Isernhagen Community Foundation
| Isernhagen Community Foundation (BSI) |
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| legal form | Foundation (Germany) |
| founding | July 20, 1998 |
| Seat | Isernhagen |
| main emphasis | Support for non-profit projects and measures in Isernhagen |
| Foundation capital | 414,000 euros (2018) |
| Volunteers | Around 100 |
| Website | www2.buergerstiftung-isernhagen.de |
The Isernhagen Community Foundation (BSI) was founded on July 20, 1998 by 28 Isernhagen citizens as the "Isernhagen Foundation" during a ceremony in Isernhagen Town Hall. As with many other community foundations their formation was significantly influenced by a presentation of the former Lower Saxony Minister of Justice Christian Pfeiffer about his experiences on Civic Engagement ( Civic Engagement ) was initiated in the United States. Originally it was proposed that citizens from the cities and municipalities of the then district of Hanover should co-found the Hanover Community Foundation in 1997. The chairman of the Isernhagen municipal council at the time, Klaus-Dieter Mukrasch, and Ms. Gisela Hillebrand, however, vehemently advocated the establishment of their own foundation. At that time, Isernhagen was the only municipality in the area surrounding the former city of Hanover to set up its own community foundation. The BSI is one of the five oldest community foundations in Germany.
activity
Under the motto “We do good”, the community foundation promotes and supports charitable projects and measures that are carried out in the Isernhagen community in the areas of youth, senior citizens, culture, sport, social affairs, homeland care, nature and the environment. They are intended to help where people in need and marginalized groups need help or where they serve to integrate marginalized groups. However, in addition to the pure funding, it also appears as a project operator. In 2015, around 30 projects were funded, mainly in the fields of education, social affairs and art, culture and homeland. Including the trust foundations it manages , the foundation capital is currently (January 2016) around € 551,300. Around € 28,000 were invested in projects in 2014.
Bodies
The foundation's committees are the board of directors, the foundation council, the founders' meeting and working groups.
- The board of directors is elected by the board of trustees. He leads and administers the foundation.
- The Board of Trustees consists of 5 to 11 people and is elected by the Board of Trustees. He advises and supervises the board of directors.
- The founders' meeting consists of the benefactors who belong to it for life. The foundation meeting elects the foundation council and the three substitute members of the foundation council. It also has the task of adopting principles for the allocation of funds for the foundation's exclusive tax-privileged purposes. It can propose programs and projects to the board and must approve resolutions to change the purpose.
- Working groups can be set up by the board. Your tasks are in particular to advise the foundation committees, the use of the allocated budget and the implementation of the foundation's own projects.
The Isernhagen community foundation meets the criteria for a community foundation, is a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations and is represented in the community foundations working group.
Funding projects
- School projects: These include help with homework or the school breakfast at the Heinrich Heller School in Isernhagen. Furthermore, all school beginners receive a reading card that enables access to the community library and help with swimming training. Arts education is also promoted. This includes grants for musically inclined children whose parents cannot afford the costs for the music school.
- Social projects: support for mothers, Christmas wish campaigns e.g. B. for refugee children, the gift of Christmas geese to selected Isernhagen residents and the support of the Isernhagener Tafel.
- Topic art, culture, homeland: Promotion of music performances, e.g. B. in the Isernhagen high school, for a sculpture forum in Isernhagen as well as the design of the "middle" of the seven Isernhagen districts and the corresponding civic festival in June 2014 for the 40th anniversary of the community in its current form.
- Scholarships such as the Bodo-Herwig-Förderpreis, which is awarded for outstanding academic performance and civic engagement, or the Raseneisenstein Scholarship, which provides students and trainees with a fixed monthly amount for the standard period of study or training. Criteria such as financial situation, but also performance and visible social commitment are used as a prerequisite.
