ZEIT-Stiftung

Foundation ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd BuceriusFounded1971FounderGerd BuceriusTypeCharitable foundationLocationHamburg, GermanyRegion servedworldwideKey peopleChairman of the Board Manuel J. Hartung Chairman of the Board of Trustees Burkhard SchwenkerRevenue31.7 million € (2022)Endowment810.7 million € (2022)Employees38 (2022)Volunteers0Websitezeit-stiftung.de The charitable foundation Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius (house style: ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS) is registered in Hamburg. Its aim is to fund projects in research and scholarship, arts and culture, as well as education and training. It was founded in 1971 by Gerd Bucerius and carries the name of the founder, the title of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, which he co-founded, and the nickname of his second wife, Gertrud Ebel, Ebelin. Early projects of the founder The first scholarships in the 1970s were awarded to young journalists, to enable them to study at Harvard University in Cambridge/US as part of the ZEIT Fellowship programme. In the 1980s, Gerd Bucerius began to actively support stronger competitiveness in higher education in Germany, and gave substantial funds to the private University Witten/Herdecke. In or