Thanks to our patrons

Throughout history, donors’ generosity has always been a constant for the Grand Chancery of the Legion of Honor. In recent years, our sponsors have made many projects possible, thanks to their financial support and contributions of skilled work. 

 

Projects carried out by the Grand Chancery 

At the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, a richly-decorated 18th-century mansion, the staterooms, façades and gardens have been restored over several years to a splendor worthy of the institution, and can be admired by all during the European Heritage Days. 

In 2015 and 2018, several of the museum's rooms, including that of the Legion of Honor, underwent a complete transformation thanks to several gifts. 

The former royal abbey saw the rebirth of its ceremonial staterooms in 2014, and of the cloister’s 18th century iron gate and the railing of the Madrid staircase, in 2016 and 2017. At the beginning of 2021, the restoration of the roof of the administrative wing was completed, thanks to donations of both funds and skilled work.

In 2018, the small chapel on the grounds was restored thanks to skilled work sponsorship. In 2023, the generosity of a major donor made it possible to restore to their former glory the interior of the neoclassical chapel at the Maison d'education, and in 2024 to restore its façades.

Thanks to sponsorship, the Grand Chancery was able to organize the 8th Conference of the Grand Chanceries of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa and France, as well as the exhibition “One hundred portraits for a centenary, Foch's soldiers as seen by Burnand”. In 2024, the “Sports and Honors” exhibition also benefited from a donation. 

In 2020, thanks to corporate sponsors, the Grand Chancery had an original book on its architectural and artistic heritage, La Légion d'honneur, un patrimoine d'exception, published by Editions Internationales du Patrimoine.

Devastated by the box tree moth in 2023, the cloister garden of the former Abbey of Saint-Denis turned green again in the spring of 2025. The site has thus regained its historic design, established on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Legion of Honor, and now brings the strength of its serenity to the students of the boarding school who pass by it each day.

Thanks to our patrons

The Grand Chancery extends its deepest thanks to all the patrons who have supported its projects. 

  • Argan - Association des anciennes élèves de la Légion d'honneur - Assouline - Bloomberg Philanthropies - Camus - CIC Lyonnaise de Banque - Crédit agricole - Crédit agricole Nord de France - Dassault Histoire & Patrimoine avec la Fondation du patrimoine - Edmond de Rothschild Heritage - Engie - Fondation Cuomo - Fonds AXA pour le Progrès humain - Francine A. LeFrak Foundation - Groupe Duval - Groupe SNCF -  L'Oréal - Rainwell Limited -  Société des membres de la Légion d'honneur 
    Danielle Aben - Daniel Arrault -  Augustin d'Avout d'Auerstaedt - Patricia Barbizet - Marc Baronnet - Jean-Pierre Biron - Stéphane Bontron - Patrick et Anne Boquet - Catherine Borrescio - Annick Bourquin - Nathalie Brasilier - Jacques Breil - Alexis de Bretteville -Pierre Brière - Raymonde Brun - Sandrine Bruyes - Alexandre Cayla - Marie-Hélène Cabot - Cyrille Cardona - Mathieu et Virginie Chabran - Joshuan Sue Changue - Valérie Chauvaud-Mathioudakis - Alain Deluen - Josiane Donnard - Kaarin Donnard - Pierre Donnersberg - Dominique Dussart - Jean-Luc Duthoit - Pierre Ehret - Katia Felix Plaisant - Thierry Fera - Charles Flobert - Jean-Claude Gandur - Géraldine Gouailhardou Millet - Claude Gros - Marc Jardin - Eric Labenne-Rougier - Jean-Paul Laurans - Monique Laye - Yannick Le Diraison - Françoise Le Gouvello - Eric Le Maire - Yvan Macheto - Fabrice Marty - Alain Mérieux - Fabrice Morenon - Jean-Louis Norre - Hervé Orelli - Christine Paillon - Alain Pancrazi - Serge Ratsimiala - Annick Rivoire - Patrick Rogeon - Simone Roy - Philippe Sander - Valérie Surville - Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger - Aswin Techajareonvikul - Christiane Thibault - Véronica Thimon - Jean Todt - Bernard Wenden 

