Lippe district security foundation

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Lippe district security foundation
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Legal form: Foundation under civil law
Purpose: Promotion of education, science, culture and voluntary work in the Lippe district
Chair: Axel Lehmann , Werner Loke
Managing directors: Angelika Heinrike Heil
Consist: since July 19, 2001
Founder: Circle lip and others
Foundation capital: € 19.5 million
Number of employees: 3
Seat: Detmold
Website: www.stiftung-standortsicherung.de

The non-profit foundation for location protection in the district of Lippe is an independent foundation under private law that supports projects in the areas of education, science and research as well as culture in the district of Lippe . It was founded on July 19, 2001. The foundation is based in Detmold .

In addition to its own assets, the foundation manages eight dependent trust foundations and five foundation funds. As of December 31, 2019, it has foundation capital of around 19.5 million euros. This is made up of 4.7 million euros in foundation capital, an interest-free loan from the Lippe district of 12.8 million euros and reserves of 2 million euros. In 2019, 93,261 euros were committed for projects, meaning that the foundation has invested 7.5 million euros in funding for the fulfillment of its charitable purposes since it was founded.

history

In addition to the districts of Holzminden , Hameln-Pyrmont and Schaumburg, the Lippe district was a partner in the Wesertal electricity works with a 46% share. After the law on the re-regulation of the energy industry law was passed, fundamental reorientation in this sector became apparent. As a result of increasing internationalization, the regional energy supply companies were also forced to reorient themselves to the market, for example in order to secure their position in the market in the long term through strategic partnerships.

Against this background, the four former Wesertal shareholders had agreed to sell shares in order to take on a strategic partner, in a range between 50 and 100%. With the purchase and privatization contract dated September 9, 1999, the Lippe district and the other municipal shareholders therefore sold their shares in Elektrizitätswerke Wesertal GmbH to Fortum AG from Finland.

At the initiative of the then District Administrator Friedel Heuwinkel , the capital stock of the sales proceeds should not only be used to reduce the debt of the district budget or to finance ongoing administrative tasks. Rather, the aim of the further financial policy considerations and decisions of the Lippe district was to preserve part of the sales proceeds in its substance and to invest the capital in the long term within the legal possibilities of the municipal budget.

The sales proceeds totaling 172.6 million euros were therefore used for various purposes in the following years: In addition to supporting the cities and municipalities within the framework of their budgetary management (allocations and budget adjustment 52.1 million euros), the financing of investments by the district Lippe and its holdings (31 million euros) also received partial debt relief (38.3 million euros) from the proceeds. A further 12.8 million euros were loaned to Klinikum Lippe GmbH to finance pension expenses and to the Standortsicherung foundation, 4 million euros were added to the foundation's capital and around 21 million euros will continue to be managed directly by the Lippe district.

The focus of the considerations was an intended structural funding in the areas of economy, education and science in the Lippe region, which should lead to a strengthening of the location in the medium and long term and thus also to relieve the local budgets. The guiding principle was the conviction that in business development areas of activity are increasingly gaining in importance that are linked to soft location factors such as innovation , technology transfer, regional networking and cooperation as well as regional awareness and image and can therefore contribute to the attractiveness and thus the Lippe district as a To improve business location. The local or communal foundation turned out to be the most promising way to implement these ideas .

The foundation was established on July 19, 2001 as a local, independent foundation within the meaning of Section 2 (3) StiftG NW with its seat in Detmold, under the name “Foundation for Location Assurance District Lippe”.

purpose

The foundation exclusively and directly pursues charitable purposes within the meaning of the section “tax-privileged purposes” of the tax code . The purpose of the foundation is to promote education (training, further education and training), the promotion of science and research in their practical orientation, the promotion of culture for location promotion and development in the Lippe district, insofar as the funding measures are also within the scope of the tasks of Lippe district and the promotion of voluntary work.

The purpose of the foundation is to be achieved in particular through the promotion of vocational training, further education and training, the promotion of dialogue and the exchange of experience between research, schools and business through targeted information and public relations work, through qualification, further education and training measures, support of research projects and the support and implementation of “pilot projects” for the exemplary implementation and testing of scientific findings in practice, whereby the knowledge gained is to be made available to the public as well as the promotion of cultural institutions or events of supra-local importance and impact.

The purpose of the foundation is also the procurement and allocation of financial means to promote the purposes to other suitable tax-privileged corporations or corporations under public law in accordance with Section 58 No. 1 AO.

