The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) turns 30 next year, and our three-decade journey has been one of collaboration, hope, and a strong shared belief that working together can help make lasting change possible. The compass we share has always pointed us in the same direction—towards a better world for all—guiding more than 5,600 grants in more than 135 countries across our broad-by-design program areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Health & Sports, and Social Welfare.
The anniversary itself is the continuation of this journey and will culminate in SNF Nostos 2026, a festive opportunity to look back at what we’ve accomplished together—but also to meaningfully engage younger generations about what’s coming next for humanity. This year’s journey has already begun with the creation of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee, a group of young people from their early teens to their mid-twenties who are helping shape SNF Nostos 2026. Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the United States, Greece, and Hong Kong will be represented among the committee members. Inspired by their contributions, we are going to spend the next year leading up to our rendezvous at SNF Nostos reflecting on where we’ve been, remembering what we’ve learned over the decades, rejoicing in the successes we have experienced, and replenishing the collaborative energy that propels us forward.
SNF’s journey in grantmaking has been one of true collaboration with our grantee-partners, so our 30th anniversary is a milestone that belongs to all of us. From June 21 to 28, 2026, an anything-but-typical SNF Nostos will travel across Greece and virtually around the globe to celebrate our incredible partners. We’ll be celebrating:
A vision for human-centric health care shared with local communities, medical and mental health professionals, pioneering architects, and sustainability experts and embodied in the SNF public hospitals rising in Thessaloniki, Komotini, and Sparta.
Over a decade of impact through free medical examinations for residents of remote areas in Greece delivered by the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress through their Mobile Medical Units.
The new life blossoming in the Greek mountain village of Vamvakou through the enthusiastic efforts of Vamvakou Revival.
The power of journalistic excellence to buttress democracy with our partners at journalism nonprofit iMEdD.
SNF Nostos 2026 will also return to its longtime home at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens—created through SNF’s largest single grant to date—with the classic elements we know and love. Discussion at the SNF Nostos Conference and SNF Dialogues held throughout the week will eschew stale invective in favor of nuanced perspective. Experiences and events, many curated by iMEdD, will immerse us in the substance of our grantmaking and our partners’ inspiring work. The SNF Run will get us moving for a good cause, and we’ll stay on our feet for crowd-pleasing concerts with international fan-favorite artists and a DJ party that brings the week to a close on an upswing.
This is just a rough sketch—we’ll be in touch filling in all the exciting details over the year ahead. Didn’t know where you’d be a year from now? Now you do—mark your calendars for June 21 to 28, 2026. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!