Transparency

1. Name, registered office, address and year of foundation of our organisation

Name: Zentrum für Data-driven Empowerment, Leadership und Advocacy (zedela) gUG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Year of foundation: 2023

Address: Großgörschenstraße 27, 10829 Berlin

Contact person: Daniel Gyamerah

2. Complete statutes and information on the objectives of our organisation

• Shareholder agreement dated 31 May 2023 (PDF)
• zedela gUG pursues the goal of a just and inclusive society in which the structural affiliation and participation of all is ensured and the democratic community can be shaped equally and in everyday life by all. The association’s work is committed to human rights standards and is based on analyses that are critical of racism and discrimination, movement knowledge and real-life experiences. These make it clear time and again that the reduction of intersectional discrimination, particularly with regard to racism, as well as the active promotion of empowerment, diversity orientation and equality require, among other things, a long-term perspective, resilient relationships and working in multi-professional networks. The organisation works with stakeholders who can credibly demonstrate that they are interested in genuine participation and the elimination of structural discrimination.
• Society’s contribution results from the triad of research, leadership and advocacy. Applied research is characterised by the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. It makes a fundamental contribution to professionalisation, inclusive decision-making and the fair distribution of resources in the pluralistic immigration society. zedela supports, advises and strengthens actors, their structures, competencies and organisations with regard to (anti-)discrimination, diversity orientation and community-oriented or inclusive leadership in all areas of society and addresses both those affected by discrimination (empowerment) and the structurally privileged (power sharing). A consistent focus on the practical relevance of the work, the development of strategies, arguments, networks and policy options ensures that society also has an impact at an advocacy and structural level through communication, publicity and information formats.

3. Information on tax concessions

• Tax number: 27/640/03174 (tax office for corporations 1)
• zedela gUG pursues exclusively and directly the following charitable purposes within the meaning of §§ 51 ff AO
• The Tax Office for Corporations I determined in its decision dated 1 August 2023 in accordance with Section 60a (1) AO that our Articles of Association in the version dated 31 May 2023 meet the requirements of Sections 51, 59, 60 and 61 AO. A notice of exemption is not yet available.

4. Name and function of the key decision-makers

The organisation is run by four shareholders - Daniel Gyamerah, Deniz Yıldırım-Caliman, Teresa Bremberger and Joshua Kwesi Aikins. Daniel Gyamerah is the managing director. He is not a controlling shareholder. Deniz Yıldırım-Caliman is the scientific director.

5. Activity report

Activity report 2023 currently under review

6. Personnel structure

As at 1 January 2024, zedela had four employees, all of them part-time.

7. Information on the source of funds

In 2024 (as of March), zedela receives at least 5% of its funding from the following organisations

• Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration Federal Government Commissioner for Anti-Racism
• Robert Bosch Foundation
• Climate Finance Fund (via the European Climate Foundation)
• Vereint für Demokratie (United for Democracy)

8. Information on the use of funds

For 2023 - the year the organisation was founded - no final statement is yet available.

9. Corporate affiliation with third parties

zedela gUG has no legal affiliation with third parties.

10. Names of persons whose annual payments account for more than 10 % of the total annual budget

zedela gUG does not yet receive any significant donations from natural individuals, apart from sporadic small donations. The work of zedela gUG is largely financed by grants (see point 7)