Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg

What Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg does

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg e.V. is a regional non-profit political foundation affiliated with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the German Green Party) and operates as one of 16 state-level entities under the federal Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung headquartered in Berlin. Founded in 1980 and based at Kernerstraße 43 in Stuttgart, the foundation conducts political education across Baden-Württemberg on themes of democracy and civic participation, ecological and social transformation, European and international affairs, and culture and memory politics. It serves civil society, policymakers, students, and academic stakeholders through free or low-cost educational content.

Name

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg

Legal name

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg e.V.

Website

https://boell-bw.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg is a Stuttgart-based, non-profit political foundation affiliated with Germany's Green Party, delivering civic education, events, publications, and digital formats on democracy, ecology, and social justice to civil-society audiences across Baden-Württemberg.

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Product category

Political Education and Civic Engagement

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

International & Comparative Education Policy Organizations (EDADADAL)

Keywords

• Political education
• Civic engagement
• Democracy programs
• Policy analysis
• Non-profit foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership and Donations: As a non-profit political foundation affiliated with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, the organization relies on membership fees and donations from individuals and organizations to fund its operations, events, and educational programs.
2. Event Fees and Educational Programs: Revenue generated from paid seminars, workshops, and educational events, including further education (Weiterbildungen) programs offered to the public.
3. Publications and Resource Sales: Income from atlases, books, postcards, exhibition rentals, and other published materials produced by the foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg is a non-profit political foundation affiliated with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen that provides political education and civic engagement programs in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It delivers civic education through publications (atlases, studies, dossiers), podcasts, loanable exhibitions, digital educational formats (virtual tours), educational games, annual conferences, workshops, and continuing education programs focused on democracy, ecology, social justice, and European affairs.

Product overview

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg is a political foundation affiliated with the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). It operates as a multi-format civic education and political engagement organization rather than a traditional technology product company. The foundation offers a portfolio of educational content products including publications (atlases, studies, dossiers), podcasts (Böll.Regional), loanable exhibitions, digital educational formats (virtual walking tours), educational games (KI-Kompass card game), and event series (annual conferences, Jahrestagungen). These are complemented by awards (Politikkrimipreis), training programs (Weiterbildungen), and community engagement formats (Lebendige Bibliothek). The organization also provides a newsletter subscription service. The portfolio is organized around thematic pillars: Democracy and Participation, Ecological and Social Transformation, Europe and International Affairs, and Culture and Memory Politics.

