Supporters
For over 70 years, the Goethe-Institut has enjoyed an outstanding reputation, both in Germany and abroad, as Germany’s dialogue partner with the world, supporting projects with an exceptional profile and major public impact. Boasting a global network, it pursues close and long-term cooperation with educational and cultural institutions.
By working together with international partners and incorporating our institutes into the cultural life of the host countries, we create effective and credible dialogue processes aimed at mutual understanding. Our work conveys an up-to-date picture of Germany and thus ensures a realistic and nuanced perception of our country abroad. To this end we receive institutional funding from the Federal Foreign Office, which we supplement with revenue generated by our language courses.
The development of major projects depends, now more than ever, on people and institutions willing to support this kind of work. Additional resources from foundations and private sponsors help us to realize exceptional projects aimed at promoting international understanding and to assume responsibility.
You can support our work as a sponsor or supporter. If for example you would like to get involved in promoting the German language by supporting education or exchange projects, or if you want to deepen mutual cultural understanding through programmes in music, theatre and performing arts, please contact us. Together, we can reach many people and create a basis for lasting friendly relations.
The Goethe-Institut currently maintains 158 branches in 98 host countries, including 12 branches and the Goethe-Institut headquarters in Germany. These offer language, cultural and information services with a site-specific focus. At the same time, the institutes are at the heart of local networks, providing support to cultural associations, language learning centres and reading rooms. This gives rise to a network of almost 1,100 contact points in all.
Staging 18.000 cultural events each year - around two thirds of the events took place online or in a hybrid format - we pursue a very sizeable project portfolio. By partnering out-of-the-ordinary events, you obtain wide-ranging and unusual opportunities for addressing your target group.
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Action Aid Myanmar
AG Kurzfilm e.V. Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm
Agorize Canada
Alfred-Reinhold-Stiftung
A.M. Qattan Foundation (AMQF)
Andrea von Braun Stiftung
ARD-Verbindungsbüro Brüssel
Art Center Nabi
ARTE (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne)
Asociación Amigos del Goethe-Institut España (BMW España, Claro Sol Facility Services, Deutsche Bank España, Friedenskirche Madrid, Dr. Frühbeck Abogados S.L.P., Mercedes-Benz España, S.A.U., MONEREO MEYER ABOGADOS, S.L.P, Herr Carsten Moser)
Association des Amis du Goethe-Institut de Lyon (aagil)
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Bank Windhoek Limited
Bartholomäus-Brüderschaft der Deutschen in Lissabon
Bertelsmann Foundation North America
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA*
Bildungsnetzwerk China gGmbH
BMW Group*
BMW Group (Vertriebsgesellschaft Polen)
BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles
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Cary and Dan-Georg Bronner Stiftung
CBK Rotterdam
Ceres Foundation
Herr Mounir Chahine
Chinese Association for Relief and Ensuing Services (CARES)
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Defkalion Green Technologies S.A.
Destination LAB GmbH
Deutsche Bank AG*
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation gGmbH
Deutsch-Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds
Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus e.V.
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Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Frau Stephanie Eschenlohr
Espace Pandora
European Cultural Foundation (ECF)
Evonik Industries AG
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Herr Norbert Flasch
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH
Freunde des Goethe-Instituts Schwäbisch Hall e.V.
Friends of Goethe New York
Friends of the Goethe-Institut Dublin (Allianz Insurance Ireland, Duncan Grehan & Partners, Siemens Ltd, Volkswagen Bank GmbH (Volkswagen Financial Services Ireland))
Friends of the Goethe-Institut Washington D.C.
Fritt Ord
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Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung
Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG*
German Films Service + Marketing GmbH
Familie Grohs
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Hans Hermann Voss Stiftung
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Iona Stichting
Izmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education (İKSEV)
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Frau Ursula Jakobs
Joachim Herz Stiftung
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
Kulturstiftung des Bundes („Invisible Inventories“ gefördert in der Allgemeinen Projektförderung)
Kummer-Vanotti-Stiftung
Kunststiftung NRW
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LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
LfA Förderbank Bayern
Lietuvos leidėjų asociacija
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin e.V.
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Mark Hotels Management GmbH
Max Kade Foundation, Inc.
Merck KGaA
Merck LLC
MTN Sudan Co Ltd.
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National Science Museum Thailand
Nordic Black Theatre
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Patronato de la Industria Alemana para la Cultura en México A.C.
Pro Helvetia
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Herr Dr. Reinhard Reibold
Richard Stury Stiftung
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH
Frau Ulrike Roos von Rosen
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Schackenbord Foundation
Herr Karsten Schmitz
S.Fischer Stiftung
Siemens AG*
Siemens Stiftung
Stichting Herengracht 401 (H401)
Stiftung "Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft"
Stiftung Mercator GmbH
Stiftung Volkswagen Slovakia
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The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST)
The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
Thonet GmbH
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Volkswagen Group China
VTNZ Limited
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Wilo-Foundation
Wirtschaftskreis des Goethe-Instituts London (Bayerische Landesbank, Pan Macmillan, Siemens plc)
Wirtschaftskreis des Goethe-Instituts Singapur (BMW Asia Pte. Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, Evonik (SEA) Pte. Ltd., Luther LLP, NORD/LB, T-Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd.)
Wirtschaftskreis des Goethe-Instituts Tokyo (Continental Automotive Corporation Japan, Lufthansa German Airlines, Mercedes Benz Japan Co., Ltd., Merck Ltd. Japan, Volkswagen Group Japan, Würth Japan Co., Ltd.)
Würth-Gruppe*
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Yamaoka Memorial Foundation
* Member of the Goethe-Institut’s Business and Industry Advisory Board
| Numbers and Facts | |
| 13 Mio | People reached by the Goethe-Institut in 18.000 cultural events, around two thirds of the events took place online or in a hybrid format. |
| 53,4 Mio | Visits to www.goethe.de |
| 5 Mio | Fans and followers on Facebook & Twitter |
| 370.000 | Visitors to libraries worldwide |
| 380.000 | Media borrowed via the Onleihe online library |
| 223.000 | Language course participants worldwide |
| 470.000 | German exams were taken at Goethe-Instituts and at partner institutions. |