Culture Percentage at Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg
A commitment to local culture!
The Migros Culture Percentage is one of the great humanist ideas of founder Gottlieb Duttweiler and has been enshrined in the company’s Articles of Association since 1957. It is a unique approach, based on values that Migros defends as proudly today as it has in the past.
The Culture Percentage’s areas of intervention are artistic, social, economic and leisure activities. The Federation of Migros Cooperatives (FCM) creates and supports projects on a national scale, while the ten cooperatives work in their local area, each determining its own criteria.
Applications for cultural contributions and donations to support social projects
Are you planning to launch a project in the area covered by the Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg Cooperative and looking for financial support? Here you will find all the information you need about the various forms of support.
General instructions
You may apply at any time. Applications are generally processed within 4 to 12 weeks.
All decisions are final and no reasons are given.
Each application can receive one donation per year. In light of the many applications it receives, Culture Percentage aims to support a large number of associations; its support may therefore vary from year to year.
Associations or organisations must be based in the area covered by our cooperative and the projects supported must fall within its territory.
Culture Percentage provides support in a wide range of areas. Any assistance provided by Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg may be in cash, shopping vouchers or an article in the Migros Magazine.
Applications must be written in French or German.
They must be submitted electronically, using the form below.
- artistic seasons: support is only provided for creations/productions scheduled in a season
- music: rap, hip-hop
- high-level and elite sport
- printed or online publications
- production costs
- deficit guarantees
- construction and infrastructure costs
- institutional operating costs and running costs
- private and public school running costs
- individuals or initiatives run by individuals
- school, applied university or university projects
- projects abroad
- charity events
- mediation projects
- annual subscriptions and affiliations
- purely commercial events and projects
- religious events and projects
- specific funding in the “Education” field, since Migros Culture Percentage is committed to “Education for all” through Miduca
- translations
- private and charitable events
- fund-raising activities
- purchase of musical instruments or museum objects
- projects related to scientific research
- didactic projects
- grant applications
- monograph projects
- private applications
- incomplete applications
- Applications from outside the Cooperative’s area
Types of support
The Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg Culture Percentage operates through three channels
Aim
Support not-for-profit projects, associations or events that convey environmental, social, educational or cultural values.
Areas
1. Music: Amateur music societies
2. Youth: Youth projects or associations in various areas of activity
3. Sports: Sports associations linked to a specific event
4. Social: Social projects or associations supporting various areas of activity
5. Cultural: Cultural projects: socially oriented and popular shows or events. Projects run by amateurs and/or volunteers
6. Miscellaneous: Projects or community organisations that do not fall into any of the previous categories
Criteria
• Balanced selection of the various sectors indicated above
• Balanced geographical distribution across the canton
• A maximum of 8 weeks is required to process applications
Support
• Support varies between CHF 40 and CHF 500
• It may be provided in the form of gift cards or in cash (in return for advertising, such as publication of a logo, putting up a banner, etc.)
Aim
Support professional cultural projects and contribute to creative success and cultural life in the area covered by the Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg Cooperative.
Areas
1. Music: classical, opera, jazz, popular, world music
2. Theatre: all forms of professional theatre, including humour, one-man shows and young audiences
3. Dance: classical, contemporary, performative
4. Visual arts: community projects implemented in non-institutional settings and outside private galleries, in conjunction with the Federation of Migros Cooperatives only
5. Other: cultural institutions and projects (festivals and community venues)
Criteria
• Professionalism
• Project, association, organisation or production with a base in the cantons of Neuchâtel or Fribourg
• Balanced geographical distribution across both cantons
• A maximum of 12 weeks is required to process applications
Support
• Support varies between CHF 500 and CHF 5,000
• It may be provided in cash and/or through publication in the regional pages of the Migros Magazine
• Support may be offered in addition to a contribution from the Federation of Migros Cooperatives to projects of supra-regional or national significance
Aim
Support contemporary projects through professional implementation.
Each application must reflect at least one of the following values: promising approach, distinctive, quality, diversity, integration, participation and accessibility.
This committee is made up of either members of the Cooperative Committee or external members.
It meets four times a year, generally in March, May, August and November.
Areas
1. Visual arts
2. Cartoon strips
3. Film
4. Jazz
5. Classical and pop music
6. Short works
7. Literature
8. Digital culture
9. Dance
10. Theatre
11. Cross-sectoral project
Criteria
• Balanced selection of the various sectors indicated above
• Balanced geographical distribution across the canton
• Applications must be submitted at least 16 weeks before the date of the event.
Support
• Grants vary between CHF 500 and CHF 2,000.
• Support may be offered in kind (in return for advertising, such as publication of a logo, putting up a banner, etc.) or via the publication of an article in the regional pages of the Migros Magazine.
Funding requests
* = mandatory field