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Products and services

• Publikationen (Atlanten, Studien, Dossiers) Published works including data atlases (Bodenatlas, Mooratlas, Infrastrukturatlas), studies on democracy and politics, and thematic dossiers covering topics like energy transition and critical minerals. Targeted at the general public, policymakers, researchers, and civil society audiences in Baden-Württemberg.
• Böll.Regional Podcastreihe Podcast series where German state foundations present inspiring local projects from their regions. Distributed via Spotify, SoundCloud, and Podigee for general public audiences.
• Ausstellungen (zum Ausleihen) Loanable exhibitions on topics such as the energy transition, democracy, and social issues that can be borrowed for events and institutions across Baden-Württemberg.
• Digitale Spaziergänge Virtual walking tours that reveal power structures in public spaces, telling stories of resistance, migration, and exclusion, and make gaps in memory culture visible. Targeted at general public and educational audiences.
• KI-Kompass Card game about sustainable use of artificial intelligence, exploring how AI can positively influence society and where people might prefer to do without AI. Targeted at educators, students, and the general public.
• Frauen aus Baden-Württemberg (Postkarten) Postcard series featuring 18 notable women from Baden-Württemberg, created as a project with students from Hedwig-Dohm-Schule Stuttgart. Targeted at schools, educators, and history/civic education audiences.
• Lebendige Bibliothek Living Library format where people from marginalized communities share personal experiences with readers in one-on-one conversations, promoting understanding and challenging stereotypes. Targeted at civil society and diversity audiences.
• Weiterbildungen Continuing education offerings including seminars on rhetoric, democracy education, antifeminism awareness, and digital skills training. Targeted at educators, activists, and engaged citizens.
• Jahrestagungen (Annual Conferences) Annual conferences on key political topics, including recent themes on AI, freedom, heat transition, and rule of law in Europe. Targeted at civil society, policymakers, and engaged citizens.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual conferences, multiple public events, workshops, and exhibitions reaching civil society audiences across Baden-Württemberg
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (Federal Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe state foundation operates as part of the federal Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung network, sharing the mission of political education rooted in ecology, democracy, social justice, and non-violence. The federal foundation in Berlin coordinates international offices and national programs while state foundations focus on regional activities.
• Other German State Foundations (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll 15 other German state foundations (Landesstiftungen) including Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thüringen operate under the shared umbrella and collaborate on joint programs and initiatives.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung International OfficescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation is connected to the international offices of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung network, spanning Europe (Brussels, Paris, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, Tbilisi, Belgrade, Tirana, Prague, Istanbul, Kyjiw, Warsaw), Africa (Nairobi, Abuja, Dakar, Cape Town, Horn of Africa), Asia (Beijing, New Delhi, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Southeast Asia), North America (Washington DC), Latin America (Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Central America, Bogota, Mexico City), and the Middle East & North Africa (Tel Aviv, Beirut, Rabat, Tunis, Ramallah).
• Netzwerk 'Sozialer Zusammenhalt in digitaler Lebenswelt'coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA civil society network founded in July 2017 by church associations, political foundations, and trade unions, including: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelische Jugendsozialarbeit e.V., Forum Soziale Technikgestaltung (DGB Baden-Württemberg), Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Baden-Württemberg, and Fritz-Erler-Forum/Landesbüro der Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Baden-Württemberg. The network addresses digital transformation's impact on social cohesion.
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (The German Green Party)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation maintains close ties with the German Green Party, sharing a political mission rooted in ecological and social progress. Party members and officials regularly participate in the foundation's events and programs, and the foundation's work complements the party's policy goals.
• Gunda-Werner-Institut (Green Party Women's Foundation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with the Gunda-Werner-Institut on feminist digital policy, AI, and gender equality topics. Joint projects include the 'Feminismus mit Vorsatz' podcast and programs on feminist AI and digital rights.
• Grüne Akademie, GreenCampus, and StudienwerkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with other thematic portals of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung including the Grüne Akademie (green academy), GreenCampus (further education), and Studienwerk (scholarship program for students and doctoral researchers).
• Hedwig-Dohm-Schule (Stuttgart)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative project with students from the Hedwig-Dohm-Schule in Stuttgart to produce 'Frauen aus Baden-Württemberg' — a set of postcards featuring notable women from Baden-Württemberg, combining history education with civic learning.
• CSD Stuttgart (Christopher Street Day)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration with the CSD Stuttgart Pride event, participating as a 'Vielfaltsverstärkerin' (diversity amplifier). The foundation supported the 2020 digital pride festival with its Lebendige Bibliothek (Living Library) format featuring LSBTTIQA+ perspectives.
• Anne Frank Zentrum (Berlin)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin, which has extensive experience with Living Library formats focused on Jewish life, provided guidance and collaboration for the foundation's digital Living Library on LSBTTIQA+ topics.
• #WirVsVirus HackathonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation supported and documented the #WirVsVirus hackathon (initiated by the German government) which produced over 130 social innovation projects addressing COVID-19 challenges. Featured projects included digital stage for artists, can't wash my hands for refugees, and Emma bringts local marketplace.
• Katholische Akademie FreiburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly organized a decolonization conference (Tagung Dekolonisierung) with the Catholic Academy Freiburg, Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT), Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut, and the Institute of Sociology at the University of Freiburg.
• Kunststiftung Baden-WürttembergminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation's chair, Alexander Salomon MdL, serves as chair of the advisory board of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, indicating a close working relationship on cultural policy.
• Various Civil Society Organizations and Academic InstitutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation collaborates with a broad range of civil society organizations, academic institutions, and research partners on specific projects, including universities in Baden-Württemberg, research institutes, and social organizations working on democracy, ecology, and social justice.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg: State agency for political education in Baden-Württemberg. Direct geographic peer operating in the same region and same civic-education remit — directly comparable in target audience, event formats, and publication outputs, though state-funded rather than party-affiliated.
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung: CSU-affiliated political foundation with state offices. Direct peer operating within the same German political-foundation system; comparable in scale of programming (publications, conferences, scholarships, civic education) and funding model.
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: CDU-affiliated German political foundation. Closest structural peer — operates state foundations, political education programs, publications, scholarships, and conferences under a parallel mandate, but aligned with the center-right. Directly comparable as a sister political foundation in the same federal funding framework.
• Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: Die Linke-affiliated political foundation operating state-level branches and political education programs. Direct peer in the German political-foundation funding system with the same Landesstiftung model and civic-education mandate, but left-aligned.
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit: FDP-affiliated political foundation with regional offices. Direct peer in the same six-foundation federal funding architecture, operating political education, scholarships, and conferences under a parallel non-partisan civic-education model.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: SPD-affiliated German political foundation with state-level offices in Baden-Württemberg (Fritz-Erler-Forum). Direct peer: same non-partisan civic-education model, parallel Landesstiftung structure, co-network partner via the 'Sozialer Zusammenhalt' alliance cited in the subject's data.

Emerging players

• Otto Brenner Stiftung: Non-party-affiliated German foundation focused on critical political education, journalism, and labor-related research. Emerging/thematic peer — overlaps on civic-education publications and conferences but without the Green Party affiliation; comparable on programming format.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Federal German agency for political education, headquartered in Bonn. Broad incumbent offering the same civic-education, publication, and conference services at national scale; not party-affiliated but operates in the same category as the political foundations, with overlapping formats (atlases, dossiers, online workshops).

Others

• Eine Welt Netzwerk Baden-Württemberg: Baden-Württemberg statewide network of development and civic-education organizations. Thematically adjacent (global justice, education) with overlap on partnerships and event co-production; not a foundation but operates as a comparable civil-society intermediary in the same region.
• Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) Baden-Württemberg: State-level environmental NGO with comparable regional footprint, member/donation funding model, and audience overlap on ecology/climate programming. Thematically adjacent rather than directly competitive — relevant for benchmarking civic-engagement models.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• TikToktiktok.com/@hbs_bw

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