Christoph Merian Stiftung

The Christoph Merian Stiftung ( to 1972 BC Merian'sche Foundation ) is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Basel and activity. It includes a wide range of activities, their job is to " [ promote ] the welfare of the people in the city of Basel, by bringing social, cultural, environmental and economic objectives ."

Foundation and foundation target

The Foundation was established by Christoph Merian (1800-1858), in his will dated 26 March 1857 by a gift to the city of Basel and entered after the death of his widow Margaretha ( 1806-1886 ) on 3 May 1886 in force. The Testament Christoph Merian identified in paragraphs 26 and 27 that in the capital of a foundation income to " alleviate the suffering and misfortune ," to " promote the well-being of the people " and for the " implementation of our urban communities incumbent or generally useful and rationalizing facilities " was to use.

Activity

The work of the Foundation is testament according limited to the city of Basel. The Foundation supported initially with mere money payments public works and social institutions of the Basel civic community, but started from 1952 onwards to realize Age settlements or large housing estates. and their spectrum has expanded greatly since the 1980s. It is (as of 2009 ) on the merits of individual projects in the areas of

• Nature, Agriculture and Environment
• Social and Urban Development
• Culture

Worked and supported with funding contributions in addition foreign activities. The Foundation distributes annually from approximately eleven million francs, each entitled to 45 percent of the civic community and the community of the city of Basel, ten percent go to a land acquisition and building fund. The generation of funds is done by rental real estate, building rights and financial assets. The Foundation's assets amounts to approximately CHF 300 million (2008 ) and consists of 900 hectares of land (eg Brüglingen, Löwenburg or tricorne ), 1500 rental properties and a portfolio of securities.

The Foundation also more administratively independent and non-independent foundations ( eg the Cartoon Museum Basel) and cooperates with partners at home and abroad (eg in artist exchange iaab ).

The legal basis and administrative structure

The public foundation is an autonomous body. However, it is under the supervision of the civil parish, and almost all the projects of the foundation must of political bodies ( Civic Council of Basel, citizens of the City of Basel, Government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt ) be approved. The authorization by the civic community is made within the new public management, service contracts and global budgets were adopted by this last for the years 2009-2011. For the management of the Foundation, the Foundation Commission is responsible to preside over the operational management (management) the director has ( until 1975 called the administrator ). With the expansion of the Foundation 's activity, it became necessary to enlarge the staff of three people originally and to subdivide the areas of activity. 1958 own agricultural line was set up in 1966, a property management and construction management 1974; In 1976, the Christoph Merian Verlag added as another department, and in 1985 the department Urban tasks. Since early 2007, the Foundation is organized and Environment, Social & Urban Development and Culture in the departments of personnel & services, real estate, finance, nature, agriculture. The Foundation employed 89 people in 2008 in 73.3 points, another 26 people were employed in the tricorn -Management AG (100 - owned subsidiary ).