The EDP Foundation is a private, non-profit-making institution and was set up by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. in December 2004.

The EDP Foundation has reinforced the EDP Group's commitment to solidarity that it has followed since it was set up and reflects a concern for asserting its modernity and supporting important causes in Portugal.

The EDP foundation is particularly devoted to studying and disseminating issues related to energy and the environment, though it also sponsors and promotes cultural, educational and social initiatives.

The foundation aims to convert the campus at the Tejo Power Station into a scientific and cultural unit, placing a well-located area in Lisbon at the disposal of the artistic, scientific, cultural and education communities and of the general public as well.