Merck Finck Stiftung is a Munich-based family-style foundation that focuses primarily on education, youth support, and elder care, with additional interest in culture, science, environmental protection, and emergency relief. Its recent grants suggest a practical, local-to-national approach in Germany, often backing organizations that improve quality of life for children, students, seniors, and vulnerable people, as well as a few education-oriented conservation and rescue initiatives. The foundation also appears to use scholarship funding and occasional in-kind support, alongside modest project grants.
Provides written-application project grants and scholarship support, typically as one-time awards in the low-thousands to around €10,000, with some recurring support for select organizations. Giving appears to be Germany-focused, relationship-driven, and often tied to specific projects, programs, or scholarship partnerships rather than open, large-scale funding rounds.
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Submit a written project application in line with the foundation’s funding guidelines; there is no clearly published deadline, so applicants should contact the foundation early and tailor proposals to its priority areas of education, youth, and elder support. Strong applications will be concrete, Germany-based, and clearly show social benefit, feasibility, and a defined project budget; scholarship funding is likely handled through partner institutions rather than direct open calls.
Current and upcoming funding from Merck Finck Stiftung that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Förderungen erfolgen nur gemäß Förderrichtlinien und auf schriftlichen Antrag. Dem Antrag ist ein aktueller Freistellungsbescheid oder ein Nachweis über die Gemeinnützigkeit beizufügen.
Deadline: Keine feste Frist angegeben; Anträge können offenbar laufend eingereicht werden.
Who can apply: Funding is provided only according to the foundation's guidelines and on written application. Applicants should submit the completed project application and a current tax exemption notice or other proof of charitable status.
Who can apply: Antragstellende müssen die Förderrichtlinien der Stiftung beachten und einen schriftlichen Projektantrag einreichen; ein aktueller Freistellungsbescheid oder Nachweis der Gemeinnützigkeit ist beizufügen.
Deadline: Nicht explizit ausgewiesen; Förderungen erfolgen auf schriftlichen Antrag gemäß Förderrichtlinien. Keine spezifischen Fristen auf der Seite genannt.
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