ESCoM is the FMSH’s research and development unit. It set up the Audiovisual Research Archives (AAR) Program, of which the People and Cultures of the World Portal is a sub-section.

La Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (literally “House of the Sciences of Man Foundation”) is recognized as being of public utility. For over forty years, it has held a privileged position in the field of research in the human and social sciences in France and abroad. Its ambition is to give scientists from various institutional and geographic horizons an outlet for working together on innovative projects that touch all the social and human sciences. Created under the January 4, 1963 decree, the Foundation is authorized to accept financial contributions.

All donations made to the Foundation are tax-deductible:

- up to 66% of the donation amount may be deducted from income tax, but can not exceed 20% of taxable income,

Donations to the foundation by inheritors of estates are fully exempt from paying inheritance/estate taxes.

(New fiscal provisions applicable to patronage in effect from 1 January 2005; Law 2005-32 from 18 January 2005 on planning for social cohesion replacing Art. 200-1 of the CGI)

For payments made by companies, any surplus may be grounds for a tax reduction during the subsequent five fiscal years; for individuals, any surplus may be carried over during the subsequent four years.







Elisabeth de Pablo
Coordinator of the People and Cultures of the World Portal
ESCoM – FMSH
54, Bd. Raspail – 75006 Paris
Tel. : 00 33 (0)1 49 54 26 30
Email : depablo@msh-paris.fr