Please Support the American Academy in Berlin

Funding for the American Academy in Berlin is provided almost entirely by private donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. It is private generosity that has enabled the creation and success of this institution and what will further enable us to sustain our level of excellence throughout the difficult economic times ahead.

You may make tax-deductible donations to the American Academy from the US or from Germany. Please download the donation form here to make your pledge and to obtain the Academy’s account information.

For further information or to speak with someone regarding support opportunities, please contact Berit Ebert at +49 030 804 830 x108 or be@americanacademy.de

A Thank-You to Our Donors

The founding gift to the American Academy in Berlin was given by Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen and the descendants of Hans and Ludmilla Arnhold, who continue to provide majority support.

We depend on the additional generosity of a widening circle of friends on both sides of the Atlantic and wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of those listed below. It is through their abiding support and vision that the Academy has become what Der Spiegel has called “the world's most important center for American intellectual life outside the United States."

September 2009 to September 2010

Fellowships and Distinguished Visitorships Established in Perpetuity

Daimler Berlin Prize
John P. Birkelund Berlin Prize
German Transatlantic Berlin Prize (supported by European Recovery Program funds   granted through the Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany)
EADS Distinguished Visitorship
Marina Kellen French Music Berlin Prize
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Berlin Prize
Nina Maria Gorrissen Berlin Prize in History
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Berlin Prize for Fiction
Holtzbrinck Berlin Prize
Anna-Maria Kellen Berlin Prize
Guna S. Mundheim Berlin Prize in the Visual Arts
Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Visitorship
Stephen M. Kellen Distinguished Visitorship
John W. Kluge Distinguished Visitorship
Kurt Viermetz Distinguished Visitorship
Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitorship

Annually Funded Fellowships and Distinguished Visitorships

Leonore Annenberg Berlin Prize in Music Composition

Axel Springer Berlin Prize

Bosch Berlin Prize in Public Policy

Haniel Berlin Prize

Berthold Leibinger Berlin Prize

Metro Berlin Prize

Siemens Berlin Prize

David Rubenstein Foreign Policy Forum

Endowment Giving

Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship in the Visual Arts
    Deutsche Börse AG, Mary Ellen von Schacky-Schultz & Bernd Schultz

Marcus Bierich Distinguished Visitorship in the Humanities
   Dr. Aldinger & Fischer Grundbesitz und Vermarktungs GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG,
   Villa Grisebach (Berlin), Mary Ellen von Schacky-Schultz & Bernd Schultz

Lloyd Cutler Distinguished Visitorship in Law

C.H. Beck Stiftung, Georg Graf zu Castell-Castell, Rueben Clark, Christian Crones, Stephen Cutler, Jutta von Falkenhausen, Dennis Flannery, Gabriel Resources Ltd., Dieter Lange, Carol Lee, William Lee, Daniel & Maeva Marcus, Stefan Ohlhoff, William Perlstein, Joseph Pillman, Lisa J. Pirozzolo, Ulrich Quack, Martin Seyfarth, Daniel H. Squire, Roland Steinmeyer, John B. Watkins, David Westin, Roger M. and Jill J. Witten, Verband der Automobilindustrie, Villa Grisebach (Berlin), WilmerHale

EADS Distinguished Visitorship
    EADS


INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS

Founder's Circle

$1 million and above

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation and the descendants of Hans and Ludmilla Arnhold

Chairman's Circle

Donations of $25,000 and above
The Arnhold Foundation
Joel Bell & Marifé Hernández
Constance and John P. Birkelund
Lester Crown
Marina French
Werner Gegenbauer
Richard Goeltz
Mary Ellen and Karl M. von der Heyden
Richard C. Holbrooke
Nina von Maltzahn
William von Mueffling
Christopher von Oppenheim
Maren Otto
Norman Pearlstine and Jane Boon Pearlstine
David M. Rubenstein
Kurt Viermetz

Trustees' Circle

$10,000 and above
Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Inge Groth-Fromm & Hartmut Fromm
Helga & Erivan Haub
Stefan von Holtzbrinck
Dr. Pia & Klaus Krone
Neubauer Family Foundation
Rafael J. Roth
Mary Ellen von Shacky-Schultz & Bernd Schultz

