From left to right: Dr. Oliver Grün (GRÜN Software AG), Mag. Peter Nömaier (Sigmund Freud Private Foundation) and Dr. Günther Lutschinger (Fundraising Association Austria) at the award ceremony GRÜN Fundraising Awards. Photo: Ludwig Schedl
At the 25th Austrian Fundraising Congress in Vienna, the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation was awarded the GRÜN Fundraising Award for the best online campaign of the year.
Aachen / Vienna, October 10.10.2018th, XNUMX. The 25th Austrian Fundraising Congress took place on October 8th and 9th 2018 under the motto "Fundraising 4.0 - the future is now!" in the Europahaus Vienna. Once again this year, a highlight of the event was the presentation of the Fundraising Awards on the evening of the first day of the event. Awards were given in a total of seven categories. One of the seven awards is the GRÜN Fundraising Award that recognizes the best online campaign of the year.
For the ninth time, the Aachener awards GRÜN Software AG together with the Austrian GRÜN Fundraising Services Ltd, Provider of market-leading fundraising software for donation organizations in Austria and Germany, the GRÜN Fundraising Award. Innovative online campaigns that have involved, motivated and inspired people are honored. Creativity, fundraising success and a variety of methods are the decisive criteria. This year, the crowdfunding campaign of the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation particularly convince.
For the renovation and redesign of the Sigmund Freud Museum at Freud's former address at Berggasse 19 in Vienna, the museum is dependent on public funding as well as private donors. For this purpose, a broad-based crowdfunding campaign wemakeit.com, which received widespread attention through a video with Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, raised funds. The target amount of 80.000 euros was exceeded and the museum also achieved further sustainable success in fundraising.
As part of the award ceremony at the 25th Austrian Fundraising Congress, Mag. Peter Nömaier from the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation took the GRÜN Fundraising Award from the hands Dr. Oliver Grün, Board Member and CEO of GRÜN Software Inc.
The GRÜN Gruppe congratulates the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation on the convincing online campaign.