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Top 25 Charitable foundations based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 115 charitable foundations headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 584 professional contacts across them, including 89 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers charitable foundations headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest charitable foundations based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Foundation of Social Welfare” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Forschung fördern.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About PATRIZIA Foundation: The PATRIZIA Foundation is an international organization dedicated to providing access to education for children and young adults worldwide, empowering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GLS Treuhand is a non-profit association.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die sechs Stiftungen im Verbund der Stiftungsverwaltung Freiburg blicken auf eine zum Teil jahrhundertealte Tradition zurück.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Non-profit foundation of the former HARIBO co-owner with focus on supporting education, research and teaching, visual arts as well as charity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kinnings Foundation is a charitable foundation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Bürgerstiftung Berlin ist eine operativ arbeitende Stiftung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1992, the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung has supported cultural, scientific, religious and community organizations and projects from the earnings of its foundation assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rechtsform Die Kinderhilfswerk Stiftung Global-Care (KHW) ist eine rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts mit Sitz in Fritzlar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Bürgerstiftung Bonn wird seit 2002 von vielen verantwortungsbewussten Bonner Bürgerinnen und Bürgern getragen, die sich gemeinsam mit Zeit, Geld und Ideen für das Gemeinwohl…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HST Hanse StiftungsTreuhand GmbH is a nonprofit organization management company based in Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DT DEUTSCHE STIFTUNGSTREUHAND AG is a company based out of Fürth, Bavaria, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mensch sein heißt verantwortlich sein." Das Town & Country Stiftungs-Selbstbild speist sich aus dem Gründungsgedanken der Stiftungsgründer Gabriele und Jürgen Dawo und lässt sich…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Josef Wund Stiftung – errichtet von Josef Wund mit dem Ziel, auf diesem Weg seine Unternehmensnachfolge zu regeln und die Allgemeinheit an seinem wirtschaftlichen Erfolg…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die gemeinnützige CBM Stiftung begleitet Sie auf dem Weg zu Ihrer eigenen Stiftung und bietet Ihnen professionelle Unterstützung in der Stiftungsverwaltung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STIFTUNG Sparda-Bank Hannover is a banking company based out of 8 Ernst-August-Platz, Hannover, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mitten im schönen Limpurger Land, ca.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als gemeinwohlorientierte Tochtergesellschaft der Volksbank BraWo setzen wir uns für eine Gesellschaft ein, in der sich immer mehr Menschen sozial engagieren.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Agapedia was founded by Jürgen Klinsmann in 1995 and develops projects that support children in need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GELSENWASSER-Stiftung – Gemeinsam Zukunft gestalten Bildung, Kultur und Entwicklung sind die Grundpfeiler einer starken Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Es gibt sie: BürgerInnen, die sich gerne für das Gemeinwohl einsetzen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die GRENKE-Stiftung wurde am 26.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: charitable foundations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names charitable foundations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of charitable foundations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name charitable foundations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Charitable foundations based in Germany at a glance
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 115 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among charitable foundations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “charitable foundations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names charitable foundations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among charitable foundations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 89 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names charitable foundations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many charitable foundations are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 115 charitable foundations headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Evangelisches Johannesstift, headquartered in Berlin, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most charitable foundations?
Hamburg leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (7) and Stuttgart (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 89 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 115 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.