OPEN CALL 2023: HOW TO APPLY FOR DONATIONS

Find all answers to your questions about Open Call 2023, in which the proceeds from Roskilde Festival are donated to organizations and communities that supports the well-being of children and young people. 

What is Roskilde Festival's Open Call? 

Open Call is our annual invitation to associations and organizations to apply for donations from the proceeds following the Roskilde Festival held by the Roskilde Festival Charity Society.  

Which initiatives do you support?

With this year's Open Call, we are focusing on the well-being and mental health of children and young people. The power of community is a strength, and all children and young people should have the opportunity to participate in communities with others.  
 
Therefore, we want to support initiatives that create changes for young people through communities.  

We distribute donations within two focus areas: 

• Donations to creative communities 
  Growing discontent among young people calls for innovation. This focus area is about leveraging the potential of art and culture towards children and young people in vulnerable life situations.
  
  This focus area is relevant for cultural actors who take responsibility for solving the well-being crisis among children and young people, and for organisations  within social and health-related areas, where art and culture do not normally form part of the daily work.
  
  The focus area accommodates art, culture, and creative processes in social and health-promoting or therapeutic initiatives for young people. Examples can include cultural experiences for young people in psychiatry or creative processes, where children and young people's own life experiences are processed in creative communities. 
   
• Donations to action-oriented communities 
  Donations to Action-oriented communities are about supporting and strengthening older children and young people's engagement and ideas for the benefit of a more sustainable world – both climatically and socially.
  
  Children and young people are growing up at a time when they have much to fight for. If we, as humans and as a society, do not find different ways to consume, live, and organize ourselves, the consequences of the climate and biodiversity crises will accelerate.
  
  We know that the biggest challenges of our time are solved in communities. Even though the responsibility for the solutions does not fall solely on the youth, action-oriented communities can provide both hope, strength, and resilience. 

Who can apply? 

The overarching purpose of the Roskilde Festival Charity Society is to support initiatives that benefit children and young people and to support general charitable, humanitarian, and cultural work. 

We can only support non-profit organizations. This means that activities must be accessible to the target audience and free to participate in. To apply, your association should ideally have a CVR number, articles of association, and an annual account.

If you have not yet established an association, you can attach a draft of the statutes and a document explaining that the first annual account is not yet available. 

We do not donate funds to individuals. 

What kind of initiatives do you support?

Applications can be made for a specific project or for the organization's general activities if it meets the purpose of the Open Call. In the application form, we write 'The Effort,' which can describe both general work and a specific project. 

We support both operations and activities. If an effort is part of a cross-sector partnership, confirmation of the partnership must be attached to the application. 

A project does not need to be detailed at the time of application. But to evaluate the application, we need to know the project's purpose, content, target audience, and method. We need an overall timeframe and an estimated budget. 

We are also happy to engage in dialogue subsequently with the selected recipients if the project requires refinement. 

How much can be applied for?

We support both larger and smaller projects. For this Open Call, we support projects with between 50,000 and 700,000 DKK. 

Applications are assessed in relation to the applied budget. That is, the larger the amount applied for, the higher the requirements we set for the project description, including problem, context, and target audience analysis as well as strategy for reaching the project’s vision and objectives through the outlined activities. 

Projects under 200,000 DKK can be revised by an internal auditor. Projects over 200,000 DKK must be revised by an external auditor, which is included in the budget. 

How much money are you donating in total? 

We are donating up to 10 million DKK in this Open Call. 

What criteria are you focusing on?

In selecting recipients, we emphasize these criteria: 

• Children and Young People: The initiative must strengthen children and young people's well-being and mental health. The target audience for the initiative be children or young people aged 10-29.
  
• Community: Challenges are best solved in communities and preferably across professions and sectors. Therefore, we prioritize interdisciplinary inspiration and collaborations and efforts where voluntary youth communities make a difference.
  
• Change: We want to make a difference with our donations. We support initiatives that can demonstrate strong correlations between the focus or method and young people's well-being.
  

• Innovation: We support initiatives that test new ideas and approaches and can contribute to developing the field/area in which the initiative is rooted.  
• The Importance of Art: We want to activate art and culture as a key to strengthening children and young people's well-being and/or as a method to engage even more in the most important agendas of our time. 

In the focus area Creative Communities, we prioritize initiatives that develop, demonstrate, and communicate the connection between culture, well-being, and mental health.

In the focus area Action-oriented Communities, we prioritize initiatives that use art or creative approaches as a method to engage even more in the most important agendas of our time. 

How do I apply? 

• Apply here for donations to Creative Communities 

• Apply here for donations to Action-oriented Communities 

Do you support projects outside of Denmark? 
Yes. For this Open Call, we support initiatives in Denmark and the rest of Europe. 

Can previous recipients of donations from the Roskilde Festival apply? 
Yes. 

When is the application deadline? 

Deadline for application is November 1, 2023, at 12:00 PM. 

When will I receive a response to my application?

We process the applications immediately after the deadline. The Roskilde Festival Charity Society's donations are subject to the VAT legislation rules for distributing profits from VAT-exempt events. Therefore, all donation recipients must be approved by The Danish Tax Agency. 

After approximately six weeks of processing time, we expect to be able to inform the selected applicants. However, this information is not a final acknowledgment. 

After the selection of donation recipients, a period for legal approval of the donations by The Danish Tax Agency follows. It can take up to an additional four months before we can provide a final approval and disburse the donation.

Applicants for this Open Call can expect a final answer and disbursement of funds in March 2024. 

Who can I contact with further questions? 

If you have questions about the application process, you can contact us via email at donations@roskilde-festival.dk  

Where can I read more about Roskilde Festival’s charity work? 

Roskilde Festival is a non-profit and charitable organization, which donates all profits to humanitarian and cultural work for children and young people. 

You can find our full donation policy on this page.