Deutsches Hilfswerk

About Deutsches Hilfswerk

Deutsches Hilfswerk funds social projects across Germany using proceeds from the Deutsche Fernsehlotterie, with a clear emphasis on improving the lives of people facing social or health-related disadvantage. Its grantmaking is especially oriented toward practical, model-based projects that strengthen participation, neighborhood cohesion, digital access, and social innovation, with some time-limited emergency funding for acute hardship. The foundation tends to back organizations with concrete implementation plans and measurable public benefit rather than general operating support.