Welcome to the Kavli Trust
The Kavli Trust owns the Bergen-based Kavli food group, and this ownership provides the basis for its financial support of good causes. Part of Kavli’s profits are reinvested to strengthen and develop group’s operations, while the remainder benefits research, cultural activities and humanitarian work through the trust. Although the overall amount can vary from year to year, donations from the trust have recently increased substantially.
The Kavli history | About the Kavli group
Above picture: Both the Kavli Trust and the Kavli group have their main office in Bergen, Norway. The blue stone on the picture was given as a gift to the city of Bergen from the Kavli Trust as a part of Kavli’s 100 year anniversary in 1993. The sculpture is made by the Norwegian artist Asbjorn Andresen and has become a well known and very popular meeting point in the centre of Bergen.
The Kavli Trust is currently in the midst of an exciting development phase. Traditionally, it has received applications and spread support widely. But the recent trend has been towards backing fewer, larger and more long-term projects. In this way, the trust can make a bigger contribution to meeting important social needs and have a clear impact in these areas. The new approach also permits a closer partnership with recipients over a longer period, so that the two sides can jointly achieve better results and a bigger return for society from the funding.
Supporting international diagnostic trials
Many years of backing for the Kavli research centre for aging and dementia is now being extended by the Kavli Trust to international scientists at seven different clinics. They are testing a new method for simpler diagnosis of various dementia conditions.
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Providing a route out of poverty
The Bungano upper secondary school – the first of the kind in its area – is being constructed in Malawi with help from the Kavli Trust.
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Protecting children in a digital world
Norway’s Barnevakten (Kids and Media) organisation has acquired a global reach with backing from the Kavli Trust. It is now a big operation with various web-based activities in the USA, the UK, Australia and Denmark as well as at home.
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Hope for CFS/ME patients
The latest medical research to be supported by the Kavli Trust focuses on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), often called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
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