German Youth Brand Foundation
The German Youth Brand Foundation e. V . was founded as a legally independent association on March 5, 1965. The association manages the surcharge revenue, giving it from the sale of since annually by the Federal Minister of Finance issued special postage stamps "For the Youth" accrue. The first four-valued stamp set "Butterflies" for the Federal Republic appeared in 1962 , issues for West Berlin were from 1965 ("Federwild") to 1990.
The purpose of the foundation is to promote measures for the benefit of young people in Germany with these funds. Within the scope of these tasks, the association can be active in all areas of youth welfare . He does not take any measures of his own. It only supports projects, programs and experiments that are carried out in particular by independent youth welfare organizations.
The allocation of funds from the auction proceeds of the youth stamps takes place according to the funding principles of the Stiftung Deutsche Jugendmarke eV These criteria are:
- Special, exemplary significance of the projects through exemplary nature or supraregional significance through a catchment area comprising at least several federal states .
- Transferability to comparable structures. Others should be able to imitate what is being prepared with foundation funds as a model.
- Imagination and creativity . It's not just about “more”, but above all about “different” in the promotion of children and young people.
- Solidity. The foundation does not support any mayflies, but only projects of sponsors who prove their ability to work and professional competence.
- Publicity. In a media and communication society, nothing flourishes that is not known. Well thought-out public relations work is part of every project worthy of funding.
- In principle, grants can only be granted to non-profit, recognized youth welfare organizations.
The following are not funded:
- Regional or local measures,
- projects already started,
- the ongoing tasks of an institution.
The seat of the association is Bonn .