- Seniors and mobility for seniors: This includes costs for events at Isernhagenhof for needy seniors. Together with the community of Isernhagen, the evangelical parish of St. Marien in KB and the Sozialverband Deutschland (SoVD), local association Isernhagen, the BSI developed the project “Isernhagen makes mobile”, which started on June 1, 2014. The aim of the project is to enable people from the community of senior citizens who receive public social benefits to take a taxi to certain destinations with a low deductible.
- Helfer network: greeting and help with the integration of refugees. The Isernhagen Community Foundation and the Isernhagen community initiated the formation of the Isernhagen network of helpers on November 21, 2013, which was officially founded on December 17, 2013. The team of the helper network consists of volunteer citizens of Isernhagen, organizations such as the Red Cross, the Tafel, the BSI and members of the municipal administration. Barbara Schindewolf-Lensch is the spokesperson for the network of helpers for refugees in Isernhagen. His work is now attracting nationwide attention and was honored by an invitation from the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Aydan Özoğuz , to a reception in Berlin. In the meantime, the network of helpers under the direction of Barbara Schindewolf-Lensch has developed into a broadly supported organization with a wealth of successfully completed projects. The budget and the number of helpers grew significantly in 2014 and 2015. Expenses were mainly incurred for individual projects to support refugee families and through language training. In September 2014, the Isernhagen Community Foundation's network of helpers was presented as a model project in the presence of the BaMF at the community foundations working group in Aachen.
Income projects
- Gourmet evening: The "gourmet evening" organized by Real-Markt Altwarmbüchen is one of the most important profit projects. Around 500 visitors came to each of these culinary highlights in recent years; the proceeds of the successful events benefit the community foundation in full. The first gourmet evening after the renovation of the A2 Center took place in May 2015.
- Golf tournament: The charity golf tournament traditionally organized with the Isernhagen Golf Club for the prize of the community foundation took place for the tenth time on September 27, 2015. At the anniversary of the community foundation's golf tournament, almost 100 players were out on the Isernhagen golf course. Various projects in Isernhagen will be donated from the proceeds. B. Technical projects at Isernhagen secondary school and grammar school, leisure projects for the residents of the Gut Lohne home for the disabled or the new lawn iron stone scholarship for young Isernhagen citizens. The 11th golf tournament for the prize of the Isernhagen Community Foundation is planned for September 25, 2016.
- BSI Advent Calendar: For around 10 years the BSI has been designing and selling an Advent calendar which, with a little luck, can win highly attractive prizes. The circulation is 4,200 pieces, the amount of the acquired prizes around 10,000 €. The income generated by the sale of the calendar will benefit the community foundation in full.
Awards
- Seal of approval: The Isernhagen Community Foundation was awarded the seal of approval of the Federal Association of German Foundations for the first time on October 1, 2005 and has been awarded regularly since then, most recently in 2013. The award ceremony, to which other community foundations were also invited, took place on October 1, 2013 as part of the 1st European Foundation Day in the newly built Herrenhausen Palace. The then chairman of the board, Michael Koch, accepted the award from the chairman of the Association of German Foundations, Wilhelm Krull . In addition, on November 8, 2013, the Isernhagen Community Foundation was awarded the Community's Civic Prize by the Isernhagen community on Volunteer Day.
- Honorary award of the BSI: the awarding of the honorary award for civic engagement is one of the fixed points of the work of the BSI. The prize is awarded annually to a deserving personality in the community.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual report of the Isernhagen Community Foundation 2014 . PDF, 613 kB. Can be viewed at www2.buergerstiftung-isernhagen.de.
- ^ Statute of the Isernhagen Community Foundation 2014 .
- ↑ The 10 characteristics of a community foundation
- ^ Foundation letter Isernhagen Community Foundation • No. 13 / December 2013 • No. 2/13 . PDF, 774 kB. Can be viewed at www2.buergerstiftung-isernhagen.de.
- ^ Annual report of the Isernhagen Community Foundation 2013 . PDF, 1.9 MB. Can be viewed at www2.buergerstiftung-isernhagen.de.