Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung gemeinnützige AG

The Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung Non-Profit Joint-Stock Company is a recognized provider of independent youth welfare services based in Berlin-Kreuzberg. It promotes educational equity and youth engagement by offering financial and organizational support. Its offerings include scholarship programs for secondary school students ("Experience the World!"), care leavers ("Careleaver Worldwide"), and young adults pursuing a second chance at education ("IKAROS," "Tailwind"), project funding for non-profit organizations—especially youth-initiated engagement projects—as well as its own educational and cultural initiatives such as children's choir, canoe courses, and workshops on democratic participation. Funding is provided exclusively through private donations and contributions, with 91 shareholders actively participating in the general meeting, supervisory board, and working groups.

We are committed to educational equity and the active participation of young people. We believe in their abilities, entrust them with responsibility, and promote their engagement through scholarships, project funding, and our own programs – locally in Berlin-Kreuzberg, nationwide, and across Europe. Our focus is especially on those who receive little support within the education system or their social environment.

Our funding and scholarship programs are aimed at children, adolescents, and young adults who have limited opportunities within the German education system or their social environment. This particularly includes students in intermediate and secondary schools, care leavers, as well as young people pursuing education through alternative pathways. Furthermore, we support non-profit organizations and initiatives that implement engagement projects organized by children and adolescents themselves, enabling them to take responsible participation and gain access to education.