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Foundations<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Making engagement possible.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>
Discover Funding Opportunities<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Support social engagement that connects knowledge, people, and organizations around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

How can foundations support AMAIDI?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Volunteering requires more than just dedicated people. Volunteers contribute their time, knowledge, and labor without pay. However, professional structures are needed to ensure that this commitment reaches the places where it is actually needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

AMAIDI identifies the support needs of nonprofit organizations, finds suitable volunteers, and facilitates the partnership. Behind every successful volunteer placement lies a great deal of organizational work: project development, partner screening, matching, preparation, coordination, support, and quality assurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

These services incur costs—regardless of whether a volunteer helps out for one day or several months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foundation grants make it possible to finance these necessary structures and provide volunteers with opportunities to get involved at no cost.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This allows more people to contribute their skills and enables nonprofit organizations to benefit from professional support.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Institutional Funding—Enabling Long-Term Engagement<\/h5>
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Through institutional funding, you support the work of AMAIDI as an organization. Your contribution helps us maintain and further develop our infrastructure, international partner networks, and professional placement structures.
\nThis enables us to place and support volunteers free of charge and to help nonprofit organizations gain access to knowledge and expertise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Project Sponsorship – Meeting Specific Needs<\/h5>
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Sponsor a specific project. Together, we’ll identify a genuine need for support at a nonprofit partner organization and facilitate the project’s implementation through suitable volunteers.
\nFor example, your foundation can cover the organizational costs for a pro bono<\/a> assignment, a consulting process lasting several weeks, or an international volunteer project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Program Funding – Enabling Innovative Engagement Formats<\/h5>
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Support programs that bring together companies, professionals, and nonprofit organizations.
\nExamples include Pro Bono<\/a> Days, hackathons, “Gute Geschäfte” marketplaces, or customized corporate volunteering<\/a> programs.
\nIn this way, your foundation not only makes individual projects possible but also strengthens new forms of social collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Thematic and Country Sponsorship – Promoting Targeted Impact<\/h5>
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Would you like to support a specific social issue or region? By sponsoring a cause or a country, you can support initiatives such as:<\/span><\/p>\n