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The Allianz Foundation supports initiatives with civil society, ecological, cultural and artistic backgrounds. We place a special emphasis on projects working at the intersection of these areas and pursuing systematic change.

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Outernational: EXT INC / REMEMBER ME

Transtraditional Concerts – We are living in one of the greatest species extinctions in history. But not only species, also sounds, languages and music are disappearing. The project «EXT INC / REMEMBER ME» is part of the transtraditional concert series «Outernational».

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From Europe’s dirtiest city to an ecological success story

How the OSTEN Festival connects art with post-industrial futures

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Our funding projects 2025

In July, the first of our twelve new projects launched Allianz Foundation’s current funding program. In a time of democratic backsliding, climate emergencies, and social fragmentation, we are specifically supporting projects that go beyond conventional paths and offer innovative solutions to pressing societal and ecological issues. Find out more about the funded projects here.

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After a theatre evacuation, the entire audience returned: Culture in Kyiv

Reflections from our colleague Hannah Brennhäußer, who traveled to Kyiv at the invitation of the Ukrainian organization Insha Osvita to join an international network of cultural practitioners.

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CORRECTIV.Europe: “I’m always cold”

According to an analysis by our funded project CORRECTIV.Europe 47 million people in Europe cannot afford to heat their homes in the winter. Millions are also affected in Germany. Experts warn this may lead to social conflict. Read this year’s first major investigation by the newly established media network and get to know their work.

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The Polling Booth of the Future: Now available for lending

Democracy thrives on dialogue - and this is exactly what our interactive Polling Booth of the Future aims to foster. This mobile installation encourages people to engage in conversations, exchange ideas and explore new perspectives. Now available for free lending.

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Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts: Meet the 2025 fellows

The Allianz Foundation is co-founder of the newly launched Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts. We are an alliance of some of Europe’s leading arts philanthropic foundations, uniting substantial resources, and building a collaborative network. Together, we provide support and a connected voice to help socially engaged arts to thrive.

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Media Forward Fund: supporting public interest journalism

Democracies require independent, long-term, and sustainably financed journalism, which is crucial for publishing trustworthy content. The Media Forward Fund was launched with this objective in July 2024. The first funding partners have now been announced.

Regenerative Building Alliance: Transforming the way we build
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Regenerative Building Alliance: Transforming the way we build

The way that we live has become a question of prosperity and justice. It poses a major challenge to our social cohesion and democracy. That is why the Regenerative Building Alliance is supporting the sustainable development of the construction and housing industry. Read an interview with Luisa Seiler, who leads the project, here.

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Tandem-residencies in Tarabya: nightlife as resistance

How does nightlife in Istanbul becomes an expression of identity and solidarity? In an interview, Yelta Köm and Ulya Soley reflect on their time as Tarabya fellows: from artistic research and publications to the “Sound Kitchen”. Find out what they experienced and how to apply for the fellowship.

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Allianz Foundation Grants Program 2025

+APPLICATION DEADLINE EXPIRED+ Allianz Foundation's 2025 funding program is now open for applications. We support initiatives with civil society, ecological, cultural and artistic backgrounds. We place a special emphasis on projects working at the intersection of these areas and pursuing systematic change.

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Zad: Miles for Connection

The right to freedom of movement is essential for a generation of artists who had to relocate to Europe. Zad promotes the mobility of artists, individuals, and groups by offering financial support to showcase their work in new venues. This assistance can cover travel costs within their current country or across Europe. The program is open for applications year-round.

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ARCH+: Renegotiating the Future of Our Urban Space

The construction industry is one of the key contributors to the climate crisis. Although more and more is being built, many people can no longer afford housing or cultural spaces. Against this backdrop, our new funding project by ARCH+ shows what potential can be found in the transformation of existing buildings and the renegotiation of spaces.

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Fixing what’s broken: Our funding projects 2024

Twelve new projects in this year’s funding program – 'Fixing what's broken. Together!' – started in September. This season we are specifically supporting cooperation projects that address social divisions and ecological crises. Their work stands for solidarity, community spirit, and respect. Get to know the funded projects here.

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For all Islanders: The Chios Music Festival 2024

The summer edition of the Chios Music Festival returned for the eighth consecutive year from July 31st to August 13th 2024 to connect the cultural heritage of the greek island Chios with sounds from around the world. During the festival unseen sites of Chios were the natural backdrop for the festival’s concerts.

