The Schiphol Fund donates money to support new initiatives that motivate people to take up an exercise activity in the local community around the airport. We’d love to help everyone, but not all projects are eligible to receive a donation. Read our conditions here.
It involves concrete sports equipment, playground equipment (that encourages movement) or a sports floor
It encourages physical exercise at an amateur level
Your club or organisation is registered with the Chamber of Commerce and is officially based within our area of operation and is not run for profit and the initiative will take place in our area of operation and also the majority of participants come from there.
You can demonstrate that 100% of the donation will go to fund your project for physical exercise
Your initiative is largely funded by the organization itself and the missing part that you apply for from the Schiphol Fund is a maximum of € 10,000
Your organisation has not received any donations from the Schiphol Fund in the last three years.
However much the Schiphol Fund would like to help your initiative as well, we are unable to accept all the donation requests we receive. Your project is not eligible if:
The items have already been ordered or delivered
The item is not needed right away in order for you to get started (clothing, prizes, rent, changing rooms)
There are fewer than 20 people in the target group
It involves a school playground
It’s not an active form of physical activity, such as mind sports
The activity has a specific nature (religious, cultural, political)
It involves music festivals or short events (sports tournaments)
It involves earthworks for the preparation of, for example, a football pitch
You are a public body, VvE, residents' association, garden park or fundraising organisation
You have also submitted an application to Schiphol’s Living Environment foundation. You must first decide to which you want to apply. Is your initiative more related to physical activity or to quality of life?
A public sports field at your care facility or village hall? Feel free to send your request, but please bear the following in mind:
Sports association
As a sports association you can apply for a project related to sport and exercise, exclusively within the branch of sport for which the association was founded. In other words: a football club can only submit applications in the field of football, a hockey club for hockey, etc. Applications for a gym for training are therefore not honored, unless it is specific to the sport in question.
Care facilities
You can apply on behalf of a care facility or non-commercial village hall for a project or initiative relating to sport and exercise. Preference will be given to a project for the widest possible audience that is publicly accessible and involves a large group of volunteers. Additionally, in this case the project must not be part the organisation’s care task, and no official (government) subsidy must be available to carry it out.
Want to find out if your club or initiative is based within our area of operation?
Read more about the Schiphol Fund timetable and procedures here.
Click here to see if your initiative is eligible for a donation from the Schiphol Fund.