Financing

The Institute’s finances derive from subsidies and income from research projects, as well as publishing. The Hans Bredow Institute is entitled as a publicly-accountable foundation, to authorise sponsorships.

The subsidies come from the resources of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, NDR Media GMBH (North German Broadcasting Ltd.), WDR mediagroup GmbH (the West German broadcasting mediagroup Ltd.), Deutsche Welle. ARD-Werbung (the Consortium of German Broadcasters’ advertising), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television), Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten (the Working Party of federal States’ Media Institutions), as well as from the Medienstiftung Hamburg (Hamburg Foundation for the Media). The subsidy contributions are respectively granted year by year on application by the Institute.