Fundación MAPFRE
Fundación MAPFRE is a non-profit organization created by MAPFRE in 1975, which performs its activity in 27 countries, whose main objective is to contribute to the improvement of people’s quality of life and to the progress of society through multinational programs and activities. It is the insurance company’s majority shareholder, thus helping to ensure the firm’s independence and shareholding stability.
To learn more about Fundación MAPFRE click here.
Injury Prevention and Road Safety
Social Action
Insurance & Social Protection
Fundación MAPFRE 50thAnniversary
At Fundación MAPFRE, we have spent the past 50 years showing that small gestures add up to make a big impact. In 2025, we celebrate half a century of working to improve the lives of those around us. We are proud to have invested more than 1.14 billion euros to support our most vulnerable populations with activities that provide healthcare, education and culture to nearly 180 million people around the world.
We are excited to spend this year celebrating all our achievements and working toward the same goal as always, to build a more humane future full of opportunities. Here’s to many more years of making a difference.
Fundación MAPFRE Names three finalists from U.S. in global Social Innovation Awards
e-Health category finalist
Water Lab iThrone, a low-cost portable toilet that requires no water or sewage to dispose of waste and which could be an important health measure for communities that do not have access to this utility.
Silver economy finalist
Better Age, a silver economy finalist, is a digital platform-ecosystem designed to provide senior care organizations with easy access to their health data and streamline help for seniors and their caregivers so that decisions can be made quickly and efficiently.
Sustainable Mobility finalist
CLIP bike, the world’s first plug-and-play device that effortlessly converts any bicycle into an electric bike, without the need for tools or pre-installation, promoting clean travel in big cities. Some 1,500 of these devices are already in circulation in the US and Europe.
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Winners of the 7th edition of the Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Awards!
Here are the winners (these innovative projects combine talent, creativity, and technology to solve the most urgent social problems) of each category:
- Safe and Sustainable Mobility: EVIX (Spain), a neck restraint device integrated into the cycling helmet that uses hashtag#AI to activate an airbag in the event of anticipating an accident. Received by Marc Millet Solanellas.
- Silver Economy: CUIDADOR DE CONFIANÇA (Brazil), AI-based apps for individualized senior health plans. Received by João Paulo Nogueira Ribeiro.
- Health Improvement and Digital Technology (e-Health): change: WATER Labs (USA), the iThrone toilet for safe, low-cost sanitation. Received by Diana Yousef-Martinek.
The event was also attended by Andrés Allamand Zavala and Diego del Alcázar Benjumea.
Congratulations to all the projects!
Building a more Humane Future at Fundación MAPFRE
Action Areas
Injury Prevention and Road Safety
To prevent all kinds of unintentional injuries, with particular emphasis on road safety.
Social Action
To contribute towards improving the living conditions of the most disadvantaged people and social groups.
Insurance and Social Protection
To push, promote and spread knowledge about the culture of Insurance and Social Protection
Culture
To foster the access citizens have to Culture, the Arts and Literature
Health Promotion
To contribute to improving the quality of life, undertaking actions that contribute to significantly reducing society’s morbidity rates.
• Improving people’s quality of life.
• Promoting culture, the arts and literature. Researching and disseminating knowledge related to history.
• Raising awareness of the culture of insurance and social protection.
• Improving the economic, social and cultural conditions of the most disadvantaged persons and sectors of society.
