Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees and travelers. Our partner AlgorithmWatch explores how to enable...

We support the coalition, initiated by Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association. It aims to mobilize philanthropy across Europe and beyond to...

A Decolonial Approach: Working with the Migrant Women Community

The Fight Inequality Alliance is a collective response to growing imbalance of power and wealth across the world. It unites movements across...

Young people will have to deal with the consequences of climate change throughout their lives, yet they are underrepresented in key international...

We are a member of the Foundations Platform F20. Through F20, philanthropic actors call for joint, transnational action towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The network shows solutions to the...

Shifting European philanthropy from a climate change to a climate justice agenda.  

Since 2020 the People’s Coalition for the Sahel works on strengthening civil society to influence policy change and hold stakeholders...

A series of events on the implementation of power sharing in the culture, media and welfare sectors.

What characterizes wealth inequality in the Global South and what role do elites play in creating and maintaining it? This interdisciplinary...

With the Robert Bosch Junior Professorship we seek to contribute to a better standing of the emerging field of sustainability science in Germany.

We support vocational teachers in dealing with right wing extremism among their pupils. Through the teachers, the pupils are emboldened to reflect...

The award-winning open-source platform for citizen participation “Consul” ensures open, transparent, and democratic governance.

The Migration Journalism Award recognizes and honors outstanding journalism that explores the wider political, economic and social dimensions of...

Intersectional Movement-building and Global Advocacy

Germany has an active civil society, with some 23 million people involved in work for the public good. To do so, they require structures, resources and contact points on a local level. This is where our network program comes in.

The business sector plays an increasingly important role in protecting global resources, including land. We support the Science Based Targets...

How data on more intersectional representation can question power structures and strengthen diversity in NGOs and foundations 

Empowering progressive social forces in South Africa and beyond to create systemic change from above and below through research, policy, and...

DemoSlam relies on dialogue to foster understanding. It draws together people with contrasting opinions, equipping them with the space and tools to tolerate difference and relearn the ability to handle conflict.

How can international non-governmental organizations be reshaped and contribute to a changed role for global civil society?

At cross-border picnics, citizens from Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice came together to develop ideas for a climate-friendly city centre — and have...

The Mayors Migration Council empowers and enables cities to engage in migration diplomacy and policymaking at the international, regional and national level. The aim is to ensure that global responses to migrant and refugee...

Supporting systems change, participation and learning in philanthropy.

The Foundation works with renowned inequality experts from different contexts and geographies to further develop its approach and strategy. 

The aim of the project is to better understand factors that impede social mobility. Therefore, we promote exchange between the OECD and civil...

From a borderless energy region to climate neutrality: The municipalities of Ralingen (DE) and Rosport-Mompach (LU) show just how dynamic...

Community Sponsorship of refugees offers a key contribution and innovative solution to migration policy. The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative...

We support International IDEA in creating platforms to mobilize, connect and update global democracy supporters.  

In SaarMoselle, citizens from Germany and France shaped the future of their region—with ideas for better mobility, shared energy solutions, and...

The Migration media service in Germany identifies and fills knowledge gaps to bring greater objectivity to social debates.

Resourcing intersectional movements in Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central and North Asia.

With this funding program, we support organizations that work to tackle structural economic injustices. Our goal is to drive long-term, systemic...

As a member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, together with other foundations, we support a change in food systems around the world in...

The program supports local authorities to work together with citizens, the (agricultural) economy, and civil society to design more sustainable...

The growing care movement in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is campaigning for a care-based reorientation of the economy. 

Co-designing economic policies to address multiple interlinked crises.

This representative survey provides data on the attitudes among people in Germany towards various aspects, such as age, gender, disability, sexual...

Following the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euroregion developed a crisis response plan — together with local communities. What began as a precautionary measure quickly evolved into something more.

A feasibility study is examining whether the topic of "justice and taxes" is suitable for a nationwide citizens' council.

We promote integration hubs as local places for exchange and collaboration between newcomers and people who are already resident. The space is used for encounters, advice and the development of new ideas for the...

The organization works towards a world where marginalized communities have the power to use court rooms to foster social change and secure racial,...

Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) supports refugees to make use of their potential and leverage their professional qualifications to migrate through safe and regular pathways. 

CONCORD analyzes and influences EU international cooperation for more equal, just and inclusive societies, with a special emphasis on the influence...

