Stephan Schwahlen

This half-year, the funds again went to the Verfassungsblog, HateAid, the Flow Fund for Eastern Germany and a new addition: Alliance4Europe.

The Giving Fund: Defending Democracy continued to develop in Q4 2024.

Should citizens really "work on" democracy, i.e. donate to its preservation and renewal?

Our Giving Fund: Defending Democracy has been successfully launched. We are using the funds from Q1 to support three promising organizations in Germany.

Our cautious assessment of which organizations are making a promising contribution to protecting our democracy in the current situation in Germany.

What do we know about measures to defend democracy and why are donation recommendations so difficult?