At a glance
Transparency is important to us. As part of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative we commit ourselves to provide the following information and to keep it up to date.
Further questions & answers about United4Rescue, the alliance, our work and civil sea rescue can be found in our FAQs. If you still have a question, please feel free to contact us at .
United4Rescue is also the organisation behind the Moving Cities project. Moving Cities is fully funded by a foundation and is therefore financially autonomous and independent. For more information on the project, please visit moving-cities.eu.
Last updated 3 March 2025
Name, registered office, address and year of foundation
United4Rescue – Gemeinsam retten e.V.
Herrenhäuser Str. 12, 30419 Hannover
Germany
Year of foundation: 2019
Register of associations: VR 203237
Postal address:
United4Rescue – Gemeinsam retten e.V.
Postfach 11 01 31
10831 Berlin
Germany
Contact:
Gisela Stein (Managing Director)
E-Mail:
Telefon: +49 30 75438541
Statute
United4Rescue is a non-profit, independent association that supports civil sea rescue in the Mediterranean and helps to save lives. At the same time, United4Rescue is a broad alliance of hundreds of organisations united by the conviction that people should not be allowed to drown. The alliance publicly advocates for sea rescue and safe escape routes and represents four demands.
You can download the complete statutes here (German).
You can find our funding criteria here.
Proof of non-profit status
You can view our proof of non-profit status here.
Name and function of decision-makers
Activity Report
It is important to us that your donation goes where it really makes a difference. In our current annual report 2023, you can find out how we have succeeded in doing this. Here we make ourselves and our work transparent — and show how your donations help save lives. You can find all our annual reports here.
Staff structure
The association currently (as of 22.8.2023) consists of eleven people, four of whom form the board of directors. All members of the association, including the board, work exclusively on a voluntary basis. One full-time and three part-time employees work in the office. Information about the association and the office can be found here.
Information on the origin and use of funds
Detailed information on the origin and use of the funds can be found in the current annual report (p. 30-33).
Affiliation with third parties under company law
None
Names of persons whose annual payments account for more than 10% of the total annual budget
In 2024, donations from one private individual accounted for 23.7 per cent of the total donation income for the year.
In 2023, United4Rescue received a grant of 250,000 euros from Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH.
