PROMOTING INNOVATION, SHAPING THE FUTURE Stiftung Charité was founded in 2005 by the entrepreneur Johanna Quandt (1926–2015). It is an independent private non-profit foundation. Stiftung Charité promotes Berlin as a world-leading center for the life sciences. It supports Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and other life science organizations with funding programs in three key areas: Innovation, Research, and Open Life Science.