The European Cultural Foundation builds a sense of European belonging and solidarity by supporting cultural initiatives that bring people together, inspire hope, and imagine a shared future for Europe.
Our Impact
Partner organisations
On our pogrammes and projects we work with organisations throughout Europe.
Programmes and projects
Grantee initiatives across Europe are supported through our programmes and projects.
People and stories
Stories told and people reached though our programmes and projects.
Policy and advocacy
On local and European level.
Stories & news
Highlighted
Apply Now for The Europe Challenge 2025/26!
Apply Now for The Europe Challenge 2025/26!
3 Apr 2025
Stories
“Les Têtes are not afraid to die” – An Interview with Les Têtes de l’Art Director Sam Khebizi
20 May 2025
Stories
Culture Is a Place to Be Seen: On IDAHOBIT and the Everyday
17 May 2025
Stories
Eurobarometer: “Culture is Not a Luxury – it is Central to European Unity”
14 May 2025
Stories
Artists Lead Cultural Recovery at Ukraine’s ArtsLink Assembly
13 May 2025
Highlighted programmes & projects
The Europe Challenge for Libraries
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Culture of Solidarity Fund
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The European Pavilion
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Display Europe
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CrAFt Cities - Creating Actionable Futures
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“Support from the Culture of Solidarity Fund enabled us to produce The Walk – a theatre project featuring Little Amal, a 3.5 metres tall puppet of a 9-year-old girl. Walking 8,000 kilometres across Europe in search of her mother, Amal’s journey during the Covid-19 pandemic was enabled by relays of puppeteers. In a visionary act of solidarity with the plight of refugees, the project bore a single message on behalf of thousands of displaced children: Don’t forget about us.“
— Walk with Amal (UK), grantee
"Participating in the Europe Challenge has helped our local library to create a new vision for our city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, just miles from Barcelona’s busy international airport. By installing beehives at our library, we were able to champion biodiversity and experiment with our local community on ways of greening our city."
— La Biblioteca Jordi Rubió i Balaguer (Spain), grantee
“Over the years, we have collaborated with ECF on many successful projects - from i-Portunus (supporting green mobility of cultural professionals across Europe) to the European Pavilion (bringing together artists and thinkers for a pan-European alternative to the Venice Biennale's national pavilions). Working with ECF, we have forged a strong, mutually respectful partnership - and made a bunch of life-long international friends in the process!”
— Kultura Nova Foundation (Croatia), partner
