The group establishes and manages charitable lotteries worldwide to raise funds for social organisations working in areas such as culture, nature, environmental and animal protection, health, human rights, and development aid.

The Postcode Lottery Group is reported as the world's third-largest private charity donor, after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.

known as Postcode Lottery Group – a Dutch marketing and media company established with the mission of supporting social organisations.

[2] In 1989 Boudewijn Poelmann partnered with Frank Leeman, Herman de Jong, and Simon Jelsma to launch the Dutch Postcode Lottery (Nationale Postcode Loterij)[3] whose mission is to raise funds through the creation and management of lotteries seen as a tool for generating revenue while also engaging the public in charitable giving.

[15] The boards are: Since its inception, the Postcode Lottery Group has raised more than €13.5 billion in support for thousands of charitable initiatives, locally and internationally.