Bethe-Stiftung supports a clearly values-driven portfolio centered on making society more humane, with a strong emphasis on children and vulnerable people. Its giving repeatedly backs child hospice and child protection work, memory culture and Holocaust education, and homelessness support, often through practical project funding or matching campaigns that help nonprofits raise local donations. The grantee list suggests they also favor trauma-informed, preventive, and direct-service organizations, especially in Germany and with a regional concentration in North Rhine-Westphalia for homelessness-related work.
Primarily project-based grants and donation-matching support for nonprofits in Germany. Grants appear to be targeted, mission-aligned, and often tied to specific campaigns or service programs rather than open-ended general operating support, with some regional focus and support that can include fundraising/publicity help.
Expect a targeted, program-specific process rather than a broad open call. Organizations should align proposals tightly to the foundation’s priorities—especially child hospice, child protection, memory culture, or homelessness—and, for matching grants, be ready to run a local fundraising appeal that the foundation can double up to an agreed cap.
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Current and upcoming funding from Bethe-Stiftung that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Gemeinnützige Einrichtungen und Projekte, die in den genannten Förderschwerpunkten tätig sind. Konkrete Voraussetzungen werden in Antragsformular/Merkblatt angegeben.
Who can apply: Einrichtungen/Projekte im Bereich Kinderhospize und Kinderschutz; Durchführung eines öffentlichen Spendenaufrufs, der im Vorfeld mit der Stiftung abgesprochen wird. Detaillierte Regelungen im Merkblatt Spendenverdopplung.
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