Stichting Doen

Criteria & Exclusions

General Criteria
Applications can be considered for a contribution from DOEN if they fall within the scope of the following criteria:

  1. The applicant is a legal entity (applications from individuals are not accepted).
  2. The initiative is implemented based on a clear and solid plan (specific, measurable, acceptable, realistic and time related, SMART) whereby it is plausible that the (self) formulated objects will be realised in the initiative beforehand
  3. The budget and cover of the initiative are insightful and realistic with realistic cost-assets proportion.
  4. The initiative has a transparent governance structure.
  5. The proposed activities effectuate a structural development and staying effect.
  6. The initiative is related to demonstrable need and is well embedded.
  7. The initiative has an entrepreneurial approach. This is translated for example in an own contribution by the initiative takers.
  8. DOEN gives special attention to initiatives which are in a pilot and/or starting stage. After this stage, where DOEN works as a catalyst, the initiative must be expanded without DOEN's support, preferably via suitable partners who are already involved in the start stage.

General exclusions
DOEN does not provide financial contributions for:

  1. Initiatives with purely commercial objectives.
  2. Independent (scientific) research, debates, seminars, congresses, symposia and conferences.
  3. Awareness campaigns/activities.
  4. Regular education.
  5. Health care, care sector?, primary care provision (including legal aid and rehabilitation).
  6. Emergency aid.
  7. Study grants, work experience, study trips, student exchanges, group trips, (children's) holiday camps and day trips.
  8. Anniversaries and other festivities, independent (regional) activities, parties and pop or other festivals.
  9. Purchase and/or maintenance of cultural heritage, places and/or monuments and works of art.
  10. Restoration and building activities including renovation and rebuilding (unless these investments create new employment or daytime activities for the target group).
  11. Purchase of instruments, materials (for example, new uniforms), equipment, transport means, inventory (for example, computers, office design).
  12. Independent production of: films, documentaries and TV series (unless explicitly focused on one or more DOEN programmes and with broadcasting guarantee), CDs, DVDs or CD-roms, books, publications, magazines, websites.
  13. Initiatives with a primary political or religious objective and/or background.
  14. Governmental and government body initiatives.
  15. Initiatives of organisations with a disproportional shareholders' equity: free reserve of more than 1.5 times the annual implementation costs.

NB Within the criteria but still rejected?
DOEN receives far more applications than it can honour. Choices have to be made. It is possible that an initiative satisfies all criteria but we are forced to reject it. The possible reasons are:

  • Other initiatives within the same topic take preference.
  • The budget for a certain discipline has already been spent.
  • DOEN already funds one or more comparable initiatives and wants to evaluate these first before new initiatives are funded again.
  • DOEN already funded a large number of initiatives in the region in question and chooses another initiative for expansion reasons.

General Terms and Conditions
Please also read the General Terms and Conditions for the application for funding.

Audit
An audit may form part of the financial reporting to Stichting DOEN (see article 5.3 of DOEN's general terms and conditions). The accountant can use the example that can be downloaded.

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