Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-holstein

What Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-holstein does

Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein is a public-law foundation (Stiftung öffentlichen Rechts) established in 1978 by the Land Schleswig-Holstein and headquartered in Molfsee, Germany. It is the largest nature conservation organization in the state, managing approximately 39,000–40,000 hectares of permanently secured conservation land across more than 300 protected areas, spanning meadows, moors, forests, coasts, and inland habitats from the dunes of Sylt to the wetlands of Herzogtum Lauenburg. The foundation employs approximately 120 staff across biology, ecology, landscape planning, project management, and species protection functions, and has implemented more than 1,000 nature projects since founding. Core operational areas include moor rewetting for biological climate protection, species protection (e.g., red-bellied toad, Golden Chequered Skipper, Large Copper butterfly, Black-tailed Godwit), biodiversity conservation, and environmental education. Technology deployed includes GIS-based area management, water level measurement systems for moor rewetting, and species monitoring protocols, supplemented by EU LIFE-funded projects such as LIFE Wadden Sea Birds, LIFE-Aurinia, and LIFE Limosa.

The foundation operates a hybrid non-profit revenue model combining private donations (one-time, recurring, endowment contributions, testamentary bequests, corporate sponsorship), government project grants from Land Schleswig-Holstein (via GAK funds and the EU ELER program), EU funding (notably LIFE projects), and transaction fees from its wholly-owned subsidiary Ausgleichsagentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, which manages ecological compensation accounts (Ökokonten) for project developers. Notably, the foundation receives no institutional base funding from the state and must finance operations through project-specific grants and third-party funding. It also administers eight trust foundations under its umbrella and has distributed more than €4M to nearly 200 third-party conservation projects. Governance is provided by a two-member board (Geschäftsführender Vorstand Ute Ojowski and Ehrenamtliche Vorstandsvorsitzende Dr. Juliane Rumpf), with oversight by an independent Stiftungsrat chaired by State Secretary Katja Günther and regulatory supervision by MEKUN (Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature).

Go-to-market is community-led and grant-driven: the foundation engages supporters through its website, newsletter, social media channels, events and guided nature tours, a Freundeskreis (friends' circle) with approximately 400 members, and an FÖJ (voluntary ecological year) program. Distribution occurs via direct operational project work across Schleswig-Holstein and grant programs targeting municipalities, conservation associations, and other legal entities for biological climate protection, moor rewetting, and forest restoration. Strategic partnerships with the Land Schleswig-Holstein (founding sponsor and primary funder), the European Union, regional counties, BUND, NABU, and the Deich- und Hauptsielverband Südwesthörn-Bongsiel anchor the operational network.

Name

Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-holstein

Legal name

Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein

Website

https://stiftungsland.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nature Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB), Nature, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Conservation (BPADALAE)

Keywords

• Nature conservation services
• Habitat protection
• Moor rewetting
• Biodiversity conservation
• Conservation land management

Headquarters

HQ city

Molfsee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Spenden und Zustiftungen: Die Stiftung nimmt Spenden und Zustiftungen von Privatpersonen und Unternehmen entgegen. Zustiftungen fließen direkt in das Stiftungsvermögen und erhöhen den Vermögensstock für langfristige Naturschutzarbeit.
2. Projektförderung Land Schleswig-Holstein: Projektförderungen des Landes für naturschutzfachliche Maßnahmen und Flächensicherung aus GAK-Mitteln und ELER-Programm der EU. Die Stiftung erhält keine institutionelle Förderung (Grundförderung).
3. EU-Fördermittel: Finanzierung durch europäische Förderprogramme, insbesondere LIFE-Projekte und agrarpolitische Zahlungsansprüche
4. Kompensationszahlungen über Ausgleichsagentur: Die 100%ige Tochtergesellschaft Ausgleichsagentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbH realisiert Ökokonten, die von Vorhabenträgern refinanziert werden
5. Bußgeld-Zuwendungen: Gerichtliche Bußgelder können der Stiftung zugewiesen werden
6. Förderungen für Dritte: Die Stiftung fördert auch eigene Naturschutzprojekte und Dritte mit mehr als 4 Millionen Euro bisher ausgeschüttet

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein is a public-law foundation that secures, manages and develops approximately 39,000–40,000 hectares of conservation land across more than 300 protected areas in Schleswig-Holstein. It funds and executes nature and species protection projects (moor rewetting, insect habitats, amphibian and bird conservation), grants project funding to third parties, and offers financial engagement vehicles including donations, endowments, testamentary bequests and corporate sponsorships. A wholly-owned subsidiary manages ecological compensation accounts (Ökokonten) for project developers requiring environmental impact mitigation.

