The Mapfre Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1975 by Mapfre in Spain and is dedicated to promoting social well-being and people’s quality of life.
Mapfre (an acronym for “Mutualidad de la Agrupación de Propietarios de Fincas Rústicas de España”) is a Spanish multinational company dedicated to the insurance and reinsurance sector, with a presence in 40 countries. The parent company of the group is the holding company Mapfre España, S. A., whose shares are listed on the Madrid and Barcelona stock exchanges.
History
The Mapfre Foundation was founded in 1975 by Mapfre with the aim of contributing to improving people’s quality of life. It carries out activities to improve people’s well-being and the progress of society, with a global multinational program that covers the areas of responsibility defined in its statutes. There are five areas, culture, social action, prevention and road safety, health promotion, and insurance and social security, which structure all the actions promoted by the foundation.
In Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, it has two locations with rooms dedicated to exhibitions of plastic arts, the Sala Bárbara de Braganza and the Sala Recoletos, both located near Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro park, a landscape of arts and sciences, one on Calle Bárbara de Braganza, 14 and the other on Paseo de Recoletos, 23, in a building designed by the architect Agustín Ortiz de Villajos in 1881 as a residence for the Duchess of Medina de Torres. Since May 2022, the Bárbara de Braganza room has been closed and activities have continued since 2008 in the Sala Recoletos.
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