Education
Primary School Cologne-Neubrück
Education begins with a supportive environment.
A foundation with conviction
Passing on responsibility.
Enabling the future.
Since 2009, the Erika und Erwin Schreiter Stiftung has supported selected initiatives that open up opportunities for people and strengthen long-term social development.
Support with conviction.Erika und Erwin Schreiter Stiftung
News · 2 October 2026
Bärenherz: a connection that lasts.
Stefan Schreiter presented a donation from the Erika und Erwin Schreiter Stiftung to Ms Haas, head of Bärenherz. Bärenherz was the very first charitable engagement of the Foundation, which has existed since 2009.
2009Foundation established. First engagement: Bärenherz.
Read the story & view photosOur perspective
Substance before visibility.
Impact is not created by financial resources alone. It emerges where knowledge, responsibility and reliable structures come together. The Foundation therefore focuses on initiatives that create tangible opportunities and aim to improve living conditions over the long term.
The focus is not on short-term attention, but on the quality, clarity and lasting impact of the support provided.
The Foundation
Values have a source.
Stefan Schreiter founded the Foundation in 2009 and named it after his parents, Erika and Erwin Schreiter. Its first charitable engagement was supporting Bärenherz — a connection that remains part of its work today.
The Foundation combines entrepreneurial experience with the conviction that values provide direction and that social progress begins where people are given genuine opportunities.
About the FoundationPersonal heritage becomes social responsibility.The Foundation's perspective
What drives us
Creating opportunities that last.
What matters is not the size of a project, but its quality. The Foundation provides support where education, care, research or infrastructure can strengthen people over the long term.
Education lays the foundation for independence, participation and personal development.
Funding AreasFunding areas
Where we enable impact.
The Foundation concentrates on clearly defined charitable fields. Support is awarded selectively and in line with the Foundation's statutory purpose.
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Education
Making knowledge accessible, strengthening abilities and creating reliable spaces for learning and development.
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Children & Young People
Protection, guidance and opportunity for young people, irrespective of their starting conditions.
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Health & Research
Improving care, enabling research and helping translate medical progress into practice.
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Social Responsibility & Support for Older People
Protecting quality of life, enabling participation and supporting people in challenging situations.
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International Development
Strengthening education, infrastructure and social development where they can create better long-term living conditions.
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Selected references
What support can make possible.
Examples from different fields illustrate the breadth of the Foundation's mission — locally, nationally and internationally.
Health & Research
HIV Research
Progress through collaboration and scientific exchange.
International Development
School Project in Burkina Faso
Infrastructure as a foundation for education.
Funding approach
Focused support. Responsible decisions.
A compelling project needs a clear need, a credible objective, reliable sponsors and a perspective that reaches beyond a short-term effect.
Our funding approachPrinciple
Impact takes more than good intentions.
Our aim is not to support as much as possible, but to support as convincingly as possible.
Support
Make engagement possible.
A donation supports the charitable work of the Erika und Erwin Schreiter Stiftung.