Marga und Kurt Möllgaard Foundation

The Marga und Kurt Möllgaard-Stiftung (Marga und Kurt Möllgaard Foundation) is a German operating foundation created in 1987 through the testamentary dispositions of Marga Möllgaard and Dr. Kurt Möllgaard. It was established as a non-legal-capacity foundation (nichtrechtsfähige Stiftung) within the Stifterverband, and it is administered through the Deutsches Stiftungszentrum (German Foundation Centre). Its endowment is approximately 15 million euros, and its annual funding volume is around 300,000 euros. The foundation's purpose is the promotion of science and research, as well as education, general and vocational training, and to a certain extent youth welfare, cultural purposes, and other tax-privileged charitable and benevolent purposes. As an operating foundation, it works primarily through its own priority programme and takes an active role in project development and implementation rather than merely responding to applications. It maintains three main funding priorities: the promotion of science in research and teaching in the new federal states (the former East Germany); the promotion of international scientific cooperation with a particular focus on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially the Baltic Sea states; and a funding priority in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, within the income flowing from its endowment, the foundation can support individual measures in the humanities and natural sciences. In particular, from the income of a further estate that came to it, the foundation devotes itself to the promotion of social projects in the spirit of the founders. The foundation advises interested parties to contact it before submitting an application in order to clarify the prospects of success. Karl-Philip Güntert serves as foundation manager at the Deutsches Stiftungszentrum. The foundation is a grant-making and operating philanthropic institution rather than a commercial enterprise, but it operates as a registered brand-like charitable entity within the German foundation sector.

The Marga und Kurt Möllgaard-Stiftung was established in 1987 by testamentary dispositions of Marga Möllgaard and Dr. Kurt Möllgaard. It was set up as a non-legal-capacity foundation within the Stifterverband, a German association that promotes science and education and hosts numerous foundations. The foundation is administered by the Deutsches Stiftungszentrum, the service centre of the Stifterverband for foundation management. From its inception, the foundation was designed as an operating foundation, meaning it does not simply wait for applications but develops and implements its own priority programmes. Its endowment is approximately 15 million euros, and its annual funding volume is around 300,000 euros. Over time, the foundation received a further estate, the income from which is used to support social projects in the spirit of the founders. The foundation's work has focused on three main areas: promoting science in research and teaching in the new federal states (the former East Germany), fostering international scientific cooperation with a particular emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea states, and a funding priority in Frankfurt am Main. It also supports individual measures in the humanities and natural sciences within the limits of its endowment income. The foundation continues to operate as an active philanthropic institution within the German foundation sector.

• 1987

  Foundation established by testamentary dispositions of Marga and Dr. Kurt Möllgaard as a non-legal-capacity foundation within the Stifterverband.

• Received a further estate, the income of which supports social projects in the spirit of the founders.

An operating foundation within the Stifterverband that actively shapes projects in science, education, and social welfare, with a geographic focus on East Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and Frankfurt am Main.

• Funding of science in research and teaching in the new federal states

• International scientific cooperation with focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic Sea states

• Frankfurt am Main funding priority

• Individual grants in humanities and natural sciences

• Social project funding

1. 1Marga und Kurt Möllgaard-Stiftung | Deutsches Stiftungszentrumdeutsches-stiftungszentrum.de
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