Club Subsidy; Applying for Funding for a Sports or Shooting Club

Purpose

The club subsidy is intended to provide financial support to sports and shooting clubs in carrying out their diverse tasks related to the organization of sports activities.

Scope

The club grant is awarded for a fiscal year and may be used, in accordance with its intended purpose, for personnel-related expenses (e.g., employment of coaches and instructors) and operational expenses (e.g., maintenance of necessary facilities and grounds, and procurement of sports or maintenance equipment).

Grant Recipients

Nonprofit associations with legal personality that are headquartered in Bavaria and whose bylaws specify the promotion of sports or a specific sport as their purpose.

Eligible Costs

The number of funding units per club is determined by the number of its members as well as the number of coach and instructor licenses to be utilized during the funding year.

Members are weighted as follows:

• Members under 27 years of age are weighted tenfold, and
• all other members count as one.

Members with disabilities may also be weighted tenfold under certain conditions.

Coach and instructor licenses are eligible for consideration if they are included in the list published annually by the State Ministry and are to be used by the club during the funding year. In the calculation, the licenses are weighted according to the point values specified in the license list. The number of licenses that can be claimed per club is limited.

Type and Amount

Funding is provided in the form of a grant.

The type of funding is project-based.
The funding period covers the entire duration of the project.

This is a fixed-amount grant. The amount of the club lump sum is calculated based on the funding units allocated to the respective club for the funding year. The value of a funding unit is determined based on the budgetary funds available in the funding year for the award of the club lump sum, as well as the total number of eligible funding units applied for in the funding year.

Eligible applicants are nonprofit sports and shooting clubs based in Bavaria that are members of a recognized umbrella organization, meet certain minimum requirements regarding their financial and cash flow status and youth programs, and have a minimum of 500 funding units.

Exclusion criteria:

To receive a club grant, a club must have at least 500 membership units.

The application for the association lump-sum grant must be submitted to the district administrative authorities and must be received there in full, with all required information and attachments, no later than March 1 of the funding year (deadline). The value of a funding unit is determined based on all requested and eligible funding units, as well as the budgetary funds available for the funding year. The district administrative authorities calculate the amount of the club lump sum for the funding year based on the number of eligible funding units for the club and the value of the funding unit, and then disburse this amount to the club.

Applications must be submitted by March 1 of the respective calendar year at the latest. This is the deadline for submitting applications for the association lump-sum grant for a given funding year. This is a strict deadline. Applications received after this date cannot be considered.

Please expect a processing time of up to 6 months.

• Required document(s)
  
  • Explanation of License Sharing: (see "Forms")

There are no costs involved.