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ASSEMBLED: Performance & Polling Booth of the Future

Join Allianz Foundation Fellow Love Ssega for ASSEMBLED, an immersive promenade performance developed in collaboration with Good Chance Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiering on July 5th and 6th, 2024, at the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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From words to actions: Second funding round of the "Vereint für Demokratie" fund

Allianz Foundation and ProjectTogether have launched the "Vereint für Demokratie" ("United for Democracy") fund, which aims to support organizations operating at regional, national, and online levels with a fund of more than 2 million euros. The broad coalition of contributors is now extending invitations to additional companies and donors in Germany to join this collaborative effort for democracy.

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Earthquake Solidarity Fund: Rebuilding and Connecting Communities

On the first anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria in 2023 the Allianz Foundation, together with its Hubs partner Postane, launched the "Earthquake Solidarity Fund". The fund supports eight projects in the earthquake-affected regions of southeast Turkey, aiming to promote long-term reconstruction, incorporate cultural aspects, and support women and the next generations.

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Culture of Solidarity Fund: Empowering Democratic Resilience in Europe

The European Parliament elections 2024 represent a crucial test for democracy and international cooperation. This year, the Culture of Solidarity Fund, co-financed by the European Cultural Foundation, Allianz Foundation, Evens Foundation, and partners, is actively supporting initiatives aimed at mobilizing voters and strengthening democracy.

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Reframing climate justice: A BIPOC-led speaker series

The climate crisis impacts marginalized communities, including Black, indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) in Europe now, not just in the future. Systemic Justice's speaker series sheds light on this, presenting BIPOC perspectives and community-led actions against racial, social, and economic injustices.

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Empowering EU Climate Action: Insights from Forum Energii & ECCO

An insight into the analysis of National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), carried out by ECCO in Italy and Forum Energii in Poland. Discover how these think tanks evaluate the implementation of EU climate goals and identify challenges in their country – an important glimpse into how civil society actors shape current EU climate policy.

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Allianz Foundation Future Dialogues: paths towards collective action in Italy and Greece

We assembled 36 stakeholders from politics and civil society to meet in Rome and Athens as part of the Allianz Foundation Future Dialogues, organized in close collaboration with our local partners in Italy and Greece. The participants discussed the Allianz Foundation Next Generations study findings and their implications for Italy and Greece.

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JIVE climate: the premiere of live journalism in Germany

On Tuesday, November 21st 2023, the premiere of a journalism live show represented an absolute first in Germany. An audience of 300 flocked to the large auditorium at Babylon in downtown Berlin Mitte for “JIVE KIima” (or “JIVE climate”). And they experienced an evening that - symbolically - broke through some boundaries - and many of them!

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Future workshops of the Klima-Allianz Deutschland: Climate Protection Needs Many Voices

When considering culture and climate, the focus is usually on two different perspectives. What has been lacking in Germany so far is an interdisciplinary exchange that focuses on the transformative potential of culture in all its diversity. The Klima-Allianz Deutschland (Climate Alliance Germany) has brought together a wide range of stakeholders in four future workshops to explore this question.

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ECCHR: 15-year-anniversary symposium

To mark its 15th anniversary, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) organized a symposium on November 9, 2023, under the title: “Addressing systemic injustice through legal means: New frontiers for legal interventions".

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Younes Al-Amayra in conversation: “We created true identification figures”

The founder of the successful YouTube channel “Datteltäter” in conversation with Esra Kücük, CEO of the Allianz Foundation, talking about the struggle to get Muslim topics into the German media, the normalization that has already happened, as well as the challenges that still exist.

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Talents for Tomorrow: Diversifying Foundations for Europe

The Allianz Foundation in Berlin and the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam are collaborating on a new Traineeship program focused on promoting and diversifying philanthropy with a European purpose. Throughout the 8-month pilot program, the Trainees will gain hands-on experience in one of the two Foundations.

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Council for Digital Ecology

Internet services don’t seem physical at first glance, but they create substantial environmental impacts. We spoke with Harald Welzer from the Council for Digital Ecology about how to reduce their ecological footprint and how realistic these strategies are.

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Beyond Equality Gathering: “Hoping for another future!”

Feminism as a comprehensive project for justice and structural transformation - that's what we talked about with curator Margarita Tsomou and activist María Galindo on the occasion of the "Beyond Equality" Gathering. The Gathering took place June 30 to July 2, 2023, at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.

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Markus Beeko in conversation: “Protecting the climate is protecting human rights”

The Secretary General of the German Section of Amnesty International in conversation with Esra Kücük, CEO of the Allianz Foundation, talking about freedom of civil society, the climate crisis as a human rights crisis, and solidarity with risktakers.

