Cerfa 12156*06 — Associations : demande de subvention(s), formulaire unique

What is Cerfa 12156 - association grant application?

A French association (loi 1901 or Alsace-Moselle) that wants a public grant — for its running costs or for a specific project — fills in the formulaire unique, Cerfa 12156. Service-public.fr says it can be sent by post or electronically to the State, a local authority, a public body, a social-security body or another body running a public administrative service.

The form is ten pages: what you ask for and from whom, the association's identity and legal representative, its approvals and public-utility status, its network and human resources, its budget, then for each project its subject, staff, dates and evaluation with a project budget, an optional equipment request for an event, the legal representative's declarations, and a table of any EU state aid already received.

FileIt turns Cerfa 12156 into a guided form and prints the answers into the official PDF (12156*06, December 2022). It adds up every budget account and the totals, works out the surplus or deficit and the share of the project's income the grant represents, checks the SIRET number, and keeps the project, equipment and state-aid parts optional. The finished PDF is saved in your vault and can be sent for e-signature.

Who needs to fill out Cerfa 12156 - association grant application?

• An association asking its commune or intercommunality for an operating grant.
• An association asking a département, a region or a ministry to fund a project.
• A sports, cultural, social or youth association renewing its yearly grant.
• An association asking a local authority for equipment or premises for an event.
• A treasurer or volunteer preparing the application for the legal representative to sign.

When to use Cerfa 12156 - association grant application

• When you ask a public body for a grant for the association's overall running costs or for a project.
• For a first request, a renewal, an annual or one-off grant, or a multi-year grant.
• When a funder that doesn't use Le Compte Asso asks for the paper Cerfa.
• For equipment for an event — the form says to hand that sheet in a month before the event.

What you need before you start

• The association's SIRET number and RNA number (or prefecture receipt number).
• The registered office and correspondence addresses, the legal representative and the person handling the request.
• Any administrative approvals, the date of public-utility recognition, and whether the association is liable to commercial taxes.
• The number of volunteers, employees, full-time equivalents and members at 31 December of last year.
• The association's forecast budget, by account, in whole euros — and, for a project, the project's own budget.
• For each project: its title, objectives, description, beneficiaries, territory, means, dates and evaluation indicators.
• A RIB (bank details) to enclose, and a mandate if the signer is not the legal representative.

What’s on Cerfa 12156 - association grant application

The 2022 edition has 10 pages. FileIt asks for it in 9 parts, and it is signed by Association (legal representative):

1. Your request (cocher la ou les case(s) correspondant à votre demande)Association (legal representative)
2. 1 Identification of the association (identification de l'association)Association (legal representative)
3. 2 Relations with the administration (relations avec l'administration)Association (legal representative)
4. 3 Relations with other associations and 4 Human resources (relations avec d'autres associations, moyens humains)Association (legal representative)
5. 5 Budget of the association (budget de l'association)Association (legal representative)
6. 6 Project - subject of the request (projet - objet de la demande)Association (legal representative)
7. Equipment request (demande d'équipements)Association (legal representative)
8. 7 Declarations (attestations)Association (legal representative)
9. 7 bis Grants already received under EU state-aid rules (informations annexes)Association (legal representative)

How to fill out Cerfa 12156 - association grant application, step by step

1 Your request

Tick the form of the grant (money, in kind), first request or renewal, running costs and/or projects, annual or multi-year, and the public bodies you send it to with their directorate.

2 1. Identification

The association's name, acronym, website, SIRET and RNA numbers (and, in Alsace-Moselle, the register details), its registered office and correspondence address, its legal representative and the person in charge of the request.

3 2–4. Administration, network, human resources

Approvals with who granted them and when, public-utility recognition, commercial taxes; the networks or federations you belong to and any members that are legal persons; volunteers, civic-service volunteers, employees, subsidised jobs, full-time equivalents, seconded staff and members.

4 5. Budget of the association

Expenses by account (60 purchases to 69 taxes on profits) and income (70 sales, 74 grants by funder, 75 membership fees and gifts, 76–79), in whole euros, plus voluntary contributions in kind. FileIt adds up each account, the totals and the expected surplus or deficit.

5 6. Project

For a project grant: title, objectives, description, beneficiaries, territory, material and human resources, the people working on it, any recruitment, the dates and the evaluation indicators, then the project's budget with indirect charges and own resources, and the grant asked as a share of its total income.

6 Equipment request

Optional: equipment for an event or on a long-term basis, the place, the quantities of each item, delivery, security and guarding.

7 7. Declarations and 7 bis

The legal representative declares the association is up to date with its obligations, subscribes to the republican commitment contract and respects the Charter of reciprocal commitments, states the total public aid received over three years and the amount asked for each year, then dates and signs. 7 bis lists any grants received under EU state-aid rules.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Giving amounts in cents — the budgets ask for whole euros.
• A budget that doesn't balance: the surplus or deficit line shows the difference.
• Contributions in kind used (86) that don't equal the contributions received (87).
• Forgetting to enclose a RIB, or a mandate when someone other than the legal representative signs.
• Leaving out the grants asked from other public funders — the form says those figures count as a sworn statement.

After you fill it out

Check every page. The legal representative signs the declarations — on paper, or with FileIt's optional e-signature where the funder accepts an electronic file.

Send it by post or electronically to each public body you ask, with a RIB and the documents the notice n° 51781#04 lists. FileIt doesn't send it.

Within six months of the end of the financial year the grant was for, file a financial report (compte rendu financier) with the body that paid it, as the form reminds you. The application stays in your FileIt vault for next year's renewal.

Cerfa 12156 - association grant application: frequently asked questions

Official sources

• Blank form (PDF), published by Ministère chargé de la vie associative (via service-public.fr): https://www.formulaires.service-public.fr/gf/cerfa_12156.do
• Official instructions and guidance: https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/associations/vosdroits/R1271
• Edition shown on this page: 12156*06 (décembre 2022) (checked 2026-10-25).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ministère chargé de la vie associative (via service-public.fr) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-25.

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