Patrons

$2,500 and above

Robert Aliber
Heinrich J. Barth
Waldtraut & Günter Braun
Stephen Burbank
Gahl Hodges Burt
Dennis & Hannelore Carter
Avna Cassinelli
Matthias & Christa Druba
Jean-Marie & Elizabeth Eveillard
Julie Finley
Inge Groth-Fromm & Hartmut Fromm
Egon Geerkens
Hans-Michael & Almut Giesen
Marisa & Carl Hahn
Ina Vonnegut-Hartung & Wilhelm Hartung
Klaus & Lily Heiliger
Ben W. Heinemann
Jan Hummel
Henry A. Kissinger
Martin Köhler
John C. Kornblum
Renate Küchler
Renate & Peter Küchler
Jürgen & Serap Leibfried
Regine Leibinger & Frank Barkow
Lawrence Lessig
Erich Marx
Wolfgang Mayrhuber
Jens & Jutta Odewald
Jeane Freifrau von Oppenheim
Annette & Heinrich von Rantzau
William D. & Nancy Ellison Rollnick
The Daniel & Joanna Rose Fund
The Sage Foundation
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Hannes Schneider
Richard E. Snyder
Peter Y. Solmssen
Annaliese Soros
Bernhard Speyer
Gesa & Klaus D. Vogt
Will Foundation (Hans George Will)
Roger M. & Jill J. Witten

Friends

Up to $2,500
Samuel Adler & Emily Freeman Brown, Liaquat Ahamed, James Attwood, Barbara Balaj, Stefan Beiten, Bialkin Family Foundation, Jordan Bonfante, David & Katherine Bradley, Diethart Breipohl, Eckhard Bremer, Irene Bringmann, Isabella von Bülow, Christian Bunsen, Caroline Bynum, Remmel T. Dickinson, Brigitte Döring, Erika Falkenreck, Donald Fox, Michael Gellert, Marie Louise Gericke, Michael Geyer, Vartan Gregorian, Christian Hacke, Helga Haftendorn, Franz M. Haniel, Niels Hansen Memorial Foundation, Brigitte & Bernd Hellthaler, Karen Hsu, Janklow Foundation, Roe Jason, Marion Knauf, Michael Libal, Quincy Liu, Hans-Jürgen Meyer, Charles Maier, Dare & Themistocles Michos, Stephanie Moeller, Michael Münchehofe, Sybille & Steffen Naumann, Jan-Daniel Neumann, Kathryn & Peter Nixdorff, Wolfram Nolte, Albert Rädler, Susan Rambow, Lawrence Ramer, Hergard Rohwedder, Nancy & Miles Rubin, Henry Sapparth, Kim Scheppele, Volker Schlöndorff, Harald Schmid, Pamela & Philipp Scholz, Philipp Semmer, Manfred von Sperber, Immo Stabreit, Ronald L. Steel, Fritz Stern, Teagle Foundation, Thomas von Thaeden, James S. Tisch, Clarence & Melinda Trummel, Nikolaus Weil, Richard von Weizsäcker, Manfred & Rosa Wennemer, Hayden & Margaret Brose White, Linda & Tod White, Sabine & Ned Wiley, Pauline Yu

CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS

President's Circle

Donations of $25,000 and above

Alcoa Inc.
Bank of America, N.A.
Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Robert Bosch GmbH
Buse Heberer Fromm
Cerberus Deutschland GmbH
Daimler-Fonds im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Deloitte & Touche GmbH
Deutsche Börse AG
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Deutsche Post AG
Germanwings
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten
Herbert-Quandt-Stiftung
KPMG AG
Macy’s
Marsh GmbH
MSD Sharpe & Dohme GmbH
Pfizer Pharma GmbH
Philip Morris GmbH
Porsche AG
Siemens AG
Susanna Dulkinys and Erik Spiekermann, Edenspiekermann
Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
Vattenfall Europe AG

Benefactors

Up to $25,000

Dr. Aldinger & Fischer Grundbesitz und Vermarktungs GmbH
American International Yacht Club e.V.
Axel Springer Stiftung
Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Bentley Motors Limited
Bertelsmann AG
BMW AG
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Christie’s
Deutsche Bundesbank
Deutsche Post AG
EAG - European Advisory Group GmbH
Fleishman-Hillard Germany / Public Affairs & Gov. Relations
Georg-Gafron Media-Service GmbH
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Hemmerling & Constantin GmbH & Co. KG
The Hermes Foundation
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Hotel Savoy
Investitionsbank Berlin
Märkischer Golfclub Potsdam
Nextstop Inc.
Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”
Robert Bosch Stiftung
Rudolf August Oetker Stiftung
Villa Grisebach (Berlin)

We make every effort to be accurate in our lists of donors. Please notify us of any errors in spelling or attribution.

