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Are you someone who actively works on innovative solutions for a better world based on entrepreneurship? Does your initiative fit within one of our themes; Regenerative economy, Social solidarity and Power of imagination? If so, your initiative may be eligible for financial support.

Note: We support initiatives from the DOEN Foundation, the Postcode Loterij Buurtfonds (Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood Fund), the VriendenLoterij Fonds (Friends Lottery Fund) and the social investment company DOEN Ventures (DOEN Ventures). Look carefully where to go with your application. Below you will find brief information on our criteria and how to make an application.

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Regenerative economy
Green (Netherlands and East Afrika)
Power of imagination
Creative (Global South)

Social solidarity
Social (Netherlands and ABCSSS Islands)
Power of imagination
Creative (Netherlands and ABCSSS Islands)

Community projects
Netherlands
Innovative community initiatives
Netherlands

Ready for your application?

If you meet the criteria and your idea fits within one or more of the themes, you can start your application below.

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You can apply to the DOEN Foundation for the following themes:

Are you an entrepreneur working on landscape restoration or regenerative agriculture with a new business model? Do you have an initiative aimed at reducing resource use or replacing raw materials with natural materials? Or a community collective putting the regenerative economy into practice? Applications for grants and loans related to these and meeting the criteria can be submitted to DOEN Foundation.
Are you an artist who uses radical imagination to show people that a different world is possible? Do you involve people and communities in your artistic process (social practice) or do you have an initiative that seeks horizontal, equal and more inclusive forms of collaboration? Applications that relate to this and meet the criteria can apply to DOEN Foundation.

At the VriendenLoterij Fonds, you can apply for the following themes:

Are you an artist who uses radical imagination to show people that another world is possible? Do you involve people and communities in your artistic process (social practice) or do you have an initiative that seeks horizontal, equal and more inclusive forms of cooperation? Applications that relate to this, take place in the Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius, and meet our criteria, can go to the VriendenLoterij Fonds.

At the Postcode Loterij Buurtfonds, you can apply for:

Are you a social organisation in the Netherlands and would you like to make your neighbourhood greener, more social or more creative with a community project? And is the project accessible to a broad group of residents? Then you can apply to the Postcode Loterij Buurtfonds for a contribution between 500 and 5,000 euro for your community project.

This is how you submit an application

Create an account (if you did not already have one) for the My DOEN environment and log in. In this environment, you can submit and view your applications.
Submit your application by using the online application form.
You can update your application and upload more information by login on ‘My DOEN’.
If we see potency in your initiative, we contact you for more information.
When your initiative is supported by DOEN, you can use our logo to communicate this.

Unable to submit an application online? Then contact us at [email protected]

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Ready for your application?

You can apply to the DOEN Foundation for the following themes:

Regenerative economy (Netherlands and East Africa)

Power of imagination (Global South)

At the VriendenLoterij Fonds, you can apply for the following themes:

Social solidarity (Netherlands and abcsss islands)

Power of imagination (Netherlands and abcsss islands)

At the Postcode Loterij Buurtfonds, you can apply for:

Community projects (Netherlands)

Innovative community initiatives (Netherlands)

This is how you submit an application

DOEN Foundation

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