The Lippe district security foundation was also established with the aim of initiating and bundling additional charitable commitments in its organization, working method and public relations work in the sense of a public-private partnership. For this reason, it also advocates the establishment of dependent foundations (trust foundations) and endowment funds that are within the scope of their purpose specified in the statutes and offers their fiduciary management.

Funding priorities

The area of education is the main focus of the support of the Standortsicherung Foundation. Projects and measures with the topics of training, language support, MINT education and family education are supported here . The target groups are migrants, school dropouts, elites and special needs students. Educational projects and initiatives that the foundation has already funded or are still funded by a. On-site learning, the buddY eV familY program, BINGO - career offensive for engineers in OWL and the Chance Bildung Lippe eV association

In the area of ​​promoting science and research, the foundation focuses on cooperation between universities and companies in Lippe and between universities in Lippe. The focus here is also on the transfer of knowledge and the support of the implementation of lighthouse projects. Since it was founded, the foundation has sponsored or (partially) financed several endowed chairs at the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the Detmold University of Music .

Lighthouse projects and outstanding events are also part of the funding priorities in the field of culture. There are also projects in the field of cultural education and musical support. Examples of funding are the financial support for the construction of the music kindergarten of the Detmold University of Music in Detmold in 2012 and funding for the NRW Theatertage 2017 in Detmold from May 19 to 28, 2017.

organs

Management / office

The foundation has a full-time management. She manages the day-to-day business of the foundation and is internally bound by the instructions of the foundation council. Angelika Heinrike Heil, who holds a doctorate in business administration, has held this position since 2002. She sits in the office of the foundation in the district building in Detmold. The office also has two other full-time employees.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees decides on the principles of the foundation's work and advises and monitors the management. He represents the foundation in and out of court and acts jointly through two members of the Board of Trustees, including the chairman or the deputy chairman. Current members (since 2014):

  • Axel Lehmann , SPD, (Chairman)
  • Werner Loke, BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN (Deputy Chairman)
  • Albert Hüser, also chairman of the board of trustees
  • Sebastian Koehne, SPD
  • Christiane Escher, Die Linke
  • Anette Lewicki, SPD
  • Ute Meyer, FDP
  • Niko Nikolakoudis, CDU
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Sundhoff, CDU
  • Kerstin Vieregge , CDU
  • Henning Welslau, SPD

Board of Trustees

The tasks of the Board of Trustees include advising and supporting the management and the Board of Trustees, in particular through suggestions and opinions on the Foundation's funding measures, as well as representing the Foundation's concerns in public. Members are currently (as of December 31, 2018):

Trust foundations

Dr. Karl Fischer Foundation for Educational Support

The non-profit “Dr. Karl Fischer Foundation for Educational Support “promotes the education and upbringing of young people in Lippe. Founder Käthe Fischer († March 14, 2013) founded it in 2003. It is the first trust foundation in the administration of Stiftung Standortsicherung. In particular, she supports the work in the Westphalian children's village Lipperland in Barntrup . Since it was founded, Dr. Karl Fischer Foundation enables education in the children's village by financing important purchases and expands the areas of kitchen, carpentry, gardening / landscaping and painting.

Foundation "For Lippe"

The non-profit foundation "Für Lippe" develops and promotes civic engagement for and in Lippe. The former "Association of Friends and Patrons of Lipperland - For Lippe eV" was transferred to a dependent foundation with effect from January 1, 2005. She is committed to regional culture, traditions and their future. Her main focus is on promoting the professional qualification of young people under the motto “A chance for young people”. The foundation thus takes into account the former purpose of the association.

For the common good of the Lippe region and the people who live here, projects in the areas of education and upbringing as well as art and culture are particularly supported. Activities in public health, in youth welfare and crime prevention, for charitable purposes and in science and research can also be funded.

Meyer-Sickendiek-Foundation for training and education

The non-profit "Meyer Sickendiek Foundation for Training and Education" was founded on April 15, 2005. According to the statutes, the purpose of the foundation is to support private and church institutions that provide children and young people with education and training. The purpose of the foundation is achieved in particular through donations to institutions that are particularly committed to training and education, such as B. in language training, health education, children's camps, social behavior training and work with parents. Primarily institutions in the Lippe town of Bad Salzuflen are supported .

