
Protectorate of Foundations of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports
The Protectorate of Foundations of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport, through this website, provides information to already established foundations or those citizens who are interested in setting up a foundation.
This information analyzes the main issues that affect these entities, related to organizational, administration and government aspects, in the legal and economic fields. Information and access to telematic procedures that affect foundations are presented, various support material is offered for the preparation of documentation and applicable regulations; as well as, the diffusion of the existence of the founding entities attached to this Protectorate.
What is it?
Establish a foundation
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Annual accounts

Here you will be able to download the models and the request for the deposit of annual accounts and, once the forms have been filled out and signed digitally, you will be able to carry out the electronic filing process for the annual accounts.
Action Plan

Here you can download the models and the request for deposit of the action plan, once the forms are filled out and digitally signed, you can carry out the electronic processing of the action plan presentation
Legalization of Books

Here you can download the models and the application for legalization of books, once the forms are filled out and digitally signed, you can carry out the electronic processing of the legalization of books
Modification of statutes

Here you can download the request for the modification of statutes, once filled out and signed digitally and with the rest of the documentation to present, you can carry out the electronic processing of the modification of statutes
Authorization for contracting between foundation and employers

Here you can download the application for contract authorization between the Foundation and the employers, once it is filled out and signed digitally and with the rest of the documentation to be submitted, you can carry out the electronic processing of it.
Communication of alienation or encumbrance

Here you can download the application for the communication of transfer or encumbrance of goods and rights, once filled out and digitally signed and with the rest of the documentation to present, you can carry out the electronic processing of the communication request
Transparency and good governance
The rules applicable to foundations on transparency and good governance are found in the Law 19/2003, of December 9, transparency, access to public information and good governance and in the Royal Decree 304/2014, of May 5, which approves the Regulation of Law 10/2010, of April 28, on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
In relation to this topic, below you can download a summary of the regulations, an indicative model of a code of good governance and a practical guide to good governance for NGOs: Associations of public utility and foundations.
Fusion of foundations
Here you can download the request for communication of the foundation merger agreement, once it is filled out and digitally signed and with the rest of the documentation to be submitted, you can carry out the electronic processing of it.
Extinction of a foundation
Here you can download the application for the extinction of a foundation, once filled out and signed digitally and with the rest of the documentation to present, you can carry out the electronic processing of the extinction
Electronic Services (SE)

The foundations have the obligation to interact with the Public Administrations through electronic means to carry out any formality of an administrative procedure (Law 39/2015). Through the Telematic Notification Services of the Community of Madrid, the foundations will receive the notifications by telematic means.

Through the "Contribution of documents" service, new documentation can be added to the files you have open with the Community of Madrid or to those requests in which you could not do so due to exceeding the capacity of the files

Through the "Send communications" service, the possibility of sending a communication to an application already submitted to the Community of Madrid, directly to the Administrative Unit that is processing it, is offered.

Through the "File Query" service you can directly access to see how your file is being processed. This system allows you to launch a query that will go directly to the Administrative Unit responsible for processing
Accounting Plans
Foundations can choose between two accounting plans:
- Accounting Plan for non-profit entities (PC_ESFL)
- Accounting Plan for small and medium-sized non-profit entities (PC PYMES_ESFL)
The Accounting Plan for non-profit entities (PC_ESFL) is mandatory for all foundations, however, they may apply the Accounting Plan for small and medium non-profit entities (PC_PYMES_ESFL), all those foundations, which during two consecutive years meet, at the closing date of each of them, at least two of the following circumstances:
- That the total assets do not exceed 4 million euros
- That the annual volume of income does not exceed 8 million euros
- That the average number of workers employed is not greater than 50
In each of the two Accounting Plans there is the possibility of applying two models of annual accounts, depending on compliance with the requirements of amount of assets, volume of income and average number of workers.
If you want information about models of annual accounts you can consult the section "Models of annual accounts".
To download the models of annual accounts and charts of accounts for each chart of accounts, you can access the specific section for each plan: "Accounting Plan for Non-Profit Entities (PC_ESFL)" and "Accounting Plan for Small and Medium Non-Profit Entities (PC_PYMES_ESFL)"
Annual accounts templates
The Accounting Plan for non-profit entities (PC_ESFL) has two models of annual accounts:
- SHORT model
- STANDARD model
Likewise, the Accounting Plan for small and medium-sized non-profit entities (PC_PYMES_ESFL) has two models of annual accounts:
- SME model
- SIMPLIFIED model (memory only)
The application of these models is based on certain requirements and the type of document.
Below you can access to consult the requirements for applying the MODELS of annual accounts.
Accounting Plan for non-profit entities (PC_ESFL)
Below you can download the TABLE OF ACCOUNTS of the Accounting Plan of ESFL and the MODELS OF ANNUAL ACCOUNTS. You can choose between the normal model of accounts or the abbreviated one, you can consult the requirements in the sections on account plans.













Accounting Plan for small and medium non-profit entities (PC_PYMES_ESFL)
Below you can download the TABLE OF ACCOUNTS of the Accounting Plan for small and medium-sized non-profit entities and the MODEL ANNUAL ACCOUNTS. You can choose between the SME memory model or the simplified one, you can consult the requirements in the sections on account plans.












Action Plan Models
Below you can access the regulations that regulate the Action Plan models for non-profit entities and download the certificate and action plan models for presentation to the Protectorate.
Foundation Directory
This directory collects, from each of the foundations attached to the Protectorate of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, the data corresponding to name, personal sheet number, date of constitution and registration in the Registry of Foundations, location data ( address, phone numbers and email), website and foundational purposes.
Applicable legislation
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Other communications
All those communications that are not specified in one of the previous sections, may be made from this section.
The presentation of any communication must be telematics and must be done using the services of the electronic headquarters of the Community of Madrid, whose link appears in the section on "Electronic processing".
The documentation to be provided will be accompanied by a request for communication of facts not classified in other procedures which must be signed by the foundation representative, for which you must have an electronic signature certificate from a representative of a legal person.
For each specific case, you can contact the Protectorate of Foundations to indicate the necessary documentation that you must present.