A grant is an entitlement to money from the community. It is usually a one-off amount that you therefore have to apply for again and again. With that amount, the applicant makes a contribution to realise the municipality's established policy. For example, in the field of care and welfare, education, sports, art and culture, integration and recreation.
These may be organisations and facilities to which the municipality makes a financial contribution, such as sports clubs, the library or playgroups. Small-scale initiatives by residents or foundations are also supported if they fit within the policy.
Each type of grant has its own ‘rules of the game’. Such as the amount of the amount, how you apply for it and how you have to prove that you spent the money correctly.
The higher the amount, the more rules and checkpoints.
Every year, there is an application period for a one-off grant. The application period runs from 1 March to 1 May of the year in question.
The grant decision you receive will state whether you are required to have the grant finalised. If so, the local authority will check afterwards whether you have used the grant for the purpose for which you applied for and received it, and whether you have met all the conditions.
You must submit an application for a grant settlement online yourself, together with signed quotations or invoices. You must do this 12 weeks after the activities for which the grant was awarded have been completed. We will then send you a grant settlement decision.
Take a look at the Sports Infrastructure Support Scheme 2026 on overheid.nl