansa and Peñarrubia Valley.

The Rural Development, Heritageand Territory Programme in theNansa and Peñarrubia Valley, is aproposed transversal intervention to promote economic and socialdevelopment based on theterritory’s own heritage, its potentialand the initiative of its inhabitants.To eventually develop theprofitability of what is referred to as land-capital, so as to graduallyachieve a reversal of trendsoptimizing the entrepreneurialcapacity of its inhabitants andallowing them to lead a decent lifein rural areas, promoting socialdevelopment, preserving heritage,strengthening economicdevelopment and supportingeducation.

“In five years we have achievedsignificant progress in themarketing chain, with cattle farmersgoing from being sellers of animalsto being marketers of meatproducts.”

ÁNGEL RUIZ MANTECÓNTechnical Director of the LivestockProgramme for the Production andMarketing of Quality Cantabria MeatProducts

TREND OBSERVATORY

The Botín Foundation’s TrendObservatory publicises theknowledge generated by itsprograms. At the same time, itattracts the knowledge to guidethese programmes and conducts indepth research in order to pinpointnew opportunities to help promoteeconomic and social growth.

Its activity is focused on the spheresof education, science and thetransfer of technology, water and energy.

Through its Observatory, the Botín Foundation also runs twoprogrammes for the detection and development of talent:

• Solidarity Talent, to rescuetalented persons unemployed and help revitalise andprofessionalise the social sector.

• The Programme to Strengthen the Civil Service in Latin America,aimed at reinforcing publicinstitutions, so that the topstudents in those countriescommit to developing theirsocieties from within the public sector.

“Solidarity Talent made it possible for ourNGO to incorporate a trained andtalented body of professionals, so as toboost our intake segment.”

MACRINA CAMPSDirector of Recover Hospitals for AfricaFoundation. Winning organisation of the 5th

edition of Solidarity Talent

SOCIAL ACTION ANDPARTNERSHIPS

Since its inception, and at theexpress wish of the founders, theBotín Foundation has supportedinstitutions that have experienceworking directly with the groupsthat need it most. Among others, it promotes programmes forchildhood development,immigration support, support for theelderly, drug addiction prevention,and social integration for personswith disabilities.

The Botín Foundation alsocollaborates with other institutionswith which it shares strategies andobjectives; outstanding amongthese are the Fundación SantanderCreativa, the City Hall of Cantabria,the Fundación Princesa de Gerona,the University of Cantabria, theFundación Madrid Vivo and theHospital Universitario Marqués deValdecilla. This cooperation enablesthem to multiply the results of theirinitiatives and the efficiency of theirresources, helping to strengthen ourcountry’s social fabric.

“The Botín Foundation’s collaboration makesit possible for 127 people at our centres toengage in inclusive leisure activities and toimprove their quality of life.”

JUAN FERNÁNDEZ ARMENTEROSDirector of Obra San Martín Foundation

EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED

BY THE BOTÍN FOUNDATION ARE THE

RESULT OF THE COMBINED EFFORT

OF ALL OF THE PERSONS AND

INSTITUTIONS THAT COLLABORATE

WITH US. OUR SINCERE THANKS GO

OUT TO ALL OF THEM; WITHOUT

THEIR TRUST AND EFFORT NOTHING

THAT WE DO WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

Pedrueca 1. 39003 Santander (Spain) | +34 942 226 072Castelló 18 C. 28001 Madrid (Spain) | +34 917 814 132info@fundacionbotin.org | www.fundacionbotin.org