The Famtastisch family:
Our partners
We are currently funding
ProjectTogether: Farm-Food-Climate Challenge
Climate-positive agriculture and nutrition
We support the Farm-Food-Climate Challenge from ProjectTogether because we need to fundamentally rethink food production from farm to table. The Farm-Food-Climate Challenge is a programme that connects over 100 innovation teams, tasking them with developing solutions for a climate-positive food industry along the entire value chain. We provide programme participants with a six-month grant so they can concentrate fully on their project and develop new approaches to transforming food production.
Acker: 2023 – every child!
Strengthening the connection to nature and appreciation for food
© Acker e.V. / Nadine Stenzel, 2021
Many children today no longer know where our food comes from.
Acker e.V. strengthens children's appreciation of nature and food. Together with Acker and in their programs, children grow their vegetables and experience with all their senses that a tomato does not grow in the supermarket, but requires water, energy, and care. By getting actively involved, they discover what it means to eat more consciously, healthily, and sustainably.
So far, more than 400,000 children have experienced the growth and value creation process of their food at 1,800 learning locations. Now, the aim is to reach every single child. By 2030, every child in Germany should have the opportunity to acquire knowledge about nature, sustainability, and food cultivation. To achieve this, Acker has identified three strategic levers: practical sustainability education by training teachers, comprehensive expansion of digitalization, and active involvement of politicians.
Our opinion: Acker's approach to anchor the above structurally is an important and courageous step. It requires long-term strategic thinking, a great ability to learn and adapt, and the gift of building alliances. We believe the Acker team has all the qualities. Therefore, we are delighted to support Acker. For a society that knows what it eats!
Du bist hier der Chef!: The consumer brand
Power to the consumer!
© Du bist hier der Chef! Die Verbrauchermarke e.V.
Imagine if we as consumers could decide what it means to be a “fair” product that we want to buy in our nearby supermarket: fair for animals and the environment, fair for producers, and fair for us.
Du bist hier der Chef! is trying out this experiment and developing products whose characteristics were determined in advance through democratic voting procedures. And the products have been a success: “Consumer Milk” has already been sold more than 2.2 billion times in supermarkets, and future products are already in the pipeline.
We are helping Du bist hier der Chef! to create a sustainable business model and establish a broad consumer community that is recapturing the market and demanding products that they actually want: transparent, fair and democratic!
Die Gemeinschaft e.V.:
Transforming food culture
Working together for a better
food system
© Nils Böddingmeier .
From grain to flour to dough to loaf – and, finally, to our plates. It takes a lot of steps and quality manual work to create a delicious slice of crusty bread. Meat, cheese and many other foods also involve numerous production steps. Die Gemeinschaft brings together people who want to make the food industry future-proof: this includes not only restaurateurs, farmers, bakers, food processors, and retailers, but also people who are working to improve our society as well as apprentices in these industries.
The association advocates for a better food system. That means an environment in which food is celebrated and produced in a regenerative way; in which people shop for fair products with a focus on conserving resources; and in which manual labour is shown respect and appreciation. Furthermore, Die Gemeinschaft wants to promote conscientious cooperation from farm to table. Their areas of focus are primarily networking, communication and education.
“EssKulturWandel” is an example of these efforts in practice: an interdisciplinary training course for young people from all areas of the food sector. We support Die Gemeinschaft not only in terms of their project “EssKulturWandel”, but our funding also helps to free up their time so that the team can focus on strategic issues
Wir für Demokratie e.V.: Partnering with members of parliament to transform the way we eat
Partnering politics and civil society
© Brand New Bundestag .
Democratic engagement for you. For me. For us all. This is the slogan of Wir für Demokratie e.V., and it sums up their mission perfectly. The association works to ensure that each and every one of us can easily participate in democracy. Together with the organisation Brand New Bundestag as a network partner, Wir für Demokratie e.V. operates a platform where politicians can communicate across parties and sectors. The goal? To strengthen our democracy and make our society more sustainable.
One current project that we are excited about: Wir für Demokratie e.V. and Brand New Bundestag are identifying society’s core demands in terms of transforming the way we eat – on the basis of the actors from the Farm-Food-Climate Challenge. Once these demands have been identified, they will be discussed in a joint workshop together with members of the German Parliament so that they can advocate for these demands. Farm-Food-Climate is also part of the Famtastisch portfolio, and we are extremely pleased that the two organisations are working together. And, of course, we’re excited for the results, the exchange and the inspiring ideas that will be developed as a result.
Climate Farmers Academy
Strengthening regenerative agriculture in Europe
© Climate Farmers
Climate Farmers Academy puts farmers at the center of our agricultural and food system. To this end, they strengthen the Europe-wide community of regenerative farmers, facilitate knowledge sharing and building, and motivate each other. Climate Farmers Academy is also working on concrete infrastructure for the transition to more regenerative agriculture, e.g. by providing financing instruments for the transition, building a solid community of supporters, and taking measures to make regenerative agriculture more measurable and projectable.
