Transparency information

1. Name, registered office, address, and year of incorporation
Kiron Open Higher Education gGmbH
c/o Impact Hub Berlin 
Rollbergstr. 28A
12053 Berlin
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Contact person: Wenke Christoph
Year of incorporation: 2015

For further details and contact us here

2. Articles of Association, vision and mission

Kiron vision
A world where everyone can fulfil their highest potential for a self-determined, dignified life, shaping a sustainable future together.

Kiron mission
To provide a virtual home for learning, personal growth and collective impact.
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Read our full statement here (pdf download, in German).
Read our full Articles of Association (pdf download) here.

3. Information about tax-privileged non-profit status
In accordance with its articles of association, the company pursues non-profit purposes within the meaning of Sect. 52 para 2, subpara 1 no. 7 of the German Tax Code (Abgabeordnung). With a notice of January 25, 2022, on corporate income tax 2020, the Tax Office for Corporations I, Berlin, confirmed Kiron's non-profit status in pursuing the aforementioned tax-privileged charitable purposes. Kiron is accordingly entitled to issue related donation receipts.

Annex to the notice of the Tax Office for Corporations I (pdf download), Berlin, for 2021 on corporate income tax (in German) of 13.12.2023

4. Name and function of key decision-makers
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‍Management:
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Wenke Christoph, Chief Executive Officer
Anne Parsons, Chief Partnership Officer
Hannes Rudzik, Chief Program Officer
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Advisory board:
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Ulrich Plett
Anna Häßlin
Nekesa Were
Peter van der Hijden
Simon Nelson
Sajitha Bashir
Jamie Alexandre

Shareholders:

Vincent Zimmer
Markus Kreßler
Christoph Staudt
Hila Azadzoy
Tobias Ernst

5. Activity report
The Kiron Open Higher Education is a gGmbH, i.e. a non-profit limited liability company, with the purpose of promoting popular and vocational education and training (pursuant to Sect. 52, Para. 2, Subpara 1, No. 7 German Tax Code).
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More about our activities: Read our Annual Report here.

6. Personnel structure:
The company had an average of 50 part-time and full-time employees in 2022, 5 of which based in the Jordan branch. 

7. Source and application of funds:
Read about the source and the use of funds in our Annual Report (s. pp. 37 and 39) and in our Financial Statements per 31.12.2021 (s. p. 5 and p. 3 of the Activity Report enclosed to the Financial Statement)

You can find our Annual Reports here.

8. Company law affiliation:
Kiron has founded a subsidiary in 2020, Kiron Digital Learning Solutions GmbH (“KDLS”), of which it owns 100% of the shares.

9. Names of persons and entities whose annual payments account for more than ten percent of our total annual income
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In the financial year 2021 , the following persons made payments  that accounted for more than ten percent of our total annual income each:
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): 366.000€ 
Porticus Foundation: 232.000€

Kiron Open Higher Education gGmbH is registered in the Register of Funding Recipients of the German Federal Central Tax Office: zer.bzst.de