Urgent funding decided!

We give 15,000 Euros for the Woman* Life Freedom Collective

We support the Woman* Life Freedom Collective, which supports the democratic protest movement in Iran from Germany. More info

 

Stiftung in Bewegung

Strategiewerkstatt vom 2.-4. Juni in Berlin

Angeregte Debatten um die Zukunft der Bewegungsstiftung bei der Strategiewerkstatt vom 2.-4. Juni in Berlin.

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20 years of foundation

Impressions of the celebration

We support protest movements with money and advice. And we have been doing so for 20 years! We celebrated this in June with a matinée in Berlin.  Here is a film, a report and many photos from the celebration.

 

New team member

Michaela Gajewski

Michaela Gajewski is Bewegungsstiftung's new asset manager since January 2023. She holds a degree in economics and worked for over 20 years as a financial portfolio manager for wealthy individuals, companies and foundations.  >>More info

 

Events

Strategy workshop

From 2 to 4 June, donors, project representatives and staff will come together for the big annual meeting in Berlin. More information on Bewegungsstiftung events.

Movement work

A life for protest

They make political engagement their profession - we back them up. The Movement Foundation supports full-time activists with a donation programme. Here we introduce our movement workers.

 

New podcast episode

In our new podcast episode our movement worker Christopher Laumanns reports on what's next for the climate justice movement after the protests in Lützerath.

 

Activism

We have a new movement worker. Ibrahim Izzeldeen is committed to social justice and democracy, in Germany and in his country of origin Sudan. More info about his work.

 

 

Media reports

In search of justice: Deutschlandfunk radio visited initiatives and people in Hamburg who are committed to fighting social inequality. Our founder Ive Hauswald also has his say. More info

 

 

How we invest our money

Foundation assets as political leverage

Bewegungsstiftung supports social change not only with its funding, but also with its assets. To this end, it invests its foundation capital of around 8 million euros according to strict ethical-sustainable criteria - for example in housing projects, agricultural cooperatives and wind energy plants. More info

 

Our pool of advisors

Knowledge transfer in social movements

You are active in social movements and your group needs external advice or support, for example in facilitation, fundraising or public relations? You can use this database to find the right advisors for your topic. In addition, we fund consulting costs up to a maximum of 3,000 euros upon application.