As Germany’s capital, and home to tbd*, this city is a mecca for passionate and curious changemakers. After the fall of the Berlin wall, low rents and a culture of innovation, diversity, and creativity blossomed. The social impact and sustainability scenes in Berlin have grown rapidly over the past decade, making it a great place to pursue your social impact career.
Berlin is also home to regular impact events at locations such as the Social Impact Lab and Impact Hub, a growing Tech for Good scene, plenty of green jobs, plus hundreds of social businesses working on the most pressing issues of our time.
Berlin is also Germany’s political center, with the federal parliament and the majority of national ministries located in the city. As a hub of decision-making power, Berlin is therefore where many important economic institutions and alliances, as well as umbrella organizations for German business and industry, operate.
The rise of social entrepreneurship in Germany in recent years led to the creation of SEND (Social Enterprise Network Deutschland) in 2017. The organization aims to give a voice to German social entrepreneurs through networking, workshops and events. SEND is headquartered in Berlin, but has regional groups nationwide.
An overview of organizations based in Berlin:
- Open Society Foundations
- Amnesty International
- Oxfam
- Ashoka
- SOS Mediterranee
- Climate Analytics
- Save the Children
- Greenpeace
- Avaaz.org
- streetfootballworld
- Little Sun
- WWF
- BMW Foundation
- Transparency International
- Ecosia
- Democracy Reporting International
- Change.org
- Impact Hub Berlin
- WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
- Ampion (formerly Startup Bus Africa)
- The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
- Wikimedia
- The International Civil Society Centre
- The DO School
- Betterplace
- Nebenan.de
- SirPlus
- SEEK Development