SKala – Moving people together

SKala is an ini­tia­tive of the entre­pre­neur Susanne Klat­ten and PHI­NEO, a think tank and non­prof­it con­sul­tan­cy for effec­tive soci­etal engagement.

The SKala ini­tia­tive sup­ports 95 non­prof­it projects nation­wide with a cur­rent total of 88 mil­lion euros. Fund­ing is only giv­en to those organ­i­sa­tions that can be shown to have a strong social impact.

We at PHI­NEO are respon­si­ble for the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of the initiative.

SKala sup­ports orga­ni­za­tions that use dif­fer­ent approach­es to work towards a com­mon goal: a soci­ety in which peo­ple stand up for each other.

Project part­ner: Susanne Klat­ten | Dura­tion: since 2016

Which areas are eli­gi­ble for funding?

In coop­er­a­tion with us, Susanne Klat­ten has select­ed four areas eli­gi­ble for fund­ing which are par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant to her and which have a high need for support:

• Inclu­sion & Participation
• Engage­mentt & Com­pe­tence development
• Bridge between the gen­er­a­tions (aims to meet the chal­lenges of demo­graph­ic change and an age­ing society)
• For­got­ten crises

SKala sup­ports large and small orga­ni­za­tions, both estab­lished and new projects from all over Ger­many. The orga­ni­za­tions must be active in one of the above-men­tioned fund­ing areas, com­ply with the SKala fund­ing cri­te­ria and oper­ate transparently.

At PHI­NEO, we use a field-proven, sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly based method to eval­u­ate the poten­tial impact and per­for­mance of an organization.

How does the SKala ini­tia­tive pro­vide funding?

Finan­cial sup­port is giv­en to orga­ni­za­tions that use their resources to achieve a pos­i­tive impact in society.

The need for fund­ing is deter­mined by SKala in coop­er­a­tion with the organizations.The ini­tia­tive gives sup­por­t­at eye lev­el, accom­pa­nies the orga­ni­za­tions in a spir­it of mutu­al part­ner­ship and keeps the most impor­tant aspectin mind — that the funds are being used to make a dif­fer­ence for society.

What hap­pens with the money?

The SKala ini­tia­tive focus­es on trans­paren­cy and lean structures.

As a sig­na­to­ry of the Trans­par­ente Zivilge­sellschaft ini­tia­tive, we at PHI­NEO have com­mit­ted our­selves to mak­ing key infor­ma­tion on the orga­ni­za­tion avail­able to the pub­lic. This also applies to our work in and for the SKala initiative.

All fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the SKala ini­tia­tive can be found on the web­site www​.skala​-ini​tia​tive​.de.