What we do at Movement Hub?
We are Movement Hub, an organization that supports progressive grassroots movements and civil society groups across Germany. We help build sustainable movement infrastructure by providing activists with the following services:
Support for strategic communication
Training
Development and implementation of cooperation projects
Grants
Strategic exchange and consulting
Financial hosting
Values of our Work
In the face of increasing influence of the right and the growing challenges in the areas of climate and social justice, we focus on building a movement infrastructure that strengthens democratic engagement and supports the various transitions of our time.
The principles of our political work are also reflected in our structures. Our team members work no more than 28 hours per week, in order for us to have enough time for other work, such as reproductive activities and activism.
Fiscal hosting
Fiscal hosting means that a legally registered organization (the fiscal host, also known as a fiscal sponsor) manages funds on behalf of a community group, social movement, or project that does not have the ability or desire to register as a formal legal entity.
How do we work?
Our flat structures enable everyone in the team to be equally involved in decision-making and organizational processes. At the same time, we strive to break down hierarchies of knowledge and experience within our team, to strengthen each other and to constantly learn with each other. We want to create a trusting and power-critical space in which we treat each other with discrimination sensitivity and empathy.
We continuously develop our operating principles together and take decisions based on consensus. We also discuss our goals in regular reflection and strategy meetings and evaluate our working methods so that we can and remain agile and capable of acting. In order to be able to make conscious and responsible decisions and act accordingly, and to reflect on our role in social movements, we have established a network of “critical friends” who regularly give us feedback on our work. This ensures that our work always remains authentic and relevant to the movements.
We all work in several and overlapping areas. To keep the many strands and threads of our work together, we have a process team that takes care of structuring our democratic processes and prepares our decisions.
Who do we work with?
Our network consists of various actors from the fields of health/care, housing, climate, (queer)- feminism, anti-facism and anti-racism. Relationships with social movements are important to us so that we always understand what movements need, how they develop, which debates are currently important to them and, most importantly, we maintain our relationships to build strong bridges.
We work with, among others:
How is our work funded?
We are largely funded by foundations and supported by individual donors. Currently supporting us:
Do you like what we do?
Then support our work with a one-time donation or consider becoming a permanent Movement Hub supporter!
This is what happens with your donation:
We are transparent about where the money for our work comes from and how we use it. You can find out more in our annual reports.