In a call to action by the Re:Form initiative, over 200 representatives from politics, administration, business, and civil society are urging the future federal government to implement targeted state and administrative reforms. Our Foundation’s President, Tim Göbel, has also joined this initiative.

Together with other foundations, we have published an open letter in response to a parliamentary inquiry by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group on the »Political Neutrality of State-Funded Organizations«. Among the 17 organizations mentioned, two are our Grantees.

We asked Sebastian Klein, founder of Karma Capital and co-initiator of the Media Forward Fund, three questions. In the interview, he explains why funding programs like the Media Forward Fund are necessary and why wealth poses a threat to democracy.

Luisa Neubauer, the most well-known voice of the German climate movement, visited the Schöpflin Campus. There, she spoke about what can give her — and all of us — courage and hope, even in difficult times.

At the end of 2024, our Grantee »More in Common« published a study showing which topics are of most concern to people in Germany.

Since the beginning of the year, »SPREUWEIZEN« (Die Rederei) has been our Grantee in the area of »Learning & Participation«. With a wide range of workshops and teaching materials, »SPREUWEIZEN« aims to encourage young people to consume news critically.

Around one hundred personalities from the media, culture and society have published a call to »reclaim the internet« as part of the Save Social initiative. One of the first signatories is Hans Schöpflin, President and Chair of the Board of the Schöpflin Foundation.

Our sister foundation, the Spore Initiative, has been awarded an architecture prize for the second time. On Friday, January 31, the building designed by AFF Architekten received the DAM Prize 2025 from the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt.

The current study »Angegriffen & alleingelassen« (Attacked & Abandoned) by our Grantee HateAid highlights the impact of digital violence on politically engaged individuals — and what this could mean for the upcoming federal election.

Acker e.V. has been a new Grantee of the Schöpflin Foundation since 2025. The System Change Alliance, launched by Acker e.V., aims to ensure that every child in Germany has the opportunity to grow their own vegetables by 2030, so that they can experience the growth and value creation process of food at first hand.

The Media Forward Fund awards grants to strengthen public interest journalism in the DACH region. The jury has now selected the first four media organisoations.

At the beginning of 2025, Hans Schöpflin will initiate the generational transition within the Schöpflin Foundation. In a joint interview, Hans Schöpflin and his daughter Lisl Schöpflin explain the future role of the family in the foundation and what the changes mean for them.