FIRST MAJOR GRANTS

In 1979, immediately after Bodossakis’ death, the Foundation decided to carry out a large public infrastructure project in his memory. In consultation with the Government, it was decided to...

From 1936 to 1979, when he died at the age of 87, Bodossakis had been living in Psychiko, in a large house on Prigkipissis Elenis Street. In 1968, together...

As a Greek born in Turkey and thus subject to Ottoman rule, Bodossakis understood the historical importance of rescuing the official documents of the Greek Nation, which were stored...

In 1971, Bodossakis made a grant for the purchase of a plot of 45.7 acres and funded the construction of the Bodossakeio Primary School of the Athens College, whose...

From early on, long before he settled in Greece, Bodossakis had become actively engaged in public benefit work. In 1919, he made a grant to the Municipality of Heraklion,...