Through years of building relationships with representatives from industry, finance, philanthropy, academia, and other civil society actors, Climate Farmers Academy has built trust and identified the people committed to sustainable agriculture in Europe. As part of this support, some of them have formed a competent and diverse alliance with a shared vision.
In addition to this cross-sector alliance, a further focus in the current collaboration is the so-called “Co-Funding Alliance”. This alliance includes several foundations and other donors who are willing to support systemic approaches from organizations in the field. The Famtastisch Foundation is also a member.
ReSoLa: Pioneering work is leading the way!
Promoting sustainable agroforestry
© Marco Bartsch
How can we promote knowledge about agroforestry in practice? ReSoLa e.V., whose name is derived from the German words for regenerative and social agriculture, is leading the way! The association brings together people who are advocating for regenerative agricultural practices. The team advises decision-makers, provides public outreach on the topic of agroforestry, and implements various educational formats, for example with university students and farmers.
ReSoLa e.V. also has a true ace up its sleeve – its own 12-hectare agroforestry system in Werratal, which the team uses to demonstrate how regenerative methods and social aspects can be integrated into agriculture. We think this combination of real-world research and direct knowledge transfer is unbeatable. With our support, we want to help strengthen the organisation and provide them with resources so that the team can actively increase both awareness of agroforestry and the actual number of agroforestry systems.
EARA: A vision for regenerative agriculture
Regenerative farmers speak
with one voice
© Filmkrug, Nina Reichmann
EARA stands for the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture and is the first self-organised movement of regenerative farmers in Europe. EARA brings together conventional and organic farmers. The organisation’s members have a wide variety of different backgrounds, come from both large and small farms, and work in different areas ranging from vegetable crops to livestock.
Together, EARA members have developed a vision of sustainable, regenerative agriculture – and have translated this vision into concrete political demands. Together with EARA’s operative team, these demands are then represented at various (global) conferences and in various networks. We support the founding of EARA and the gradual establishment of organisational structures with the long-term goal of a future-oriented agricultural and nutritional system policy for Europe.
Together Foundation: Breaking new ground
Rethinking philanthropy together
© Together Foundation
The Together Foundation is a growing community of courageous individuals who are willing to take risks to advocate for systemic societal change. Members are foundations, wealthy individuals, and NGOs. They inspire, reflect, and motivate one another with their philanthropic initiatives. The goal of the Together Foundation is to bring together people who are actively rethinking philanthropy.
The organisation wants to blaze new trails, figure out how they can have a positive impact on the world – and find out how we can implement the societal transformations necessary for a liveable world within the planetary boundaries. Their approach involves creating spaces for interaction, reflection, learning, and action. How does it work? Through a combination of personal interactions, the joy of doing good, a great deal of experience in the community, and lots of opportunities arising out of happy coincidences.
At Famtastisch, we have put a lot of thought into the question of how we can rethink philanthropy, and we are pleased to be a member of the Together Foundation – and to support them as a funding partner.
Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege e.V. (DVL):
Rewarding environmental services and enabling farmers to earn an income
AI-generated illustration of the Gemeinwohlprämie team of the DVL e.V.
In the Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege e.V. (DVL) (German Association for Landscape Conservation) and its more than 200 members, the landscape conservation associations, representatives of agriculture and forestry, nature conservation and local authorities work hand in hand throughout Germany. They are committed to combining the use of the cultural landscape with the preservation of habitats for animals and plants, as well as climate protection. This additional task for land users should be appropriately rewarded as a public service. This can take place within the framework of a "Gemeinwohlprämie" (a public benefit bonus) - an assessment and remuneration concept that the DVL has developed and continuously refined together with practitioners, scientists, and the administration.
The Gemeinwohlprämie, or public benefit bonus, is intended to pay agricultural businesses for the land-related nature and environmental protection services they provide. A farm's public welfare services are assessed on the basis of a catalogue of measures using a points system and remunerated from funds from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In the long term, the public goods bonus can thus rededicate the CAP's flat-rate direct payments and bring about a system change in the current funding logic. In order to demonstrate that the public goods bonus works successfully, further practical experience and support from farms is needed, as well as courage on the part of administrations. To this end, the public goods bonus is being piloted in various regions of Germany.
We are pleased that we will be able to support the DVL in this over the next few years.
Sarah Wiener Stiftung:
Sustainable nutrition for children
Strengthening parents' nutritional competence right from the start
© Sarah Wiener Stiftung | photothek
The Sarah Wiener Foundation is dedicated to helping children develop healthy, appreciative eating habits and to strengthening their ability to recognize how nutrition affects our environment. Through its programs, the foundation trains educators, teachers, and all those who accompany children in their daily lives. They show them how they can get children excited about healthy and sustainable nutrition in a hands-on way.
So far, the focus has been on children from the age of three. But what about the first years of life and the time before birth? Studies have shown: nutrition in the first 1000 days has lifelong effects, both positive and negative. At the same time, parents have a special motivation to change their lifestyle for the benefit of their child during this time. The Sarah Wiener Foundation believes that this is a unique opportunity to fortify nutritional competence in parents. The focus here also lies on families in challenging circumstances, the need here being particularly great. Research has pointed out a close correlation between socio-economic status and nutritional competence.
