Private company

Volkswagen Foundation

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

Private German charitable Foundation

The Volkswagen Foundation (German: VolkswagenStiftung) is the largest German private nonprofit organization involved in the promotion and support of academic research. It is not affiliated to the present company, the Volkswagen Group. It was established in 1961 as Stiftung Volkswagenwerk with a portion of the confiscated assets of the Volkswagenwerk GmbH.² It employed 115 people in 2023.¹ Its revenue was €981 million in 2023.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1961Founded¹

Industryvoluntary sector¹
HeadquartersHanover¹
Websitewww.volkswagenstiftung.de/en
Legal formprivate foundation¹
Kind of organizationFoundation¹
LEI529900K6912JBFWMYH64³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressKastanienallee 35, 30519 Hannover, Germany³
Registered withRegional Development Office Leine Weser³

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Employees over time

2023115¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Volkswagen Foundation revenue by year¹981.0M EUR in 2023+276% since 2018

2023981.0M EUR¹
2022352.2M EUR¹
2018260.6M EUR¹

Timeline

1961Founded Founded¹

Sources

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WikidataVolkswagen Foundation on Wikidata
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WikipediaVolkswagen Foundation on Wikipedia
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GLEIFVolkswagen Foundation LEI record (529900K6912JBFWMYH64)
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Wikimedia CommonsVolkswagen Foundation logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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Wikimedia CommonsVolkswagen Foundation photo by Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0