Funding of the Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
The Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of Freiburg supports charitable and nonprofit projects in the fields of education, youth, family, and the global church. Funding requires sustainability, innovation, and network building. Applications can be submitted at any time.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The foundation supports church organizations in the Archdiocese of Freiburg – such as the diocese itself, parishes, deanery associations, and church foundations – both ideationally and materially in their charitable and non-profit tasks through financial grants from the four foundation funds: Education, Youth, Family, and World Church.
Non-eligible expenses
- Projects with permanent third-party funding requirements
- Full financing of a project by the foundation
- Ongoing personnel and material costs of existing institutions
- Already completed projects
- Projects in state-funded areas of responsibility
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Registered office or project location in the Archdiocese of Freiburg
- Charitable or non-profit objective
- Project meets at least three of the following criteria: sustainability, innovative character, networking, volunteerism, replicability, evaluation
- No full funding solely by the foundation
- Own funds and other grants must be used in advance
Documents required for application
- Signed application (written or digital as PDF)
- Detailed project description with objectives
- Cost calculation and financing proposal
- Complete expense and income statement
Evaluation criteria
- Sustainability
- Innovative character
- Networking
- Volunteering
- Scalability
- Evaluation
Description
Since its founding in 2010, the Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of Freiburg has supported charitable and non-profit initiatives in Baden-Württemberg in the four focus areas of education, youth, family, and world church. Funding is provided to church organizations such as the Archdiocese itself, parishes, deanery associations, and foundations that implement sustainable, innovative projects and incorporate networking, volunteer work, as well as multiplication and evaluation. Through the individual foundation funds, up to €30,000 per year is granted to initiatives that draw on their own resources and additional subsidies and do not seek full 100% financing. Applications may be submitted continuously; decisions on grants up to €30,000 are made promptly, while larger projects are reviewed in biannual meetings (summer session by March 31, winter session by September 30).
A prerequisite for funding is that the registered office or project location is within the Archdiocese of Freiburg and that at least three funding criteria are met: sustainability, innovative character, network building, volunteerism, replicability, and evaluation. Ongoing projects with permanent third-party funding needs, already completed measures, as well as ongoing personnel and material costs of existing institutions are not funded. Applications must include a signed funding application, a detailed project description with a timeline, a cost and financing plan, and a complete statement of expenses and income. Upon project completion, a usage report with a final report and accounting must be submitted. The foundation supports interested parties both ideationally and materially and also offers the possibility to establish their own trust foundations under its umbrella.
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