Stiftung Bildung is a Germany-wide education advocacy and grantmaking foundation that focuses on strengthening volunteer-led school and daycare associations, especially through hands-on local projects. It supports participation, diversity, sustainability, and low-threshold community-based initiatives, with a particular interest in projects that make learning more inclusive, creative, and future-oriented. A current flagship award theme is media literacy, from books to AI, indicating interest in democratic education and children’s digital competence.
Focus Areas
Kita- und SchulfördervereineGrassroots School and Daycare ProjectsParticipation and Inclusion in EducationMedia Literacy and Digital CompetenceDemocracy EducationSustainability and Environmental Learning
Giving Approach
Primarily gives small, accessible project grants through an open fund, with typical support up to 5,000 EUR per project, plus periodic recognition awards for standout initiatives. Funding is designed to be low-bureaucracy and locally implemented, but some programs are invitation-only or do not accept unsolicited proposals.
How to approach this funder
Recent grants from Education Foundation's latest annual report (2024)
Grants parsed from this funder's most recently published annual report.
Recipient
Amount
Year
Purpose
An die Landesverbände der Kita- und Schulfördervereine in Thüringen und Berlin-Brandenburg
rund 270.000 Euro
2024
zur Durchführung des Programms Chancenpatenschaften und zum regionalen Netzwerkaufbau der Kita- und Schulfördervereine
150 Projekte an Kitas und Schulen bundesweit
rund 261.078 Euro
2024
Förderung über die Förderfonds
Förderfonds „Entrepreneurship Education“
56.562 Euro
2024
Projektförderung
An die Landesverbände der Kita- und Schulfördervereine in Thüringen und Berlin-Brandenburg
rund 270.000 Euro
2024
zur Durchführung des Programms Chancenpatenschaften und zum regionalen Netzwerkaufbau der Kita- und Schulfördervereine
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Apply through the Stiftung Bildung funding channels for the Förderfonds, and expect a simple, local-project-oriented process with a relatively small grant ceiling. For the Förderpreis "Verein(t) für gute Kita und Schule" and similar programs, watch annual calls closely because some opportunities are not open to unsolicited applications; partner with a Kita- or Schulförderverein and frame the project around participation, diversity, sustainability, or media literacy.
Notable grantees:
• Grundschule Greif
• Fluchtpatenschaften
• Gewerbeschule Ehingen (Schulbienen Projekt)
• youclub
• Chancenpatenschaften
Open Grant Opportunities
Current and upcoming funding from Education Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
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Förderpreis "Verein(t) für gute Kita und Schule" 2026
media literacyeducationkindergarten+2 more
Who can apply: Projects that strengthen children and young people and enable them to use and shape media worlds critically, creatively, and independently; applications are routed through the Landesverbände der Kita- und Schulfördervereine.
Deadline: Ausschreibung/Bewerbung für 2026; konkrete Frist im vorliegenden Inhalt nicht genannt.
Deadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.