Support the American Academy

Funding for the American Academy in Berlin is provided almost entirely by private donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. It is private generosity that has enabled the creation and success of this institution over the past dozen years and what will enable us to sustain the level and excellence of our activities throughout the difficult economic times ahead.

You may make tax-deductible donations to the American Academy from the US or from Germany. Please download the donation form here to make your pledge. The Academy’s account information is:

Berliner Sparkasse
Account no. 660 000 9908
BLZ 100 500 00

For further information or to speak with someone regarding support opportunities, please contact Berit Ebert at +49 030 804 830 x109 or be@americanacademy.de.

Thank you for your support.

 

 

Citi Master Class in Effective Entrepreneurship

In summer 2009 the American Academy in Berlin and Citigroup gave 24 select business students the unique opportunity to participate in the Academy’s first entrepreneurial seminar in hopes of inspiring and creating future decision-makers by engaging in dialogue with internationally renowned business leaders. At the end of the seminar students were asked to enter an essay about the economic environment and how it will affect their lives and entrepreneurial endeavors. The best essays of the Citi Master Class in Effective Entrepreneurship have been selected.

To read more about the Citigroup Master Class and to download the winning essays, please click here.

The Fall 2010 Berlin Journal

The fall 2010 issue of the Berlin Journal features Martin Indyk on President Obama’s foreign policy; an early draft of Rivka Galchen’s opening to her novel Atmospheric Disturbances; James Wood on atheism in the modern novel; original photographs by Camilo José Vergara; H. C. Erik Midelfort on the Enlightenment’s inroads into Protestant Germany; David Gelernter on the “e-book plague”; Todd Gitlin on journalism’s current crisis; Stanley Corngold on the interplay of Kafka’s legal and literary writings; Brigid Cohen on composer Stefan Wolpe’s early advocacy of cross-cultural education; David Abraham on attitudes toward immigration in Germany and the US; and Martin Jay on the intersection, via Marcel Duchamp, of the practice of photography and the medieval philosophical concept of Nominalism.

Print copies magazine are available free of charge in the reception area of the Hans Arnhold Center.

Please click here for more information about the Berlin Journal.

Fall 2010 Program

Highlights of the American Academy’s fall 2010 program include lectures by noted academics Stanley Corngold, Catherine Gallagher, Martin Jay, and Laura Engelstein; Central Asia expert Ahmed Rashid discussing his new book with former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer; readings by New-York based authors John Wray and Han Ong; an inquiry into atheism and the modern novel by James Wood; a lecture-recital by composer/vocalist Ken Ueno; and clusters of events devoted to public policy as well as to the music of Richard Wagner. The fall semester’s visitors and fellows include Robert D. Hormats, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Pulitzer-Prize winning journalists Anne Hull and Dana Priest; Columbia University’s president emeritus Michael Sovern; climate policy expert Rosina Bierbaum; and writer and Iraq advocate Kirk Johnson.

Please download the Fall 2010 Program for further details. We look forward to welcoming you to the American Academy’s Hans Arnhold Center. Kindly remember to register in advance at program(at)americanacademy.de.

Unless otherwise noted, all events begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Press Releases

If your media organization would like to receive regular press releases from the American Academy about its program, current Fellows, and upcoming special events, please contact press(at)americanacademy.de or call the Academy's press department at +49 (0)30-80483-414. You may also fill out an automated form here.

Getting to the American Academy

The American Academy in Berlin is located in Wannsee. S-bahns and regional rail trains run regularly throughout the day. For a map of the area and directions to the American Academy, located Am Sandwerder 17-19, please click here.

American Academy Alumni

The Academy's alumni now number over 300 outstanding scholars, writers, composers, and artists. Browse the Academy's database of past fellows here. For a look at past Distinguished Visitors, please click here.