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Bank Account People for Peace - Peace for People

Owner/ beneficiar: 

Ernst Prost Stiftung / Menschen für Frieden – Frieden für Menschen Foundation

Schlosshof 1

89340 Leipheim (Germany)

Bank: Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank)

IBAN: DE64600501010405449204

BIC: SOLADEST600

(Payment reference when donation should be made for Ukraine: HELP UKRAINE)

Bank account Ernst Prost Foundation

Owner: Ernst Prost Stiftung

Bank: Deutsche Bank AG

IBAN: DE92360700500190057000

BIC / SWIFT code: DEUTDEDEXXX

Bank account Ernst Prost Foundation for Africa

Owner: Ernst Prost Stiftung

Bank: Commerzbank AG

IBAN: DE05360400390123205700

BIC / SWIFT code: COBADEFFXXX

TRANSPARENCY & FAQ

ABOUT US

HelpUkraine.Center a grassroots initiative founded by Ukranian entrepreneurs Andriy Stavnitser, Vladyslav Chechotkin, Volodymyr Popereshnuk and Volodymyr Kostelman. It was created as a spontaneous reaction to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, and aims to give the Ukrainian civilian population access to humanitarian and medical supplies. Numerous Ukrainian as well as interna-tional companies and private individuals support the HelpUkraine.Center initiative in logistics warehouses in Poland and Romania voluntarily and free of charge in receiving, processing and purposeful forwarding of donations in kind sent to the Ukrainian popula-tion from Europe and around the world.

People for Peace – Peace for People Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Leipheim, Germany. It was set up on February 1, 2019 by Ernst Prost, the former man-aging director of Liqui Moly GmbH, as endowment fund with no legal capacity within the Ernst Prost Foundation, which he founded as well. The Ernst Prost Foundation is a foun-dation with legal capacity under civil law according to §§ 80 and 81 of the BGB (German Civil Code), which primarily pursues social and charitable purposes within Germany. It was officially recognized by the foundation supervisory authority of the Swabian govern-ment in Augsburg on December 20, 2010.

WHAT WE DO

It is with dismay and utmost concern that the Board of Directors of People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation has been following Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine, which has been raging since February 24, 2022. Driven by a strong desire to provide humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian civilian population and strengthened by long-standing, trusting business and friendly relations between the parties involved, People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation without much hesitation decided  to support the volunteer initiative HelpUkraine.Center with its own financial, human and administra-tive resources. Since then, vital medical and humanitarian supplies such as medicines, wound care materials and equipment for rescue workers have been procured by the Foundation with funds collected from private individuals, companies and non-profit in-stitutions and delivered to the population in Ukraine via HelpUkraine.Center.

WHAT WE DON’T DO

The acquisition of armaments and other militarily usable equipment with funds from the charitable  People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation is neither in accordance with the convictions and statutory purposes of the Foundation nor with German non-profit law.

Please understand that the foundation cannot accept donations designated for the procurement of items from the aforementioned categories.

CHARITABLE STATUS

The Menschen für Frieden – Frieden für Menschen Foundation (People for Peace – Peace for People Foundation) was founded on the notion of peace as the prerequisite for life and prosperity, and it regards itself as a contribution to the efforts to overcome the suffering, displacement and decline war entails. Peace is non-political and non-partisan. Donor Ernst Prost established the fund to help promote peace internationally through diverse peacemaking and peacekeeping measures, activities and programs.

The Menschen für Frieden – Frieden für Menschen Foundation is registered under tax number 151/147/00522 with the fiscal authority of Neu-Ulm, Germany. It pursues exclu-sively and directly tax-privileged purposes within the meaning of Section 51 et seq. of the German Fiscal Code (revenue code).