Foundation of the Detmold University of Music

The non-profit "Foundation of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold" was founded on December 4th, 2006. It supports the Detmold University of Music , which is constantly developing further under changed university political framework conditions and wants to raise its profile in the North Rhine-Westphalia area and especially in Westphalia-Lippe. The purpose of the foundation is achieved in particular through the promotion of young musicians and musically gifted children and young people as well as through financial and non-material support for students, e.g. B. by granting scholarships, grants for study visits or the procurement of instruments.

Finke Foundation

The purpose of the non-profit "Finke Foundation" founded in 2008 by the founder Elfriede Finke († 2011) is to promote education, science and culture in the field of elderly care, primarily in Kalletal and Lippe, z. B. by supporting the training of nurses or by offering events for older people in the Kalletal.

Foundation "Without diligence, no price"

The non-profit foundation “No hard work no price” was founded in 2011 and promotes the education of young people from the age of ten to graduation in the educational institutions in the city of Bad Salzuflen . The purpose of the foundation is achieved in particular by promoting and rewarding hard-working students and groups of students, e.g. B. with monetary or material prizes to further promote the strengths by organizing educational measures for this group of people (e.g. museum visits, educational trips, etc.) as well as through awards or honors also in a festive setting.

LIFT Foundation - foundation for vocational training in Lippe

The non-profit "LIFT Foundation - Foundation for Vocational Education and Training in Lippe" was founded on July 9, 2012. It emerged from the association "Lippisches Further Education Center for New Technologies (LIFT) eV" founded on December 17, 1986. The purpose of the foundation is to promote education, public and vocational training, including student aid, science and research, and civic engagement for charitable purposes. The focus is on promoting young talent.

Foundation of the University Society for the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe

On May 4, 2018, the Hochschulgesellschaft Ostwestfalen-Lippe eV founded the non-profit trust foundation “Foundation of the University Society for the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe”. It promotes the development of the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH OWL) and supports the training of young people in the courses of study set up at the TH OWL in terms of ideas and material. At the same time, the aim is to promote the exchange between universities, society and business.

Endowment fund

Environmental Foundation Lippe

According to the framework agreement, the purpose of the non-profit "Umweltstiftung Lippe" is to promote environmental education and projects to protect, develop and maintain nature and the environment , and develop and test future-oriented, environmentally and nature-friendly energies . The capital of the environmental foundation comes from the funds of the disbanded Wesertal environmental foundation. It has been transferred to the Lippe district security foundation, which set up a special foundation fund in 2007. In order to take into account the foundation's purpose of the dissolved foundation, the Umweltstiftung Lippe has been promoting projects since it was founded that are concerned with the environment and nature conservation as well as the (correct) use of energy, etc. - always against the background of (further) education.

Helmut and Irmgard Grünberg Foundation

The non-profit “Helmut and Irmgard Grünberg Foundation” promotes measures and projects in the field of education throughout Lippe until the end of the course. It was founded by the couple of the same name Helmut († 2012) and Irmgard Grünberg in 2012 and is set up as an endowment fund at the Standortsicherung Foundation.

Martha Enders Foundation

The non-profit “Martha Enders Foundation” was founded in 2015 with the aim of promoting education (training, further education, advanced training), science and research in their practical orientation as well as the culture for location development in the Lippe district. It is set up as an endowment fund at the Stiftung Standortsicherung.

Siegfried Kunte Foundation

The “Siegfried Kunte Foundation”, founded in January 2017, promotes civic engagement in favor of charitable purposes for promoting and developing locations in the Lippe district, particularly in Lemgo. It is set up as an endowment fund at the Stiftung Standortsicherung.

Rudolf Wilhelm Jahns Foundation

In order to support young people on their way to an apprenticeship and thus a secure future, Rudolf Wilhelm Jahns founded the "Rudolf Wilhelm Jahns Foundation" named after him on March 11, 2019. The foundation promotes professional training, further education and training in the Lippe district. In particular, additional training opportunities are to be created for young people. They should be supported and supervised during their initial vocational training. Young adults who have not been included in the regular selection process should be given a chance for vocational training. The "Rudolf Wilhelm Jahns Foundation" is set up as an endowment fund at the Site Protection Foundation.

Further commitment

The Lippe District Security Foundation is committed to the transparency of the work of foundations. It takes part in the Transparent Civil Society Initiative and has voluntarily committed itself to transparency through it. In 2008, the Board of Trustees adopted “Our Principles of Good Foundation Practice” based on the principles of the Federal Association of German Foundations , in which the foundation is also involved.

Web links

Individual evidence

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