German term (edited): ideell

Results 1 - 100 of about 598,000 for "intellectual and financial support": http://tinyurl.com/39aq2we
e.g.
We are so fortunate to have both the intellectual and financial support of our Fellows and benefactors...
http://www.iusafs.org/leadership/XO.asp
IPI is grateful to our generous friends and donors who provide both intellectual and financial support.
http://www.ipinst.org/about/support-ipi.html
Through intellectual and financial support, the Deloitte IFRS Consortium hopes to accelerate the integration of IFRS into school curriculums...
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/article/e87dfd00571012...

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Note added at 59 mins (2010-04-24 09:33:57 GMT)
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i.e. 'intellectual' in the sense of 'input of ideas' (ideell)

I have the same reservations as you about 'moral support'. Is the organisation somehow "angeschlagen"?

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-24 10:10:23 GMT)
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Re other suggestions:
'spiritual' - it's not a religious foundation
'ethical' - it's not a medical foundation

Key words in your own description: museum, arts, academic, library, archive, critical notes etc. These supporters certainly sound like 'intellectuals'.

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2010-04-25 22:44:20 GMT)
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Dear Diana,

As you will already know, the etiquette of exercising a critique on another answer is problematic. Nonetheless, MN’s comment on my own answer (“I think Andrew's intellectual support works too…”) plus your open-ended invitation (“It would be nice to have a few more comments or votes…”) gives me hope that the additional observations will not be considered out of place.

Current leader in terms of votes cast:
“The FDH initiative/concept/idea is backed by 2,000 members…”

1) For this to work, the client would have to be agreeable to the proposed abbreviation. Alternatively, the suggestion needs be adapted (“The Freies Deutsches Hochstift initiative/concept/idea…). Rather unwieldy to my eye/ear.

2) Quote: "The ‘Goethe-Haus’ belongs to the ‘Freies Deutsches Hochstift’, a citizens’ foundation established in 1859” I somehow doubt that they had ‘initiatives’ in 1859 – it’s a very modern term. And the Stift has certainly moved on over the last century and a half from being a ‘concept’, ‘idea’ or a ‘twinkle in somebody’s eye’ to being an established part of the city’s cultural landscape.

3) Re ‘backing’. Also a very modern ‘concept’ (‘idea’ etc). And also, I feel, a tautology: The very act of signing up as a member of an organisation presupposes ‘backing’.

4) “Ideell und zu einem erheblichen Teil auch finanziell…” Not only do these two words rhyme, they are also the same parts of speech, i.e. adverbs, and therefore have to be treated equally. They can both be translated as English adverbs (supported xyzly and … financially) or as adjectives (xyz and … financial support). The current leader effectively sidesteps the challenge of the source sentence.

I do not envy you your choice. You are under considerable moral pressure from the approbation heaped on the current leader by such heavyweights as Paul Cohen, Dr Timm and mill. Heck, three of them even have a red P!

Good luck

AJS