1. Name, registered office address and founding year of our organization
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. (ECCHR)
Zossener Street 55-58, Staircase D
10961 Berlin, Germany
Founding year: 2007
Contact person: Nicolina Zimmermann, zimmermann[at]ecchr.eu
2. Complete charter and information about the goals of our organization
Our charter
Who we are
What motivates us
3. Details concerning tax exemption status
According to the corporation tax assessment certification (dated 6 September 2022), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) e.V. (tax number 27/664/51478) is recognized as serving non-profit purposes by the Tax Office for Corporations I, Berlin, and is therefore exempt from corporate tax according to §5 para. 1 No. 9 of the corporation tax law, and from commercial tax according to §3 No. 6 of the commercial tax law. ECCHR contributes to the following non-profit pursuits in the sense of §§ 51 ff. AO
- Providing assistance to those persecuted on political, racial or religious grounds, for refugees and displaced persons (§52 para. 2 sentence 1 no. 10 AO)
- Providing assistance to victims of criminal acts (Section 52 (2) Sentence 1 No. 10 AO)
4. Name and position of key decision-makers
General secretary and special representative: Wolfgang Kaleck
Council: Lotte Leicht (chairwoman), Tobias Singelnstein (vice chairman), Dieter Hummel (treasurer)
5. Activity report
6. Staff
ECCHR employs a total of 59 staff members, 23 of whom work full-time and 36 part-time. In addition, five colleagues work for ECCHR in an advisory capacity. Here, the ECCHR team introduces itself.
7. Source of funds & 8. Use of funds
2023 Annual Report, pages 92-93
Our annual financial statements as of 31 December 2021 were audited by Hamburger Treuhand Gesellschaft Schomerus & Partner mbB Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg, and received an unqualified audit confirmation certification. The audit and the certification pertain exclusively to our end-of-year financial statements that we prepared in accordance with commercial law. The annual financial statements shown in this annual report differ from those within the audited report; in particular, the financial figures are summarized/abbreviated. The annual financial statements for 2023 are currently being audited and will be made available here once finalised.
Further information on our financial and fundraising policy
Standard Form Publication Requirement Fundraising Institutions
9. Corporate legal affiliation
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. has no corporate legal affiliation with third parties.
10. Names of persons whose annual payments exceed 10 percent of the total annual budget
An overview of our funding income can be found in the current annual report, pages 92-93. Only the grant from the OAK Foundation account for more than 10 percent of ECCHR’s current total budget.
