Kleinespel-Stiftung

The Kleinespel Foundation is a non-profit foundation under civil law based in Dorsten. Founded in 2004 by Brigitte and Gerd Kleinespel from the proceeds of the 100th anniversary of the Bernhard Kleinespel bakery and doubled in 2014 through an additional endowment, the foundation is dedicated to supporting people in need, especially the socially disadvantaged, the education and upbringing of children and youth, the preservation of art and culture, as well as the support of church institutions in Dorsten and the surrounding area. To date, it has distributed more than €100,000 in earnings and supports both project-based and occasional supraregional initiatives of significant social importance.

"One must help one's neighbor; the same may happen to us all." (Friedrich Schiller) This guiding principle shapes the foundation's commitment of Brigitte and Gerd Kleinespel: In a time of scarce public funds, they aim to provide sustainable assistance and support people in social distress as well as projects in the fields of education, culture, and the church.

The Kleinespel Foundation is aimed at institutions and individuals who care for socially disadvantaged people (e.g., in emergencies, in cases of indebtedness, disabilities, or serious illnesses), at projects and organizations involved in the education and upbringing of children and youth (municipal, non-profit, or church-based youth work), at initiatives in the field of arts and culture with high social significance, as well as at church institutions and congregations in Dorsten and the surrounding area.