Transparency

The Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (BMH) takes part in the transparent civil society initiative. As participants, we commit to using a set format to disclose the goals of our organization, where our funds come from, how they are used and who decides on them. We make this information available online in a clearly structured and easy-to-find ten-point scheme.

The following information refers to the year 2024 (as of December 31, 2024, unless otherwise stated in the subheading).

The 2024 activity report was published in autumn 2025.

1. Name, registered office, address and year established

Magnus Hirschfeld Federal Foundation
Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. 34
D-10117 Berlin

Year established: 2011

2. Articles of Association and basic information

3. Information on tax privileges

The Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld Magnus Hirschfeld is classified as a non-profit organization by the Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin in its decision dated 05.05.2023: It serves exclusively and directly tax-privileged charitable purposes within the meaning of Sections 51 et seq. of the German Fiscal Code (AO) and is one of the corporations designated in Section 5 (1) No. 9 of the German Corporation Tax Act (KStG).

4. Name and roles of the main decision-makers

5. Reports on activity

6. Personnel structure

In 2024, the foundation has 12 employees, nine of whom are permanent staff.

Full-time employees:

  • Helmut Metzner, Managing Director
  • Sibylle Meister, Management Assistant and Project Funding Management
  • Christine Welack, Assistant for General Administration, Bookkeeping, Finances and Budget
  • Manuela Meubauer, Employee Secretariat/Administration
  • Hann Zipfel, Scientific Department of Culture, History and Remembrance
  • Charlotte von Schuckmann, Scientific Officer Society, Participation and Anti-Discrimination
  • Dr. Matti Seithe, Scientific Officer for Media Relations and Event Management as well as the Society, Participation and Anti-Discrimination Department

Student assistants and mini-jobs:

  • Elio Buntfuß, student assistant
  • Benjamin Welack, student assistant

On this, see too:

7. Source of funds

8. Use of funds

9. Company law affiliation with third parties

In 2024, the Magnus Hirschfeld Federal Foundation collaborated with a wide variety of different partners.

These include, for example: Bundesverband Trans*; Dachverband Lesben und Alter; DFL Stiftung; Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL); Deutscher Fußball Bund e.V. (DFB); Fachverband Homosexualität und Geschichte e.V. (FHG); FFBIZ – Das Feministische Archiv; Förderkreis der Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld e.V.; Forschungsstelle Archiv für Sexualwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU); Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Fachgebiet Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Personalmanagement und Organisation (Prof. Regine Graml); Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin; Intergeschlechtliche Menschen e.V., Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin (IfZ); JungLesbenZentrum Hamburg; KBZ – Kombi – Kommunikation und Bildung e. V.; Koordinierungsstelle zur Gleichstellung von LGBTIQ*, Stadt München; Landesstelle für Gleichberechtigung – gegen Diskriminierung der Senatsverwaltung für Soziales, Arbeit, Gleichstellung, Integration, Vielfalt und Antidiskriminierung (LADS), Berlin; Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland e.V. (LSVD); LesMigraS; Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V.; Ministerium für Integration, Familie, Kinder, Jugend und Frauen des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz; Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg; Netzwerk LSBTTIQ Baden-Württemberg; Rad und Tat e. V. (RuT); RosaLinde Leipzig e.V.; Quarteera e.V.; Queere Bildung e.V.; Queer European Asylum Netzwerk; Queer Football Fanclubs e.V. (QFF); QueerNet Rheinland-Pfalz e.V.; SchwuZ; Siegessäule; Special Media SDL GmbH; Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv und Bibliothek Berlin e.V.; Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas; TakeOver. Verein für intersektionale Kampagnenarbeit; TransInterQueer e.V.; Universität Stuttgart, Historisches Institut, und Forschungsstelle Ludwigsburg; Universität Vechta, Institut für Soziale Arbeit, Bildungs- und Sportwissenschaften (ISBS), Challenges – Arbeitsstelle für sportpsychologische Beratung und Betreuung von Prof. Dr. Martin Schweer; Verbund der Regenbogenstiftungen; Verein Niedersächsischer Bildungsinitiativen e.V.; Wallstein Verlag GmbH, Göttingen; Weißenburg – Schwul/Lesbisches Zentrum Stuttgart; Women in Exile; Projektgruppe „Gedenkband Josch Hoenes“; LAG Queeres Netzwerk Sachsen e.V.; Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff-Stiftung; Politiken der Reproduktion interdisziplinäre Nachwuchsforscher*innengruppe (PRiNa); Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen; Stephanie Krah, Dresden; Sonja Lau, Berlin; HAKI e.V., Kiel; Dr. Dr. Gregor Schorberger; Weissenburg e.V., Stuttgart; Wer lebt mit wem? Warum? Und wie? e.V.i.G, Leipzig.

Thank you very much for the trustworthy cooperation.

10. Donations, sponsorships, third-party funding and endowments (2024)

The work of BMH was supported in 2024 with earmarked donations and sponsorships worth over 1,000 euros by (in alphabetical order):

  • Fabian Grischkat: 10,000 euros for the traveling exhibition project “engdangered living”
  • BMH e.V. Support Association: 8,750 euros for the foundation’s website (translations into English and technical implementation)

Further donations under €1,000 were received in 2024 in the BMH donation account.

Third-party funding for the foundation in 2024:

  • Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ): up to a maximum of €706,000.00 as institutional funding. Funding period: January 1 – December 31, 2024
  • State of Berlin, Senate Department for Justice, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination: €41,467.39 for the project “The Role of Social Status in the Lives of Queer People in Berlin: Life History Interviews.” Funding period: January 1 – December 31, 2024

There were no additional donations to the assets in the 2024 financial year.