Successful financing of projects by combination of different financial

sources

Sheffield, May 10th 2012 Jörg Dürr-Pucher

Budgets of environmental NGOs

• Mainly financed by membership fees (70%)

Friends of the earth (BUND), Birdlife Germany, (NABU) .

• Mainly funded by projects (80%)Lake Constance Foundation,Office on the River Club

• Wide mix of financial sourcesGerman Environmental Aid (DUH),Global Nature Fund (GNF)

Budget German Environmental Aid (DUH)

• Project funding 40% (national ministeries, public foundations, private foundations, EU).

• Private donations, membership fees 20%.

• Donations and sponsoring by enterprises, normally long term partnerships 30%

• Fines by judges and attorneys 5%.

• Others 5%.

Budget of the Global Nature Fund (GNF)

Funding mix NGO projects and campaigns

• Funding by national government.

• Additional funding by private foundations.

• Additional funding by donations for the organisation, the programme, the project.

• Additional funding by sponsorship of firms.

• Additional funding by free money (membership fees, fines)

Project funding of NGO activities

Main challenges:

• You need the money before you start.

• You have to pay your staff before,during and after the projects.

• You have to combine different sources with different needs and regulations.

• You have to defend your contents and aims.

Programme budget

Project budgetSolar Championsleague

renewable energy projects

General budget

free usewind and solar

Energy transport

Project budget Bioenergy region

• 65% funding by national government.

• 10% additional funding by sponsorship of different enterprises.

• 25 % additional funding by free money of the NGO or the enterprise.

Project budget agicultural climate change

• 50% funding by European Union.

• 10% additional funding by national government.

• 20% additional funding by different enterprises.

• 20 % additional funding by free money of the NGO or the enterprise.

Project budget schools for Living Neckar

• 50% funding by national government.

• 30% additional funding by state ministery.

• 10% additional funding by sponsorship of an enterprise.

• 10 % additional funding by free money of the NGO.

Biogas plant in Mauenheim (Germany)

Funding of renewable energy projects (power)

• No investment funding.

• No reduction of interest rates.

The government furthers the electricity production exclusively by feed in tariffs.

This security makes discussions about bank loans easier.

Budget district heating renewable

• Volume of the project 2 millions Euro.

• Funding national level 150.000. Euro

• Funding state bank kfw 250.000 Euro

• Funding Bundesland 100.000 Euro

No funding higher than 30%

70% bank loan, 30% investment of owner

Example bioenergy village Mauenheim

• Investment in biogas is financed by feed in tariff.

• Investment in district heating funded 25%.

• Investment in biomass boiler funded by 20%.

• Investment in heat storage by volume.

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