BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

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BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
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legal form Corporate foundation
founding 1970
founder BMW AG
Seat Berlin and Munich , Germany
purpose Promotion of science and research, promotion of courses for participants from business, science and politics at home and abroad, promotion of international and charitable sentiments, tolerance in all areas of culture as well as the idea of ​​international understanding
Chair Michael Schaefer (Chair), Markus Hipp, Frank Dutch
Foundation capital 100,000,000 euros
Employees 50 employees and several international network partners
Website www.bmw-foundation.org

The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt is a German foundation which, according to its own statements, inspires leaders around the world to take their social responsibility seriously and work as responsible leaders for a peaceful, just and sustainable future. With her activities she would like to support the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations . It was named after Herbert Quandt .

In March 2016, the two foundations of the BMW Group, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation, pooled their strengths and resources. Since then, they have appeared together under the name BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt.

organization

Board of Trustees and Board of Directors

Since March 2016, the board of directors and the board of trustees of the two BMW foundations (Eberhard von Kuenheim and BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt) have been identical: The chairman of the board of trustees is Joachim Milberg , former CEO of BMW AG. Further members are the co-founder of the Boston Consulting Group in Germany Bolko von Oetinger , Nicolas Peter as a board member of BMW AG, the managing director of the Institute for Demoskopie Allensbach, Renate Köcher , the supervisory board members of BMW AG Stefan Quandt and Norbert Reithofer , the head of corporate communications at BMW Group, Maximilian Schöberl, and the director of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Ulrich Wilhelm . Eberhard von Kuenheim , former CEO of BMW AG, is an honorary member of the Board of Trustees .

The Board of Management of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt consists of Michael Schaefer as its chairman, Markus Hipp and Frank Niederländer.

  • Foundation Board

  • Michael Schaefer, Chairman of the Board of Management

  • Frank Niederländer, member of the board of directors

  • Markus Hipp, member of the board

Berlin location

Locations

The employees of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt work in Berlin and Munich.

history

On the occasion of the company's 100th anniversary in 2016, BMW AG expanded its social commitment. Since then, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation of BMW AG have been pooling their activities with the aim of having an even greater global impact.

For this reason, the two foundations were merged in terms of personnel and operations in the BMW Herbert Quandt Foundation and the capital resources of the BMW Herbert Quandt Foundation were significantly improved. To take account of the increasing international orientation of the foundation, the foundation was renamed the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt in 2017.

Herbert Quandt secured the independence of BMW in 1959 and thus laid the foundation for the successful development of the automobile group. In 1970 BMW AG established the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt in recognition of his entrepreneurial achievements.

30 years later, BMW AG set up another corporate foundation, the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation, in honor of its long-time chairman of the executive board and supervisory board. This continues to support its own projects.

With its Responsible Leadership programs, global network and impact-oriented investments, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt wants to support the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030. The relationship between the founder and foundations is based on the “Ten Recommendations for Charitable Corporate Foundations” of the Federal Association of German Foundations.

Purposes and goals of the foundation

The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt is non-profit and primarily implements its goals operationally. That is why it takes the initiative in developing and implementing programs itself. With its programs, the foundation aims to inspire executives around the world to assume their social responsibility in line with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda.

subjects

In 2016, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt strategically repositioned itself. Prior to that, the main focus was on the topics of “Global Dialogue” and “Innovation and Society”. Since the reorganization, the focus of the foundation has been “Inspiring, Networking and Investing”. The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt inspires leaders to further develop their social and political commitment and connects leaders through its Responsible Leaders network. The foundation also invests in impact-oriented organizations and promotes venture philanthropy.

Focus from 2016

Responsible leadership

“Responsible Leadership” is at the center of all the foundation's activities. The BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders are international leaders who have taken part in one of the foundation's main programs and want to campaign for social change in a global network: for example, by acting as intrapreneurs to make their organization more environmentally friendly or social. Or pass on your experiences as a mentor for schoolchildren or an advisory board in an NGO or as a social entrepreneur in your main occupation who want to find new approaches to solving social challenges.

Sample programs

  • BMW Foundation Global Table

The format brings together decision-makers from Europe and the new creative powers for a strategic dialogue across sectors and generations. The aim is to create a greater awareness of joint management responsibility in solving global challenges and to sound out common interests.

