Apply for association grants

2. Check if the association is registered in Föreningsportalen

All grants are applied for through Boden Municipality’s digital grant and booking system, Föreningsportalen. To be eligible, the association must:

• Be based in Boden and mainly operate here.
• Be non-profit, open to everyone, and democratically organized with statutes, a board, and membership fees.
• Actively work against alcohol, narcotics, doping, and tobacco (ANDT).
• Not be political, religious, commercial, or belong to other excluded categories.

3. Apply through Föreningsportalen

All grants are managed through Föreningsportalen, except “Snabba Cash” which uses a paper form.

To get started:

• The association or administrator submits an authorization form, statutes, and annual meeting documents to the Department of Culture, Leisure and Youth.
• Association Services approves access and sends an email to the administrators when they can log in via BankID.

4. Choose the right grant

Different grants have different purposes and application periods:

4.1 Ongoing applications (year-round)

• Cultural events.
• Association anniversaries (25, 50, 75, 100 years).
• Support for participation in USM, JSM, NIF district and regional training camps, or national youth assignments.
• Loss guarantee assignment
• For youth activities: Snabba Cash grant

4.2 Fixed deadlines

25 February and 25 August

• Local activity support for children’s and youth activities
• Local activity support for associations involving persons with disabilities
• Activity support for pensioners’ associations
• Support for adult education associations (application only 25 February)
• Rental support for activity premises (application only 25 February)

31 March

• Facility grants for association-owned facilities
• Operational support for community centres and public assembly halls in rural areas
• Operational support for association-run swimming areas
• Village grant

31 October

• Annual cultural activity support (financial report due 31 March the following year)
• Operational support for associations for children and young people with disabilities (financial report due no later than 31 March the following year)
• Support for the maintenance of snowmobile trails

5. Apply through the portal

When logged in to Föreningsportalen:

• Go to the “Grants” tab to see available support and application periods.
• Click “Apply” for the chosen grant. Upload all required documents (project description, budget, reporting of other funding).
• Track your application status directly in the portal. You can submit additional documents if needed, and decisions as well as reporting requirements are communicated via the portal and email.
  

6. After the application

• Decisions are communicated via the portal and email.
• If reporting is required, it will appear in the portal.
• The portal can also be used for other functions, such as attendance registration for activity-based support.