Charitable non-profit organizations from the following countries are eligible to apply for the Meet and Code grant: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom. All submitted digital skills and coding event ideas should take place within the timeframe of July 1, 2025 till October 31, 2025, and be aligned with EU Code Week. The events should address and include children and youth from underserved and underrepresented groups and must be free of charge for participants.
More details are provided in the section: Funding Criteria for Selecting Submitted Project Ideas.
The Meet and Code initiative is organized by TechSoup Europe together with the respective country partners from the TechSoup Europe network. The main donor partner is Amazon, supporting the initiative through Amazon Future Engineer by providing financial support and expertise. Colt is a supporting donor partner, contributing additional resources and employee engagement to help bring coding opportunities to more young people across Europe. The TechSoup Europe partners are responsible for coordinating the initiative and selecting the event applications to be supported in their respective countries. Meet and Code was originally developed by Haus des Stiftens, SAP and TechSoup Europe.
Organizations interested in applying for a Meet and Code grant must first register with Meet and Code and undergo validation of their status as a charitable non-profit organization. This process is performed by the TechSoup Europe network partner in the applicant organization's country.
Authorized representatives of the organization are required to provide details of their organization with a comprehensive description of their event idea and valid contact information. More than one event idea can be submitted as long as the projects are significantly different from one another.
Organizations may submit their event ideas between June 10, 2025 and September 30, 2025 inclusive. To ensure evaluation by the local partner, submissions must be complete with all supporting documents provided and submitted by the close of registration.
Each event idea will be evaluated by the respective country partner. Following a four-week period, the organization's representative will be notified via email stating whether the submitted idea has been approved for funding or not.
If an idea is rejected, the local partner can, up on the non-profit's request, share the reason for rejection with the person responsible. The organization may re-submit the idea once it has been revised. However, if it is rejected again, the idea can not be submitted further.
By submitting an idea the applicant agrees that each approved and sponsored event idea will be automatically published on the websites www.meet-and-code.org and www.codeweek.eu, accessible for all users.
Should the publication result in violations of the applicant's rights, in particular copyrights, trademark rights or other industrial property rights, the applicant shall be solely responsible for pursuing legal claims.
The funded event must take place between July 1, 2025 and October 31, 2025.
Every approved event will receive funding of 500 euros as start-up support. TechSoup Foundation reserves the right to increase or reduce the amount of funding in individual cases.
The following basic criteria apply to event ideas:
*Underserved and underrepresented groups mean, among other things people with migration and refugee background, from low-income households/disadvantaged economic backgrounds, from socially deprived neighbourhoods, with no access to own IT device, ethnic minorities, and children and youth with disabilities.
Funding must only be used for the submitted project and charitable purposes such as:
TechSoup Foundation or, if necessary, its partner in the TechSoup Europe network retains sole discretion over the funding allocation once the organization meets the selection criteria.
There is no automatic entitlement to reasons for rejection, nor is there a legal entitlement for the applicant to receive a grant. Furthermore, meeting the funding guidelines does not obligate TechSoup Foundation or its partners to provide funding.
The following event ideas are excluded from funding:
Each funded non-profit organization is required to complete a reporting survey, consisting of two questionnaires - one to be filled out before and one after the event timeframe. Regardless of the number of events conducted, only one survey per organization is necessary. The survey form will be sent to the email address of the contact person of the granted event once it has been approved.
The survey must include the following minimum information:
In addition to the reporting survey, there is a participant survey for the attendees of the event. The funded non-profit organization is encouraged to conduct this survey with the participants at the beginning and end of the event. This survey is voluntary.
When uploading the event idea to the website www.meet-and-code.org and providing information materials, such as pictures, videos, or names, organizations are required to adhere to the applicable laws and to indemnify TechSoup Foundation and its partners from all claims of third parties, such as copyrights or trademark infringements.
The organization shall indemnify and hold harmless the TechSoup Foundation and its partners from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, or expenses arising from third-party rights infringements, including unauthorized use of intellectual property or violations of personal data rights.
Furthermore, where images or other personal data of individuals—especially minors—are involved, the organization must obtain and retain valid, documented consent prior to submission, in accordance with relevant legal requirements (e.g., written consent from a parent or legal guardian in the case of minors).
If TechSoup Foundation becomes aware of any potential infringement of third-party rights, it shall notify the organization without undue delay and request immediate removal or deletion of the infringing content. If the organization fails to act upon the request within a reasonable timeframe, TechSoup Foundation reserves the right to remove or disable access to the content. Any liability for damages resulting from such infringement shall rest solely and exclusively with the organization that provided the content.
Funded organizations may or may not be required to email a specific form to the respective country partner of the TechSoup Europe network confirming their donation.
Donation confirmations must be provided by the funded non-profit organization within 14 days of the event completion. The reporting survey must be completed by the funded non-profit organizations within 48 hours after the event has ended.
The project partners are entitled to fully use the afore-mentioned reports, survey results, provided information materials as well as details on participants and winners of the Awards, along with associated event ideas, for their own reporting purposes. By submitting the ideas and providing further information in the course of their participation, the applicant agrees to this.
To reinforce the Meet and Code initiative, we encourage organizations to use the Meet and Code logo in their public relations activities related to sponsored events. The correct usage of the logo is detailed in the style guide. The use of the logo must be documented by email to contact@meet-and-code.org
In addition, we strongly encourage organizations to use the hashtags for the initiative: #MeetAndCode #MeetAndCode2025 #AmazonFutureEngineer #Colt #ExtraordinaryConnections #DigitalSkills4All #CollectiveImpact #codeEU in their communication in social networks.
Meet and Code takes place in alignment with the EU Code Week and aims to strengthen this Europe-wide initiative.
The non-profit organization submitting their event idea is responsible for running the project. The partners of the initiative are in no way responsible and hold no liability regarding the project or its implementation. They are also not liable for damages, losses, injuries or non-performance incurred by participants, third parties, or legal entities due to registration or project implementation. Additionally, partners are not liable for legal obligations arising from participation in or project performance linked to funding resources or not.
Partners are also not liable for damage to computers in connection with or due to participation or the downloading of material in connection with the Meet and Code initiative.
If a project could not proceed for any reason or if there are remaining residual funds after the project has been implemented, the applicant must promptly report this to TechSoup Foundation and may suggest similar projects that could be funded using the residual funds.
At TechSoup Foundation' discretion, any amount of residual funds must be either returned to TechSoup Foundation (or the respective TechSoup partner organization) or used within the current calendar year in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations for charitable projects similar to the submitted project (programming themes). In the latter case, the applicant agrees to ensure and bear liability that such residual funds may only be used for charitable purposes. In case of using the funds for a similar project, the applicant's obligation to report on the use of such financial resources without undue delay remains in place.