  • BMW Foundation European Table

The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt offers leaders a platform to reflect on how the European Union can be strengthened. It brings people together who bear responsibility and want to take responsibility for the future of the European Union. The series of dialogues closes every two years with the Munich European Forum. This conference offers participants a large public platform in the Bavarian capital to present their ideas and initiatives that have emerged as part of the individual European tables.

  • BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Forum

At the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders forums, people with leadership responsibilities reflect together on their role as leaders. They share their experience and expertise and learn from one another.

  • World Responsible Leaders Forum

The World Responsible Leaders Forum describes the foundation as a highlight of its networking. Responsible leaders from all over the world are invited to network, inspire each other and expand their commitment.

  • Global Pro Bono Summit

Every year, the BMW Foundation and the US Taproot Foundation bring together international brokers of pro bono services at the Global Pro Bono Summit. The aim is to spread this movement more widely around the world. Professional voluntary work ( pro bono ) is intended to strengthen non-profit organizations in their work.

  • Impact session

An impact session is a flexible and solution-oriented workshop format. It offers BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders the opportunity to solve a specific challenge or issue in their organization with a group of other committed members of the network.

Funded projects

  • Transferis: The program enables an exchange between the central actors in the health system (health insurance companies, pharmaceutical industry, association of statutory health insurance physicians, politics and hospitals) and thus promotes mutual understanding.
  • Generationsbrücke : Generationsbrücke initiates regular, cross-generational encounters between kindergarten and school children and residents in geriatric care facilities.
  • Box Girls and RespAct from the CamP Group: The Boxgirls initiative offers boxing training for girls. In this way, they should not only build assertiveness, but also learn to actively contribute to the design of their living environment. RespAct also offers young people and children educational opportunities that enable them to actively influence their society and to protect themselves from violence.
  • Magic Bus: The Indian NGO develops programs that help children break the cycle of poverty through education.
  • Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany : The association is the interest group of the German social entrepreneurship.

Focus until 2016

Global dialogue

The BMW Foundation turned its attention to relationships with neighboring countries and the exchange of ideas about common values ​​and interests.

In addition, she discussed the political, economic and social effects of the shift in power towards new powers such as China, Brazil and India. The focus was on the following topics:

  • Europe's future
  • Europe's neighbors
  • Europe and the new creative powers

Innovation and society

The BMW Foundation supports the global dissemination of social innovations in different target groups. The focus was on the promotion of

Former funded projects

Working method

The foundation works across sectors and cooperates with various institutions, including ministries, foundations, think tanks, social actors and companies. As a national driver of the topic of social finance, it works to ensure that the nonprofit sector also benefits from professional financial services and that new opportunities for investments in this area arise. By cooperating with organizations like EVPA, the foundation wants to bring topics such as venture philanthropy and impact investing to the agenda in Europe. The commitment in the area of ​​social finance took place in close cooperation with another corporate foundation of BMW AG, the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation based in Munich.

To make Pro bono better known in Germany, the foundation worked with the Berlin social enterprise Proboneo, among others. The aim was to give non-profit organizations access to professional services from specialists and executives that they would otherwise not be able to provide. In addition, the BMW Foundation organized the annual Global Pro Bono Summit together with the US Taproot Foundation in order to promote the movement on an international level and enable intermediaries to exchange ideas regularly. As a founding member of the League of Intrapreneurs, the foundation supports the social intrapreneurship movement worldwide. It is about people who drive innovations within corporations, governments and administrations and are committed to social change - for example with a view to environmental protection or better working conditions.

Federal Association of German Foundations

As a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations, the BMW Foundation aligns its work with its “Principles of Good Foundation Practice” and the “Ten Recommendations for Non-Profit Corporate Foundations”, which was additionally formulated in spring 2010.

Partnerships

The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt works internationally with various actors from all sectors in different programs. Partners are u. a. Ashoka Germany , the Social Entrepreneurship Academy , the Federal Foreign Office , European Venture Philanthropy Association, MitOst eV, Impact Hub and various foundations such as Robert Bosch Stiftung , Stiftung Mercator and Taproot Foundation.

literature

Web links

Commons : BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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