ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ŠKODA AUTO ENDOWMENT FUND 2024

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE ŠKODA AUTO
ENDOWMENT FUND 2024

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ŠKODA AUTO ENDOWMENT FUND 2024

OPENING WORDS

Welcome to our 2024 Annual Report—the sixth edition, highlighting the growing impact of the Endowment Fund in supporting our home regions and fulfilling Škoda Auto’s social responsibility.


I am deeply grateful for the dedication, energy, and vision shown by the Fund’s team, our partners, and all engaged individuals. Together, we are working to enhance the quality of life in Mladá Boleslav, Rychnov, Vrchlabí, and Jilemnice—ensuring these regions remain wonderful places to live, now and for generations to come. Thank you to everyone who has joined us in creating new opportunities and initiatives over the past year. I invite you to discover more about our journey in the following pages.

Klaus Zellmer

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

THE ENDOWMENT FUND IN FIGURES

THE ENDOWMENT FUND IN FIGURES

75 317 805 CZK

75 317 805 CZK

The total amount of the support provided

151

151

Partners involved in our activities

265

265

Number of supported projects

Thank you to our partners for their trust and financial support, which allows us to develop our activities in the long term

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About us

About us

The Škoda Auto Endowment Fund was established to support the development of the Mladá Boleslav, Rychnov, Vrchlabí, and Jilemnice regions—places our founder calls home. We care deeply about high-quality and sustainable public spaces, focus on improving systemic education, and help professionalize publicly beneficial organizations. We extend a hand to active society as well as individuals in need. You can follow our activities on our website.


What did we achieve together with our partners in 2024? Keep reading to find out.

Our Founding Pillars

Our Founding Pillars

Improving Public Spaces

Improving Public Spaces

We strive to make cities and smaller towns in our regions better places to live so people can have myriad ways to live active lives. The projects that bring tangible changes to public spaces and community life in cooperation with local municipalities and active citizens as well as partners from the private sector. What did we achieve together in 2024?

Support for Bike Sharing

Support for Bike Sharing

Establishing HUB Mladá Boleslav

Establishing HUB Mladá Boleslav

Bringing Art into the Streets

Bringing Art into the Streets

Putting Down Roots in Vrchlabí

Putting Down Roots in Vrchlabí

Launch of an Exhibition at the Kvasiny Chateau

Launch of an Exhibition at the Kvasiny Chateau

Pluhárna Becomes the Centre of Attention

Pluhárna Becomes the Centre of Attention

Seeking Our Roots and New Inspiration in Culture

Seeking Our Roots and New Inspiration in Culture

We Support Local Initiatives and Interactions

We Support Local Initiatives and Interactions

We Believe in Biodiversity

We Believe in Biodiversity

Helping Young People Earn Experience Abroad

Helping Young People Earn Experience Abroad

We Help Those That Help Others

We Help Those That Help Others

Making Transportation Safer

Making Transportation Safer

We Support Those That Work to Make Changes

We Support Those That Work to Make Changes

In ŠAEF we believe that the most valuable changes come from people, who know what their surroundings need. We announced six grant programs with 10 challenges, eventually contributing CZK 26 million to 151 individual projects spanning social services, public spaces and environmental protection. We also want to foster international exchange and inspiration in our regions, so we continue to support scholarships for secondary school students.

Support for Bike Sharing

Support for Bike Sharing

Establishing HUB Mladá Boleslav

Establishing HUB Mladá Boleslav

Bringing Art into the Streets

Bringing Art into the Streets

Putting Down Roots in Vrchlabí

Putting Down Roots in Vrchlabí

Launch of an Exhibition at the Kvasiny Chateau

Launch of an Exhibition at the Kvasiny Chateau

Pluhárna Becomes the Centre of Attention

Pluhárna Becomes the Centre of Attention

We Help Create Inspiring Educational Environments

We Help Create Inspiring Educational Environments

We strive to systematically reform education in our regions to make it innovate and inspiring, so children develop a hunger for learning. Our data shows that every koruna invested into education is returned to society several fold.

We Help Where It’s Needed

We Help Where It’s Needed

Each year brings an opportunity to lend a helping hand in an area we didn’t expect or plan. We believe it is important to support those, who find themselves in dire straits through no fault of their own. We also continue working on projects that bring communities together and support meaningful causes. In 2024, we once again helped organize the traditional Škoda IT Christmas charity drive and the popular Jóga Fest along with its charitable activities. Each of these steps help individuals and thus all of society.

