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Sofronie Foundation

Sofronie Foundation Grants

Grants for charities and not-for-profits improving social mobility for disadvantaged young people through educational or vocational programmes, in the UK, France and the Netherlands. The current focus is academic performance with an emphasis on STEAM skills - science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics - and vocational routes into work or higher education. The Foundation particularly encourages a close working relationship with smaller programmes that could scale up. Applications are accepted year round with no deadlines.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Registered charities and not-for-profit associations whose work is focused on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and is based in the UK, France or the Netherlands
  • The Foundation works with organisations improving the lives of disadvantaged young people through educational or vocational programmes, and particularly encourages a close working relationship with smaller programmes that have the potential to scale up and become more established
  • Evaluation processes are an essential component of the Foundation's grant-making terms: monitoring reports are required, a representative will arrange a visit as part of monitoring, and the information gathered is used to assess any further grant requests
  • All grants are given subject to terms and conditions covering the term of the grant and the reporting and evaluation of the project; a copy is made available before the funding decision

What it funds

  • Interventions that offer young people the opportunity to acquire skills for higher education or training for work, where the work is focused on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • The current focus is improving academic performance with an emphasis on STEAM skills and vocational programmes
  • All input costs may be considered, including staffing costs, provided the relevant documentation is completed

What it will not fund

  • Projects that do not meet the Foundation's criteria
  • Applications made outside the online application process - the Foundation cannot respond to these
  • Work outside the UK, France and the Netherlands
  • Work not focused on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds

How to apply

  1. Check your work meets the criteria - young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, in the UK, France or the Netherlands, acquiring skills for higher education or work
  2. Complete the online application, started from the Proceed with Application link on the How to Apply page
  3. Cost the project in full as a budget, and show what funding is already secured

supplementary information can be submitted if it exceeds the size of the application document, but only in the same format

the Foundation cannot respond to grant applications made outside the online application process

if the Foundation can support the project but not at the level requested, it will say how much it can offer

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