Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
The foundation's logo, modeled after the seamless railway wheels patented by Alfred Krupp
Formation	January 1, 1968; 57 years ago (1968-01-01)
Founder	Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Type	Nonprofit
Purpose	Philanthropy Funding and promotion of charitable purposes, domestic and abroad, of research and teaching of science including young scientific talents, education, healthcare, sports, literature, music and fine arts
Headquarters	Essen, Germany
Key people	Ursula Gather (Managing Director) Volker Troche (Speaker of Executive Board) Michaela Muylkens (Member of Executive Board)
Endowment	€ 0.8 billion (2023)
Website	www.krupp-stiftung.de (in German)

The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation is a major German philantrophic non-profit Foundation under civil law. It was founded by Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. With his death on 30 July 1967, his entire private fortune as well as the assets of the Fried. Krupp AG were transferred to the Foundation he had founded, which took up business 1 January 1968. Berthold Beitz was the chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1 January 1968 until his death on 30 July 2013. Ursula Gather took over this position on 1 October 2013 to chairwoman the Board of Trustees to which she had been appointed in 2011.

As the largest shareholder of today’s Thyssenkrupp company, the Foundation exclusively uses its earnings it receives for charitable purposes and supports projects in the fields stated in the statute: science, culture and arts, education, health and sports.^[1] Since 1968, the Foundation has spent 696,2 million euros in these areas. At the end of 2023, the Foundation’s assets amounted to about 0,8 billion euros.^[2]