Cross-border planning with a shared vision: In the High Rhine region, citizens contributed their ideas to a spatial concept — laying the foundation for a political vision that takes their lived realities seriously.

This project aims to reduce racism and inequality at the European level in various policy areas and from an intersectional perspective.

We support the development of an online platform that presents local approaches to promote the inclusion of refugees and people with a history of migration.

In Bioregions all over Europe local stakeholder processes are facilitated in order to tackle the regions’ most burning issues, e.g. drought, water management, biodiversity loss.

Statelessness and undetermined nationality have severe consequences but receive limited attention from both the public and political spheres. Our partners advocate for including statelessness on the political agenda and working...

With the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), we address the situation of migration workers with a precarious...

Supporting the disability movement’s advocacy and power-building for dignity, self-determination, and self-representation of persons with...

We are training staff of Palestinian and Israeli peacebuilding organizations, providing both trauma support for them and lessons on how to integrate a trauma-informed approach into all programming. We foster collaboration and...

Together with the Federal Association for Socioculture, we support ten tridems in developing and testing ideas for low-threshold democracy work.

With the project “R(h)einforced Connections,” citizens on both sides of the Rhine developed ideas for mobility, energy, and the future of the...

The tri-border region of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands is developing a joint strategy on climate and health, exploring innovative approaches.

Tech based activations for just and sustainable urban development

A desire for empowerment, diversity, emancipation and leadership: With this project we want to strengthen migrant organisations in the development of their work.

Young adults, teachers and youth exchange specialists can find relevant offers here on language support, professional training and educational or...

In this project, we support tenants in Berlin through community organizing methods to build strong community initiatives.

The ‘United locally - for a strong togetherness’ programme promotes cohesion in smaller towns and villages in Germany. Committed individuals,...

BetterPost, a project of the Neue deutsche Medienmacher:innen, promotes nuanced reporting on social media and fights hate in the comments section.

For the first time, citizens in the tri-border region of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic have engaged in cross-border dialogue to share...

The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies is an independent think-tank that seeks to foster change through knowledge production with a focus on...

The Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) is a global partnership pushed forward by a group of champion countries and enabled by the United...

We support the School for Peace in Neve Shalom - Wahat as-Salam as an important peace actor and educational peacebuilding organization.  

We support innovative and viable approaches to the integration and participation of newcomers to rural regions.

We support indigenous peoples and local communities in Sub-Saharan Africa in achieving formal legal recognition of their land and forest rights....

This project will provide practical support to a number of countries in the Global South as their food, eco and land use systems face serious challenges in the context of climate change. Through joint learning, innovation, and...

Europe Prykhystok supports children-victims of the war in Ukraine by facilitating innovative partnerships between local actors from Ukraine and Europe.  

The program is giving five German municipalities the chance to implement digitally and socially innovative integration projects. We provide them with trained people from business and civil society to work on solutions for local...

We support our partner denkhausbremen in developing guidelines for an environmentally sustainable and socially just future from the...

By networking rural initiatives, we want to make the diversity of local solutions and their potential for a food transition more visible at...

Supporting the power and agency of disability justice movements

Border Forensics is a research and investigation agency that documents violence against migrants and refugees at borders. It works with migrant communities and civil society organizations to support their demands for truth and...

We promote new alliances to protect democracy in the digital age. BC4D provides services that teach people in a professional context to recognize...

We support local restoration actors in the drylands of the Greater Sahel region committed to learn from each other and to act together to increase...

A platform of African and European mayors working together to deliver innovative and practical solutions for human mobility in and between their...

Building inclusive societies through innovative policies 

People and their democracy in Germany, France, Britain, Poland, and the United States. This representative study puts attitudes toward democracy in the five countries under the microscope.

The Data Tank advocates for the purposeful, responsible, and trusted collection, use, and reuse of data to benefit all segments of society.

Documenting Ukraine supports journalists, artists and intellectuals in Ukraine in capturing life in the war. This makes Ukrainian experiences tangible beyond the country's borders and for posterity.

We support the International Detention Coalition in its work to create rights-based and community-centered alternatives to the detention for...

The European Anti-Poverty Network is a network composed of European organizations fighting against economic injustice and poverty. The aim is to...

How can power and resources be shifted to local actors? We support the peacebuilding organization Peace Direct, which is dedicated to transforming the international peacebuilding system.