Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung

Founded in 1974, Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung is a grant-making foundation based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany working on medical research, science & research, democracy & civil society +2 more.

The Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung is a German foundation under civil law, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main with an office in Berlin. It was established in 1974 and has been funded from the assets of the Hertie department store group, with a stated average funding volume of around 9 million euros per year. The foundation works on two main areas: brain research (Gehirn erforschen) and strengthening democracy (Demokratie stärken). In neuroscience it funds clinical brain research, early-career researchers and research networks, and it runs the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research in Tübingen and supports multiple sclerosis research and self-help. In democracy work it runs and funds education and participation projects for young people, such as Jugend debattiert and Jugend entscheidet, runs European dialogue formats such as the Weimarer Kolleg, Club of Three and the Wir in Europa salon series, and runs the Business Council for Democracy with companies. It also supports the START-Stiftung, which provides scholarships to young people with a migration background, and the Hertie School in Berlin, a private university of governance. The foundation states it works on a time-limited basis and aims to bring its projects to market maturity and anchor them permanently.