Deadline: 04-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung’s Grant Program to support projects that promote and strengthen German-American relations. The Foundation coordinates the largest teacher exchange program in the country between the USA and Germany (STEP), and oversees all of the non-state run programs in Berlin with its partner city Los Angeles.
The role which the United States of America played in Berlin from 1945 to 1994 will be given special attention. The foundation develops its own projects and accepts grant applications from other organizations.
The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation is a registered non-profit foundation incorporated in the state of Berlin under its laws.
The purpose of the foundation is to foster German-American relations with special consideration for the role that the U.S. played in Berlin between the years of 1945 and 1994.
The foundation has coordinated the largest German-American teachers’ exchange between the U.S. and Germany and has overseen quite a few of Berlin’s non-partisan activities with its sister city Los Angeles.
What kind of projects does the foundation support?
- Projects are supported which are fulfill the purposes of the foundation’s charter.
- This includes but is not limited to personal encounters between Berliners and Americans.
Rules
- Only activities of non-governmental organizations will be subsidized. Support of activities by individuals requires a special justification.
- Support will concentrate on conferences, discussions, general exchanges between citizens of both countries and publications that promote German-American relations.
- Subsidized activities may not serve commercial interests or purposes.
For more information, visit http://www.cc-stiftung.de/index.php/funding-guidelines/
