Hermann-und-Ingrid-Martini-Stiftung

The Hermann and Ingrid Martini Foundation is a legally capable charitable foundation under private law, established in 1992 by Ingrid and Hermann Martini, and based in Bielefeld. It supports youth and elderly care, education and upbringing, natural history and local heritage, monument preservation, as well as civic engagement. The foundation implements its own projects and provides financial grants to charitable institutions in the Bielefeld area. In recent years, the funding focus has been on early childhood support to give children a good start to school life. The foundation is supervised by the Bielefeld-Außenstadt tax office and the Detmold foundation authority.

The Hermann and Ingrid Martini Foundation is committed to providing targeted support to children and adolescents – as well as to elderly and needy individuals – in Bielefeld. Through its own projects and project grants, the foundation aims to promote early childhood development of basic language and mathematical skills, strengthen social participation, and recognize civic engagement. The foundation sees itself as a reliable partner for local nonprofit organizations.

The funding measures are aimed at non-profit organizations in the Bielefeld area that are active in the fields of youth and elderly care, education and upbringing, natural history and local heritage, monument preservation, or civic engagement. A special focus is placed on projects for early childhood development, such as language and mathematics programs, therapeutic measures for multiply severely disabled individuals, and support services at special needs schools. Funding for individual private persons is excluded.