Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Abbreviation	FES
Named after	Friedrich Ebert
Founded	1925
Founder	Konrad Ludwig
Focus	Education
Location	Bonn, Germany;
Area served	Germany
President	Martin Schulz
Secretary general	Sabine Fandrych
Affiliations	Social Democratic Party
Website	www.fes.de

The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (German: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.; Abbreviation: FES) is a German political party foundation associated with, but independent from, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).^[1]^[2] Established in 1925 as the political legacy of Friedrich Ebert, Germany's first democratically elected President, it is the largest and oldest of the German party-associated foundations. It is headquartered in Bonn and Berlin, and has offices and projects in over 100 countries. It is Germany's oldest organisation to promote democracy, political education, and promote students of outstanding intellectual abilities and personality.

^ Freise M. (2010) Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. In: Anheier H.K., Toepler S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_754.
^ Braun, Bernd. Wie alles begann: 80 Jahre Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – eine Außenansicht (PDF) (in German). FES Publikation. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[1] Freise M. (2010) Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. In: Anheier H.K., Toepler S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_754.

[2] Braun, Bernd. Wie alles begann: 80 Jahre Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – eine Außenansicht (PDF) (in German). FES Publikation. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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