Stephan Báthory Foundation
The Stefan Batory Foundation (Pol. Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego ) is an independent, non-profit non-governmental organization with the status of a charitable trust , registered with the Judicial Commercial Register under the number 0000 101194th It was from the US supervisor of many fund George Soros and Established by activists of the Polish democratic opposition in the 1980s as the first private foundation in May 1988, it works for the benefit of democracy and civil society.
The Warsaw- based foundation , which at the request of the founder was named after the Polish King Stephan Báthory (1533–1586), who came from Hungary , provides financial aid to organizations that work for the benefit of society. The foundation also supports its own projects, organizes conferences, discussions and training, and monitors the activities of the authorities. The foundation's activities are largely financed by the Open Society Institute , but also by private individuals from Poland and abroad.
The foundation is a member of the European Foundation Center in Brussels and the American Council on Foundations .
The Foundation's Council meets once a year.
- The chairman of the council is Marcin Król - philosopher, dean of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Rehabilitation of Warsaw University
- George Soros holds the post of honorary chairman.
The members of the council:
- Jan Krzysztof Bielecki - economist, former Prime Minister,
- Bogdan Borusewicz - historian, Marshal of the Senate
- Wojciech Fibak - entrepreneur
- Olga Krzyżanowska - doctor, former member of the Sejm
- Helena Łuczywo - journalist, co-founder of "Gazeta Wyborcza"
- Andrzej Olechowski - economist, former foreign minister
- Zbigniew Pełczyński - political scientist, professor at Pembroke College, Oxford University
- Andrzej Rapaczyński - Legal Scholar , Columbia University
- Hanna Suchocka - legal scholar, former Ambassador to the Holy See , former Prime Minister
- Henryk Woźniakowski - editor of the “Znak” publishing house
Former - deceased - council members:
- Krzysztof Michalski - philosopher, director of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna
- Tadeusz Pieronek - auxiliary bishop
- Stanisław Wellisz - Economist, Columbia University
- Jerzy Turowicz - editor of "Tygodnik Powszechny"
- Anna Radziwiłł - historian, educator
- Bronisław Geremek - Foreign Minister
- Leszek Kołakowski - philosopher
- Józef Tischner - Catholic clergyman
The administration
The Foundation's administration is appointed by the Foundation's Council for a two-year cadence.
Chairman
- Aleksander Smolar , political scientist (chairman)
Members
- Klaus Bachmann - historian,
- Nathalie Bolgert - Financial Advisor
- Szymon Gutkowski - co-owner of the DDB advertising agency
- Irena Herbst - economist,
- Jacek Kochanowicz - historian of economics
- Radosław Markowski - sociologist
- Andrzej Ziabicki - chemist