La Relève – Call for Projects 2025
In context
This call is open to non-profits, social enterprises and co-operatives and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Annual call for projects supporting young people entering the cocoa and pastry sectors, with focus on fostering passion in local communities, transmitting expertise to underemployed populations, and advancing agroecological practices. Eligible projects align with the Valrhona Solidarity Fund's three strategic ambitions.
About this grant
The Valrhona Solidarity Fund supports projects that empower young people in the cocoa and pastry sectors. The foundation works to foster passion at the heart of local communities, strengthen the transmission of expertise to those furthest from employment, and support the shift towards agroecological practices for a sustainable future. The 2025 call for projects, titled 'La Relève', supports public-interest organisations with initiatives aligned with these three core ambitions.
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Eligibility
Applicant organisations must be public-interest organisations headquartered in France. Projects must be aligned with one of the foundation's three stated ambitions: fostering passion in local communities, strengthening transmission of expertise to those furthest from employment, or supporting agroecological practices for sustainability.
Key requirements
- ✓Projects must support young people in cocoa and/or pastry sectors
- ✓Alignment with at least one of three foundation ambitions: fostering passion in local communities, transmitting expertise to those furthest from employment, or supporting agroecological practices
- ✓Call for 2025 is now closed; future applications subject to annual reopening
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for La Relève – Call for Projects 2025?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, social-enterprise, cooperative, community-group, university. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
Relevant sectors
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Regenerative agriculture funding supports soil health, cover cropping, reduced tillage, agroforestry and grazing practices that store carbon and restore land. It comes through agricultural support schemes, research programmes and supply-chain initiatives run with food companies. Applicants often need farmer partners, field trial plans and a way to monitor soil outcomes.
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