Transparency

Name: 24guteTaten e.V.
Registered office: Uedesheimer Str. 25
D-40221 Düsseldorf
Address: 24guteTaten e.V.
Postbox 664685
D-11516 Berlin
Year of founding: 2011

Our statutes can be downloaded here: Statutes 2019
Mission: Our mission can be summarized in 3 points

The 24 doors of the Advent calendar offer donors a personal and very direct insight into a different reality each day during Advent. Each door creates a connection between the donor and the recipients, enabling a personal identification with the issue addressed by the respective project.

For each Advent door, a donation is made to the respective organization, which uses it to fund the good deed. Based on various studies, we have developed a selection system that focuses on the effectiveness of the projects and the trustworthiness of the organizations. This ensures that donations actually reach their intended destination.

The more directly one can experience what happens with the donation, the stronger the identification. The feeling of having made a positive contribution to solving a social problem immediately after being confronted with it is what makes our project so special. This connection, along with the playful nature of the Advent calendar, helps anchor the social issue with the positive feeling of having made a difference.

The most recent notice from the tax office can be downloaded here: Exemption Notice

Persons authorized to make decisions in accordance with the statutes or partnership agreement:
Sebastian Wehkamp (Chairperson), Matthias Meuter (Treasurer), Julia Menk (Secretary)

Our activity report can be downloaded here:
Activity Report for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023

Chairperson: Sebastian Wehkamp (since 01.01.2011 to present, approx. 4 hours per week) – sw@24gutetaten.de

Board Member: Julia Menk (since 01.01.2011 to present, approx. 5 hours per week)

Legal Counsel: Jens Heinig (since 05.01.2012 to present, approx. 1 hour per week) – jh@24gutetaten.de

Treasurer: Matthias Meuter (since 08.07.2021 to present, approx. 2 hours per week) – mm@24gutetaten.de

North America Coordinator: Ute Shaw (since 01.03.2020 to present, approx. 15 hours per week) – ute@24gooddeeds.ca

Project Management: Swantje Zach (since 01.03.2022 to present, approx. 20 hours per week) – swantje@24gutetaten.de

UX/UI Design and Product Development: Max Huber (since 28.04.2022 to present, 28 hours per week) – maximilian@24gutetaten.de

Executive Assistant: Annika Moros (since 01.06.22 to present, 15 hours per week) – am@24gutetaten.de

Social Media Content: Nina Finke (since 15.09.2024 to present, approx. 6 hours per week) – nina@24gutetaten.de

General Assistance and Customer Support: Sara Lindemann (since 01.11.2022 to present, approx. 5 hours per week) – sara@24gutetaten.de

With their donation, our donors support a specific good deed by an association or foundation every day during Advent. The donation amount is 1 Euro per day (with the 24 Euro donation calendar). Of this daily donation, 75 percent goes to charitable purposes, and 25 percent to administration and marketing. After deducting the charitable expenses of 24guteTaten e.V., the donation is evenly distributed among the 24 calendar projects. As a non-profit organization, we are committed to using the 25% responsibly and sustainably.

As an organization, we strive to keep our administrative expenses as low as possible. We aim to reduce administrative costs further in the coming year. However, expenses for accounting, IT, marketing, design, managing information channels, and advertising are necessary to ensure the Advent calendar project as a whole. Due to increased administrative demands in recent years, we are currently supported by 6 part-time staff across various areas.

In determining our revenue, we follow the standards of the German Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI), which sets a maximum limit of 30% for administrative expenses.

An overview of income and expenses is provided in the Transparency Report for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023..

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