Kaufmannsstiftung für Lübeck und den Ostseeraum

The Kaufmann Foundation for Lübeck and the Baltic Sea Region is a non-profit, legally recognized foundation under civil law based in Lübeck. It was established in April 2004 by the merchants of Lübeck on the occasion of their 150th anniversary, together with co-founders and contributors. From an initial endowment of 260,000 euros, the foundation exclusively uses the interest income to support projects in the fields of education, upbringing, and international understanding in the Baltic Sea region. The aim is to strengthen commercial thinking in schools and to promote the exchange of young people through business simulation games, language courses, informational stays, and travel subsidies.

The Kaufmann Foundation is committed to the sustainable promotion of young commercial talent and international understanding in the Baltic Sea region. Through practical economic education in schools and international exchange programs, it aims to deepen the understanding of economic interrelationships and connect young people. Through its commitment, it contributes to strengthening Lübeck as an educational location and fostering cooperation among the Baltic Sea bordering states.

Funding is provided to schools with business-related and practice-oriented projects, associations that organize exchange programs for pupils, trainees, students, and teachers in the Baltic Sea region, business organizations, associations, and corporations that carry out activities in the field of school/business cooperation, institutions for career orientation and the imparting of basic knowledge about the working world at schools, as well as fairs serving as information and communication platforms between schools and companies.