Purpose
The purpose of the grants is to promote
- Investments for construction and renovation projects in and around animal shelters,
- expenditure for equipping and furnishing animal shelters with equipment and materials required for proper operation,
- expenditure in connection with the placement of pets with private households by animal shelters and
- projects to reduce the number of stray domestic cats.
Object
The accommodation in Bavarian animal shelters is to be promoted through
- New buildings, extensions, expansions and conversions, renovation and modernization measures,
- structural measures to improve the hygienic and energy-related functionality and
- construction measures to create, expand and improve quarantine areas in animal shelters.
Furthermore, expenditure on equipping and furnishing animal shelters with equipment and materials required for proper operation (excluding consumables and veterinary medicines) will be funded, as well as ongoing expenditure in connection with the placement of pets with private households by animal shelters in Bavaria and the neutering of stray domestic cats.
Beneficiaries
Recipients of funding are non-profit providers of animal shelters located in Bavaria as well as Bavarian municipalities or municipal associations with legal capacity as providers of an animal shelter.
Recipients of grants for projects under no. 2.4 are also non-profit animal welfare organizations based in Bavaria and established on a permanent basis.
Eligible costs
Eligible costs are those necessary to carry out the project to be funded.
Type and amount
The type of grant depends on the project:
- For construction and refurbishment measures as well as for expenditure on equipment and furnishings for animal shelters, it is granted as project funding by way of pro rata financing in non-repayable form.
- The grant for the placement of pets in private households and for the castration of stray domestic cats is granted as a lump sum by way of fixed-amount funding.
The amount depends on the project:
- For construction and renovation measures, the funding rate is 50% of the eligible expenditure. The maximum amount of the grant is EUR 300,000 per project (for cost group 200 according to DIN 276 a maximum of EUR 30,000), the minimum amount is EUR 3,000 per project.
- The funding rate for equipment and furnishings for animal shelters is 50% of the eligible expenditure. The maximum amount of the grant is EUR 10,000 per calendar year, the minimum amount is EUR 500 per project.
- In the case of placement activities, a lump sum of EUR 80 for dogs and EUR 30 for cats and other pets (small animals) is granted for each proven placement in a private household to cover the grant recipient's personnel and material expenses. If several small animals are placed in a group, the lump sum is only granted once. The maximum amount of the allowance is EUR 5,000 per calendar year.
- A lump sum of EUR 70 is granted for each proven castration of a female animal and a lump sum of EUR 45 is granted for each proven castration of a male animal. The maximum amount of the grant for castrations is 20,000 euros per year.
Further information can be found in the guidelines (see link under "Legal basis").
