La Caixa, also known as the “La Caixa” Foundation is a not-for-profit banking foundation based in eastern Spain. Originally a savings bank (caja), it reorganized in the 2000s and 2010s: Its commercial assets are managed under its subsidiary CriteriaCaixa, which also has partial ownership of La Caixa’s old banking business CaixaBank; those are used to fund La Caixa’s Obra Social — social, cultural, scientific, and civic projects for the public good.

The foundation’s legal name in Spanish is Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, “la Caixa” but its bylaws also provide the names Fundación Bancaria Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona, “la Caixa” and Fundación Bancaria “la Caixa”. It also uses the Catalan name Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, ”la Caixa” and the English names “la Caixa” Foundation and “la Caixa” Banking Foundation in some English translations. Its official home is in Palma de Mallorca