Migros Aid Fund

• Grant applications are open to independent non-profit organisations which are based in Switzerland and have multiple years of experience.  

• Applying organisations must show a minimum annual turnover of CHF 300'000 in the two previous years. 

• The projects must be financially substantial; they must not exceed 50 percent of the organisation's annual turnover. 

• As a rule, the minimum contribution from the Migros Aid Fund should not be less than CHF 40'000; the maximum contribution is CHF 100'000. 

• A project can generally only receive support from the fund once. 

• An organisation can only apply for the Migros Aid Fund every 2 years. That applies regardless of whether a previous application was taken into consideration. 

International development cooperation projects abroad are taken into account, particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the following objectives:  

• Community building, empowerment and governance 

• Improving health and hygiene 

• Enabling or providing access to education and training 

• Improving nutrition 

• Expansion and sustainable utilisation of agricultural production 

• Resource-orientated, sustainable energy generation 

In Germany, projects with a supra-regional focus are considered in the following areas: 

• Regional development of structurally weak areas

• Reintegration of people with specific mental and psychological needs

• Protection against the forces of nature

• Nature conservation (landscape, plants, animals)

• Individuals

• Conferences

• Publications

• Campaigns

• Collection and donation campaigns

• Trade fairs

• Profit-oriented projects

• Projects that are not designed for the long term (e.g. disaster relief)

• Projects that promote discrimination against groups of people on the basis of gender, religion, ethnicity or skin colour, or that have a negative impact on equality between girls and boys, women and men

• Projects with a political or religious objective

• In Switzerland: projects that are clearly the responsibility of the state

As we are currently receiving an exceptionally large number of applications, it takes us around 6 months to discuss and make a decision. Applications are not pre-screened.  

• A working group consisting of members of the Assembly of Delegates of the Migros Cooperative Association decides on the formally approved applications three to four times a year.