Zeit-Stiftung

CEO Michael Goering Board of Trustees Chairman Manfred Lahnstein

The non-profit Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT Foundation (proper spelling " ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius " ) was established in 1971 by Gerd Bucerius ( 1906-1995 ). The Foundation bears the name of its founder, the title of he co-founded weekly newspaper Die Zeit and the nickname Ebelin his second wife Gertrude Ebel ( 1911-1997 ).

The headquarters of the Foundation Hamburg. Your promotional activities directed to science and research, art and culture, and education.

Early promotions of the founder

First funding in the 1970s were young journalists who were able to work with the "Time Fellowship " at Harvard University in Cambridge in the United States. Gerd Bucerius was active in the 1980s for the stronger competition in the German higher education and supported the private University of Witten / Herdecke, with substantial funds. For the strengthening of the Hamburg literary scene, the Foundation acquired a villa at the Alster lake and provides the city and the House of Literature Club opened in 1989, the House of Literature Hamburg since rent-free. In the 1990s strengthened the foundation of their activities in the field of science and put the " Gerd Bucerius Law program " a scholarship program for young lawyers on. Until the death of Gerd Bucerius, the Foundation has funded 90 separate projects with a total of 15 million euros. With the death of its founder in 1995 and his wife in 1997, the entire personal assets of the couple was transferred to the Foundation. In the last ten years, the Foundation has spent funds totaling 153 million euros. (End of 2012).

Bodies

The organs of the Zeit Foundation consist of the Executive Board and the Board of Trustees. After the death of the founder Michael Göring was appointed Executive Board Member in 1997, since 2005 he is Chairman of the Board. Chairman of the Board since 1995 Manfred Lahnstein.

Model

As an independent non-profit foundation under civil law, the Zeit Foundation sees itself as part of a civil society, it supports private and civic engagement. You would like to take responsibly tasks for the community and promote the further development of civil society. According to its statutes, the Foundation for Science and Research, Arts and Culture and education focused. Through innovation, creativity and sustainability to the development projects it aims to promote knowledge, enrich culture and strengthen skills.

Funding conditions

The time Foundation focuses its funding on projects initiated by itself. It also promotes projects proposed by applicants in Hamburg, Germany and internationally, provided the projects comply with their regulations and their production profile. In 2012, were as income from the endowment total of around 22 million euros. As one of the largest privately constructed German foundations with an endowment of € 748.1 million ( end of 2012) the Zeit Foundation establishes its own facilities. Large parts of the annual budget will be spent doing art forum for independent institutions Bucerius Law School and Bucerius.

Science and Research

In 2000 was founded in Hamburg in the Bucerius Law School. Due to the focus on the social sciences is the doctoral program "Settling Into Motion" on research on migration in the focus of current research funding. With the metropolis of research, the Summer Academy " History Takes Place " deals. In Israel, the Foundation for the Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society at the University of Haifa is involved. The " Transatlantic Academy " in Washington, DC, established by the Zeit Foundation and other sponsors and supports, develops solutions for current social and political issues. The Foundation has the German Historical Institute in Moscow initiated with.

Arts and Culture

Since 2002, founded by the ZEIT Foundation Bucerius Kunst Forum is at the Hamburg Rathaus market as exhibition space for all the arts. It shows four exhibitions per year, each with extensive accompanying program, it also offers its own event and concert series. In addition, the Foundation supports the Hamburg museum landscape. So it allows for example the scientific indexing of the Print Room of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. With their historic preservation activities in Hamburg and East Germany, the Foundation preserves worth preserving cultural artifacts. The promoted by their "Hamburger Lessing days " at the Thalia Theater to witness the lasting relevance of a literary leader of the Hanseatic city. With support for the master classes of the Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival, as well as for the " in Residence " of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and Summer Music Festival Hitzacker the foundation accentuates her commitment to the music scene in Northern Germany.

Education

The time Foundation promotes in the " education " among other study assistance for high school students. For this purpose, it provides for young people with a migration background a so-called student campus entitled " More migrants are teachers " to. The program " Bucerius LEARNING FACTORY reading " is to serve the school reading project in Northern Germany. With an initiative called ". Networked # - How do we want to live " and a series of discussions would " contribute to the understanding of society on current issues and perspectives" the foundation.

User-friendly books sites are distinguished as Library of the Year since 2000. As part of its programs for journalists the time Foundation grants since 2000 to " Gerd Bucerius Prize Free Press of Eastern Europe ". The " Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance " and the "Asian Forum on Global Governance " lead every year together young leaders from politics, business, academia, the media and NGOs.

Publications

The own book series " Hamburg heads " portrays formative Hamburg personalities as last Salomon Heine and Fritz Hoger. The Foundation also publishes a series on "Immigrants in Hamburg " that influenced the cityscape and culture: after " Italy in Hamburg", "Russia in Hamburg", "Portugal in Hamburg" last appeared " Scandinavia in Hamburg " and " China in Hamburg ". Both book series appear in Ellert & Richter Verlag. The Bucerius Law School and the Bucerius Kunst Forum have their own publication series.