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Disability assistance; application for funding for association work at state level

Bavarian state associations of people with disabilities can receive a grant from the Free State of Bavaria for their association work.

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Procedure details

Purpose

The grant is intended to help associations for the disabled that play a significant role in caring for the disabled at state level to fulfill their tasks. It is primarily intended to support smaller, financially weak organizations that are strongly characterized by voluntary commitment in continuing and expanding their care work.

Object

Funding is provided for support work to improve the participation of people with disabilities. This includes the following measures and tasks in particular: General advice; information and educational offers; public relations work; cooperation with services and networks; recruitment, training and coordination of volunteers; organization of leisure, educational and meeting measures; support for self-help groups and self-help activists, e.g. in setting up and leading groups and implementing measures.

Eligible costs

Eligible expenditure:

Necessary material and personnel expenses for the support work (see no. 2) of those affected and their relatives are eligible for funding. This includes, in particular, personnel and material expenses of those working for the regional association in these areas as well as expenses for conferences, further training and public relations work. Expenditure for the management of the association, the acquisition and maintenance of real estate, financial support for those affected and imputed costs are not eligible for funding. This does not affect management expenses that are specifically attributable to the support work. The maximum limits for personnel expenses are the annually updated maximum rates for personnel expenses for grants from the Free State of Bavaria for pay groups 1 - 15 TV-L (PAHS).

Type and amount

The funding is granted as a subsidy.
The type of grant is a project grant.
The funding period covers the entire duration of the project.

The funding is granted as project funding by way of fixed-amount financing.

If there is a proven need, grants can be awarded up to the following maximum amounts, depending on the membership figures of the regional associations:

100 - 1,000 up to € 6,100.00

1,001 - 3,000 up to € 8,100.00

3,001 - 8,000 up to € 10,200.00

8,001 - 20,000 up to € 13,200.00.

Recipients of grants are state associations for the disabled with at least two years of activity (approval by the StMAS on initial application) that regularly provide comprehensive advice and support to people with disabilities or in a significant area of their lives. The state associations for the disabled can pass on the grants awarded to them to their affiliated sub-groups at regional and local level in accordance with the grant notice.

The organization must

  • be significantly active at state level, i.e. its members should be spread across all administrative districts.
  • be able to demonstrate two years of activity.
  • have legal capacity and be recognized as a non-profit organization.
  • have a membership of at least 100, but may not exceed 20,000.
  • must levy membership fees from its members.

  • Required document/s
    • Project description with numerical evidence
    • Number of members and regional distribution

The grant requires a corresponding application from the grant recipient. Applications for funding must be completed in full and submitted using the forms provided by the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales (ZBFS).

The application must be accompanied by a description of the association's activities, including in particular the following information

  • Number of total members of the regional association and their regional distribution,
  • Number of people with disabilities supported,
  • Project description (type and scope of care tasks and measures, personnel deployed, etc.).

The first-time inclusion of a state organization in the funding requires the approval of the State Ministry for Family, Labour and Social Affairs.

Early start of measures: possible from confirmed receipt of application

There are no costs.

The application must be submitted by 31.10.2025. The application must be submitted to the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales (ZBFS) by October 31 of the previous year at the latest.

A processing time of 3 month(s) to 6 month(s) is to be expected.

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An appeal may be lodged against the decision within one month of notification. The jurisdiction is stated in the decision.

Status: 24.11.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Förderfinder
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