Would your foundation like to support effective projects and provide assistance where such support opens up real opportunities? Misereor will help you find a project to support that aligns with your foundation’s mission – backed by expert knowledge, with personalised support and a focus on sustainable impact.
With a broad portfolio of vetted projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, many years’ experience in international project work and personalised advice, we provide a reliable framework for foundations: you can provide targeted support and be confident that your commitment is carefully managed.
Together, we will find the funding project that aligns with your foundation’s mission and empowers local communities in the long term.
Why foundations carry out their funding projects with Misereor
For more than 65 years, Misereor has been working with local partner organisations around the world. This gives rise to projects that not only provide short-term assistance, but also improve living conditions in the long term, strengthen rights and open up new opportunities for people.
If you are a foundation wishing to support a project, you will benefit from:
- Personalised advice for foundations: We take the time to understand your objectives, funding guidelines and requirements. This ensures you are offered funding opportunities that are professionally sound and aligned with your foundation’s mission.
- Carefully vetted projects: You can rest assured that all projects are professionally assessed, monitored and regularly evaluated.
- Transparency in funding and reporting: You stay in the loop: we provide clear and transparent information on the use of funds, project progress and the impact achieved.
- Demonstrable impact on the ground: Our partner organisations understand the local challenges and develop solutions together with local people – ensuring that funding reaches where it is needed.
- Long-term funding partnerships: Many foundations support projects over several years, thereby enabling changes that grow, endure and shape the future.
Supporting effective projects – funding opportunities for your foundation
Our project portfolio comprises several hundred projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Whether they are education projects, projects on food security, climate justice, human rights or peace-building: we identify development and social projects that align with your foundation’s purpose, your articles of association and your thematic priorities – and which open up concrete opportunities for people on the ground.
Possible funding priorities:
- Education and career prospects
- Food security and sustainable agriculture
- Climate and environmental protection
- Women’s rights and gender equality
- Health and social security
- Human rights and social participation
- Peace and reconciliation work
- Support for children and young people
Are you looking for a charitable project on a specific topic, would you like to support projects in Africa, Asia or Latin America, or do you have a clearly defined funding budget? We can present you with suitable projects from our current portfolio – presented in a clear and accessible way and tailored to the impact you wish to achieve.
Personal advice for your foundation
Would you like to support an impactful project, or perhaps first explore, with no obligation, which funding opportunities are right for your foundation? We’ll advise you personally, take the time to answer your questions and introduce you to suitable projects from our current portfolio, so that your desire to provide support can translate into tangible impact.
Anja Heuschen
Donor Communication
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- anja.heuschen@misereor.de
This is how we support foundations, from the initial project idea right through to the impact
Every foundation has its own objectives, guidelines and funding priorities. That is why we tailor our collaboration to each individual case, working in partnership and with transparency, so that you can make well-informed decisions and feel that you are receiving reliable support throughout the funding process.
Frequently Asked Questions: Supporting projects as a foundation
During a no-obligation discussion, we will clarify your funding priorities, statutory requirements and expectations regarding impact and reporting. We will then present you with suitable funding projects and discuss the next steps together – transparently, personally and without any pressure to make a decision.