Marianne Blumenbecker Foundation

The Marianne Blumenbecker Foundation (Marianne-Blumenbecker-Stiftung) was established in 1996 as a non-profit, legally independent foundation, aiming to:

• promote culture and the arts
• help protect historic monuments and conserve regional values and traditions
• foster nature and landscape conservation
• contribute to the advancement of science and research
• promote education
• support amateur and recreational sports
• foster international understanding and tolerance
• promote welfare of young and elderly people, and
• support the needy.

Aiding women’s causes in Beckum and preserving the town’s cultural heritage is of particular concern for the founder, Marianne Blumenbecker. Motivated by her own life experience, she takes a special interest in supporting women who are struggling to balance a job and family life.

A non-profit foundation, the Marianne Blumenbecker Foundation has capital funds of more than €1 million (as at 2009), resulting in donations to charity totalling €50,000 to €60,000 each year. It is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers.

The board members are:

Marianne Blumenbecker
Prof. Dr. Fritz-Ulrich Diers
Dr Jochen Plaßmann

Projects funded by the foundation in recent years

Application for funding