Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung

Name

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung

Legal name

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V.

Website

https://hss.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung is a German CSU-affiliated political foundation founded in 1967 that delivers political education through seminars, publications, podcasts, and scholarships to citizens, local politicians, journalists, and youth in Germany and abroad.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Education Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Services (611), Business Associations (81391)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Comparative Education Policy Organizations (EDADADAL), Research & Science Fair Competitions (Science Fairs, Research Symposiums) (EDAMAGAL)

Keywords

• Political education
• Civic engagement
• Democracy promotion
• Policy publications
• Political seminars

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a German political foundation aligned with the CSU party, HSS operates primarily through public and political funding rather than commercial revenue generation. All publications are provided free of charge and events are either free or low-cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung is a German political foundation affiliated with the CSU party that delivers civic and political education through in-person seminars at its Bildungszentrum Kloster Banz and Konferenzzentrum München, online seminars via HSSdigital, a multi-series publication program, podcasts, topic portals, and scholarship programs (e.g., the journalist support program). It serves citizens, local politicians, journalists, youth, and women with free or low-cost programming on democracy, economics, society, and European affairs.

Product overview

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (HSS) operates as a political education foundation affiliated with the CSU party, offering a multi-format educational portfolio centered on seminars, events, and publications. The core offerings include in-person seminars at Bildungszentrum Kloster Banz and Konferenzzentrum München, virtual online seminars (HSSdigital), and an extensive publication program with multiple series (Politische Studien, Aktuelle Analysen, politicus, Starke Aussagen, Argumentation kompakt). Media products include podcasts (Black Box Berlin, Die Jungen Bilden, Satzzeichen, Global Trade and WTO Reform) distributed via Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music. The Institut für Politische Bildung provides seminars on topics spanning economics, foreign policy, media, and society. Additional programs include journalist training scholarships (Journalistisches Förderprogramm), cultural awards (Lieder auf Banz), writing competitions ('Die Feder'), and the Archive for Christian-Social Politics. The foundation maintains offices in Munich, Berlin, and educational centers in Bavaria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HSSdigital: Online seminar and digital education platform for remote learning and events
• Institut für Politische Bildung
• Akademie für Politik und Zeitgeschehen

Products and services

• In-Person Seminars (Präsenzseminare)
• Online Seminars (HSSdigital / Online-Seminare)
• Publications Program (Publikationen)
• Journalistisches Förderprogramm (Journalism Support Program)
• Podcast: Black Box Berlin
• Podcast: Die Jungen Bilden
• Podcast: Global Trade and WTO Reform
• Podcast: Satzzeichen
• Themenportale (Topic Portals)
• Förderpreis für junge Liedermacher / Lieder auf Banz
• Schreibwettbewerb 'Die Feder' (Writing Competition)
• Archiv für Christlich-Soziale Politik (Archive for Christian-Social Politics)
• Institut für Politische Bildung (Institute for Political Education)
• Akademie für Politik und Zeitgeschehen (Academy for Politics and Contemporary Affairs)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Bistum Augsburg ( Diocese of Augsburg)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2024Joint Europatagung (Europe conference) 'Das Haus Europa gemeinsam weiterbauen' held on April 20-21, 2024 in Ottobeuren. Collaboration on interfaith dialogue and European topics.
• Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on publication regarding WTO reform and global trade policy. Experts from Chatham House contributed to HSS podcast on global trade.
• Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint event celebrating 75 years of CDU/CSU-Bundestagfraktion. Both political foundations collaborated on the anniversary ceremony.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Federal agency for political education in Germany, providing non-partisan civic education, publications, and events nationwide. A broader incumbent that overlaps significantly with HSS's political education mission but operates as a state agency rather than a party-linked foundation.
• Körber-Stiftung: Hamburg-based private foundation with significant programs in political education, civic participation, and democracy. Operates the Körber Democracy Workshop and similar initiatives that overlap HSS's civic engagement mission.
• Robert Bosch Stiftung: Major German private foundation active in education, democracy, and international relations. A broader incumbent with parallel civic-education and international cooperation programming that competes for audience and policy attention.
• Bertelsmann Stiftung: One of Germany's largest private operating foundations, active in education, democracy, and social-policy research. Broader incumbent with overlapping civic-education and publication activities but a much larger and non-partisan endowment-based funding model.

Direct peers

• Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: Die Linke-affiliated political foundation providing political education, academic scholarships, and policy analysis. Same organizational form and funding model as HSS, representing the left-flank counterpart in the German Stiftungen ecosystem.
• Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit: Bavaria's state-level political education agency. A direct regional peer competing for the same Bavarian citizen audience on political education programming and seminars.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES): SPD-affiliated political foundation offering political education seminars, publications, and international development cooperation. Closest structural peer to HSS as the largest 'sister' social-democratic counterpart in the same federal funding regime.
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS): Germany's CDU-affiliated political foundation and the largest of the party-linked Stiftungen. Directly comparable to HSS in mission, structure, and public funding model; HSS has even co-hosted events with KAS (e.g., 75 years of CDU/CSU-Bundestagfraktion).
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit: FDP-affiliated political foundation delivering political education, scholarships, and liberal-values programming. Closely mirrors HSS's party-aligned foundation model with similar seminar and publication offerings.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: Green Party-affiliated political foundation operating political education, scholarships, and think-tank-style policy work. Structurally identical to HSS as a party-linked Stiftung under the same federal funding regime.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjAH
• Xx.com/HSSde
• Facebookfacebook.com/HannsSeidelStiftung

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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