ONASSIS FOUNDATION
Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has focused on providing dynamic programs and services in the fields of culture, health, and education. The Foundation’s goal is to create conditions, explore ideas, and trigger discussions that lead to a better society. Releasing the potential of artists, scholars, and scientists, the Foundation has supported Greek programs in universities around the world; it has granted more than 7,000 scholarships and research fellowships for postgraduate and doctorate studies; it has continuously supported Special Education; has acquired the Cavafy Archive to ensure accessibility to researchers and the wider public; has established rare book collections housed in the Onassis Library; has built (and donated to the Greek State), the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre (OCSC) and is currently building the much-needed Onassis National Transplant Center in Athens; has established Onassis USA (NY & LA), and last, but not least, has created Onassis Stegi in Athens, a cultural center which hosts performances and activities across the whole spectrum of the arts from theatre, dance, music, cinema and the visual arts to the written word, with an emphasis on contemporary cultural expression. The Onassis Foundation believes in active citizens with bold ideas and optimistic dreams.
