One Foundation

Illustration von jungen Menschen, die nach vorne blicken und nach oben zeigen, symbolisiert Chancen und Wachstum. Zitat betont die Unterstützung junger Menschen durch Bildung und Finanzierung, um ihre Zukunft selbst zu gestalten.

The One Foundation is a charitable organisation established by Dieter Müller, founder of Motel One.

Its central concern is creating an equitable society in which everyone has the same opportunities to lead a life of their choosing.
To this end, the One Foundation promotes and initiates projects that facilitate personal growth and professional development, particularly in the areas of education, the transition from school to work, and the exploration of new career opportunities.

Through its work, the One Foundation supports SDG 4.

New Projects

Das Foto zeigt einen jungen Teenager im Kunstunterricht, der etwas von einer jungen Frau gereicht bekommt.

Funding: new funding application period

With immediate effect, we will only be offering one funding application window per year, in February. The next period for submitting a grant application is from 1 to 28 February 2027.

We are making these changes to sustain a reliable and impactful funding cooperation.

Further information on these changes and our funding criteria can be found on our Funding page.

more information

Gruppenbild von 16 Personen unterschiedlichen Alters und verschiedener Herkunft, die entspannt und freundlich in einer hellen Umgebung zusammensitzen.

Trainee Scholarship

For the third time, the One Foundation is awarding scholarships to trainees in the hospitality or gastronomy sector in Germany. The scholarship consists of both monthly financial support and non-material support such as coaching, workshops and interaction with other scholarship holders.

As the foundation aims to contribute to equal opportunities, we would particularly like to encourage people with special challenges to apply.

More about the scholarship

Das Bild zeigt das Deckblatt des Wirkungsberichts zum Azubi-Stipendium. Man sieht zwei Personen aus dem Service-Bereich, die etwas servieren.

Impact report

Since the beginning of the trainee scholarship programme, we have been measuring the impact of our work. This impact report presents our findings and experiences from the first year and a half of the programme.

Please contact us if you require a translated version of the report.

read the Impact Report

Grafik erklärt vier Schritte eines Projekts: Input (Ressourcen wie Tutoren, Raum), Output (Dienstleistungen wie Tutorien), Outcome (Veränderungen wie bessere Noten) und Impact (gesellschaftlicher Einfluss wie Chancengleichheit).

Impact

We aim to use our resources meaningfully – which is why impact is very dear to our hearts.

We use the term ‘impact’ when the aim is to set change in motion. If we want to have a positive influence and truly reach our target audience, we feel it’s important that we do so transparently and effectively.

More about impact