Het Actie Grant

Please note that we get together every month except for the month of August. There is therefore no deadline to (y)our application process. But do make sure to file the application in time.

Urgent application:

Are you organising an action to draw attention to an urgent issue? Or to react to sudden political or societal developments? And weren’t you able to apply for funding sooner because your action has to be organised immediately? In that case we can treat your application as an urgent application. With an urgent application you can request an amount up to 250 euros. A decision concerning your request will be made within days. Please note: this option is specifically meant for unforeseen situations, not for last minute funding for actions that are already prepared.

General information about the support we give We ask you to make sure that you have read the criteria before handing in your proposal. It would be a shame if you invest your time in an application that does not meet our criteria.

Het Actiefonds only supports specific protests and campaigns. Those can be part of lengthy project, but we do not give ongoing support. The maximum grant size is €3,000 per project for applications from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin-America. For all other regions the maximum grant size is €2,000. Our average grant size is between €750 and €2,000.

We get together for the decision-making process every month. This means that there is no deadline for handing in your application. But do make sure to file the application at least a month before your protest takes place. In case it is not possible to plan the protest weeks in advance because it responds to un unforeseen situation, we can treat your proposal with urgency.

What we fund:

• Grassroots activist groups that strive for a sustainable and socially just world in which people and the environment are valued above economic interests
• Direct actions, such as demonstrations, blockades, occupations, strikes, revolts, revolutions and other creative forms of (non-violent) confrontational protest
• Protests that pressure authoritarian and oppressive regimes, aiming for political change
• Politically controversial and radical projects that have difficulty finding funding elsewhere
• Protests that are part of a long term strategy aimed at systemic change

What we do not fund:

• Groups that try to exclude other progressive movements
• Conferences, seminars, workshops, debates or other meetings, unless they clearly aim to prepare for political direct actions
• Humanitarian projects, healthcare or emergency aid
• Campaigns or other educational projects that only focus on awareness raising or advocacy
• Micro-credit programs or income generating projects
• Structural organisational costs, like wages or rental costs
• Juridical procedures, unless these are part of a broader activist campaign
• Projects through third parties; we want to cooperate directly with the groups we support
• Individuals, political parties or religious organizations
• Projects with a total project budget of more than €20,000

Additional criteria for urgent applications:

In some cases it is not possible to plan your protest weeks in advance, because of sudden political or societal developments. Therefore it is possible for us to treat your application as urgent, in which case we will make a decision within days. For urgent applications, we handle the following criteria:

• Your project responds to a sudden political or societal event and is therefore time-bound.
• The protest has not been planned yet; this option is specifically meant for unforeseen situations, not for last minute funding of activities that are already prepared.
• The requested amount does not exceed €250.