Transparency
Transparency is important to us. That is why we have joined the Transparent Civil Society Initiative. We are committed to making the following ten pieces of information available to the public and keeping them up to date.
1. Name, registered office, address, and year of establishment of our organisation
Name and location of the official register and registration number:
Charlottenburg Local Court (under HRB 95319 B)
Commercial register: Hardenbergstr. 3/1, 10623 Berlin
Register of associations: Amtsgerichtsplatz 1, 14057 Berlin
Registration number: HRB 95319 B
Headquarters:
Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH
Lindenstraße 34
10969 Berlin
Address:
Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH
Lindenstraße 34
10969 Berlin
Links:
Impressum - Berghof Foundation
Contact - Berghof Foundation
Organisation - Berghof Foundation
Year of establishment:
2004:
Berghof Foundation for Peace Support, a non-profit organisation, is founded.
2011:
Berghof Foundation for Peace Support, a non-profit organisation, is renamed Berghof Foundation Operations GmbH.
2019:
Berghof Foundation Operations GmbH is renamed Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH, and its physical address changes from Altensteinstraße 48 a, 14195 Berlin to the current address: Lindenstraße 34, 10969 Berlin
Link:
History - Berghof Foundation
2. Complete articles of association or partnership agreement and other important documents that provide information about our specific goals and how we plan to achieve them (e.g., vision, mission statement, values, funding criteria)
Articles of association or partnership agreement:
Articles of Association - Berghof Foundation
Code of Conduct:
Code of Conduct - Berghof Foundation
Vision, mission, and principles:
Vision, mission, and principles - Berghof Foundation
Funding criteria:
We are not a funding foundation, but an operational non-profit organisation. As an organisation, we promote our approach in three areas: practice, learning, and research.
The Berghof Approach - Berghof Foundation
3. Date of the most recent notification from the tax office regarding recognition as a tax-privileged (non-profit) entity, if applicable.
Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH, date of most recent notification: December 27, 2024, Tax Office for Corporations I, tax number: 27/640/02186, exemption notice, assessment period: 2022
Tax exemption - Berghof Foundation
4. Name and function of key decision-makers (e.g. management, executive board, and supervisory bodies)
Board of Trustees:
Johannes Zundel – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Tübingen, Germany
Nickolay E. Mladenov – Director General of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA)
Neha Sanghrajka – Senior Conflict Sensitivity Advisor, UNOPS Fellow and Senior Advisor at the Geneva Center for Security Policy
Prof. Dr. Dieter Senghaas – Bremen, Deutschland
Dr. Christian Sundermann – Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee, former State Secretary, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Mathias Terheggen – Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy, ETH Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Team:
Chris Coulter – Executive Director
Beatrix Austin – Head of Department, Conflict Transformation Research, Interim Head of Department, Peace Education
Gustavo Arnaudo – Head of Finance
Natalie Baharav – Head of Communications
Janel Galvanek – Head of Department, Regional Peace Support
Carolin Poeschke – Chief of Staff, Executive Office
Shirin Reuvers – Head of Strategic Partnerships
Oliver Wils – Head of Department, Middle East and North Africa Peace Support
Link:
Leadership and governance - Berghof Foundation
Executive Director:
Chris Coulter – Executive Director, has no share in the company's capital
5. Report on the activities of our organisation: timely, understandable, and as comprehensive as can be produced with reasonable effort (e.g., copy of the report that must be submitted annually to the members' or shareholders' meeting)
Our 2023 annual report:
Annual Report 2023 - Berghof Foundation
6. Staff structure: Number of full-time employees, freelancers, part-time employees, people doing community service, volunteers; information on honorary staff
2024:
Number of full-time equivalents: 107
Number of full-time employees: 79
Part-time employees: 19
Freelance employees: 33
Volunteers: 0
Members of the advisory board: 6
Links:
Our People - Berghof Foundation
Organisational chart/ organigramm - Berghof Foundation
7. Source of funds: Information on all income, presented as part of the annual income/expenditure or profit and loss statement, broken down into funds from non-material assets (e.g. donations, membership and sponsorship contributions), public subsidies, income from economic business operations, special-purpose operations and/or asset management
Links:
Annual financial statements and management report 2023 - Berghof Foundation
Annual Accounts 2023 - Berghof Foundation
Funders, partners, networks - Berghof Foundation
8. Use of funds: Information on the use of all income, presented as part of the annual income statement or profit and loss statement and the balance sheet or statement of financial position.
Links:
Annual Accounts 2023 - Berghof Foundation
Annual Report 2023 - Berghof Foundation
9. Corporate affiliation with third parties, e.g., parent or subsidiary company, support association, outsourced business operation, partner organisation
BFO is wholly owned by Berghof Foundation Trust GmbH with a registered capital contribution of €25,000.
10. Names of legal entities whose annual contributions (including contributions, service fees, project funds, donations, etc.) account for more than ten percent of our total annual income. Information on corresponding donations from natural persons will be published with their consent, but in any case marked as “large donations from private individuals.
Most of the funds received by BFO are project-related; below you will find a breakdown of the funds by donor:
