Stiftung Mercator GmbH
About the funder
Stiftung Mercator GmbH is a private, independent foundation based in the Ruhr area, the home of the Schmidt founding family. It combines global thinking, scientific precision, and entrepreneurial action with intercultural understanding, healthy curiosity, and openness. The foundation is committed to equal rights and life opportunities, social cohesion, respect, tolerance, openness to the world, and the protection of nature and the environment. Since its establishment in 1996, the foundation has supported charitable causes and promoted people and projects within its fields of focus.
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Mission & Vision
The Mercator Foundation aims to enable comprehensive education and equal opportunities, to strengthen the self-development of children, adolescents, and young adults, to promote science and research, to support understanding and exchange between people of different cultures, to advocate for a united Europe, and to preserve the natural foundations of life. Its actions are to be characterized by quality, professionalism, and transparency and to engage in public debate.
Target groups
The funding programs of Stiftung Mercator are aimed at institutions and projects that address the themes of digitalized society, Europe in the world, climate protection, as well as participation and social cohesion. The foundation supports projects that achieve systemic impact and pursue long-term societal change. The target group includes organizations active in these areas with a high level of expertise.