Product overview

Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein is a public-law foundation and the largest conservation organization in Schleswig-Holstein, operating as a platform of interconnected services rather than a single product. The foundation offers financial engagement vehicles (one-time and recurring donations, endowment contributions, legacy bequests, corporate sponsorship, and named donor funds) that fund conservation work across approximately 39,000 hectares in over 300 protected areas. It also provides experiential offerings including trekking sites and guided nature tours. The foundation operates grant programs supporting external conservation projects and conducts its own operational projects including moor rewetting, insect habitat restoration (Blütenbunt-Insektenreich), biological climate protection, farmland innovation (Klimafarm), and multiple EU LIFE projects for species protection. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Ausgleichsagentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, manages ecological compensation areas. The foundation also administers multiple trust foundations under its umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donations (Geldspenden) One-time or recurring monetary donations to support the foundation's conservation work across various projects in Schleswig-Holstein. Donations are voluntary contributions without consideration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40.000 Hektar Naturschutzfläche gesichert
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Stiftung artenreiche Kulturlandschaft (StarK-SH)minorOthers · 1 July 2021Treuhandstiftung zur Förderung des Artenreichtums durch Extensivierung der landwirtschaftlichen Nutzung.
• Stiftung Wildtiere im NordenminorOthers · 1 April 2021Treuhandstiftung für Erhaltung und Management von Wildtieren und ihren Lebensräumen.
• Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte Schleswig-HolsteinminorOthers · 1 February 2020Treuhandstiftung zur Darstellung und Erforschung der Geschichte des Naturschutzes in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Stiftung wildartenfreundlicher LandbauminorOthers · 15 June 2018Treuhandstiftung für Erhaltung von Naturlebensräumen und Förderung der ökologischen Landwirtschaft.
• Stiftung Eiderstedter NaturcoreOthers · 1 September 2015Treuhandstiftung für Erhaltung und Wiederherstellung von artenreichem Dauergrünland auf Eiderstedt. Getragen von breitem Bündnis aus 24 Kuratoriumsmitgliedern.
• Karl-Heinz Schulenburg StiftungcoreOthers · 22 July 2014Treuhandstiftung mit Grundstockvermögen von 1,1 Millionen Euro (ca. 42 Hektar Fläche). Entwickelt stiftungseigene Flächen unter ökologischen, heimatkundlichen und kulturhistorischen Aspekten.
• Stiftung Grönauer HeidecoreOthers · 1 February 2008Treuhänderisch verwaltete Stiftung unter dem Dach der Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein. Gegründet von BUND, NABU und Landesnaturschutzverband.
• Ausgleichsagentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbHcoreOthers100%ige Tochtergesellschaft der Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein. Realisiert auf Stiftungsflächen sogenannte Ökokonten für Kompensationsflächen. Vorhabenträger können damit gesetzlichen Ausgleich leisten.
• Deich- und Hauptsielverband Südwesthörn-BongsielcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGemeinsamer Betrieb der Wiedingharder Weideland GbR, einem Landschaftspflegebetrieb mit robusten Rinderrassen zur Pflege von Naturschutzflächen.
• Stiftung Obere EiderminorOthersTreuhandstiftung für aktiven Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, insbesondere an der Oberen Eider.
• Verein Weidelandschaften e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGründungsmitglied des Vereins, der Naturschutzflächen mit Gallowayrindern pflegt.
• Stiftung Natur im Norden (nano-stiftung)minorOthersWird von der Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein verwaltet. Rechtlich unabhängige Stiftung.
• Freundeskreis Stiftung Naturschutz e.V.minorOthersEhrenamtlicher Förderverein mit ca. 400 Mitgliedern, unterstützt durch die Stiftung in der Vereinsverwaltung.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landesnaturschutzverband Schleswig-Holstein (LNV): Umbrella association of nature conservation NGOs in Schleswig-Holstein and the foundation's named partner in the parliamentary Biologischer Klimaschutz events. Directly comparable regional conservation peer operating in the same geography.
• Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH): Major German environmental nonprofit combining nature conservation with advocacy and consumer protection. Overlaps with the foundation in nature and biodiversity programs and operates a similar donation-and-membership revenue model.
• Heinz Sielmann Stiftung: German nature conservation foundation focused on biodiversity and species protection with own land holdings. Directly comparable as a privately endowed German Stiftung running its own protected areas and species programs.
• Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung: Hamburg-based wildlife conservation foundation with focus on German native species and habitats. Directly comparable as a German Stiftung with wildlife management, public engagement, and donation-funded conservation programs.
• NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland): Germany's largest nature and bird conservation association with comparable advocacy, species protection, and habitat management scope. NABU operates similar donation, foundation, and volunteer engagement models and is a direct peer in the German nature conservation nonprofit space.
• BUND (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland): Major German environmental and nature conservation NGO with parallel advocacy, habitat, and species programs. Operates similar donation and membership funding models and is one of the foundation's closest direct comparables in mission and scale.
• Michael Succow Stiftung: German foundation dedicated to nature conservation, biosphere reserves, and large protected-area management in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Closely comparable as a German Stiftung operating own conservation landscapes and international biosphere projects.

Broad incumbents

• WWF Deutschland: German arm of the global WWF network with overlapping conservation, species protection, and habitat programs. Operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic scope but shares the same donation-driven, project-grant funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/StiftungNaturschutz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stiftung-naturschutz-schleswig-holstein
• Instagraminstagram.com/stiftungnaturschutzsh

Compliance3 records

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Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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