Heinrich Böll Foundation Saar

What Heinrich Böll Foundation Saar does

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Saar e.V. is a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) headquartered at Talstraße 56 in Saarbrücken, Germany, operating as the regional state foundation (Landesstiftung) of the federal Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the political foundation affiliated with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Its sole operating geography is the German state of Saarland. The organization's core activity is civic and political education delivered through public events: readings, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, city tours, and seminars on topics including democracy, social justice, antisemitism, housing, environmental policy, and literature. Programmatic output is organized into recurring series such as the 'Böll&Hofstätter' reading program with Stiftung Demokratie Saarland, the Club Commune literature project with the Commune cultural center, the annual Sommervorlesung with the University of Saarbrücken's Zentrum für lebenslanges Lernen, the Jüdische Filmtage film program with Kino 8 1/2, and the Bauen-Wohnen-Mieten housing discussion series with the Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik, supplemented by publications distributed via the website and the federal weiterdenken platform.

The business model is grant- and contribution-driven rather than commercial. The foundation is funded through membership fees, donations, and public/political foundation subsidies, principally from its parent organization, with marginal event-ticket revenue at fixed price points of €8 (standard) and €5 (reduced), alongside free-admission events. Physical tickets are sold exclusively through Buchhandlung St. Johann in Saarbrücken, and selected events are delivered online via Zoom with livestream. Reach is built through the foundation's own website (boell-saar.de), an email newsletter, a Facebook presence, earned media coverage via SR2 Kulturradio, and co-marketing through partner networks. No subscription, SaaS, or commercial revenue streams are described; technology infrastructure is limited to a WordPress-based website with event-calendar and accessibility features (Easy Language and German Sign Language versions). Governance is handled by a small team led by Geschäftsführer Andreas Morlo.

Name

Heinrich Böll Foundation Saar

Legal name

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Saar e.V.

Website

https://boell-saar.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Saar e.V. is a regional nonprofit political foundation in Saarbrücken affiliated with the federal Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (German Green Party foundation), delivering civic education through public readings, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, and publications for residents of Saarland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Foundation / Civic Education Services

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Education Policy Advocacy & Lobbying Organizations (EDADADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ)

Keywords

• Political education
• Civic engagement
• Cultural events
• Nonprofit foundation
• Public discourse

Headquarters

HQ city

Saarbrücken

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership and public funding: As a registered non-profit association (e.V.) and regional branch of the national Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the organization is funded through membership fees, donations, and public/political foundation subsidies. No commercial revenue streams are described.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Saar is a regional political foundation that organizes and hosts public civic education events — readings, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, seminars, and city tours — on political, social, cultural, and environmental topics for the general public in Saarland. It also publishes books and educational materials, and runs recurring event series in cooperation with regional partner organizations.

Product overview

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Saar is a regional political foundation affiliated with the German Green Party that operates as a civic education and event organization. Its primary offering is an events and lectures program featuring public discussions, readings, film screenings, seminars, and city tours covering political, social, cultural, and environmental topics. The foundation also distributes publications and manages several recurring event series including the Böll&Hofstätter Reading Series, Club Commune literature discussions, Sommervorlesung summer lectures, and Jüdische Filmtage film series. Events are delivered both in-person at venues across Saarland and online via Zoom with livestream options.

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Products and services

• Events and Lectures Program The foundation's core offering — public events including lectures, readings, panel discussions, film screenings, seminars, and city tours on political, social, and cultural topics, delivered in-person at venues across Saarland and online via Zoom.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stiftung Demokratie SaarlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing co-organizer of the reading series 'Böll&Hofstätter in der Stiftung Demokratie Saarland' and numerous other events including lectures, discussions, and film screenings. Events are held at the foundation's premises at Europaallee 18, Saarbrücken. The partnership is a core pillar of the foundation's programming.
• Ludwig HofstättercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNamed co-organizer of the 'Böll&Hofstätter in der Stiftung Demokratie' reading series. Ludwig Hofstätter collaborates as a private individual/organizer on literary events.
• SR2 Kulturradio (Saarländischer Rundfunk)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partner for several events in the reading series, providing broadcast coverage and promotion for literary events.
• Buchhandlung St. JohanncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive physical ticket sales point for events (8€ standard, 5€ reduced). Located at Kronenstraße 6, 66111 Saarbrücken.
• Commune (cultural and political center, Saarbrücken)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint literature project 'Club Commune' — a monthly book club held at the Commune venue (Futterstraße 4, Saarbrücken) covering politically and socially critical fiction. Each session involves a specific book, discussion, and optional pre-registration.
• Zentrum für lebenslanges Lernen (ZeLL), University of SaarbrückenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the annual Sommervorlesung (summer lecture) on political topics, open to students, staff, and the general public. Held at the university campus.
• Deutsches Institut für UrbanistikminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the 'Bauen-Wohnen-Mieten' (Building-Housing-Rents) series on affordable housing and urban development, including online discussions and in-person panels.
• Aktion 3. Welt SaarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of specific events such as the lecture on the 1. FC Saarbrücken's role during the Nazi era.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Saarland: The Saarland state-level civic education authority — the most direct comparable, operating in the same geography with parallel civic education programming, public funding, and event series on political and societal topics.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz: A sibling Landesstiftung of the same national Green-affiliated network in neighboring Rheinland-Pfalz. Closest structural peer — same brand, mission, funding model, and event-driven programming in a comparable regional context.
• Stiftung Demokratie Saarland: The foundation's core partner and host venue, itself a regional democracy-education foundation. Operates overlapping programming on democratic culture, civic participation, and political discourse in Saarland.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): Germany's federal agency for civic education. Comparable as a publicly funded civic-education provider running lectures, publications, and discussion events — though not party-affiliated and operating at national scale.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Bundesstiftung): The federal parent organization of the Saar branch and the German Green Party's affiliated political foundation. Operates the national office, the weiterdenken.de publication platform, and 15 other Landesstiftungen; directly comparable as the umbrella brand and programmatic authority.
• Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: Die Linke-affiliated political foundation with regional state foundations and an event/publications portfolio structurally analogous to the subject organization.
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit: FDP-affiliated political foundation with regional offices and a comparable civic education/event portfolio. Highly comparable in organizational structure and political education mission.
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung: CSU-affiliated political foundation operating regional offices and political education programming; a direct structural peer to the party-affiliated Landesstiftung model.
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: CDU-affiliated political foundation with a national network of regional offices and education/event programming structurally analogous to Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Comparable in mission (political education), funding model (public subsidies), and civic-event format.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: SPD-affiliated political foundation operating nationwide with regional offices and political education programming. Direct analog in structure, funding, and event-driven civic engagement model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

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