Migros Culture Percentage Geneva
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all year round
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Financial support
Selective social and cultural support
A commitment to local culture!
Through the Culture Percentage, the Migros Geneva cooperative promotes access to culture as well as social and environmental sustainability in the Geneva and Nyon region.
Requirements
- In principle, support is provided to non-profit cultural and/or social institutions, entities serving a public purpose as per their legal form (association, foundation, cooperative), established in the area covered by the Migros Cooperative Geneva (canton of Geneva, Nyon, Gland), whose activities take place in the same area.
- Only complete applications submitted in French using the online form, at the latest four months before the date of the event or the start of the project will be considered.
- As Migros Culture Percentage provides support on a subsidiary basis, the financial plan will indicate the financial means, resources and infrastructure requested or granted by other financial partners.
- Only one donation is granted per applicant per year. There is a two-year waiting period between two support programmes.
What we support
In the interests of diversity and accessibility, the Cultural and Social Commission of the Migros Geneva Cooperative Council will pay particular attention to small-scale projects that have a strong impact in their context.
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The Migros Culture Percentage Geneva accordingly supports the following areas:
- Access to culture: specific projects that promote access to culture for as many people as possible in all artistic fields are eligible. Criteria for qualitative impact (process, innovative dimension of the approach) and quantitative impact (number of people reached) are taken into account when considering the application.
- Professional culture: Migros Geneva's support for professional culture in the region is provided exclusively through the conclusion of support agreements with cultural venues or festivals. Benefits in kind can be provided through our Migros Culture Percentage ticketing service and/or preferential rates on the Migros B2B offer via Migros Pro.
The Migros Culture Percentage Geneva supports projects, initiatives and organisations whose activities strengthen solidarity within our society, thereby contributing to social sustainability and quality community life in the following areas:
- Cohesion and inclusion: promoting intercultural encounters, organising socio-cultural and/or popular events bringing together large sections of the population, strengthening intergenerational dialogue, strengthening inclusion (integration, disability), developing voluntary work
- Equal opportunities: participation of people affected by poverty
- Social adaptability: strengthening civil society through networking and community development
- Individual quality of life: reducing social isolation, promoting health
- High-level sports, elite sports
- Publications, printed or online
- Production costs
- Deficit guarantees
- Construction and infrastructure costs
- Operating expenses, institutional overheads
- Operating costs for private and public schools
- Individuals or initiatives by individuals
- Projects from schools, universities of applied sciences and arts or universities
- Private requests
- Incomplete applications
- Projects in progress or completed
- Requests from outside the cooperative's territory
- Projects abroad
- Projects with a political or religious connotation
Deadlines and decisions
Please note that all applications must be submitted using the online form no later than four months before the date of the event or start of the project.
Spring
- Application deadline: 15 December
- Response deadline: 15 February
Summer
- Application deadline: 15 February
- Response deadline: 15 April
Autumn
- Application deadline: 15 June
- Response deadline: 15 September
Winter
- Application deadline: 15 October
- Response deadline: 15 December
Applications are pre-approved by the Cultural and Social Commission of Migros Geneva Cooperative Council.
The decision is communicated in writing, no later than eight weeks after one of the four applicable deadlines. The decision is final and no explanation is given. No one can consider themselves entitled to a Migros Culture Percentage grant.
Funding type
Migros Culture Percentage Geneva supports projects and events in the form of Migros gift cards and/or cash. The amounts granted do not generally exceed CHF 5'000.
No donations in kind are made (Migros range items or other).
Contact
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