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Culture Helps Solidarity – First call for proposals for collaboration grants
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/13041?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094502
Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - CREA |
| Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | Culture Helps S |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 31.03.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 20.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 450.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 30.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Arts & Culture
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Social Inclusion
Project Locations
Europe
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
This open call is the first cascading grant call for proposals offered by the Culture Helps Solidarity project, selected under the call for fostering Ukrainians’ access to culture and cultural heritage. Culture Helps Solidarity supports arts and culture professionals from Ukraine to sustain creativity, resilience, and community connection during and after the war.
This call for proposals seeks to support collaborative projects between at least two organisations in Ukraine and Creative Europe countries respectively, that work with culture to improve access to cultural participation and support the integration of internally displaced persons(IDPs) and refugees into their host communities – with particular attention to vulnerable groups such as veternas, and their mental well-being. It prioritises partnerships between Ukrainian-led organisations, whether based in Ukraine or operating in exile, and non-Ukrainian organisations, especially from neighboring Creative Europe countries.
Through these collaborations, the call aims to foster: (1) cross-border networking, the exchange of professional experience and good practices, (2) stronger capacities for intercultural dialogue and mental health support, and
the professional development of cultural managers in line with EU standards, (3) while highlighting a culture of solidarity in shaping a European future for Ukraine.
2) Eligibility
Applicants should be based in Ukraine or another Creative Europe country (all EU Member States as well as certain non-EU countries) and correspond to one of the following categories: non-profit organisations, public or private bodies. At least one of the applicants must actively work on the integration of displaced people or refugees from Ukraine into new realities and communities through culture, in particular families and children. Applicants should not receive funding from any other Creative Europe scheme for the project(s) they apply with. The collaboration project has to be charitable.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Ukraine and EU member states.
4) Budget
The Fund has grants available in two amounts: up to €20,000 for partnerships of two organisations; up to €30,000 for partnerships of three or more organisations.
5) Application
The deadline to submit project proposals is 31 March 2026.