By establishing a corporate foundation with the ChildInvest Foundation, you combine your successful entrepreneurship with charitable work that has a lasting impact. A corporate foundation can offer you an effective way of investing in a self-determined future for coming generations. By supporting the education and innovative spirit of young people all over the world, you associate the long-term advancement of the common good with your positive reputation.
What makes a philanthropic endowment worthwhile for me and my company?
Making an endowment strengthens your profile: a corporate foundation allows you to express your company’s values in a lasting and consistent way. By contributing a portion of your company’s assets to a charitable foundation, you make a positive, creditable signal that social awareness and responsibility are an integral part of your corporate philosophy.
Highlighting your philanthropic work in your corporate communications can also significantly enhance your company’s
reputation.
What is a corporate foundation, and what advantages does it offer compared with donations and sponsorships?
As its name suggests, a corporate foundation is established and funded by a company. Its purpose is to provide long-term support for social, cultural or environmental projects and in doing so contribute to their long-term sustainability. With a clear thematic focus, the foundation consistently embodies the company’s values in its external communications over the long term.
In comparison with corporate donations, sponsorships and strategic partnerships, a corporate foundation makes it significantly easier to build a compelling,
positive public image within the context of CSR and to sustain
that image over the long term through a
measurable social impact.
How do tax breaks make my endowment more effective?
The tax benefits available to corporate foundations according to German law enable you to make a particularly significant impact with the assets you contribute. This is because the tax benefit (of the donations)
increases the funds that are available to the supported projects. This makes your work to bring about positive changes for society as a whole even more effective across generations.
