Statute - Buergerstiftung-Remagen

• The foundation bears the name “Bürgerstiftung Remagen”.
• It is a public foundation with legal capacity under civil law.
• It is based in Remagen.
• The financial year of the foundation is the calendar year.

• Education and parenting,
• Youth, family and senior citizen support,
• Art, culture and monument preservation,
• Environmental and nature protection as well as landscape maintenance,
• Charity,
• To promote tradition, customs and home care as well as sport in Remagen. In individual cases, the purposes can also be funded outside of Remagen .

• Creation and support of local institutions and projects,
• Grants, grants or similar support
• Individuals,
• Promotion of the exchange of opinions and the formation of opinions with the aim of making the population aware of the foundation's purposes and the activities of the foundation and anchoring the idea of ​​a community foundation in it, for example through public events and publications.
• Through the direct financial and material support of needy people within the meaning of § 53 of the tax code.

1. The foundation's assets initially consist of the initial endowment that was bindingly promised in the endowment business.
2. The foundation's assets are to be invested securely and profitably. Reallocations of assets are permitted.
3. The foundation can accept grants (endowments and/or donations), but is not obliged to do so.
4. Donations accrue permanently to the foundation's assets as an endowment if they have been determined by the donor to do so. Donations can be assigned by the donor to one of the foundation Purposes listed in § 2 Para. 1 No. 1 to 7 or within their individual goals. They can be associated with his name from an amount to be determined by the foundation board (name fund).
5. Donations are to be used promptly for the purposes of the foundation.
6. If the type of donation is not clearly defined, the board of directors will decide at its due discretion. In case of doubt, inheritances and legacies are regarded as endowments.

1. The foundation pursues exclusively and directly charitable and charitable purposes within the meaning of the "Tax-privileged purposes" section of the tax code.
2. The foundation works selflessly. It does not primarily pursue its own economic purposes. The funds of the foundation may only be used for the statutory purposes . The foundation may not favor any person through expenditures that are alien to the purpose of the foundation or through disproportionately high remuneration.
3. The income from the foundation's assets and the donations must always be used promptly for the statutory purposes of the foundation.
4. Within the framework of what is permitted under foundation civil and tax law, the foundation can allocate parts of the annual income from the foundation assets and donations to free and/or earmarked reserves. The income can also be added to the foundation's assets , provided this serves the sustainable realization of the foundation's purpose.
5. There is no legal entitlement for third parties to be granted the funding from the Foundation, which can be revoked at any time. Recipients of foundation benefits should account for their use.
6. The Foundation fulfills its tasks itself or through an auxiliary person within the meaning of Section 57 , Paragraph 1, Clause 2 of the Fiscal Code, provided that it does not act by way of raising funds in accordance with Section 58 of the Fiscal Code.

1. The organs of the foundation are the board (§ 6) and the donor forum (§ 8).
2. In order to carry out its tasks, the foundation can employ auxiliary persons free of charge or for a fee or transfer the execution of the work to third parties in whole or in part. The Foundation may not favor any person with disproportionately high remuneration.
3. The members of the bodies are only liable for intent and gross negligence.

1. The board consists of three people. His term of office is three years.
2. The composition of the first board of directors is determined by the founding donors as part of the foundation business. Each additional board is elected by the Stifterforum in a secret ballot. The person who receives more than half of the votes cast by those entitled to vote is elected. After the end of their term of office, the members of the Management Board remain in office until their successors are elected. If members of the Stifterforum are elected to the Executive Board, they resign from the Stifterforum for the duration of their membership in the Executive Board.
3. Members of the Executive Board can be dismissed by the Stifterforum at any time, but only for important reasons, with a two-thirds majority of those entitled to vote who are present or represented . Important reasons are, in particular, a persistent lack of participation in the work of the Executive Board or gross violations of the interests of the foundation. Before the vote is taken, the Executive Board member concerned has the right to be heard.
4. The board of directors elects a chairman and a deputy chairman from among its members.
5. The Board of Directors represents the Foundation in and out of court. The Foundation is jointly represented by two members of the Executive Board. In individual cases, individual board members can be granted sole power of representation and exemption from the restrictions of Section 181 of the German Civil Code .
6. The board of directors manages the foundation. Within the framework of the foundation's purposes, he determines the concrete goals, priorities and the concept of the project work. It ensures that the foundation's assets are properly managed. He reports to the Stifterforum about the course of business and the activities of the foundation.
7. The board of directors is obliged to keep accounts of the assets and the income and expenditure , to prepare a business plan before the beginning of each financial year and to prepare an annual financial statement after the end of each financial year.
8. The Executive Board meets as required, but at least twice a year. The meetings of the Management Board are convened by the Chairman or, if he is unable to attend, by the Deputy Chairman. The Executive Board has a quorum if at least two members of the Executive Board are present after the meeting has been duly convened. Resolutions are passed with a simple majority of those present, unless the articles of association prescribe a different majority. In the event of a tie, the chairperson has the casting vote, and if he is unable to attend, the deputy chairperson has the casting vote. A record is made of the outcome of the meeting, which is signed by the chairman or, if he is unable to attend, by the deputy chairman .
9. The members of the board of directors are entitled to take part in the meetings of the donor forum . This does not apply if they are personally advised in individual cases.
10. The members of the Board of Directors work on a voluntary basis.

1. The board of directors appoints one or more persons as managing directors as required. After the end of the term of office to be determined by the Board of Management, the members of the Management Board remain in office until their successors are appointed.
2. Management members can be dismissed by the Board of Directors with a two-thirds majority.
3. Management duties include  

• the ongoing administrative matters,
• cash management and accounting,
• the preparation of the annual accounts and the accounting report,
• the preparation of the activity report of the Board of Directors and
• the preparation and implementation of the resolutions of the Executive Board.