Germany has an active civil society, with some 23 million people involved in work for the public good. To do so, they require structures, resources and contact points on a local level. This is where our network program comes in.

With this funding program, we support organizations that work to tackle structural economic injustices. Our goal is to drive long-term, systemic...

Vocational education is more than just professional training — it’s a space where social life unfolds and democratic values are negotiated. It...

The business sector plays an increasingly important role in protecting global resources, including land. We support the Science Based Targets...

In Bioregions all over Europe local stakeholder processes are facilitated in order to tackle the regions’ most burning issues, e.g. drought, water management, biodiversity loss.

We promote new alliances to protect democracy in the digital age. BC4D provides services that teach people in a professional context to recognize...

From a borderless energy region to climate neutrality: The municipalities of Ralingen (DE) and Rosport-Mompach (LU) show just how dynamic...

How can power and resources be shifted to local actors? We support the peacebuilding organization Peace Direct, which is dedicated to transforming the international peacebuilding system. 

What characterizes wealth inequality in the Global South and what role do elites play in creating and maintaining it? This interdisciplinary...

We support the non-governmental organization Conducive Space for Peace to initiate changes in international peacebuilding.

The Migration Journalism Award recognizes and honors outstanding journalism that explores the wider political, economic and social dimensions of...

Following the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euroregion developed a crisis response plan — together with local communities. What began as a precautionary measure quickly evolved into something more.

The Migration media service in Germany identifies and fills knowledge gaps to bring greater objectivity to social debates.

In this project, we support tenants in Berlin through community organizing methods to build strong community initiatives.

Documenting Ukraine supports journalists, artists and intellectuals in Ukraine in capturing life in the war. This makes Ukrainian experiences tangible beyond the country's borders and for posterity.

In SaarMoselle, citizens from Germany and France shaped the future of their region—with ideas for better mobility, shared energy solutions, and...

A desire for empowerment, diversity, emancipation and leadership: With this project we want to strengthen migrant organisations in the development of their work.

A platform of African and European mayors working together to deliver innovative and practical solutions for human mobility in and between their...

A feasibility study is examining whether the topic of "justice and taxes" is suitable for a nationwide citizens' council.

We support International IDEA in creating platforms to mobilize, connect and update global democracy supporters.  

Young people will have to deal with the consequences of climate change throughout their lives, yet they are underrepresented in key international...

The ‘United locally - for a strong togetherness’ programme promotes cohesion in smaller towns and villages in Germany. Committed individuals,...

This project aims to reduce racism and inequality at the European level in various policy areas and from an intersectional perspective.

Strengthening democracy and social cohesion together – that is the goal of the strategic partnership between the Democracy team of the Robert...

The award-winning open-source platform for citizen participation “Consul” ensures open, transparent, and democratic governance.

A Decolonial Approach: Working with the Migrant Women Community

Cross-border planning with a shared vision: In the High Rhine region, citizens contributed their ideas to a spatial concept — laying the foundation for a political vision that takes their lived realities seriously.

The organization works towards a world where marginalized communities have the power to use court rooms to foster social change and secure racial,...

Together with the Federal Association for Socioculture, we support ten tridems in developing and testing ideas for low-threshold democracy work.

We are a member of the Foundations Platform F20. Through F20, philanthropic actors call for joint, transnational action towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The network shows solutions to the...

By networking rural initiatives, we want to make the diversity of local solutions and their potential for a food transition more visible at...

The tri-border region of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands is developing a joint strategy on climate and health, exploring innovative approaches.

The initiative is working to develop a fresh agenda for integration policy in Europe by bringing together senior integration policymakers and...

Community Sponsorship of refugees offers a key contribution and innovative solution to migration policy. The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative...

We are training staff of Palestinian and Israeli peacebuilding organizations, providing both trauma support for them and lessons on how to integrate a trauma-informed approach into all programming. We foster collaboration and...

As a member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, together with other foundations, we support a change in food systems around the world in...

The program is giving five German municipalities the chance to implement digitally and socially innovative integration projects. We provide them with trained people from business and civil society to work on solutions for local...

Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees and travelers. Our partner AlgorithmWatch explores how to enable...

With Common Ground, we promote the cross-border participation of the population in shaping and developing their border region. In the long-term,...

Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) supports refugees to make use of their potential and leverage their professional qualifications to migrate through safe and regular pathways. 

We promote integration hubs as local places for exchange and collaboration between newcomers and people who are already resident. The space is used for encounters, advice and the development of new ideas for the...

Supporting the disability movement’s advocacy and power-building for dignity, self-determination, and self-representation of persons with...

The “Leadership in Migration Initiative” aims to identify and cultivate leaders who approach migration with empathy, strategic vision, and a...

This representative survey provides data on the attitudes among people in Germany towards various aspects, such as age, gender, disability, sexual...

With the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), we address the situation of migration workers with a precarious...

We support innovative and viable approaches to the integration and participation of newcomers to rural regions.

Intersectional Movement-building and Global Advocacy

The aim of the project is to better understand factors that impede social mobility. Therefore, we promote exchange between the OECD and civil...

The growing care movement in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is campaigning for a care-based reorientation of the economy. 

The Data Tank advocates for the purposeful, responsible, and trusted collection, use, and reuse of data to benefit all segments of society.

We support an organization that enables out-of-school children in Africa and the Middle East to start school and learn successfully.

Building inclusive societies through innovative policies 

We support the coalition, initiated by Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association. It aims to mobilize philanthropy across Europe and beyond to...

We support local restoration actors in the drylands of the Greater Sahel region committed to learn from each other and to act together to increase...

We support the International Detention Coalition in its work to create rights-based and community-centered alternatives to the detention for...

For the first time, citizens in the tri-border region of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic have engaged in cross-border dialogue to share...

The European Anti-Poverty Network is a network composed of European organizations fighting against economic injustice and poverty. The aim is to...

BetterPost, a project of the Neue deutsche Medienmacher:innen, promotes nuanced reporting on social media and fights hate in the comments section.

We support our partner denkhausbremen in developing guidelines for an environmentally sustainable and socially just future from the...

The Fight Inequality Alliance is a collective response to growing imbalance of power and wealth across the world. It unites movements across...

With the Robert Bosch Junior Professorship we seek to contribute to a better standing of the emerging field of sustainability science in Germany.

The program supports local authorities to work together with citizens, the (agricultural) economy, and civil society to design more sustainable...

With the project “R(h)einforced Connections,” citizens on both sides of the Rhine developed ideas for mobility, energy, and the future of the...

Europe Prykhystok supports children-victims of the war in Ukraine by facilitating innovative partnerships between local actors from Ukraine and Europe.