DEDUCTIBILITY OF DONATIONS

We are exempt from corporate income tax and trade tax according to § 5 para. 1 no. 9 KStG (corporate tax law) and § 3 no. 6 GewStG (German Trade Tax Act) respectively for the assessment period 2019 due to the promotion of the following tax-supported purpos-es according to the exemption notice or according to the annex to the corporate income tax notice of the tax office Neu-Ulm, tax ID 151/147/00522, dated June 21, 2021:

§ 52 para. 2 no. 1: the advancement of science and research

§ 52 para. 2 no. 7: the advancement of upbringing, adult education and vocational training including assistance for students

§ 52 para. 2 no. 9: the advancement of public welfare

§ 52 para. 2 no. 13: the advancement of internationalism, of tolerance in all areas of culture and of the concept of international understanding

§ 52 para. 2 no. 15: the advancement of development cooperation

§ 53: charitable purposes

We hereby confirm that your donation will be used to promote the above-mentioned charitable purposes.

Donations made to the Foundation in aid of humanitarian and medical assistance in Ukraine (e.g., indicated by a corresponding purpose in the donation transfer) will be used by the Foundation for the promotion of charitable purposes (according to § 53 of the AO (German Fiscal Code)).

DONATIONS BY BANK TRANSFER

The Foundation accepts donations by bank transfer via the following account details:

Account holder: Ernst Prost Stiftung / Stiftungsfonds: Menschen für Frieden – Frieden für Menschen Foundation

Bank: Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank)

IBAN: DE64 6005 0101 0405 4492 04

BIC: SOLADEST600

Purpose of transfer: HELP UKRAINE

DONATIONS BY CREDIT CARD

The Foundation accepts donations by credit card via the donation form on the website.

DONATIONS VIA PAYPAL

The foundation accepts donations via PayPal using the donation form created for this purpose.

DONATIONS FROM THE U.S.

U.S. resident donors can support the People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation's emergency humanitarian and medical relief efforts through the Foundation's campaign in the "DSZ - International Giving Foundation US Fund" in the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), in a tax-efficient manner. KBFUS is a public charity as defined by sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the IRC.  

If you would like to donate from the U.S. to Germany, please read more about how to proceed here:

• Online donation

Go to kbfus.org, click on the "Donate" button and select "DSZ - International Giving Foundation US Fund" under the letter D from the alphabetical list and then select the campaign “War is Death – Peace is Life” or click here.

• Check

For gifts by check: Write your check to KBFUS, write "DSZ International Giving Foundation US Fund - Ernst Prost Foundation" in the memo section of the check, and send it to KBFUS, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10020.

• Alternatives

To make donations via bank transfer, please contact KBFUS at: info@kbfus.org or phone: (+212) 713 7660.

RECEIPTS FOR DONATIONS < 300,00 EURO

If you have chosen to support us with a donation of up to 300.00 euros, you do not re-quire a separate donation receipt from People for Peace – Peace for People Foundation.

In order for your payment to be recognised as a tax-deductible donation, pursuant to § 50 para. 4 no. 2 lit. b) EStDV (Income Tax By-law), submitting this letter along with the payment receipt (confirmation of payment from your bank, e.g., bank statement, de-posit slip, printout of an online banking receipt) to your tax office in your tax return is sufficient.

The booking confirmation has to show the name and account number of the payer and the recipient, the amount and the date of the payment order and the execution of the payment. Please note that the keyword "donation" has to appear in the "purpose of pay-ment" field of the transfer form.

RECEIPTS FOR DONATIONS > 300,00 EURO

For donations exceeding 300.00 euros, a donation receipt in accordance with the official German regulations issued by the People for Peace - Peace for People Founda-tion is required as proof of donation.

If you are donating more than 300.00 euros to the People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation for the first time, then it may be necessary for you to forward your address to the Foundation via donations@menschen-für-frieden.de.

DEDUCTIBILITY OF DONATIONS FROM ABROAD

The People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation is a foundation registered in Ger-many and classified as a charitable foundation within the framework of the tax laws applicable there. Donations to the People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation are therefore fully tax deductible to the German tax authorities as special expenses.

Unfortunately, the fact that People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation is recog-nized as a non-profit organization in Germany does not automatically mean that People for Peace - Peace for People Foundation is also recognized as a non-profit organization by tax authorities outside Germany or that donations are tax-deductible. Donors from abroad are therefore advised to consult their local tax authorities before making a do-nation to determine whether tax deductibility of donations is possible in their country.

Unfortunately, the donation form had to be switched off for security reasons. Please use the methods above if you would like to donate.