By equity: These are Germany's 15 largest private law foundations

Full name: Liebenau Foundation

Headquarters: Meckenbeuren

Equity: 539.0 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 491.0 million euros

Total expenditure: 519.0 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Körber Foundation

Headquarters: Hamburg

Equity: 556.0 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 22.3 million euros

Total expenditure: 25.8 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Key figure not or only partially comparable because it cannot be calculated according to a standardized definition (for example, because individual items in the balance sheet or profit and loss account were not itemized)

Full name: Max Planck Foundation

Headquarters: Munich

Equity: 650.0 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 7.0 million euros

Total expenditure: unknown

Fiscal year: 2023

Key figure not or only partially comparable because it cannot be calculated according to a standardized definition (for example, because individual items in the balance sheet or profit and loss account were not itemized)

Full name: ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius

Headquarters: Hamburg

Equity: 814.8 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 18.1 million euros

Total expenditure: 22.1 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Key figure not or only partially comparable because it cannot be calculated according to a standardized definition (for example, because individual items in the balance sheet or profit and loss account were not itemized)

Full name: Charitable Hertie Foundation

Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main

Equity: 820.3 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 30.0 million euros

Total expenditure: 33.6 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation

Location: Essen

Equity: 843.0 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 8.5 million euros

Total expenditure: unknown

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Carl Zeiss Foundation

Headquarters: Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena

Equity: 983.4 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 132.1 million euros

Total expenditure: 136.5 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Software AG - Foundation

Headquarters: Darmstadt

Equity: 1,108.8 million euros

Net assets: 1,158.2 million euros

Special expenditure: 43.1 million euros

Total expenditure: 68.3 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation

Headquarters: Bad Homburg vd Höhe

Equity: 1,200.0 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 71.9 million euros

Total expenditure: unknown

Fiscal year: 2023

Key figure not or only partially comparable because it cannot be calculated according to a standardized definition (for example, because individual items in the balance sheet or profit and loss account were not itemized)

Full name: Bertelsmann Foundation

Headquarters: Gütersloh

Equity: 1,306.1 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 60.8 million euros

Total expenditure: 75.6 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: Joachim Herz Foundation

Headquarters: Hamburg

Equity: 2,072.4 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 16.7 million euros

Total expenditure: 26.6 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Key figure not or only partially comparable because it cannot be calculated according to a standardized definition (for example, because individual items in the balance sheet or profit and loss account were not itemized)

Full name: Baden-Württemberg Foundation

Headquarters: Stuttgart

Equity: 2,247.6 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 40.1 million euros

Total expenditure: 45.2 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023

Full name: German Federal Environmental Foundation

Headquarters: Osnabrück

Equity: 2,476.1 million euros

Net worth: not known

Special expenditure: 57.1 million euros

Total expenditure: 67.1 million euros

Fiscal year: 2023