Sponsorships

A sponsorship is a donation that supports the daily work of Zoo Berlin and helps ensure the wellbeing of the animals. As a thank you for their support, sponsors receive a certificate of sponsorship and are invited once a year to an exclusive summer sponsors’ evening. In addition, all sponsors are kept up to date with news from the Zoo, Aquarium and Tierpark with the biannual ZooMomente magazine for friends and supporters.

An animal or tree sponsorship automatically ends after one year, while all bench sponsorships have a duration of five years. Sponsorships can be renewed at any time. You will receive a reminder shortly before your sponsorship expires.

You can also save yourself the time of manually renewing your sponsorship by setting up a standing order. This effectively makes your sponsorship unlimited until you choose to end it.

You can easily renew your sponsorship by transferring the agreed sponsorship amount to our donation account:

Please transfer the full annual sum to:

Spendenkonto Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG
Berliner Sparkasse
IBAN: DE62 1005 0000 0191 1760 44
BIC: BELADEBEXXX
Reference (Verwendungszweck): Sponsorship renewal for animal / bench / tree

In principle, every animal species can be sponsored. Only the “big ones”, such as gorillas, rhinos, elephants etc., only have one sponsor each. Still not sure which animal to choose? We will be happy to advise you. In addition to our animal sponsorships, you can also become the sponsor of a park bench or a tree.

Generally, a sponsorship applies to an entire species. Exclusive sponsorships for individual animals are available for some of the larger inhabitants as part of a premium sponsorship.

Sponsorships are available starting at just 100 euros per year.

We are delighted that you would like to gift a sponsorship! Simply complete this online form. The certificate will be sent to you automatically so that you can present it to the recipient in person.

You will be sent the certificate via email as a PDF document as soon as you have filled out the sponsorship form and concluded the process. On request, the certificate can also be sent by post.

Of course, all the sponsored animals can be visited at any time during regular opening hours from Zoo Berlin.

The best way to do this is to book an online ticket. Online tickets are cheaper than at the ticket offices on site. If you book your tickets online, you not only save a lot of time and can skip the queues on site, you can also book your tickets from the comfort of your own home - regardless of opening hours and without the need for a user account! You can then download your tickets directly and go straight to the entrance before your visit.

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Only premium sponsorships include a special thank you displayed next to the sponsored animals’ habitat.

Sponsorships and donations are intended to benefit the animals and help with the maintenance of the grounds. Therefore, sponsors and donors do not receive free admission, as this would greatly reduce the impact of the financial support provided.

It is only possible for private individuals to take out a sponsorship via our online form. However, you are of course very welcome to take on one of our exclusive company sponsorships for an animal species of your choice. Please contact us directly to discuss the possibilities.

Yes, all donations made to Zoo Berlin are tax deductible.

For one-off donations of up to €300, you do not need a donation receipt. Up to this amount, German tax offices accept the cash deposit slip or transfer confirmation from your bank as proof of the donation. For donations of €300 or more, a donation receipt will automatically be sent to you in the spring of the following year.

Please note that donation receipts can only be issued in the name of the account holder.

A donation receipt can only be issued to the person or company that actually made the donation (account holder of the donation). Only the person who actually made the donation can claim a donation for tax purposes. This means that it is not possible to issue a donation in another name for tax reasons. This also applies to donations in the name of third parties.

As soon as you have decided on the sponsorship and do not wish to conclude it directly online, please transfer the annual amount to the

Spendenkonto Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG
Berliner Sparkasse
IBAN: DE62 1005 0000 0191 1760 44
BIC: BELADEBEXXX
Reference (Verwendungszweck): Sponsorship renewal for animal / bench / tree

When you make a sponsorship via our sponsorship form, your account will be debited automatically. If you do not complete the form, we can also debit a donation directly from your account or set up a standing order at your explicit request. Please inform us of this request in writing. A bank transfer form can also be sent to you on request. Of course, you can also arrange this directly with your bank.

If your account details change after you have set up a standing order via the Zoo website, please contact helfen@zoo-berlin.de and request the deletion of the existing data in writing. You can then set up a new standing order yourself via your bank or send us your new account details to update them.

Standing orders set up via the Zoo website can be revoked. To do this, please write to helfen@zoo-berlin.de. Standing orders that you have set up via your bank can only be terminated there.

Thank you very much for your offer and willingness to help! Our animals’ diets and habitats are governed by a very strict hygiene and quality concept to avoid any possible health and safety risks. Ensuring that food and material donations adhere to this concept would require a great deal of administrative effort. For this reason, we are unfortunately unable to accept donations of food and goods.

However, you can support the zoo online with a “digital food basket”. You can find more information here.

Here you will always find all the latest information about the various donation projects. Supporters are also kept up to date with the latest news from Zoo, Aquarium and Tierpark Berlin twice a year via the exclusive magazine “ZooMomente”.