Karl Schlecht Foundation (KSG)

History and Milestones

1998

  • Support for Hans Küng’s Global Ethic project begins, with funding for the Global Ethic Foundation and its annual Weltethos lectures 

2002

  • Endowment of Chair for Entrepreneurship at Höhenheim University

2005

  • Endowment of Chair for Wind Energy at the University of Stuttgart 

2012

  • 10-year funding of Institute for Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing begins   
  • Founding and funding of the Leadership Excellence Institute at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen 

2013  

  • Funding begins for aed neuland young designers' competition
  • Start of funding for the Wittenberg Centre for Global Ethics 
  • Funding begins for Kulturpiloten, Berlin  

 2014 

  • Start of funding for KunstCamps 
  • Start of funding for the Munich School of Philosophy
  • Funding for the „Weichenstellung“ pupil mentoring programme begins, in collaboration with the ZEIT Foundation 
  • Funding for „Manage and More” at UnternehmerTUM in Munich begins
  • Establishment of the Erich Fromm Institute in Tübingen, funded by KSG. 

2016

  • KSG initiates the establishment of and begins funding the China Centre at the University of Tübingen 
  •  Founding and start of funding for HEED at Pforzheim University of the Applied Sciences
  • Funding of the Erich Fromm Study Center at IPU Berlin 
  • Funding for the Energy Centre at Reutlingen University begins 

2017

  • Funding begins for Social Impact Lab, Stuttgart  
  • Funding for Bronnbacher Stipendium begins. 

2018  

  • Funding for Leadership through Engagement in Baden-Württemberg begins  
  • Start of funding for the Children’s Orchestra at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin 

 2019

  • Development and funding of DISCOVER – leadership training through the arts 

 2020

  • Funding for gegenwART in collaboration with Stuttgart Museum of Art 

 2021

  • Leadership Talent Academy (LTA) launched at UnternehmerTUM, Munich    

 2022

  • Launch of Entrepreneuship Talent Academy (ETA) in collaboration with the German Economic Foundation 

2023  

  • Funding begins for the Bucerius Summer School in collaboration with the Zeit Foundation 
  • Awarded Research Foundation of the Year 2023 by the German University Foundation and the Stifterverband. 

 

1998

Foundation established 

2012  

Global Ethic Institute at the University of Tübingen founded with our support 

2015  

Funding for the pilot project, "Kulturschule," Baden-Württemberg  

2016

Funding of a new building for the Filderstadt Music School, FILUM

2020  

Launch of Leadership Talent Academy (LTA) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 

2023  

Our 25th anniversary

Februar 2025
  • 10. Februar 2025

    Leadership Talent Academy / KIT - Abschlußveranstaltung des Batch #7

    Ort:
    KIT, Karlsruhe
    Zeit:
    Montag, 10. Februar 2025 - ganztägig
    Details ansehen
  • 10. Februar 2025

    Abschiedsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hemel: Weltethos – eine konkrete Utopie

    Ort:
    Alte Aula, Universität Tübingen
    Zeit:
    Montag, 10. Februar 2025 - 18.00 bis 20.00 Uhr
    Details ansehen
  • 14. Februar 2025

    TUM Speaker Series:  „Shaping the connected World: META and AI”

    Ort:
    TUM Stammgelände Audimax, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München
    Zeit:
    Freitag, 14. Februar 2025 18.00 Uhr bis 19:00 Uhr
    Details ansehen
  • 16. Februar 2025

    Leadership Talent Academy / KIT - Ende Bewerbungsphase #8

    Ort:
    KIT, Karlsruhe
    Zeit:
    Sonntag, 16. Februar 2025 - ganztägig
    Details ansehen
  • 22. Februar 2025

    Preisverleihung des Schülerwettbewerbs PhilosophieArena

    Ort:
    Aula der Liebig-Schule, Frankfurt am Main
    Zeit:
    Samstag, 22. Februar 2025 - vormittags
    Details ansehen
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