THE FOUNDATION FOR XXI CENTURY
We promote excellence by identifying and fostering talent in every form
We comprehensively support the non-profit initiatives of artists and educators, empowering them to serve their communities and revitalize the demand for quality education and fine arts.
AHF PROJECT ACCELERATOR
Devised to advance independent projects towards a more scalable and sustainable future, our residency-based accelerator is designed specifically for innovative initiatives in the culture and education sectors.
AHF ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS
We recognize the vital role talented individuals play in the constantly evolving global economy. Each of our advancement programs is merit-based and devised to enable further professional development of the participants regardless of their financial status, and country of origin.
Evaluation Principles & Core Values
Innovation, Talent and Excellence
We evaluate talent by measuring its positive impact on the community. Innovation, as a never-ending strive to find more sustainable ways of achieving a bigger impact is our core programing principle. Excellence, as the degree of unprecedented impact is the key principle for measuring the success of our support.
Collaboration
We believe that positive impact is achieved by collaboration. Together with partnering foundations we administer the local presence of our worldwide programs. We partner with private and governmental institutions to facilitate and streamline the sustainable impact of what we do.
Community Engagement
We are proud of our international team geared towards engaging local communities into everything we do. The residents of Berlin are the final beneficiary of our work, and we take the honor to invite selected number of them free of charge (40-60% of the venue’s capacity) to our concerts, exhibitions and showcases.
Our story
When entrepreneurs and artists come together to address issues of culture and education
2021
Althafen Foundation was established in 2021 by Vitali Kivmann - a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Althafen Real Estate. Born in Riga Latvia, Vitaly has graduated from the Technical University of Berlin and ever since his initial career success as a financial advisor, he has been supporting independent cultural projects around Berlin. Jennifer-Nowak-Mischkowsky has joined the foundation from the very beginning as the Chief Operating Officer, building out the support for independent initiatives in charity, arts, healthcare, education, and welfare sectors.
2023
The foundation has adopted a more global perspective with focus on fine arts and education under the leadership of the newly appointed artistic director, Belarusian-American cellist Mark Prihodko in 2023. The essence of a new vision keyed in combining expertise from the commercial and artistic worlds in order to ensure sustainable existence and scalable development of the non-for-profit sector. With innovation and strive for excellency at its core, the foundation’s mission resonated with many prominent artists and donors around the world, forming a community of engaged individuals advocating on behalf of foundation worldwide.
current
With Executive Board overseeing the strategic development and Honorary Board assuring the quality of foundation’s impact, we continue the rapid implementation of our mission through project acceleration and administration of advancement programs together with our worldwide network of partnering foundations.
