Foundations and patrons

Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.
The Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. is a non-profit foundation that is active throughout Europe in the fields of culture, science, education and nature conservation.
www.toepfer-stiftung.de

Adalbert Zajadacz Foundation
Michael Zajadacz established the charitable Adalbert Zajadacz Foundation in 2001. The projects supported are primarily in the fields of art and culture as well as education and training.
www.zajadacz-stiftung.de

Absalom Foundation
The Absalom Foundation of the Freemasons is committed to promoting science and research, youth welfare, education and upbringing, international understanding and charitable purposes.
www.absalom.de/stiftung/

Berenberg Bank Foundation
To mark its 400th anniversary, Berenberg established the Berenberg Bank Foundation in 1990, which awards the annual Berenberg Culture Prize. It is endowed with 15,000 euros.
www.berenberg.de

Bertelsmann Stiftung
Among many other areas, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is also active in promoting music. Since the end of the 1990s, it has repeatedly carried out corresponding model projects, for example with the aim of strengthening music-making in daycare centers.
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de

Carl Toepfer Foundation
The Carl Toepfer Foundation is a foundation with legal capacity under civil law based in Hamburg, which is committed to promoting art, science and culture in Hamburg and the surrounding area, among other things.
www.carltoepferstiftung.de

Claussen Simon Foundation
The Claussen Simon Foundation supports talented young people at various stages of their educational, academic, professional and personal development. This also includes graduates of artistic universities who are establishing their own artistic independence, as well as cultural projects and initiatives in Hamburg.
www.claussen-simon-stiftung.de

Dr. E. A. Langner Foundation
The Dr. E. A. Langner Foundation has set itself the goal of providing long-term support for young jazz musicians, thus encouraging and motivating them in their commitment. In addition to work scholarships, it finances a Master's degree course in jazz at the HfMT
www.dr-langner-stiftung.de

Elise Meyer Foundation
Every year, the Elise Meyer Foundation supports particularly talented music students at the HfMT Hamburg. The support takes the form of prizes awarded for participation in competitions. The criterion for awarding the prizes is the quality of the candidates' artistic achievements.
www.elise-meyer-stiftung.de

Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, founded by the industrialist Ernst von Siemens in Switzerland in 1972, is committed to contemporary music in a variety of ways. At the HfMT, the foundation supports music students who have fallen on hard times due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/

Friedel and Walter Hoyer Foundation
On the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary in 1996, Walter and Friedel Hoyer established the foundation to promote art and culture as well as charitable and social institutions in the field of youth and elderly care.
www.hoyer-group.com/ueber-uns/stiftung/

Gerhard Trede Foundation
The Gerhard Trede Foundation is named after the German composer Gerhard Trede. The foundation's aims include the promotion of the arts in the field of music, in particular young soloists at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama.
www.gerhard-trede.com/stiftung/

Hamburgische Kulturstiftung
The Hamburgische Kulturstiftung sees itself as a mediator between patrons, business and culture and also supports cultural education projects. It also advises artists and cultural professionals and aims to contribute to their professionalization.
www.kulturstiftung-hh.de

Hannelore and Helmut Greve Foundation for Science and Culture
Prof. Dr. h. c. Hannelore Greve is one of the most important patrons of the Hanseatic city. She has supported the University of Music and Drama with heart and soul for decades. Together with her husband, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmut Greve, who passed away in 2016, she supported the Institute of Music Therapy and its successful export abroad. Generous gifts to the university included the new library building in 2005 and the comprehensive restoration of the Fanny Hensel Hall in the Budge-Palais in 2007. The twenty new practice rooms that Professor Hannelore Greve donated to the HfMT when it moved back to Harvestehuder Weg are a particular stroke of luck for the students. The patronage commitment of Hamburg's honorary citizens is bundled in the Hamburg Foundation for Science, Development and Culture Helmut and Hannelore Greve.

Hapag-Lloyd Foundation
The Hapag-Lloyd Foundation was established in 1997 to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Hapag-Lloyd. The foundation's activities focus on theater, ballet, music and museums. It also develops its own projects. The promotion of young talent is particularly close to its heart. The Hapag-Lloyd Foundation has been the main sponsor of the HfMT's music theater series, junges forum Musik + Theater, for many years.
www.hapag-lloyd-stiftung.de

Haspa Hamburg Foundation
With its foundation model, the Haspa Hamburg Foundation enables practically every citizen to become involved as a benefactor. At the same time, it is involved in its own projects and is thus active as a benefactor itself.
www.haspa-hamburg-stiftung.de/

Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation
The Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation was established by Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt in 1992 on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary. The purpose of the foundation is to promote science and research.
www.helmut-und-loki-schmidt-stiftung.de/

Hermann Rauhe Foundation
As a charitable foundation under civil law, the Hermann Rauhe Foundation sees itself as an interface between aesthetics and management as well as between creativity and mediation. Its aim is to use innovative cultural management strategies to sustainably align cultural and media professionals on the one hand and cultural and media institutions on the other.
http://www.hrstiftung.de/

Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Founded in 2002, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes is one of the largest publicly funded cultural foundations in Europe. With a regular annual budget of 35 million euros from the budget of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, it has supported over 3,000 contemporary cultural projects.
www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de

Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation
For over 40 years, the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation has been supporting and encouraging highly talented young artists in their musical development. In addition to the prizes donated for numerous competitions in various categories, the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation honors particularly outstanding achievements by performers and composers with the annual presentation of the RITTER PRIZE.
www.ritter-stiftung.de

Otto Stöterau Foundation
The Otto Stöterau Foundation's mission is to promote young artistic, pedagogical and academic talent in music. Support for prospective students and students, in particular at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama.

Rudolf Augstein Foundation
In memory of its founder and namesake Rudolf Augstein, the foundation under civil law began its sponsorship activities in 2005. Since then, it has supported more than 700 projects with a total funding volume of around nine million euros.
www.rudolf-augstein-stiftung.de

Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation
The Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation, which was established in 1988, supports the areas of education, training, art and science. It awards scholarships or one-off grants to artists, scientists and bodies such as universities.

de Bruycker Foundation
The foundation was established in 2002. It serves to promote young artists. The purpose of the foundation is to promote art, culture and the preservation of local heritage.
www.atelier-de-bruycker.de

Popkurs Foundation
In order to ensure the long-term existence of the institution, the Popkurs Foundation has now been set up on the initiative of the First Mayor of the City of Hamburg with an endowment capital of 850000 euros and a capital of 500000 euros from CTS Eventim. All proceeds from the GmbH and the foundation will go exclusively to the Popkurs.
https://popkurs-hamburg.de

Thörl Foundation
The Thörl Foundation was established in the will of pianist, singer and music teacher Lucia Thörl, who died in 2011. The foundation awards scholarships to particularly talented music students, provides financial support for young musicians in the training and career preparation phase, organizes concerts to promote talent and foster chamber music and provides financial support for the university. Above all, it enables projects that bring lasting improvements to the quality of studies for a large number of students.

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
TheZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius offers scholarships for young academics and journalists as well as for young international leaders working on global issues.
https://www.zeit-stiftung.de