For more than 25 years, the Foundation EVZ has been committed to survivors of National Socialist persecution and living remembrance of the injustices of National Socialism. As a joint initiative of companies, the state and private individuals, the foundation stands for the ongoing responsibility of our society to strengthen human rights and actively stand up against exclusion and hatred.

With your donation, you support the work of the EVZ Foundation and its project partners in

  • Supporting survivors of Nazi persecution and ensuring they can live out their later years with dignity
  • Facilitating encounters and exchanges among young people to foster living memory across borders
  • Educational programs for critical engagement with Nazism and its lasting effects
  • Projects to strengthen human rights and combat antisemitism, antiziganism, racism, and all forms of discrimination
  • Strengthening self-organized groups of Sinti, Roma, and LGBTIQ individuals

Given its founding history, the Foundation is particularly active in Central and Eastern Europe and Israel.

Donation account

Stiftung EVZ
IBAN: DE64 1004 0000 0230 9060 00
SWIFT-BIC: COBADEFFXXX

Commerzbank AG
Konto: 230 90 6000
BLZ: 100 400 00

Transfers from other European countries

A transfer within the SEPA area incurs the same fees as a domestic transfer (usually free of charge) if the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and the Bank Identifier Code (BIC) are provided, provided the amount is in euros.

 

Here's how you can further support the EVZ Foundation

  • Inheritance

    Your inheritance to support the work of the EVZ Foundation

    Would you like to use your inheritance to do good in the long term and support our foundation’s goals? By donating to our foundation, you can make a lasting and sustainable contributions to our commitment to solidarity.

  • Corporate Donations

    Donate as a Company

    Get involved in promoting the social inclusion of survivors and keeping memories alive. You can make in-kind donations for our projects, or other arrangements. Please contact us and we will work together to find the right way for you to contribute.

  • Ads

    Place Free Ads as a Publisher

    Help us place free ads as a publisher. We’d be happy to provide you with a timely and tailored ad highlighting the work of the EVZ Foundation and its project partners. Please contact us!

  • Assignments

    Fines and Monetary Penalties

    As an individual or institution authorized to make such allocations, you can support our foundation’s goals through monetary penalties and fines. We are committed to verifying the receipt of allocated monetary penalties. Please feel free to contact us. EVZ Foundation Account Number: IBAN: DE64 1004 0000 0230 9060 00 SWIFT-BIC: COBADEFFXXX Commerzbank AG Account: 230 90 6000 Bank Code: 100 400 00

How We Work: Transparent and Audited

The EVZ Foundation publishes its revenues and expenditures, including third-party funding, in an annual report. As a foundation under public law, we are subject to audits by our regulatory authority, the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues.

 

The foundation is also a member of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative of Transparency International. The signatories of the initiative commit to publishing ten transparency disclosures, thereby strengthening trust and credibility among the public and donors. The EVZ Foundation has endorsed the Principles of Good Foundation Practice of the Federal Association of German Foundations, thereby ensuring that its foundation practices are effective, transparent, and sensitive to diversity.

Activity report 2024

Contact person

Monika Bertele

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-80
E-Mail: bertele@stiftung-evz.de

Katrin Kowark

Head of Communications

Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-24
E-Mail: kowark@stiftung-evz.de