SST Foundation Grants

The SST Foundation Grants support sustainable tourism projects globally, focusing on improving economic, cultural, and social conditions in tourist destinations while promoting environmental protection. With an annual budget of CHF 150,000, grants typically range from CHF 5,000 to CHF 25,000. Eligible projects must align with the Foundation's objectives, fostering intercultural understanding and sustainable tourism development. The Foundation prioritizes initiatives that can secure livelihoods and enhance cultural exchanges between tourists and local communities.

Background
The SST Foundation supports organisations, projects and initiatives that pursue sustainable tourism development.
Through its contributions, the SST Foundation helps to secure the livelihoods of the population in tourist destinations, to improve their economic conditions and to protect the environment. It also helps to promote initiatives and new ideas for a balanced cultural exchange between tourists and locals.
Projects
The Foundation supports projects and organisations in Switzerland and worldwide:
which are suited to improve the economic, cultural or social conditions of the population in tourist destination,which contribute to sustainable tourism development in tourist receiving countries,which contribute to intercultural understanding between people from tourist sending and receiving countries.
Funding
At the moment, funds amounting to about CHF 150,000 per year are at the Foundation’s disposal to support projects and organisations in accordance with the Foundation’s objectives. The Board decides on the amount to be granted to individual projects. So far, grants for individual projects ranged between CHF 5,000 and CHF 25,000.

Eligibility

In order to be granted financial support, applicants must submit projects that are in line with the Foundation’s objectives, and they must observe the following criteria:Financial support may, in accordance with the Foundation’s objectives, be granted for activities in Switzerland as well as other countries worldwide.Financial support will usually be given to organisations, associations and legal entities.As a rule, additional grants for running projects will not be approved.For projects of several years’ duration, the Foundation may approve recurring grants.

Ineligibility

Applications that have already been submitted and reviewed by the Foundation will not be accepted and evaluated a second time.