Stichting Twentse Noabers Fonds supports local citizen-led initiatives that strengthen social cohesion and participation in Twente, with a strong emphasis on the idea of 'noaberschap'—neighbors helping neighbors. Its giving is organized around a few clear destination funds: biodiversity and animal welfare, helping older adults live independently at home, and improving road safety in Overijssel. The fund appears to prefer practical, community-based projects with visible local benefit and often combines modest financial support with knowledge-sharing and network access.
Primarily small local grants, typically up to €2,000 with occasional larger awards in special cases; support is often paired with knowledge, network access, and practical guidance. The fund is focused on Twente/Overijssel and seems to back concrete neighborhood, village, or city-level actions rather than large institutional programs.
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Apply with a concrete, locally rooted project in Twente/Overijssel that clearly advances one of the three destination funds. Emphasize neighborhood participation, measurable community benefit, and how the project will improve social cohesion, older-adult independence, biodiversity/animal welfare, or traffic safety; modest budgets and practical implementation plans are likely best suited to their funding style.
Current and upcoming funding from Stichting Twentse Noabers Fonds that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: A committee, group, maatschappelijke organisatie, stichting or vereniging can apply. Citizen groups with an innovative idea for elderly welfare or care, especially at the start of a planning process, can also apply. Projects should be innovative and contribute to older adults' ability to live independently.
Who can apply: A committee, group, maatschappelijke organisatie, stichting or vereniging can apply. Citizen groups with an innovative idea to promote traffic safety can also apply. Projects should involve concrete actions that make participation in traffic safer for young and old.
Who can apply: Applicants must have a new and refreshing idea for Twente that contributes to the local living environment and focuses on biodiversity, animal welfare and noaberschap. The idea should matter to the community, be long-term, benefit others, and be intended for everyone in the community. Only applications from Twente are funded.
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