Spore Initiative is a foundation registered in Germany since 2020. The foundation directly and exclusively pursues non-profit purposes related to the arts and culture. It is active predominantly in programming and co-productions both in Berlin and abroad, and its philanthropic work is based on collaborative processes. Spore’s institutional anchor is in Berlin-Neukölln, in a building conceived by AFFArchitekten. Spore is founded and funded by Hans Schöpflin, a philanthropist and entrepreneur.
Spore Initiative facilitates cultural projects at the intersection of climate justice, ecological regeneration, and education, in dialogue with earth protectors in the Global South and the Global North. The Spore House in Berlin is a platform for exchange, dialogue, and mutual learning. At the core of our work is the weaving of dialogues and the nurturing of common grounds that exist between communities, organizations, and people who may be geographically or culturally far from one another but are linked through practices of care for the earth.