Kansfonds is a Netherlands-based social impact funder focused on urgent basic-needs issues, especially homelessness, housing insecurity, debt, and financial precarity. Its programs show a strong emphasis on practical, locally rooted solutions for people who are unhoused, undocumented, or otherwise excluded from stable housing and safety nets, often framed through Catholic social thought and human dignity. The funder appears to support direct assistance as well as systemic approaches like better housing models, debt relief, and homelessness counts/data.
Invite-only grantmaking through a small set of named programs; likely supports targeted, issue-specific initiatives rather than open applications. The portfolio suggests practical, often locally based grants, including direct aid, pilot solutions, and capacity or data efforts around homelessness and poverty.
Kansfonds programs are invite-only, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be accepted. Nonprofits should build relationships with the foundation, align proposals tightly to one of its specific themes (especially homelessness, debt, undocumented people, or youth housing), and be prepared to show concrete, practical impact in the Netherlands.
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Current and upcoming funding from Kansfonds that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Projecten zonder winstoogmerk met een onafhankelijk bestuur; focus op mensen zonder thuis; lokale initiatieven; aanpak gericht op de basis voor een menswaardig bestaan; projecten met start- en einddatum; Kansfonds steunt geen structurele exploitatie van bestaande projecten.
Who can apply: Organisaties zonder winstoogmerk die zich inzetten voor mensen zonder geldige verblijfspapieren; samenwerking binnen een netwerk; Kansfonds zoekt co-financiers voor het programma.
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