The University of Rijeka Foundation was founded in 2003 with the initiative of the City of Rijeka, Primorsko-Gorska county and the University of Rijeka.

The mission of the Foundation is fundraising with the aim of continuous investment and development of scientific and research infrastructure, activities, quality of education and human resources.

At the same time, the mission of the Foundation is realized by encouraging and rewarding significant achievements in the field of science, art and knowledge transfer and the promotion of the idea of knowledge society and active and inclusive citizenship.

Foundation cooperates with the academic community, faculties, public institutions, government, business sector and NGOs on local, national and international level.

The Foundation also carries out a number of programs and national, regional and EU projects, roundtables, forums, workshops, humanitarian, public and volunteering actions and fundraising campaigns in the field of gender equality, sustainable development, education, human rights, youth and philanthropy.