We aim:

To promote ‘Culture and Identity’ by supporting cultural, educational and social initiatives
To preserve threatened cultural heritage, if ‘responsible parties’ are lacking the required resources
To prepare, to conserve, and to spread cultural heritage including cultural identity 

Stichting Horizon was founded on 28 January 1997. Its purpose is (I) to promote the general good, in
particular cultural, educational and social affairs, (II) to distribute funds for social,
charitable, scientific and/or cultural ends, and (III) to administer the foundation’s
capital in such a manner that the realisation of the foundation’s objectives is secured
long-term. The foundation does not seek to make a profit.

Stichting Horizon works to counteract portrayals of cultural differences as irreconcilable. We support initiatives that spread information about own and neighbouring cultures in order to provide a greater understanding of shared values.
Under the header of ‘culture & identity’ we sponsor a variety of projects that work with tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Germany, Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, the Balkans and Georgia) and Latin America.

They include and combine fields such as:

Photography
Film
Archaeological research & excavations
Ethnological and sociological research
Built heritage restoration
Natural heritage restoration
Music, dance and theatre
Strengthening culture and identity of people from different backgrounds

General
Board Members and members of the Project Committee are responsible for the identification of beneficiaries and/or projects possibly qualifying for support by Stichting Horizon. In principle, the Foundation is not open to requests for support of the activities of third parties.

Beneficiaries
For efficiency reasons and in view of our limited resources, Stichting Horizon supports activities in a limited number of countries/regions only. Moreover, for compliance reasons and to minimize the risk of non-properly executed projects, the foundation aims to establish multi-year relationships with a limited number of ‘Regular’ Beneficiaries. All beneficiaries are assigned a sponsor who is always a member of the Horizon Board or Project Committee.

Projects
The majority of our projects have a term of one year at maximum. ‘Regular beneficiaries’ are allowed to present new requests for support on an annual basis after consulting their Sponsor on work plans, budgets, etc. Requests for general support, i.e. periodically recurring exploitation subsidies, are usually extended on a yearly basis but must still be formally requested every year. All projects are to be presented to the Project Committee and Board for final decision making.

Project execution
The recipient of financial support is responsible for the (timely) execution of a project selected, approved and financed by the foundation. Stichting Horizon is involved in the execution of its projects by exception only.

Stichting Horizon (RSIN 8077.95.252), a Dutch foundation, was founded on 28 January 1997. The foundation is based in Zeist, The Netherlands, and shares its premises with a family foundation.

Governance
The Foundation is governed by three documents:
– Articles of Association (as amended on 5 November 2020)
– Regulations of the Board of Stichting Horizon (as adopted on 16 May 2020)
– Strategy Stichting Horizon (as updated in 2022)

The foundation does not aim to make any profits. (Article 2, Articles of Association)

Board
Henk G. Lubberdink, Chairman
Jeremy C.P. Amos
Stefan W.G. Henle
Pamela Veder

Project Committee
Henk G. Lubberdink, Chairman
Jeremy C.P. Amos
Alexander R. Amos
Stefan W.G. Henle
Pamela Veder
India I.C. Davison
Jan W. Haas
Felix B. Henle
Paola K. Henle
Ginka Tscholakowa-Henle, expert
Nelia Henle, emerging sponsor

Office
Hans Molenaar, Secretary General
Nils Smit, Assistant Secretary
All staff is employed by a family foundation.

Auditors
Mazars

Memberships
Stichting Horizon is a member of the following organization:
– Vereniging van Fondsen in Nederland- FIN (organization of foundations in The Netherlands), since 1997.

Remuneration Policies
Board members are entitled to a fee for every Board meeting attended. The Chairman receives 130% of this amount per meeting.
Members of the Project Committee do not receive a remuneration from the Foundation for their activities.

BOARD

Meetings. In 2021 the Board met digitally in The Hague for its annual meeting on 19 June. The budget meeting was held digitally in The Hague on 11 December. An additional video meeting was held on 21 September.

Composition of the Board and Project Committee. In the 2021 spring meeting Board Members Stefan Henle and Pam Veder Henk were both reappointed for a new 3-year term expiring in 2024.

Strategy. A sub-committee was established in 2019. The purpose of the sub-committee is to discuss the strategy and governance of Stichting Horizon. Their proposal was presented in the 2020 spring meeting. In 2020 and 2021 the discussion continued on further refinement and implementation of the new strategy. In 2022 the Project Committee approved and adopted the strategy.

Website (horizonfoundation.nl). The content of the website is regularly updated. Project proposals, final & progress reports on projects and various documents governing the activities and organization of the foundation are available to the members of the Project Committee in a password protected section of the website.

Horizon has assigned all projects to individual members of the Project Committee who will act as sponsor to a project and will be the principal point of contact. The Office is responsible for contacts with beneficiaries regarding operational matters.

Not surprisingly the number of visits from the sponsor and/or Office to Horizon Beneficiaries was very limited in 2021. The Office, represented by the Secretary and his assistant, only visited 2 projects in Germany together with the sponsor.

In 2021 contact with beneficiaries was mainly maintained via video calls and e-mail correspondence. Once the situation changed for the better, Horizon started to visit its beneficaires again: sponsors visited projects in Namibia, Switzerland and Georgia.

Romania Due to a combination of circumstances is has been decided to postpone Horizon’s Board trip to Romania until 2023.

In 2021 the Board approved 43 new project applications for a total amount of € 687.402. The greater majority of the applications (26) were submitted by existing beneficiaries to finance extensions of existing projects or a new activities and amounted to € 643.902. In addition, the foundation’s Board approved 17 smaller projects for a total amount of € 43.500

The allocation of the 43 projects to the various geographical areas is as follows:

Country (No. of projects)

Publicatieplicht ANBI 2021

Extract Management Report 2021

Policy Horizon 2022 – 2025