Stiftung Aktive Bürgerschaft

The Stiftung Aktive Bürgerschaft is a central support organization for citizen foundations in Germany and promotes civic engagement and charitable work. Founded in close partnership with the Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, the foundation focuses on promoting a fair and capable citizen society.

• Citizen Foundations: The foundation supports and networks over 426 citizen foundations in various locations in Germany, enabling broad segments of the population to become donors and promote charitable projects locally[3][4].
• Service-Learning: The program "sozialgenial" integrates civic engagement into school education to inspire young people early on for social engagement and sustainably promote their willingness to engage. This program is implemented in over 600 secondary schools in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse[2][3].
• Funding Partnerships: The foundation offers various opportunities for funding partners to engage in innovative civic engagement, whether through the friends' circle, as project sponsors, or by establishing their own foundation fund[4].

The main mission of the Stiftung Aktive Bürgerschaft is to sustainably strengthen civic engagement and charitable organizations. It envisions a citizen society that becomes fairer and more capable through the engagement of individuals and companies. This is achieved by enabling broad segments of the population to participate in societal shaping and involvement beyond the institutions of parliamentary democracy. The foundation emphasizes the independence and effectiveness of civic engagement and charitable organizations[2][3].

• Strengthening the Third Sector: The foundation promotes the development and expansion of engagement structures, particularly through citizen foundations, which strengthen the equity of the citizen society and support charitable projects[2][3].
• Environmental Protection: Through specific projects and funding, such as the wr-foundation fund of the Berliner Volksbank, initiatives in environmental protection are supported, which for example plant trees, create raised beds, and promote a mindful approach to nature[4].
• Education and Democracy: The integration of service-learning in schools and the promotion of civic engagement contribute to strengthening democracy and social cohesion and raising awareness among young people for social engagement[2][3].

The Stiftung Aktive Bürgerschaft continuously works to develop and implement innovative engagement concepts to promote a vibrant and engaged citizen society. Through its partnerships and programs, the foundation makes an important contribution to strengthening the social and charitable sector in Germany.

• 1 - https://www.spendwerk.de/definition/aktive-buergerschaft/
• 2 - https://www.aktive-buergerschaft.de/buergergesellschaft/was-heisst-buergergesellschaft/
• 3 - https://www.aktive-buergerschaft.de/ueber-uns/
• 4 - https://www.aktive-buergerschaft.de/foerderpartner/
• 5 - https://www.aktive-buergerschaft.de/buergerstiftungen/modell-buergerstiftung/