Since its inception in 1990, the Förderverein Simultanhalle Köln-Volkhoven e. V. has remained a non-profit member owned art association, with exhibitions, education services, and cooperation projects amongst its primary tasks. Actively engaged in efforts to preserve the Simultanhalle as a building, the association maintains contact with responsible figures in the municipal administration.

Appreciative of its role in civil society, the association sees itself as a forum for lively debate and exchange, reflecting the diversity of society and open to everyone. It strongly opposes all forms of exclusion, discrimination, and racism while supporting exhibitions by emerging artists and curators.

The Förderverein Simultanhalle Köln-Volkhoven e. V. is a member of the council of German art associations, the ADKV – Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Kunstvereine, and the AIC, Art Initiatives Cologne.