Under the newly established foundations in the capital about the Daniel Schlegel environmental Foundation was. They are committed to the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of forests.

With 3.0 per cent was the rate of growth of foundations in Berlin in 2019, significantly above the German average of 2.1 percent, it said. After Saxony and Hesse, Berlin was the rate of the state with the third highest growth in Germany.

In Berlin there is the information to the 27 foundations per 100 000 inhabitants. The average Foundation density in Germany is, according to the notice just above that at 28 per 100 000.

The Association of German foundations with more than 4500 members claimed to represent the interests of foundations in Germany. There are a total of according to the Association, 23 230 foundations of civil Law in Germany.

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