Seeking Our Roots and New Inspiration in Culture

Seeking Our Roots and New Inspiration in Culture

We Support Local Initiatives and Interactions

We Support Local Initiatives and Interactions

We Believe in Biodiversity

We Believe in Biodiversity

Helping Young People Earn Experience Abroad

Helping Young People Earn Experience Abroad

We Help Those That Help Others

We Help Those That Help Others

Making Transportation Safer

Making Transportation Safer

Help in Trying Times

Help in Trying Times

Post-Flood Community and Educational Support

Post-Flood Community and Educational Support

Technologies That Make Life Better

Technologies That Make Life Better

Yoga That Helps Twice

Yoga That Helps Twice

We Provide Support to Organizations That Help Others

We Provide Support to Organizations That Help Others

Developing Children’s Potential from a Young Age

Developing Children’s Potential from a Young Age

Improving the Education and School climate at Primary Schools

Improving the Education and School climate at Primary Schools

We Ensure School Operators Have a Strong Foundation

We Ensure School Operators Have a Strong Foundation

Providing Technologies to Secondary School Students

Providing Technologies to Secondary School Students

Support for Children’s Groups

Support for Children’s Groups

Help in Trying Times

Help in Trying Times

Post-Flood Community and Educational Support

Post-Flood Community and Educational Support

Technologies That Make Life Better

Technologies That Make Life Better

Yoga That Helps Twice

Yoga That Helps Twice

We Provide Support to Organizations That Help Others

We Provide Support to Organizations That Help Others

Developing Children’s Potential from a Young Age

Developing Children’s Potential from a Young Age

Improving the Education and School climate at Primary Schools

Improving the Education and School climate at Primary Schools

We Ensure School Operators Have a Strong Foundation

We Ensure School Operators Have a Strong Foundation

Providing Technologies to Secondary School Students

Providing Technologies to Secondary School Students

Support for Children’s Groups

Support for Children’s Groups

THE TEAM OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND

Klaus Zellmer

1/13

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

What he values in the ŠAEF:

Klaus sees the Endowment Fund as a key tool for bringing to life ESG strategy of Škoda Auto and the Volkswagen Group and as an important channel for their support of sustainable development. This makes it especially important to him that the Fund brings sustainability closer to the people through concrete projects in their local communities that encourage active participation in this shared journey. 


What he enjoys in his free time:

All things nature-related: jogging, cycling, and even lending a hand with tree-planting during volunteer park development projects. 

Klaus Zellmer

1/13

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

What he values in the ŠAEF:

Klaus sees the Endowment Fund as a key tool for bringing to life ESG strategy of Škoda Auto and the Volkswagen Group and as an important channel for their support of sustainable development. This makes it especially important to him that the Fund brings sustainability closer to the people through concrete projects in their local communities that encourage active participation in this shared journey. 


What he enjoys in his free time:

All things nature-related: jogging, cycling, and even lending a hand with tree-planting during volunteer park development projects. 

Klaus Zellmer

1/13

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

What he values in the ŠAEF:

Klaus sees the Endowment Fund as a key tool for bringing to life ESG strategy of Škoda Auto and the Volkswagen Group and as an important channel for their support of sustainable development. This makes it especially important to him that the Fund brings sustainability closer to the people through concrete projects in their local communities that encourage active participation in this shared journey. 


What he enjoys in his free time:

All things nature-related: jogging, cycling, and even lending a hand with tree-planting during volunteer park development projects. 

Klaus Zellmer

1/13

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

What he values in the ŠAEF:

Klaus sees the Endowment Fund as a key tool for bringing to life ESG strategy of Škoda Auto and the Volkswagen Group and as an important channel for their support of sustainable development. This makes it especially important to him that the Fund brings sustainability closer to the people through concrete projects in their local communities that encourage active participation in this shared journey. 


What he enjoys in his free time:

All things nature-related: jogging, cycling, and even lending a hand with tree-planting during volunteer park development projects. 

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR DONORS AND PARTNERS

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR DONORS AND PARTNERS

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR DONORS AND PARTNERS

Project partners in 2024

logo ceske censtrum pro architekturu
logo ceske censtrum pro architekturu
logo ceske censtrum pro architekturu
logo wealth office
logo wealth office
logo wealth office
logo ceska rada deti a mladeze
logo ceska rada deti a mladeze
logo 4ART
logo 4ART
skoda auto vysoka skola
skoda auto vysoka skola
logo mezikulturni programy
logo mezikulturni programy
logo mezikulturni programy
logo aisis
logo aisis
logo skofin
logo skofin
logo jednota bratrska
logo jednota bratrska
logo jednota bratrska
kokorinsko
kokorinsko
logo kooperativa
logo kooperativa
logo schule
logo schule
logo make more
logo make more
logo nadacni fond pomoci
logo nadacni fond pomoci
logo nextbike
logo nextbike
logo kovo
logo kovo
logo kovo
logo orlicke hory
logo orlicke hory
philea
philea
pluharna
pluharna
pluharna
logo portos
logo portos
Logo postbellum
Logo postbellum
Logo postbellum
logo stredoceske inovacni centrum
logo stredoceske inovacni centrum
logoskoenergy
logoskoenergy
logoskoenergy
Logo Skoda
Logo Skoda
Logo Skoda
Logo SSMB
Logo SSMB
Logo Krkonossky narodni park
Logo Krkonossky narodni park
Logo Krkonossky narodni park
Logo Step by Step
Logo Step by Step
logo Lab IR Edu
logo Lab IR Edu
logo Lab IR Edu
logo urad vlady ceske republiky
logo urad vlady ceske republiky
logo urad vlady ceske republiky
logo urad vlady ceske republiky
logo urad vlady ceske republiky

Regional partners in 2024

Organisations supported in 2024

Organisations that received a contribution of more than 300 thousand CZK

Organisations that received

a contribution of more than 300 thousand CZK

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