Objectives and related documentation
1.1. The Foundation’s objectives are:
a. to provide higher education and conduct scientific research with a commitment towards and for the benefit of society; and
b. to foster the provision of information about and reflection on the relationship between higher education and scientific research on the one hand and belief systems, culture and society on the other hand.
1.2. The Foundation works toward achieving these objectives by, for example:
a. ensuring continuity of the university;
b. developing and organizing, in cooperation with the Association and VUmc Foundation, the provision of information and public activities concerning, in particular, issues and topics relating to the relationship between the work by the institutions VU and VUmc and belief systems, culture and society;
c. accepting responsibility for and potentially participating in other institutions for higher education or scientific research;
d. initiating, organizing, co-organizing, or supporting and facilitating, in cooperation with the Association and VUmc Foundation, the provision of information and activities intended to foster the mutual relationship between the institutions VU and VUmc and society; and e. cooperating with other legal entities and their associated institutions with similar objectives, and anything which is related to or which may be conducive to the foregoing, all of this in the broadest sense of the word.
4.3. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam emanates from the VUvereniging within the meaning of Section 1.1(i) of the Higher Education and Research Act.
| Name of the organization | Stichting VU |
| RSIN/tax number | 851029279 (Tax number), 53815211 (Chamber of Commerce number) |
| Contact details | De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Implementation policy plan | In accordance with articles of association, Article 4: objective. |
| Board composition | The Executive Board manages the Foundation. The Executive Board consists of three people. Members of the Executive Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board. The Executive Board is composed as follows. |
| Board members’ names | Executive Board VU: dr. ir. M. J. Jonkman (chair), prof. dr. J.J.G. Geurts (rector magnificus), dr. M.J.W.T. Nollen |
| Secretary | drs. B. van Leijen MPM |
| Remuneration policy | The Supervisory Board sets the remuneration of the members of the Executive Board in accordance with the Executives’ Pay (Standards) Act (WNT). They receive an expense allowance for their work as Foundation board members. Members of the Supervisory Board receive expense allowances and attendance fees for their efforts on behalf of the Foundation. The Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) for Dutch Universities governs university employees. |
| Policy Plan | The university’s strategic plan also serves as the Foundation’s policy plan. |
| Report of the Foundation’s activities | See the annual reports of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Financial accountability | Included in the annual report as the annual accounts of the VU Foundation. |
Documents [in Dutch]
Charter of the VU Foundation
VU Foundation Annual Report from 2013 and further
For more information, also see: Supervisory Board of VU Foundation
PBO
The VU Foundation is recognized by the tax Authorities as a public benefit organization (PBO) (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling - ANBI). This means that no inheritance tax or gift tax is due on legacies and donations that the VU Foundation receives. Such legacies and donations thus fully benefit the work of the VU Foundation. Distributions made by the VU Foundation itself in the public interest are also exempt from gift tax. Moreover, donations to the VU Foundation are tax-deductible (personal and corporate, and in accordance with applicable regulations).
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