The "Süddeutsche Zeitung" has been encouraging members of the public to participate in social causes for more than five decades. Since 1949, the Advent calendar of Süddeutsche Zeitung initiative has sought to ease the lives of people in need in its immediate neighborhood.

Bandgesellschaft is a private nonprofit organization headquartered in Vienna.  The purpose and task of this organization is to provide people with special needs with the best possible social position according to their means and possibilities, to secure such, and contribute to improving the care and supply with regard to culture, socially and economically.

Stiftung Pfennigparade Munich provides support for physically disabled individuals, enhances their opportunities and works to promote their equal treatment in society.