The "City of Berlin" Stipend Buddy Bear was the German-American cooperative project of the artists Frank Rödel and Bill C. Ray. The names of the German supporters (as of September 2002) of the "Berlin helps the USA" campaign are listed on the reproduction of the Twin Towers.

The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation annually awards prizes and stipends:

John Jacob Astor Award
in Library Studies and Information Science
(The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Award) for outstanding contributions for the transatlantic knowledge-based society

Friedrich-Gerstäcker Travel Grant
in connection with the Outstanding German Educator Award of the American Association of Teachers of German for an educational journey to Berlin

“City of Berlin”- Scholarship
for children who lost one or both parents on September 11, 2001

“Standing for the Whole" - Scholarship
a bilateral exchange in the field of urban social work