With over 110 years of history, La Caixa has a strong social commitment and a vocation to work in favour of the general interest, both through its financial activity and its Welfare Projects, which finance and maintain activities of a social, cultural and scientific nature. La Caixa is currently the leading savings bank in Spain and the third largest financial entity in the country, with a large network of more than 5,300 offices, almost 8,000 automatic cashpoint machines, a staff of more than 27,000 employees and more than 10,5 million clients. The "la Caixa" Group operated a total turnover of banking business of more than 415,000 million euros, on 31 December 2009, with total resources of clients of more than 231,000 million euros. La Caixa also has a large portfolio of industrial holdings in companies involved in the infrastructures, energy and communications sectors, among others, through Criteria CaixaCorp. The "la Caixa" Foundation manages Welfare Projects promoting programmes, actions, studies, supports and equipment, individually or collectively, to contribute to the progress of individuals and society, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable groups.