Migrant Engagement
Support for migrant self-organizations in Hamburg with low-threshold micro-grants (up to €1,500) and structural funding (up to €15,000) to strengthen volunteer structures and integration. Applications accepted three times a year (spring, summer, autumn).
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Strengthening the diverse migrant communities in Hamburg through financial support of self-organizations, in order to reduce linguistic, structural, and bureaucratic barriers to accessing funding and to pave the way for long-term, stable self-organization.
Eligible expenses
- Volunteer allowances
- Travel and transport costs
- Material costs (materials, hardware/software, equipment rental)
- Room and event costs
- Rent and operating costs for one-time events
Non-eligible expenses
- Structural investments
- Scientific projects
- Debt settlement and ongoing general expenses
- Projects with commercial orientation
- Individual funding
Eligible to apply
- Non-profit Organizations
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
Funding requirements
- Based in Hamburg
- Founded by migrants for migrants
- Non-profit statutory purposes in education, social affairs, or culture
- Independent from state structures and political parties
- Volunteer-based structure
Documents required for application
- Current statutes of the organization
- Tax exemption certificate
- Project description
- Cost and financing plan
Evaluation criteria
- Experience in migrant project work
- Proximity to the target group
- Volunteering
- Participation of the target group
- Openness to intercultural exchange of experiences
Description
The thematic fund Migrant Engagement of the BürgerStiftung Hamburg is aimed at non-profit migrant self-organizations (MSOs) based in Hamburg that work predominantly on a voluntary basis or are not yet organized as registered associations. Projects in the areas of education, social affairs, culture, as well as engagement for social cohesion and democracy are supported. The fund offers low-threshold micro-grants of up to €1,500 per application for expenses such as volunteer allowances, travel costs, material resources, room and event costs. For long-term development processes, a two-stage structural funding is available with annual grants of up to €15,000 to establish structures such as professional accounting, mini-job positions, or fixed association premises and to support intercultural opening.
The MSOs can submit applications three times a year (spring, summer, autumn), with selection based on experience in migrant project work, proximity to target groups, participation, and openness to intercultural exchange. Prerequisites include independence from state or party structures, a democratic organizational form, and a focus on children, youth, young adults, or families. Applying groups require a current statute, a tax exemption certificate, a project description, as well as a cost and financing plan. This approach reduces linguistic, bureaucratic, and structural barriers and sustainably strengthens migrant engagement. Experts and project coordinators accompany the applicants to pave the way towards stable self-organization and to achieve long-term impact within the diverse communities.
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