We are delighted that the Sarah Wiener Foundation is using this important time window of the first 1000 days as an opportunity to sensitize parents and their children to a balanced diet from an early age. Our Exploration Grant is supporting them in developing the program and a suitable scaling strategy for it.
ChangemakerXchange: Facilitation as a key
Working together for the well-being of people and the planet
© ChangemakerXChange | Tan
Strong leitmotifs in future thinking: collaboration, trust, sharing and authenticity, wellbeing, joy, and creativity. This is what ChangemakerXchange (CXC) stands for. The organization is committed to creating supportive, empowering, and safe spaces for changemakers in a wide variety of fields, currently with a focus on education, democracy, and planetary health. It promotes the building of deep, lasting connections as a foundation for systemic change. Currently, the initiative reaches approximately 1500 changemakers worldwide in 130 countries, all former participants of its programs and the ChangemakerXchange Summit, a community work highlight that takes place several times a year in numerous locations around the world.
Of the three core areas of community, facilitation, and ecosystem, the Famtastisch Foundation supports the area of facilitation. The aim here is to empower changemakers, ecosystem leaders, civil society representatives, and foundation employees with knowledge, competencies, and practical facilitation skills through various training programs. In addition, a community of practice, currently consisting of 250 members, is to be further developed and continuously strengthened through various offers. In addition, anyone interested can use the growing open-source area with toolkits, guidelines, and practical tips on the topic of facilitation.
We look forward to supporting ChangemakerXchange in empowering the impact scene to drive social change in participatory, trusting, and empowering community structures and to make the value of facilitation visible.
The Netzwerk der Ernährungsräte e.V.:
For a joint approach to shaping the food system
A network for nationwide exchange and a mouthpiece for food councils
© Netzwerk der Ernährungsräte - Annual congress 2025
The Netzwerk der Ernährungsräte (Network of Food Councils) promotes appreciation for food, its producers, and the supply system.
As an association of municipal, regional, and state food councils, it represents the interests of its members and civil society vis-à-vis politicians, ministries, and other relevant actors. The aim of the association is to actively shape the political framework for sustainable food, agriculture, and climate protection.
In addition, the network offers a central platform for exchange between municipal, regional, and state-level food councils, members, partners, and other stakeholders. It promotes the transfer of knowledge and experience, strengthens cooperation, and helps empower regional initiatives.
At the heart of all this is food democracy – that is, a fairer, more transparent, and more inclusive food system. The network's work covers areas such as food culture and the food environment, public welfare-oriented economic activity, and fair and humane value and supply chains. We are convinced that the federal network plays an important role in strengthening food councils and are pleased to support the team with an exploration grant that will enable them to further develop their strategy.
Philea – Philanthropy Europe Association:
making use of potential
For the creation of a pluralistic, just, and resilient society
© Philea
Times of change offer great opportunities for networks and deep connections that combine futures thinking, vision building, and co-creation. The commitment to climate protection and biodiversity, the lessons learned from the pandemic, the strengthening of our democracies, and the common path to peace in Europe—all of these are tasks of lasting importance that bring on cross-sector collaboration.
Philea strengthens the philanthropy sector through in-depth and transformative networking, innovative methods and thinking models, and evidence-based analyses and publications. To this end, Philea offers a wide range of formats for joint learning and exchange: from the annual Philea Forum to EuroPhilantopics, various communities of practice and thematic networks, Futures Philanthropy ThinkLabs and Gatherings of Leaders, to new offerings such as the Futures School, where leaders from foundations and foundation networks deepen their expertise in foresight and future models.
One of these new areas that we particularly want to support is Futures Philanthropy, which includes the Futures School. With Futures Philanthropy, Philea aims to empower donors to think about tomorrow today, thereby paving the way for regenerative societies. The Futures School is a learning program that supports precisely this: It helps develop the ability to recognize future signals and trends, navigate uncertainty, and adapt strategies for the long term. The goal is to encourage and empower the philanthropic community to not only respond to crises, but to actively shape the future—with a focus on fairness, sustainability, and the common good. People and the planet are equally important in this focus.
Über den Tellerrand e.V.:
Eating together against division
Engaging in dialogue plate by plate
at eye level
© Über den Tellerrand e.V.
Social cohesion, mutual respect, and openness to diversity form the basis of democratic societies. How can we strengthen this foundation, especially in times of division? ‘Über den Tellerrand’ says: through encounters! The organisation promotes everyday interaction between people from different backgrounds on an equal footing. It creates spaces where people can come together and get to know each other in an informal setting.
Cooking and eating together plays a central role in this. With encounter formats such as cooking events, ‘Über den Tellerrand’ is active in over 40 locations throughout Germany and beyond. Many programmes enable people with and without refugee experience to meet. But other bridges also need to be strengthened in the future to overcome division and loneliness.
As a foundation, we firmly believe in the unifying power of cooking and eating together and are delighted to be able to support ‘Über den Tellerrand’ with an ‘Exploration Grant’.
Past projects
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