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“Wir können auch anders” (We can do things differently) – The Roadshow

Inspired by Maja Göpel’s bestseller “Wir können auch anders” (We can do things differently) a film crew portrayed local climate champions in a documentary series. Then the team went on a live tour in five German cities. We spoke about this with the director Lars Jessen & Nicola Bramkamp (SAVE THE WORLD).

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Performing Exiles Festival: Berlin as the Capital of the Exiled

During the 20th century, Berlin was a place from which people were forced to emigrate – now, however, the city has become a place of the exiled. The interdisciplinary festival “Performing Exiles” examines the concept of exile in the light of continual global changes and multiple migration movements.

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Heat pumps as key technology for climate-neutral buildings

The year 2045 is the deadline – Germany has to be climate neutral by then at the latest. This also applies for the building sector. Heat pumps are a key tool to achieve this, together with energy-efficient renovations – this is a main finding from a project of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany).

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Risktaker Insights

Risktakers are people and organizations who dare to commit to a world worth living in. They leave familiar paths and established ways of thinking to test new approaches for a sustainable future. On the occasion of the launch of the new Foundation, we asked some risktakers about their motivations and visions.

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Climate Cultures Call: Our funding projects 2023

From eco-playwriting programs for Algerian students to building a climate justice network in Europe - Get to know our ten Climate Cultures grantees!

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Disruption Network Lab: How AI promotes discrimination against migrants

„Technologies are never neutral – they replicate existing biases and power differentials in our society and create new risks.” Petra Molnar, speaker at the Disruption Network Lab conference "Smart Prisons", has investigated how AI is used in the surveillance of migrants.

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Four months in Tarabya

“Even small stories can turn into big movements and trigger bigger change" – Read a testimonial from Özge Açıkkol and Güneş Savaş from „Oda Projesi“ in Istanbul and the Berlin-based artist Nadin Reschke about their experience and learnings from a four-months tandem-residency in Tarabya.

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Mediendienst Integration Conference: 'Pointing out facts is Treason'

Can the welcoming of Ukrainian refugees lead to better treatment of others seeking protection in Europe? How do debates on refugees and migration differ across Europe? Why do some negative immigration narratives persist and how can we tell new stories? These were some of topics at the conference. Read the report here.

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European Climate Hub Gets to Work

The Allianz Foundation is strengthening its work in the area of climate protection. With the launch of the European Climate Hub, it supports future partner organizations in making contributions to the ambitious implementation of the European Green Deal and with that, combating the climate crisis.

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This Is What A Generation Sounds Like

This is the fourth episode from the series of a visual podcast series on what it means to be young in Europe today: intimate stories from young Europeans across the continent. This is Mohamed's story, a young man living in limbo while trapped in a labyrinth of bureaucracy.

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Pangea on a plate: Food culture, grilled okra, and pumpkin purée - this is foodculture days

What happens when artists, scientists, farmers, cooks, and winemakers come together? And when they are joined by philosophers, activists, and local experts who are all interested in food as a research subject and as a medium for convivial interaction? The results go way beyond the taste.

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Constantly Continue Writing – Weiter Schreiben

In 2017 the collective “WIR MACHEN DAS” (“We’ll Do It”) asked authors from areas of war and crisis seeking refuge in Germany what they wished for. The most common answer was that they wanted to continue writing. Weiter Schreiben makes that possible. And we like to present one such text here.

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ReFOCUS Media Labs for Refugees: "Nothing about us without us"

ReFOCUS Media Labs is creating a global network of media labs to equip asylum seekers and recognized refugees with modern media creation skills.

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The Europasinfonie: A Concert for a Continent

An interview with Markus Rindt, Artistic Director at the Dresdner Sinfoniker.

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SUPERRR LAB: Building diverse and equal futures in tech and beyond

What kind of world do we want to live in in the future? What role should digital technologies play in determining this? And how can we work together to create equitable and diverse visions for the future? Read the blog contribution from Nandita Vasanta, Project Lead at SUPERRR LAB.

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Forensis documents widespread, systematic and shameful drift-backs practice

Since 2020, “drift-backs” have become routine practice. Vulnerable refugees are loaded onto life rafts with no engine and left to “drift” back toward Turkey. This practice is illegal and highly dangerous. Forensis published a year-long investigation into the practice in the form of a navigable, web-based map.

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Clean Cities Campaign: A vision of zero emissions urban mobility

How can we reallocate public spaces for walking, biking, and greenery? How can public transport be better promoted? How can we phase out petrol-fueled cars from cities? Here's a blog contribution by Barbara Stoll, Director Clean Cities Campaign.