Stichting Ons Geld

What Stichting Ons Geld does

Stichting Ons Geld is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting), registered with KvK number 56645910 and holding ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) public benefit status. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in the Netherlands (registered address Landgraaf, organizational presence Maastricht), the foundation advocates for monetary system reform, specifically calling for debt-free digital money creation by an independent public body while keeping allocation of money democratic. Its advocacy is rooted in the position that approximately 90% of Dutch money supply is digital (giraal) debt money created by commercial banks through credit and mortgage lending, which the foundation identifies as a driver of inflation, housing price growth, inequality, and financial instability.

The foundation's core products and services are educational rather than technological. They include knowledge articles on monetary policy topics (digital euro, money creation, cash acceptance), video content and symposium recordings (including categories 'Geldschepping', 'Symposia', and 'De nieuwe wereld'), the published book 'Geldgeluk', annual activity reports from 2015 onward, and policy plans. Distribution is entirely digital and content-led through onsgeld.nu, YouTube (@OnsGeld), Instagram (@stichtingonsgeld), Facebook, X/Twitter (@HervormOnsGeld), newsletters, and occasional hosted events. The foundation is also a member of the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR), aligning it with a global network of monetary reform initiatives.

The business model is donation-based with no commercial pricing. Operations are carried out by volunteers, with sporadic outsourced work billed at €35/hour excluding VAT. Governance rests with an unpaid four-member board (Frits Altenburg, Jacqueline Haarsma, Johan Zijlstra, Gerrit van Malkenhorst). The foundation's reported assets as of January 1, 2024 stood at €23,769.60. The served audience is the Dutch general public and citizens concerned about monetary policy, with horizontal segmentation and no enterprise or B2B customer base. There are no external investors, funding rounds, subsidiaries, or M&A activity.

Name

Stichting Ons Geld

Legal name

Stichting Ons Geld

Website

https://onsgeld.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stichting Ons Geld is a Dutch non-profit foundation advocating for monetary reform by promoting public, debt-free digital money creation as an alternative to commercial bank money creation, serving Dutch citizens concerned about monetary stability, inflation, and inequality through educational content, publications, and symposia.

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Product category

Monetary Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trust Funds & Multi-Donor Pooled Funds (BPADAOAE)

Keywords

• Monetary policy advocacy
• Public money creation
• Monetary reform research
• Financial stability advocacy
• Debt-free currency

Headquarters

HQ city

Maastricht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: The foundation relies on public donations to fund its activities. The organization holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status in the Netherlands, allowing it to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Stichting Ons Geld is a Dutch nonprofit foundation that advocates for monetary reform by promoting debt-free public money creation. It produces and distributes educational content (knowledge articles, videos, symposia, the book 'Geldgeluk', policy plans and activity reports) to raise public awareness about how approximately 90% of the Dutch money supply is created as digital (girale) debt money by commercial banks, and to advocate that money creation be transferred to an independent public body while allocation remains democratic.

Product overview

Stichting Ons Geld is a non-profit advocacy foundation focused on monetary reform in the Netherlands. The organization operates as a single unified advocacy and education initiative rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core offerings consist of educational publications and knowledge articles, video content and symposium recordings, an accessible book titled 'Geldgeluk', and comprehensive activity reports and policy plans. These products collectively serve their mission of promoting a stable, fair, and democratic monetary system.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educational Publications and Knowledge Articles

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting Ons Geld is an official part of the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR), a worldwide network of initiatives and movements working to make monetary systems democratic, more stable, and fairer. This membership provides the foundation with international collaboration, shared research, and global advocacy coordination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations): Dutch independent nonprofit research organization investigating multinational corporate behavior. Comparable in ANBI-registered Dutch nonprofit advocacy/research model and donor-funding structure, though focused on corporate accountability rather than monetary reform.
• BankTrack: International civil-society network tracking the private financial sector's social and environmental impacts. Comparable as a banking-sector reform advocacy ecosystem player, though targeting private-bank conduct rather than the money-creation mechanism itself.

Direct peers

• American Monetary Institute: US nonprofit focused on monetary education, reform advocacy, and research — directly comparable mission (advocating reform of the banking system's money-creation role) and similar nonprofit/educational delivery model.
• Monetative (Monetative e.V.): German monetary reform initiative promoting the 'Monetative' concept — an independent public body creating debt-free money. Closely comparable in mission, advocacy approach, and IMMR network affiliation.
• Positive Money: UK-based advocacy organization campaigning for a democratic monetary system and reform of how money is created by commercial banks — directly comparable in mission, advocacy model, and donor-funded nonprofit structure, and a sister member of the IMMR network.

Broad incumbents

• New Economics Foundation: UK-based think tank working on economic and monetary reform from a broader systemic perspective. Overlaps in monetary-reform advocacy but operates at a much wider scope (economy, environment, inequality) with paid staff and significantly larger resources.
• INET (Institute for New Economic Thinking): Global heterodox economics research network funding academic work on monetary policy, banking, and macroeconomic reform. Comparable intellectual territory but operates as a research-grant foundation rather than a grassroots advocacy organization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HervormOnsGeld
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OnsGeld
• Facebookfacebook.com/onsgeld
• Instagraminstagram.com/stichtingonsgeld
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ons-geld

Compliance1 record

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Profiles4 records

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