filia.die frauenstiftung

filia accepts applications for impulse grants and for urgent action grants!

filia.die frauenstiftung
Alte Königstraße 18
D 22767 Hamburg
Germany

Für questions and enquiries please get in touch with Svenja Genthe 
or call 0049 – 40 – 380 381 990!

Impulse grants

Impulse grants are small grants of up to max. Euro 8,000 for women's groups in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, and cross-border international women's networks and conferences. They are required to have public benefit status or official registration as NGO.
The object is to provide kick-off financing for limited-term activities that can trigger social change in favour of women and girls. Impulse grants can be requested several times in sequence if the report covering the previous grant has been submitted.
Procedures for impulse grants:
Once a year, in October, the Foundation Board decides on the approval of the grants . The deadline for submitting applications is 1 April. Your project must not start before end of October this year!
We can accept your application in German or English, preferably by email.

filia has a two-stage selection procedure for impulse grants:

• First you send us your initial enquiry, a brief project description (“letter of intent”).
  The enquiries for impulse grants are reviewed at the filia office and submitted to a group of experts.
• If your enquiry is accepted in the first selection cycle, we invite you to submit a formal proposal. The deadline for proposals is 1 July. The applications are discussed by the expert panel. The Foundation Board decides on the final award of grants. After approval, filia enters into a cooperation agreement with you.

filia wants to strengthen women and girls! Your work brings us a step closer to this goal. That is why our interest in your work goes on after the grant announcement. Project partnership includes your reports to us on the results of your work and answering questions for an evaluation after completion of your project. At filia, we believe evaluation should as far as possible be a mutually fruitful learning process.

Urgent action grants

Urgent action grants are grants for women's groups wishing to intervene in an unforeseen political situation. The group must be a public benefit or state registered group.
The goal is to provide swift financial support for urgent actions that use opportunities to take a stand for the rights of women and girls.
Conditions:

• The situation must be unforeseen.
• The intervention is part of a longer-term strategy

We cannot provide grants under the urgent action procedure for conferences or events that can be planned in the medium to long term, but then run into gaps in financing.
Procedures for urgent action grants:
We accept applications for urgent action grants at any time in German and English, preferably by email. A decision on a grant is taken within two weeks after receipt of the enquiry. Urgent action enquiries are reviewed in the filia office and submitted directly to the Board of Trustees for a decision.

If we support your project, we enter into a cooperation agreement with you. The project partnership includes your reports on the results of your actions and answering questions for the evaluation.

Strategic grants

Strategic grants are grants running over several years including larger amounts of money that can enable women's groups to take a crucial step in their organisational development.
The objective is to establish infrastructure and provide support to organisations and women activists.

Procedures for strategic grants:
It is not possible to make an application for strategic grants. We approach project partners with whom we have already collaborated.
Our group of experts seeks possible partners. The Foundation Board approves the strategic grant.