Emergency Relief Fund (MONOM Foundation for Change)
Quick, unbureaucratic assistance for acute needs of self-managed centers, housing projects, queer cafés, and event spaces. Applications possible at any time, funding usually up to €2,000.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The MONOM Foundation supports self-managed centers, housing projects, queer cafés, event spaces, and similar venues quickly and unbureaucratically in cases of urgent need through the emergency aid fund. No project ideas or event series are funded.
Eligible expenses
- Damage remediation
- Legal assistance
- Security measures
Non-eligible expenses
- Project ideas
- Event series
Eligible to apply
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Ongoing application possibility without a fixed deadline
- Non-profit sponsoring association with a current exemption notice
- Submission of the association's statutes
- Operation of a self-managed space beyond the mainstream
- Spaces as places of exchange, critique, and debate
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Documents required for application
- Emergency Aid Form (PDF)
- Current Exemption Notice
- Association Bylaws
Evaluation criteria
- Acute need and urgency
- Compliance with funding principles
- Non-profit sponsorship
Description
The Emergency Aid Fund of the MONOM Foundation for Change enables rapid and unbureaucratic support nationwide for self-managed centers, housing projects, queer cafés, as well as event spaces and comparable venues beyond the mainstream. Funding is exclusively provided for acute needs such as damage repair after attacks, legal assistance in cases of defamation, or necessary security measures (e.g., improved door locks, lighting). Project ideas or event series are not the focus of the funding. Approvals are generally up to €2,000, with decisions made individually by a team of foundation staff and the board. Funding applications can be submitted at any time, as there are no fixed deadlines.
Non-profit organizations operating a self-managed space as a place for exchange, critique, and debate have access to this immediate aid, provided a current exemption notice and the association’s statutes are available. Applications must be submitted via the official Emergency Aid Form (PDF) along with the exemption notice and statutes in digital form. The urgency of the need, alignment with the MONOM Foundation’s funding principles, and non-profit status are evaluated. Feedback is usually provided within two weeks. In doing so, the foundation strengthens places of civil society participation and democratic discourse and contributes to social cohesion.
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