  • Alain De Pauw - Patrick De Pauw - Fondation Gandur pour l'Art

    Fondation du patrimoine - Serge Dassault - Christophe Doledec - Charles Milko - Sophie Morin - Jérôme Poullet - Gil Taïeb - Stéphane Trunkwald

  • Student activities

    Fondation Gandur pour l'Art - Fondation Maria et Jean Busnot - Fondation Signature - Helen Vari

    Accessibility for person with limited mobility 

    Handipass, Passeport pour l'excellence - Klesia

    School building 

    Fondation Cuomo 

    Cour Bayard

    Europequipements

    Garden of the cloister

    Parfums Christian Dior 

    Performance Hall

    Johannes Huth - Jean-Luc Allavena - Béatrice Allain-El Mansouri - Dona Bertarelli - Jacques Boisson - Alain Boucheron - Sébastien Breteau - Pascal Couchepin - Guy Demole - Xavier Dorel - Dominique Dunant - Henri Fissore - Nicolas Frizon de Lamotte - Annette Laine - Arnaud Le Guyader - Chantal Lory - France Majoie Le Lous - Toshiko Nakajima -  Florence Notter - Frederik Paulsen - Christian Paya - Pascaline Peugeot de Dreuzy - Bertrand Piccard - Michel Reybier - Caroline Rougaignon-Vernin - Christian Samson - Mélanie Theret Semenkiw - Elizabeth Stribling - Hélène Vareille née Lemaire & Pierre Vareille - Agro Paris Bourse - DNCA Finance - Florence Gould Foundation - Fondation Gandur pour l'Art - Fondation Léonard Gianadda Mécénat - Fondation philanthropique Stelios - Société des membres de la Légion d'honneur - Société Générale Private Banking

    Roof

    Our Skills-Based Philanthropy Partners : 
    Ateliers De France - Gemo - Perrot & Richard Architectes avec le cabinet Pilté 

    Our Corporate Donors : 
    Abeille assurances - AG2R La Mondiale -  Almunajem Group-  Arthurworld Participation Group - Aston avocats - CGPA - Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance - Compagnie de Phalsbourg - Europequipements - Financière Saint James - Finapar - Fondation Cuomo - Fondation Maria et Jean Busnot - Gilbert Coullier Productions SAS - Groupe Duval - Losberger De Boer France - Mazarine group -  Maison Noura - Onestaff - SIACI Saint Honoré - SBG Lutèce 


    Our Private Donors : 
    SAS le Prince Albert II - Jean-Luc Allavena - Andreas et Aline Andreadis - Julien Dassault - Arthur Essebag - Maître Saladin Kassimy - Thomas Hantz - Frédérique Mora 

     

  • Student activities

    Fondation Maria et Jean Busnot - Fondation Signature - Société des membres de la Légion d'honneur

    Chapel

    Fondation Maria et Jean Busnot - H. Chevalier

  • Museum Education

    Fondation Minou Amir-Aslani - Société des membres de la Légion d'honneur (Monaco)

  • American Society of the French of Legion of Honor - Antoine Ancelet - Aline Berelowitsch - Claude Brignon - Patrick Boquet - Stéphane Bontron - Daniela Carneiro Fuentes de Leon y Leon - Jean-Pascal Chargé - Romain David - Raymond Debord - Jean-Mathieu Defour - Pierre Ehret - Gregory Hullman - Joshua Lamario Blumenberg Hurst - Françoise Le Gouvello - Pierre-Luc Maerten - F.Maurel -  François Meyrick - Ministère de la Culture - Monique Muyard - Pap' Amadou Ngom - Anny-Claude Roissard - Vincent Soulignac - Patricia Soupizet de Suzzoni - The Légion d'honneur Club Hong Kong Chapter - Mélanie Théret - Jeanne Vannier - Cédric Vérité - Jacqueline Woelffel
     

  • Bouygues - Crédit agricole - Groupe SNCF - L’Oréal - LVMH - The George and Helen Vari Foundation - Helen Vari - Vinci