filia.die frauenstiftung

What does filia support?

filia fosters social change on behalf of women and girls.
filia supports the activities of women's groups in Central and Eastern Europe and in Germany. In addition cross-border, international women's networks and conferences can receive support from filia.
Regrettably women's projects from other regions of the world cannot apply to filia for support.

Please seek out the women's foundation that operates in your region under www.inwf.org

• We support projects and organisations with
  Impulse grants of up to Euro 8,000
• Urgent action grants
• Strategic grants with higher amounts and longer term commitments – in these cases filia
  approaches the organisation.
• Women's Funds Program: filia supports the development and activities of the women's funds in the International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF) www.inwf.org.

filia supports women's projects and organisations whose activities target sustainable structural change in society for the benefit of women and girls.
We are particularly committed to women and girls exposed to multiple discrimination – on the grounds of their gender and skin colour, origin, ethnic group, sexual orientation etc.

What does empowerment mean for filia? We support activities that encourage women and girls to act and strengthen their autonomy. We foster cooperation and networking between women.
We support the establishment of structures that benefit women and girls. In particular we promote projects that encourage girls to develop their full potential.

Who can apply for support?

filia promotes projects that are initiated and run by women and girls and in which women and girls are the actors. Grants are preferably awarded to initiatives that either originate with the women and girls affected or include them as decision makers.
Under the German law governing foundations, we can only support organisations that are recognised as public benefit associations or officially registered as NGOs.

How does filia provide support?

filia is a daughter of the women's movement and places confidence in the competence and expertise of women and girls.
As an independent foundation, filia can also fund operative costs in order to strengthen the organisational structures of the women's movement.
filia stands for transparency and discloses its support criteria and procedures. We publish details of the women's groups and projects that receive support if these organisations do not object.

>> Selected Project Examples
 

A typical filia project

• is headed by women and/or girls
• aims to change social frameworks on behalf of women and girls
• originates from the women and girls affected or involves them as actors
• strengthens the autonomy of women and girls
• supports girls in developing their full potential
• works against multiple discrimination
• is well networked
• acts strategically and with reflection

What we do not fund

• Projects by organisations without a public benefit status
• Projects addressing boys and men or led by men
• Projects addressing individuals (scholarships, training sessions etc.)
• Services such as consultancy and therapy that do not target structural change in society
• Projects from the areas of science and research
• Projects from the areas of art and culture (film, music, visual arts, photography, book projects)
• Projects in Western Europe and North America
• gaps in financing of ongoing projects