Momo-Stiftung des BUND Baden-Württemberg für Kinder, Umwelt und Gesundheit

The Momo Foundation of the BUND Baden-Württemberg for Children, Environment, and Health is a non-profit foundation established in 1993 by the BUND State Association Baden-Württemberg as an independent foundation under private law. It supports environmental education and health projects that provide children and young people with a better understanding of their environment and help prevent environmentally related health risks. The foundation is named after the girl Momo from Michael Ende’s eponymous book. The foundation’s capital is permanently preserved, and funding is provided exclusively from the proceeds as well as from donations, endowments, and allocations.

The purpose of the Momo Foundation is the long-term support of projects for environmental education and awareness in the preschool, school, and youth sectors, for the preservation and creation of livable environments for future generations, as well as for the prevention and reduction of environmentally related health damage in children and adolescents. The foundation understands support as a partnership-based accompaniment of BUND groups in Baden-Württemberg and awards earmarked start-up aids and grants of up to 5,000 euros per project, especially for educational and action projects that combine hands-on experience, knowledge transfer, and nature observation.

Eligible to apply are divisions and groups within the BUND State Association Baden-Württemberg e. V. that carry out environmental education and health projects for children and youth. Target groups of the funded projects are children in kindergarten, school, and after-school settings, as well as adolescents; adults as supervisors are not excluded regardless of their membership in a BUND group. Projects should have their own funds (at least 10%) and are generally to be completed within the approval year.