Market map · Switzerland · Public, community & associations

Charitable foundations in Switzerland_

As of 4 November 2026, 6,966 charitable foundations companies are based in Switzerland; 36 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
6,966
Hiring now
36 · 18 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Local social welfare foundations · 1,665
Top city
Zürich · 689
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 46,546
6,966charitable foundations companies in Switzerland
36hiring today
18opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Charitable foundations in Switzerland, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Local social welfare foundations
1,66524%
International relief charities
1,44521%
Grantmaking foundations
1,06615%
Patient support & health charities
80312%
Conservation & environmental charities
5618%
Charity fundraising organisations
5097%
Animal welfare charities
4907%
Child sponsorship charities
4236%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
3775%
Other nonprofit civic associations
3585%
Medical research charities
2273%
Scholarship funds
1903%
Service & social clubs
1843%
Other charitable foundations
1793%
General purpose charities
1712%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
4,235 · 0
2-10 employees
2,067 · 8
11-50 employees
473 · 6
51-200 employees
128 · 4
201-500 employees
40 · 9
501-1000 employees
9 · 2
1001-5000 employees
11 · 6
5001-10000 employees
1 · 0
10,001+ employees
2 · 1
By city
companiesshare
Zürich
68910%
Bern
3335%
Basel
2954%
Genève
2814%
Lausanne
1572%
Luzern
961%
Winterthur
951%
St. Gallen
821%
Fribourg
581%
Lugano
551%
Bern 65
501%
Chur
451%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest charitable foundations companies in Switzerland

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

6,966 charitable foundations companies in Switzerland.

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04 — What they run

The stack of charitable foundations in Switzerland

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6,966 charitable foundations companies are based in Switzerland; 36 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/switzerland/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.
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Charitable foundations in Switzerland: questions

How many charitable foundations companies are there in Switzerland?

6,966 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 local social welfare foundations, international relief charities, grantmaking foundations. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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