Halle Foundation Grants

The Halle Foundation aims to foster understanding and friendship between Germany and the United States through grantmaking in education, culture, and international relations. It primarily funds US-based public charities and German organizations that are tax-equivalent. Preference is given to organizations in Georgia or those serving Georgia beneficiaries. The Foundation seeks projects with strong leadership and a clear connection to its mission, while generally not funding ongoing operational support or projects lacking sustainability.

In furtherance of this mission, the Foundation supports, primarily through grantmaking, initiatives and activities in the fields of education, culture, science, technology, language, scholarship, and international relations. The Foundation makes grants to organizations organized and operated in both the United States and Germany. Funding is largely limited to US-based public charities exempt under section 501(c)(3) and to German organizations which are the tax equivalent of such charities. In keeping with the founder’s preference, most U.S. grants are made to organizations and institutions operating within, or with some discernable connection to, the state of Georgia.
Grantmaking
The Foundation seeks to help organizations with strong leadership and a proven track record of success exploit new opportunities or meet extraordinary needs that will further the missions of both the organization and the Foundation.
The threshold requirement for consideration for grant funding from The Halle Foundation is that the proposed project or activity must directly further the Foundation’s core mission of promoting understanding, knowledge, and friendship between the people of Germany and those of the United States.

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration for grant funding from The Halle Foundation your organization needs to be one of the following:An organization located in Georgia,A non-Georgia organization located in the United States with a project that exclusively serves beneficiaries in the state of Georgia (e.g., Georgia students or teachers), orAn organization located in Germany with a project that has a discernible connection to Georgia.Additionally, your organization should be a publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization, or in the case of a German organization, the equivalent of a 501(c)(3) organization, in order to receive grant disbursements.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not typically provide general operating support or fund new projects indefinitely. It also rarely supports projects for which it is the only funder or which do not appear to have the potential to eventually become self-sustaining. The Foundation does not typically fund:US organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) and public charity statusGerman organizations that have been determined (in the judgment of the Executive Director of the Foundation) not to be the tax and legal equivalent of US-based public charitiesOrganizations without any discernable connection to the state of GeorgiaAdministrative and staff expensesCapital campaignsChurches or religious organizationsEndowmentsFundraising eventsGeneral operating supportGrants made directly to individualsProfessional associationsStartup organizations or seed funding