Donations
In The Merry Wives of Windsor, the citizen Flute invests his money to extract a secret from Falstaff: “for they say, if money go before, all ways do lie open.” And Falstaff replies: “Money is a good soldier, sir, and will on.” (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2.2.169–171)
Support the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of Shakespeare’s works in the German-speaking world, as well as the work of the Shakespeare Foundation, through your donation or endowment!
Donate via PayPal or credit card
Use the button below to be taken directly to our PayPal donations page. You are also able to use your credit card to make a donation.
Possible donation purposes:
- Shakespeare Society
- Shakespeare Yearbook
- Shakespeare Academy
- Martin-Lehnert Prize
Donate via Bank Transfer
The bank connection is:
IBAN: DE82 8205 1000 0301 0329 20
BIC: HELADEF1WEM
Sparkasse Mittelthüringen
In addition to your address, please also note in the purpose of use whether you wish to make a donation or an endowment to the foundation’s assets. For donations below €200.00, the printout of the booking confirmation or a copy of the bank statement will serve as proof for the tax office. For donations of more than €200.00, you will receive a written donation receipt from us.
We greatly appreciate any amount and thank you for your commitment.
Donations and endowments are tax-deductible. For endowments of over €500, you will be regularly invited to the conferences of the Shakespeare Society and receive the Shakespeare Yearbook free of charge for five years. Of course, you may also earmark your donation or endowment for a specific purpose. In that case, we will provide a detailed account of how the funds are used.
We also warmly welcome private individuals and companies as partners in exploring new and even unconventional ways of promoting Shakespeare’s legacy. We are open to ideas that help keep Shakespeare’s work, as part of humanity’s cultural heritage, alive for generations to come.