Ascent-Stiftung

The ascent Foundation was established on September 25, 2001, as a foundation under civil law. Its purpose is to promote development cooperation as well as youth and elderly care both domestically and abroad. The foundation particularly supports and finances children’s and elderly homes, youth and elderly projects, and facilities for people with disabilities. Previous projects include, among others, a children’s home for social orphans in Belarus, a home for physically and mentally disabled children in Moldova, and the funding of school fees for needy children in South Africa. In Germany, the ascent Foundation is primarily involved in several play and learning centers in Karlsruhe, offering socially disadvantaged children low-threshold educational and care services.

The Ascent Foundation is committed to alleviating poverty and social disadvantage among children, adolescents, seniors, and people with disabilities—both in developing countries and locally in Germany. Through financial and organizational support, the foundation aims to create sustainable structures, foster trust and participation, and improve the quality of life of those supported in the long term. It places particular emphasis on transparency, personal guidance, and collaborative partnership.

The funding programs of the Ascent Foundation are aimed at socially disadvantaged children and youth, orphans and street children in developing countries, elderly people and seniors in Germany, individuals with physical or mental disabilities, as well as non-profit organizations and institutions that carry out projects in the fields of development cooperation, youth and elderly care, or disability work.