Deadline: 31-Mar-22
The Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation is now accepting applications for its grants to operate at national level in the sections Environment, Social Works and Culture.
The Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation is a foundation that promotes public benefit and whose objective is to encourage and strengthen social cohesion and balance in Switzerland. In addition, the foundation contributes to the maintenance and development of the main natural, cultural and spiritual assets and values that contribute to the identity of Switzerland.
Incentive Areas
- Environment: In terms of promoting the environment, the Binding Foundation supports projects aimed at promoting biodiversity and enhancing high-quality landscape spaces.
- Social Works: As part of the promotion of social relations, the Binding Foundation is committed to social cohesion and equal opportunities in Switzerland. It has an eye for the integration of children and adolescents as well as for the strengthening of social participation and for exchanges between linguistic regions.
- Culture: In promoting culture, the Binding Foundation endeavors to ensure the lasting preservation of architectural monuments . It also sponsors high-level artistic activity carried out on a professional basis in selected sectors of music, dance and visual arts.
Project Types
- Projects taking place outside Switzerland
- Fundraising actions and general donation campaigns
- Festivals, jubilees, open days
- Conferences, seminars, congresses, series of events
- Contributions for graduate / dissertation work, scholarships
- Research basic and publications without concrete application potential
- Websites, applications
- Subsidies to publications
- Exhibitions
Financial Aspects
- Corporate costs and deficits (annual recurring costs)
- Financing and posthumous loans
- Economic projects (e.g. corporate foundations, investment grants, tourism)
Target Groups
- Individuals, families, schools
- Profit-oriented companies (SA, sagl, sole proprietorship)
- Federal and cantonal authorities
- Fundraising organizations (i.e. large organizations of public utility that every year invite a wide circle of people to participate in fundraising)
Criteria
Please check if your application falls into one of the operational areas Protection of biodiversity and landscape action, Youth integration, Cohesion or Cultural heritage.
For more information, visit https://www.binding-stiftung.ch/it/domande/