More than sixty years after its founding, the Eugenides Foundation and the other charitable endowments under its umbrella provide grants in accordance with the amount budgeted annually for this purpose. The Foundation’s donations are focused on fulfilling its mission and, for this reason, are primarily allocated to education. Donations to the Eugenides Foundation consist, as appropriate, of either objects (for example: (books, equipment for educational facilities, etc.) either in cash or through the Foundation’s undertaking of the project.
The History of the Foundation
The Establishment of the Foundation
In 1954, Eugenios Eugenides established the Eugenides Foundation through his will, stipulating as its sole purpose “to contribute to the education of young people of Greek nationality in the fields of science and technology.”
The purpose of the project was to fulfill more adequately the wish and vision of the national benefactor Eugenios Eugenides “to contribute to the education of young people of Greek descent in the fields of science and technology.”The late Marianthi Simou, sister of national benefactor Eugenios Eugenides, who was the Foundation’s first administrator and “heart and soul,” decided to create a planetarium on the Foundation’s campus
The Founder
Eugene Eugenides (1882–1954)
He was born on December 22, 1882, in Didymoteicho. He spent his school years in Istanbul, where, at the age of 20, he graduated from the Robert College, an American school well-known throughout the Balkans. In Istanbul, he worked for large trading firms and was involved in the importation of lumber into Turkey.
The Successors
Marianthi Simou
1954–1981
Nikolaos Vernikos - Eugenides
1981–2000
Leonidas Dimitriadis - Eugenides
2000 to the present