Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund’s Grants Program

Deadline: 1-Jul-21

The Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund is seeking applications for its grants program to distribute funds in Central and Eastern Europe for projects which are focused on:

• The building up and ensuring the continuity of Jewish communities, in the field of culture, transfer of know-how and reinforcement of the immaterial infrastructure;
• Facilitating Jewish education;
• Promoting mutual respect between people.

• The maximum grant request shall not exceed 10,000 Euro.
• The duration of the grant period has a maximum of one year.
• The project for which a grant is requested should start on or after January 1st of the following year.

• be registered as an organization. Individuals cannot apply for a grant.
• NOT be established or registered in the Netherlands;
• NOT be connected to the Dutch-Jewish community in Israel;
• NOT have activities in the Netherlands.
• Rather not be an organization whose primary purpose is to disburse (in)direct grants.
• Not for local initiatives in other countries than Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), unless it is focused on CEE.

• Applicant preferences
  • Local organizations in Central and Eastern Europe have the strong preference.
  • Private institutions or organizations will receive preference over public or semi-public institutions or organizations.
• Grant preferences
  • Projects for young people.
  • Leadership trainings.
  • Coexistence projects.

• The geographic focus of the project should be Central and Eastern Europe.
• Organizations can only submit one application per year. If an organization submits more than one application, the JHF will not take any of the applications into consideration and all applications will be deemed rejected.
• Receiving a grant from the JHF requires that at least 50% of the total project budget must be covered by co-funding and/or the organization’s own contribution. Applications requesting JHF funding for more than 50% of the project costs, will be rejected. Small organizations with less than 10,000 Euro annual expenses are exempted from this 50% rule. However, in such a case, at least 20% of the project budget must be covered by co-funding and/or the organization’s own contribution. A small organization submitting an application requesting JHF funding for 80% or more of the project costs will be rejected.
• Co-funding from other funders is highly recommended. Projects with co-funding have the preference and they might reject a project for the reason that there is no co-funding.
• Cost estimates of the project should be credible and realistic.
• The beneficiary of the bank account must be the organization itself.
• Umbrella organizations can only apply for a grant if the proposed project is implemented by the umbrella organization itself.

For more information, visit https://www.jhf.nl/grant-applicants/grant-procedure