PRESS RELEASES

Stefan Wallner – Where Were You When Our Roots Were Uprooted?

Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in …

6. November 2025Main Page, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Topics

Israel’s democratic civil society in times of war and democratic backsliding

Observatorium 84 I October 2025 | by Maja Sojref Since the massacres of 7 October 2023 in Southern Israel, the country’s …

15. October 2025New Publications, Observatorium, Publication, Topics

The Anti-NGO Narrative: The attempt to delegitimise civil society

Civil society organisations (CSOs) are increasingly facing allegations and delegitimising attributions. The new publication The Anti-NGO …

24. September 2025New Publications, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Publication, Topics

Orbituary: Maecenata Foundation mourns the sudden and unexpected death of the director of its MENA Study Centre

Maecenata Foundation mourns the sudden and unexpected death of the director of its MENA Study Centre Prof. Dr. Udo …

5. August 2025Main Page, MENA StudyCentre, News from the Maecenata Foundation

Policy Paper: Agitating Against the State with Taxpayers’ Money?

Observatorium 83 | June 2025 | Rupert Graf Strachwitz sheds light on the accusations against civil society organisations and their …

9. June 2025Main Page, New Publications, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Observatorium, Publication, Topics

Job offer: Employee (m/f/d) Tocqueville Forum

We are looking for a committed employee (m/f/d) who would like to actively help shape the Tocqueville Forum at the earliest possible …

21. October 2024Topics

Call on EU Institutions to safeguard democracy and foster civic space

16.09.2024 | 416 civil society organisations call on the EU Institutions to safeguard democracy and foster civic

16. September 2024Civil Society, Main Page, News from the civil society, Topics

Protest and Support – The Dual role of Israel’s Civil Society in 2023

Opusculum 191 | 28.05.2024 | The paper takes a look at various organisations that were active in the protests to preserve democracy and …

28. May 2024Civil Society, Maecenata Foundation, Maecenata Institute Publications, Main Page, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Opuscula, Publication, Topics

Rotary in Ukraine – Findings of an Accompanying Research Project

Opusculum 190 | 21.05.2024 | The surveys show that a large number of Rotary clubs operated independently of centrally collected funds and …

21. May 2024Civil Society, Maecenata Foundation, Maecenata Institute Publications, Main Page, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Opuscula, Publication, Topics

Maecenata Enters a New Phase

Press Release | 02.04.2024 | From 6th May, 2024, after nearly 35 years, Maecenata will have a new CEO. Founder Rupert Graf …

15. April 2024Main Page, News from the Maecenata Foundation, Press Release, Topics

MAECENATA IN THE MEDIA

2023

2022

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freiwilligenagenturen e.V. 15. März 2022
Krieg in der Ukraine! Und jetzt? bagfa-Dialog-Forum mit Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz
AutorIn:
https://bagfa.de/aktuelles/krieg-in-der-ukraine-und-jetzt-bagfa-dialog-forum/

Deutsche Welle 06. April 2022
Weltweit wächst der Druck auf die Zivilgesellschaft
AutorIn:
https://www.dw.com/de/weltweit-w%C3%A4chst-der-druck-auf-die-zivilgesellschaft/a-61367342

Deutschland Funkkultur 25. Mai 2022
Wohltätig und uneigennützig?
AutorIn:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/stiftungen-in-der-kritik-100.html

Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement Juli 2022
Schriftliches Interview mit Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz
AutorIn:
https://www.b-b-e.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/05_Newsletter/02_Europa_Newsletter/2022/enl-7-2022-strachwitz.pdf

Stiftungsmarktplatz 22. Juli 2022
Interview mit Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz – Die Zivilgesellschaft ist immer politisch
AutorIn:
https://stiftungsmarktplatz.eu/blog/die-zivilgesellschaft-ist-immer-politisch/

2021

Planet Wissen 12. August 2021
Welt Verbessern, Steuern sparen – Was ist Philanthropie?
AutorIn:
https://www.planet-wissen.de/sendungen/philanthropie-rupert-graf-strachwitz-100.html

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freiwilligenagenturen e.V. 17. Dezember 2021
Gleiche Geschlechter- bei ungleicher Macht-Verteilung? 55 Minuten mit… Dr. Siri Hummel
AutorIn:
https://bagfa.de/aktuelles/55-minuten-mit-dr-siri-hummel/

2020

Deutscher Bundestag Oktober 2020
Demokratie kann von Bürger­räten nur profi­tieren, meinen Experten
AutorIn:
https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2020/kw41-pa-buergerschaftliches-engagement-793926

2019

2018

Münchner Zukunftssalon 14. Mai 2018
Einen Vortrag von Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz zum Thema ,,Was machen wir mit Europa?“
AutorIn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsR8s9S54h8

2017

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 4. Januar 2017 (Print)
Nur mit der Zivilgesellschaft – Die Integration der Flüchtlinge benötigt die Hilfe von Ehrenamtlichen

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