History
The Marguerite-Marie Delacroix Support Fund was set up in 1988 as a not-for-profit organisation distinct from the Marguerite-Marie Delacroix Foundation founded in 1950 by Mr and Mrs Jules Delacroix in memory of their daughter who died of scarlet fever at the age of 13.
While the Foundation continues to run the medical and educational establishment for disabled children and adults located in Tienen and hosting over 250 patients, the Support Fund aims to help other charities in Belgium that are active in the same field, and promote research focused on the prevention of disability.
The Support Fund is managed by a Board of Directors made up of descendants of the founders.
The Board is assisted and advised in its work by a Scientific Advisor, Professor Rudy Van Coster.
Professor Van Coster chairs a Scientific Advisory Board composed of nine professors from various disciplines, representing all the universities in the country. The Scientific Advisory Board meets twice a year to examine grant requests sent to the Support Fund. It provides recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Scientific Advisory Board meets twice a year to examine grant applications submitted to the Support Fund and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Support Fund organises annual national and international conferences to share the results obtained.