We support

How to apply

Calendar 2025

The deadlines below apply to you as an applicant and may differ locally.

You will receive a reply two weeks after the board meeting.

Board meeting 1/2025
19 March

Closing date for applications

13 February

Result

9 April
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Board meeting 2/2025
17 June

Closing date for applications

24 April

Result

1 July
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Board meeting 3/2025
30 September

Closing date for applications

5 August

Result

21 October
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Board meeting 4/2025
26 November

Closing date for applications

30 September

Result

12 December
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assisting our employees and their families

Employee purposes

Unfortunate events

We grant support in the event of death, accident or illness with serious consequences affecting employees or their immediate family.

Educational grants

We are mandated to grant financial support to assist the employees’ children in completing their final training or education.

Live a dream

This programme will give employees the opportunity to donate a week of their holiday to do voluntary work for people in need.

Senior clubs

This would be clubs within the VKR Group for senior employees, early retirees and retired employees.

See examples of support for employee purposes

Financial highlights

In 2024, we made grants worth EUR 3.6 million altogether. But already since 1992 the Employee Foundation has contributed to bettering the lives of our employees. Go back in time and view some of our financial highlights below.

Consolidated financial highlights 2020 – 2024

EUR 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2024-1992
Support for employees, total 2,314,528 1,855,602 1,912,095 1,449,749 1,582,885 21,816,618
Granted applications 867 682 778 528 769 8,112
  • Unfortunate events
 1,546,950 1,251,041 1,265,648 951,616 1,040,031 14,383,394
  • Educational purposes
 681,715 518,299 478,767 369,813 277,568 5,851,230
  • Other purposes
 85,863 82,262 167,680 128,320 265,286 1,581,994
Support for non-profit purposes, total 1,312,125 1,688,445 3,044,111 2,778,192 376,455 12,841,076
Granted applications 222 188 154 119 162 2,958
Healthy Habits 0 59,972 313,022 634,228 70,549 1,201,999
Total support 3,626,653 3,604,019 5,269,228 4,862,169 2,029,889 35,657,694
Granted applications in total 1,089 889 932 647 931 11,070
Average number of employees, VKR Group 17,100 18,181 20,007 17,104 15,267
support for community projects

Community support

The VKR Group aspires to make a contribution to the communities that its companies operate in. This is why our support is aimed at projects in the vicinity of VKR Group companies.

It means that the Employee Foundation may grant funding to applications from non-profit clubs, associations and other organisations based within a distance of up to 50 km of a company within the VKR Group.

We give priority to projects with lasting impact and value, and give preference to projects linked to employees of the VKR Group. To be eligible, there is no requirement to have worked for the VKR Group for a certain period of time.

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From our communities and employees

Donation stories

Employee stories

Community stories

Healthy Habits 2022

Safety

When we are at work, we follow the company’s safety guidelines so that we do not get hurt or hurt others. But when we leave the workplace, we often forget to take those good safety habits with us. And the fact is that most accidents happen in our own homes.

Learn about the initiative
New program 2025

Reconnect with Nature

The Employee Foundation is opening a new grant area where employees and communities can apply for support for the development of outdoor green areas open to the public.

Learn more about the program

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