Sponsorship

Ever growing outpouring of generosity in support of research on COVID-19

Ever since the start of the outbreak, the research carried out by the Institut Pasteur to understand and combat COVID-19 has received considerable support from companies, foundations, artists and individuals.
This outpouring of generosity has continued to grow, and new initiatives are constantly being launched by organizations that are keen to do their bit for research, through charity-linked products, donations and cultural initiatives. Here are some examples:

  • APPY, a competition application funded entirely by advertising, where users play to win high-tech products, fashion accessories, etc. APPY has pledged to donate its revenue during the lockdown period.

 

  • KEEP COOL, a network of 260 gyms in France. Although Keep Cool is offering its members the option of not paying their membership fee during the closure period because of the lockdown, it is also giving anyone who wishes the opportunity to "participate in the war effort." For all those who choose to continue paying their membership fee, Keep Cool is pledging to donate 30% to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • HELLO WORK, a recruitment agency specializing in digital technologies. This agency organizes an online competition known as BattleDev twice a year for web developers. The competition is free for developers and students but companies have to pay to enter. The aim is to spend two hours coding to solve six algorithmic problems. To support research, HelloWork is offering to donate all the proceeds generated by the BattleDev that took place in March.

 

  • NICE CACTUS, a French company specializing in e-sport training. Nicecactus offers a method and all the tools you need to improve your gaming skills by taking part in e-tournaments. The company launched the campaign "Stay at home, play in support" for two weeks to support the Institut Pasteur's research. €1 was donated for each new participant in each tournament (approximately 7,500 players a week), and Nicecactus also added the Institut Pasteur's banner appealing for donations to its website.

 

  • CDISCOUNT ENERGIE, the digital service of the company Cdiscount that offers electricity savings to its customers. As well as advertising the Institut Pasteur's appeal for donations on its social media and website and with its customers, Cdiscount Energie offered all new customers an instant reduction of €30, with €10 going to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • MEHARI CLUB CASSIS, a company selling spare parts for the Citroën Méhari, 2CV and Dyane. As well as posting the visual appealing for donations on the home page of its website, the company decided to donate €1 to the Institut Pasteur for every €10 spent during the charity-linked product campaign from April 7 to 22.

 

  • FUSALP, the winter clothing brand. Fusalp offered to donate 10% of its revenue during the charity-linked product campaign (from March 27 to April 20) to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • GREEN PARTNERS, the leading supplier of flower bouquets for the large-scale retail sector (supermarket chains Carrefour, Leclerc, Auchan, etc.). Green Partners pledged to donate €0.50 per product sold for the period from April 15 to May 15.

 

  • NUMEN, a company that sells electronic document management solutions. Numen decided to market a new solution known as "Doxtreem Solidaire," created specially to help fund the Institut Pasteur's research. It is donating €1,000 to the Institut Pasteur for every sales contract for the Doxtreem Solidaire solution concluded during the campaign from April 6 to June 6.

 

  • LE GROUPE LEYTON, a French consultancy firm that specializes in funding innovation, energy efficiency solutions and outsourcing. For the period from April 15 to May 15, the firm pledged to donate 1% of its revenues and those of its subsidiaries, and it also made an additional donation of €10,000.

 

  • MOONDREAM, a curtain manufacturer. Moondream launched a charity-linked product campaign for its customers that will run until June 15. For every order placed on its website, €4 will be donated to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • GROUPE CEWE, the European leader in photo printing. CEWE launched a charity-linked product campaign on its online store. 5% of its revenues during this period were donated to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • CASINO, the major French retail group. Casino demonstrated its support by organizing a campaign for donations at checkouts in store and also on its website via the appeal banner. Casino also organized a charity-linked product campaign.

 

  • INTERMARCHE, the major French retail group. All Intermarché stores have signed up to the Institut Pasteur by donating part of the sale price of bouquets of tulips and plants.

 

  • MASTERConV, a French company specializing in manga-themed events. When the event due to be held by MasterConv was canceled because of the pandemic, it decided to launch the "Fukurona" campaign, involving the online sale of several posters by well-known manga artists, with some of the proceeds going to the Institut Pasteur.

 

  • Finally, to end on a cultural note, at the initiative of the famous violinist Renaud Capuçon, the SINGER POLIGNAC foundation and medici.tv are planning to organize a series of 14 broadcasts of concerts filmed behind closed doors in Paris from May 14 to June 27. These concerts will be broadcast free of charge on the internet via the world-leading classical music platform.

    During the period from May 16 to June 27, 2020, SINGER POLIGNAC and medici.tv will promote the Institut Pasteur's appeal for donations to support COVID-19 research on their websites and social media, with the message "Support the Institut Pasteur and join the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic."

    See the press release for this initiative

 

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