ANBI Information – Stichting CAII
Stichting The Center for the Advancement of Infrastructural Imagination (“Stichting CAII”, hereinafter the “Foundation”) is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting) based in Amsterdam. The foundation develops and supports public-interest research tools, content curation, and research programs through The Syllabus platform.
The Foundation has been designated as an ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) by the Dutch Tax Authorities with effect from 4 March 2026.
Below you will find the information required under the ANBI publication obligations.
General Details (Algemene gegevens)
Objective (Doelstelling)
The purpose of the Foundation is to serve the public interest by promoting education, research, and cultural understanding through the development and dissemination of publicly accessible knowledge, and by stimulating informed and critical public debate on technological, digital, and infrastructural developments and their societal impact. The Foundation seeks to achieve this purpose without a profit motive and exclusively in the public interest. In pursuing this purpose, the Foundation develops and supports public-interest research tools, digital knowledge infrastructures, content curation activities, and research programs carried out through The Syllabus.
Main lines of the policy (Hoofdlijnen van het beleidsplan)
The Foundation pursues its objective, inter alia, by:
- developing and maintaining research tools and digital infrastructures for public-interest use;
- curating high-quality research and intellectual content via The Syllabus;
- carrying out research and editorial projects with cultural and academic partners;
- providing occasional knowledge-sharing activities;
- seeking grants, donations, and institutional partnerships to support its mission.
The Foundation uses its financial resources exclusively for mission-related work, maintains a reasonable ratio between management costs and program expenditures, and retains only the reserves necessary for continuity.
For a full description, see the ANBI Policy Plan:
Board and Remuneration (Bestuur en beloningsbeleid)
Members of the Management Board do not receive any remuneration for their duties as board members. Reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their board duties may be reimbursed.
Some board members and related parties may perform separate professional services (such as operational management, research, content curation, and corporate-secretarial services) under independent agreements. These services are substantively distinct from their roles as board members and are compensated on a reasonable basis, in accordance with the Articles of Association and ANBI regulations.
Activities Report (Activiteitenverslag)
Stichting CAII pursued its mission to serve the public interest by promoting education, research, and cultural understanding through the development and dissemination of publicly accessible knowledge, and by fostering informed and critical public debate on technological, digital, and infrastructural developments and their societal impact.
The Foundation pursued its statutory objective through the following activities:
- Continued development and distribution of weekly curated digests via The Syllabus.
- Continued multilingual content curation and research, including English and Spanish-language materials.
- Development and maintenance of digital research and publication infrastructure.
- Research and curation for thematic and grant-funded projects.
- Continued collaboration with public-interest, academic, cultural, and institutional partners.
- Further development of new public-interest knowledge and curation tools.
- A more detailed description can be found in the 2025 Activity Report.
Financial Information (Financiële verantwoording)
Below you will find the balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure for the Foundation for the financial year 2025. The Foundation's revenue in 2025 consisted primarily of grant income, supplemented by service and project income related to its public-benefit activities.
These figures are based on the annual financial statements adopted by the Board.
Financial Information 2025 (PDF)
Standard publication form (Standaardformulier publicatieplicht)
Below you will find the foundation's annual reporting done in the Dutch standard report publication form for public benefit organizations ("Standaardformulier publicatieplicht ANBI Algemeen"). The forms are published here:
Standard publication form (Standaardformulier publicatieplicht) (PDF)