Funding by the Spadaka Foundation

Since 2005, the Spadaka Foundation has been supporting non-profit, charitable, and church-related initiatives in Lower Saxony across a wide range of areas. These include religious projects, initiatives in public health, youth and elderly care, as well as the promotion of art, culture, media, and music. Measures in building and monument preservation, environmental and climate protection including energy efficiency, animal welfare, and landscape conservation are supported, as well as sporting activities and the preservation of regional traditions. Furthermore, the foundation offers the opportunity to participate in existing foundations or to establish new foundations in order to preserve ideas in the long term and strengthen social engagement locally. With its regional focus, it contributes to strengthening local structures and promotes networking between project sponsors and experts and multipliers.

Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis and are aimed at non-profit, charitable, and church associations, institutions, and foundations in Lower Saxony. Eligible costs include personnel and material expenses, whereby the funds granted must be documented after project completion by a factual report with proof of costs. A prerequisite for review is the use of the official application form and the complete submission of all documents before the start of the measure. These include a detailed description of the project, a self-presentation or brochure of the applying organization, the statutes, a current excerpt from the register of associations, as well as the corporate tax exemption certificate. The board of trustees usually makes its decisions twice a year and reviews each application individually. Thanks to the continuous funding opportunity, committed actors receive a reliable financing perspective for the implementation of sustainable and social projects in the region.