PSD L (i) foundation

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The PSD L (i) ebensWert foundation is a foundation under civil law with legal capacity and is based in Stuttgart. It was founded in 2012 by the cooperative PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar . Support is given to non-profit social associations and institutions that work for children, young people, senior citizens and people with disabilities in the Stuttgart area, Freiburg area and Saarland. In addition to donations of around 400,000 euros annually, the foundation's commitment also includes the launch of the online donation competition “live together”, the initiation of cooperation projects with network partners as well as material assistance and qualification offers for social organizations. Voluntary donation councils decide on the distribution of the donations.

Foundation purposes

The foundation pursues charitable and benevolent purposes that serve the promotion of public health, youth and elderly care or welfare. The purposes of the foundation are realized in particular through the initiation, organization and support of projects that conform to the principle of “helping people to help themselves”. Funding is given, for example, to measures that integrate mentally and physically handicapped people into everyday life and help them achieve a higher quality of life, enable older people to reach an appropriate retirement age or help the chronically ill to cope with their fate. Projects are also funded that open up perspectives for children, adolescents and young adults for their personal and professional development or help those in need in financial distress without red tape.

Donation

In the business area of ​​PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG, the foundation makes donations twice a year, for which clubs and social institutions can apply online. In addition, the foundation regularly organizes donation competitions. According to the foundation statutes, institutions are eligible that support non-profit and benevolent purposes in accordance with their notice of exemption. In the non-profit area, the foundation supports projects in the following areas: promotion of public health (§52, Paragraph 2, Clause 1, No. 3), promotion of youth and elderly care (§52, Paragraph 2, Clause 1, No. 4) and promotion of welfare (Section 52 (2) sentence 1 no.9). organization

The committees are the foundation board and the board of trustees. The three to five-member board consists of the chairman of the board of directors and the chairman of the supervisory board of the founder (PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG) as well as a foundation officer appointed by the board of directors or the bank's executives. Optionally - for three years with the possibility of reappointment - two further persons can be appointed to the foundation board by the bank's board of directors. All members of the foundation bodies work for the foundation on a voluntary basis.

Foundation capital

The basic assets at the time of foundation were 500,000 euros. The foundation's main source of income is the “PSD Profit Saving”, from the proceeds of which donations are made to charitable social associations and institutions. In addition, there are donations and endowments as well as the income from the volunteer exchange of PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG.

Volunteer Exchange

The volunteer exchange of PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG offers employees and customers the opportunity to volunteer for the benefit of the foundation. The bank pays 25 euros for the foundation for each hour of volunteer work. The board of directors and the supervisory board make their contribution to the foundation through annual donations as part of a voluntary commitment.

Projects and network

A network has been created around the foundation that includes social institutions as well as cultural workers, schools, municipal institutions, offices and ministries. In this way, the foundation has already been able to set up numerous community activities such as the project “Refugees care for Stäffele” in cooperation with the state capital Stuttgart, the bike helmet campaign “Wear a helmet. Be a role model! ”In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, Digitization and Migration Baden-Württemberg or a graffiti workshop with the Saarland KuBa - Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof eV The event series“ Saturdays at the PSD Bank ”in Saarbrücken is organized in cooperation with network partners of the foundation realized.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. §1 of the statutes (online as PDF )