Donate for Future

What Donate for Future does

Donate for Future e.V. is a Hamburg-registered German nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein, VR 24022) founded in March 2021 and operating exclusively on an all-volunteer basis under three co-chairs: Emily Louise Klemt, Lasse Jonathan van der Veen-Liese, and Annalena Schuster. The organization's stated purpose is the promotion of environmental, nature, and climate protection, executed primarily through financial support of grassroots climate movements — most notably the Hamburg and Berlin chapters of Fridays for Future — alongside other independent climate protection projects. All activity is funded by donations; the organization refuses to allow donations to be used for donor advertising or sustainability-reporting purposes.

The operating model is a donation aggregation and distribution service. Donors contribute either through an online donation tool on the WordPress-hosted donateforfuture.de website (which auto-generates official German Zuwendungsbestätigungen by February of the following year) or via direct bank transfer to a GLS Gemeinschaftsbank account. The technology stack is minimal and commodity: WordPress with cloud hosting, Google Analytics, Google Ads, and a presence across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. There are no paid staff, no proprietary technology assets, and no disclosed revenue figures.

The go-to-market motion is community-led: donor acquisition runs through digital channels and direct outreach to environmentally-conscious individuals, organizations, associations, foundations, and companies. Geographic operations are confined to Germany, with operational focus on Hamburg and Berlin. No patents, trademarks, awards, or third-party certifications are disclosed, and the organization has no subsidiaries, parent company, funding rounds, or external investors.

Name

Donate for Future

Legal name

Donate for Future e.V.

Website

https://donateforfuture.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Donate for Future e.V. is an all-volunteer German nonprofit that collects tax-deductible donations and distributes them to climate protection movements, primarily funding Fridays for Future chapters in Hamburg and Berlin. Founded 2021, headquartered in Hamburg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Protection Nonprofit Fundraising

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

Keywords

• Climate protection donations
• Environmental nonprofit funding
• Charitable donation collection
• Climate activism support
• Nonprofit fundraising services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization is entirely funded through donations (spendenfinanziert). Revenue comes from individual donors, organizations, associations, foundations, and companies who make regular or occasional donations. Donations can be purpose-bound (zweckgebunden) or general. The organization emphasizes that donations should benefit the climate and not be used for advertising or sustainability reporting by donors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Donate for Future e.V. collects charitable donations from individuals, organizations, associations, foundations, and companies and distributes the funds to climate protection projects and movements, with the largest recipients being Fridays for Future local chapters in Hamburg and Berlin. The organization issues official German donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen) for tax purposes and operates entirely on a volunteer basis to minimize administrative overhead.

Product overview

Donate for Future e.V. operates as a single, unified charitable donation service rather than a platform with multiple modules. The organization's core offering is the collection and distribution of donations to support climate protection, environmental protection, and nature conservation initiatives. Their primary activities include raising funds for Fridays for Future local groups (Hamburg and Berlin), providing donation receipts, and supporting various climate protection projects and movements. All work is conducted on a voluntary basis with minimal administrative overhead.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donate for Future Donation Services A charitable donation collection and distribution service that enables individual donors, organizations, associations, foundations, and companies to make tax-deductible contributions supporting climate protection projects and movements. Funds are redistributed primarily to Fridays for Future local chapters in Hamburg and Berlin, as well as other climate protection projects. The service issues official German donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen) and accepts donations through an online tool or direct bank transfer.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fridays for Future HamburgcoreOthersFridays for Future Hamburg is the organization's largest funded project. The organization supports this local chapter of the global climate strike movement with financial resources for demonstrations, events, educational materials, and protest equipment to help mobilize and inform the broader public about climate issues.
• Fridays for Future BerlincoreOthersFridays for Future Berlin is one of the organization's largest funded projects alongside Hamburg. The organization provides financial support to enable this local chapter's activities including demonstrations, events, and public education efforts to drive political change for climate justice.
• Other climate protection projects and groupsminorOthersBeyond the main Fridays for Future chapters, the organization also supports other groups and independent climate protection projects with funding as resources allow.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG: German ethical and sustainable bank that holds Donate for Future's donation account (IBAN at GLS Bank) and serves the same environmentally-conscious donor segment; comparable as an ecosystem/financial-infrastructure peer rather than a competing nonprofit.
• betterplace.org: Germany's largest online donation platform for nonprofits, used by individuals to donate to charitable projects including environmental causes; comparable as a donation-infrastructure peer rather than a direct grantee.

Direct peers

• 350.org: International climate movement organization founded in part by key figures behind Fridays for Future's affiliated 350.org network; directly comparable as a movement-aligned climate advocacy and funding organization.
• Germanwatch e.V. Bonn-based German nonprofit focused specifically on climate policy advocacy and supporting civil-society climate movements; shares the same donor-funded advocacy model and operates at the intersection of climate activism and policy influence in Germany.
• Campact e.V. German donation-funded civic activism nonprofit organizing online petitions and funding campaigns for climate, social, and environmental causes; closely comparable as a German e.V. running donation-driven advocacy and movement support.
• urgewald e.V. Small German nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) funding climate and environmental advocacy campaigns with limited paid staff; closely comparable in scale, structure, and German-registered-association form to Donate for Future.

Broad incumbents

• Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU): Largest German environmental nonprofit with over 875,000 members; provides a comparable German registered-association structure funding environmental and climate-protection activities, but at vastly greater scale and with paid staff. Highly comparable as a German environmental Gemeinnützigkeit.
• BUND (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland): Major German environmental and nature-protection federation with 600,000+ supporters, operating as a registered association funding climate and environmental advocacy. Directly comparable as a German environmental grantmaking and advocacy nonprofit.
• Greenpeace Deutschland: Large German branch of the global environmental organization running climate campaigns, demonstrations, and advocacy; comparable in mission but operates with paid staff and at vastly greater scale.
• WWF Deutschland: German branch of the global environmental organization raising donations for climate and biodiversity protection; comparable as a donation-funded German environmental nonprofit, but much larger and more institutionalized.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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