Prof. Annette Schavan, Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany, serves the care-for-rare foundation as patronnesse. Furthermore, the care-for-rare foundation is supported by the volontary expertise of the following personalities:

	Dr. Thomas Jaschke, President of the advisory board and senior vice president of arvato Bertelsmann, Gütersloh
	Prof. Dr. med. Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2008
	Josef Sayer, General Director, Misereor International The German Catholic Bishop's Organization for Development Cooperation
	Ambassador Dr. Martin Ney, New York Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN
	Bruce Beutler, M.D. Nobelprize for Physiology or Medicine, 2011