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 total amount of the support provided
Partners involved in our activities
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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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
THE TEAM OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND
Project partners in 2024
Regional partners in 2024
Organisations supported in 2024
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