Charitable foundations in Sweden_
As of 4 November 2026, 2,640 charitable foundations companies are based in Sweden; 16 are hiring right now and Stockholm has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,640
- Hiring now
- 16 · 13 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Grantmaking foundations · 596
- Top city
- Stockholm · 370
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 26,340
Charitable foundations in Sweden, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Grantmaking foundations | 596 | 23% |
| Local social welfare foundations | 521 | 20% |
| Patient support & health charities | 347 | 13% |
| International relief charities | 302 | 11% |
| Charity fundraising organisations | 253 | 10% |
| Scholarship funds | 220 | 8% |
| Medical research charities | 196 | 7% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 170 | 6% |
| Child sponsorship charities | 153 | 6% |
| Conservation & environmental charities | 149 | 6% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 135 | 5% |
| Other charitable foundations | 121 | 5% |
| Animal welfare charities | 117 | 4% |
| Youth welfare organisations | 60 | 2% |
| General purpose charities | 50 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,247 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 192 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 144 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 36 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 9 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 370 | 14% |
| Göteborg | 73 | 3% |
| Malmö | 53 | 2% |
| Uppsala | 35 | 1% |
| Lund | 22 | 1% |
| Örebro | 21 | 1% |
| Umeå | 20 | 1% |
| Solna | 16 | 1% |
| Bromma | 14 | 1% |
| Helsingborg | 14 | 1% |
| Västerås | 13 | 0% |
| Karlstad | 11 | 0% |
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The stack of charitable foundations in Sweden
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Sweden
Public, community & associations in Sweden, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 12,580 →
Amateur sports clubs · 8,369 →
Membership associations & unions · 3,866 →
Churches congregations · 1,395 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,008 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 847 →
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2,640 charitable foundations companies are based in Sweden; 16 are hiring right now and Stockholm has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/sweden/charitable_foundations)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Charitable foundations in Sweden: questions
How many charitable foundations companies are there in Sweden?
2,640 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as grantmaking foundations, local social welfare foundations, patient support & health charities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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