The SEZ supports non-profit organizations with three funding lines, each with a different objective. Bwirkt! Inland supports development policy education projects in Baden-Württemberg, bwirkt! Ausland supports partnership projects with countries in the so-called global south and bwirkt! Burundi projects in Baden-Württemberg's partner country. Through advice and qualification of the applicant organizations and more intensive networking between the groups as well as further training opportunities, projects are to be improved and made more effective. With bwirkt!, the SEZ awards funding that the state of Baden-Württemberg provides following a decision by the Baden-Württemberg state parliament.