This will be a book of donors, apart from the ones at
http://openspace.org.in/donors
ABILIS Foundation gives small grants ranging from 500 to 10.000 Euros to projects initiated by disabled persons. ABILIS Foundation is a development fund, founded by people with disabilities in Finland in 1998. Its mandate is to support the activities empowerment of disabled persons in the Global South (developing countries).
ABILIS Foundation supports activities that contribute toward equal opportunities for disabled people in society through human rights, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. Special priority is given to activities developed and implemented by disabled women
If you live in one of the following countries
India
Bangladesh
Uganda
Kazakstan
Tanzania
please contact our partner organisations for an application form. (http://www.abilis.fi/index.php?lang=1&main=3&level=3)
If you live in a country not mentioned above, please contact our office. (E-mail: abilis@abilis.fi )
Who can apply for a grant by Abilis?
They support organizations that include persons with disabilities in their leadership. They support organisations of people with mobility, visual, hearing or any other type of disability. They can also support organisations that are run by parents of children with disabilities.
You can apply for a grant from Abilis if the following is true for you:
You live in a country which the United Nations and the OECD have defined as qualifying for Official Development Assistance. See list of countries
Your organisation has a certificate of registration. (If your group is not registered, please contact our office (E-mail:
abilis@abilis.fi ) as sometimes they are able to make exceptions to this rule.)
A minimum of 10 % of the project budget should be a contribution of time, money or other resources from the applicant group.
If you wish to apply for funding, call a meeting of your friends and colleagues. Then think carefully about your current priorities and take time to make a good plan. They encourage you to use the Abilis manual designed to assist you in this process.
E-mail abilis@abilis.fi and they can send you the Abilis application form and guidelines for letters of recommendation. Please read them through carefully before applying.
http://www.abilis.fi/index.php?lang=1&main=1&level=1
Partner in India:
Mobility India MI
Mailing Address:
Post Box 7812, Bangalore - 560 078
India
Visiting Address:
1st &1st ‘A’ Cross J.P.Nagar 2nd Phase
Bangalore - 560 078
India
Tel. +91-080-6492222
Fax +91-080-6494444
www.mobility-india.org
e-mail@mobility-india.org
Abilis Facilitator
Mr. Mahesh, mahesh@mobility-india.org
DONOR - The Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation was established in 1989 by Walter H. Annenberg and provides funding and support to nonprofit organisations in the United States and globally.
Its major programme areas are education and youth development; arts, culture and humanities; civic and community; health and human services; and animal services and the environment. The Annenberg Foundation exists to advance public wellbeing through improved communication and encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.
For additional information, www.annenbergfoundation.org
The Arca Foundation
The Arca Foundation was established in 1952 as the Nancy Reynolds Bagley Foundation. It is dedicated to the pursuit of social equity and justice, particularly given the growing disparities in today’s world. Moreover, it has been said before that a vibrant democracy requires speaking Truth to Power. The Foundation supports a new strategic focus on media and democracy, expected to comprise one third of the grant making for the next three to five years. The Foundation continues to fund both media policy and content projects. In addition, the foundation works with colleagues in the philanthropic world to further expand the pool of available funding for media policy and content.
For more information on The Arca Foundation, see www.arcafoundation.org/index.htm
The Bernard van Leer Foundation funds and shares knowledge about work in early childhood development and child rights.
http://www.bernardvanleer.org/
About the work we fund
We work primarily by supporting programmes implemented by partners in the field. These include public, private and community-based organisations. Our strategy of working through partnerships is intended to build local capacity, promote innovation and flexibility, and help to ensure that the work we fund is culturally and contextually appropriate.
We currently support about 140 major projects. We focus our grantmaking on 21 countries in which we have built up experience over the years. These include both developing and industrialised countries and represent a geographical range that encompasses Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
We work in three issue areas:
Through “Strengthening the care environment” we aim to build the capacity of vulnerable parents, families and communities to care for their children.
Through “Successful transitions” we aim to help young children make the transition from their home environment to daycare, preschool and school.
Through “Social inclusion and respect for diversity” we aim to promote equal opportunities and skills that will help children to live in diverse societies.
Also central to our work is the ongoing effort to document and analyse the projects we support, with the twin aims of learning lessons for our future grantmaking activities and generating knowledge we can share. Through our evidence-based advocacy and publications, we aim to inform and influence policy and practice both in the countries where we operate and beyond.
About the foundation
We very rarely consider unsolicited proposals. The vast majority of our new projects are undertaken with organisations we ourselves have identified through our existing partners and work in the field.
Because we very rarely consider unsolicited proposals, we do not have specific grant guidelines or application forms. If you would like to apply for funding, please read about the foundation and the work we fund and consider carefully whether your project is a good fit for us.
Please note that we do not provide grants for the following:
applications for support to individual children
projects that concentrate solely on one aspect of children's development or learning, such as health care or special educational needs
proposals for the construction and maintenance of buildings, or the purchase of equipment and materials
requests for scholarships, conferences, media or theatre events
general organisational support or requests to cover recurrent costs or deficits
Please note also that we do not consider proposals for any country which is not on the list of eligible countries, as determined periodically by meetings of the foundation's board of trustees. NB: the list of countries in which we have current projects is not the same as the list of countries eligible for future grants.
Eligible countries for future grants currently are Brazil, Colombia, the East Caribbean region, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States of America and Zimbabwe. We will not consider your application if it has nothing to do with any of these countries. The foundation has no plans to expand the list of eligible countries.
If you would like to enquire about funding for a project, please do not prepare a detailed submission - instead email a brief outline of your organisation and proposal to proposal.administration@bvleerf.nl or use the form on the contact page. Please do not contact us by telephone; we will contact you if we require further information.
In your email, please state which of our eligible countries you will work in, and explain why you think you are a good fit for BvLF support, with reference to our programme areas and existing work. We will always reply to applicants who have taken the trouble to personalise their enquiry to us. We regret that we cannot guarantee to reply to standardised appeals for funds.
Charles Lafitte Foundation: Education, Children's Advocacy, Medical Research and the Arts
The Charles Lafitte Foundation is a private family foundation founded in 1999 by Suzanne and Jeffrey Citron (and named for one of the family dogs!). The Foundation is committed to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement on the human condition by providing support to education, children's advocacy, medical research and the arts. Recent grants have gone to programs working on cancer, women's issues, and learning disabilities.
The Charles Lafitte Foundation is a private family foundation founded in 1999 by Suzanne and Jeffrey Citron.
Suzanne is the Co-Founder and past CEO of New World Aviation; a private aviation company owned by the Citrons whose mission is to provide world-class flight services. In addition to her role with the foundation, she is a board member for the American Cancer Society and a former member of the Peer Review Committee for Institutional Research Grants (IRC) for the American Cancer Society. Suzanne has been honored as a “Woman of Distinction” by the Girl Scouts in 2006.
Jeffrey is a career entrepreneur with a history of bringing efficiency and innovation to large, vertical industries through the application of advanced technologies. Jeffrey is known as both a pioneer and visionary in the financial and telecommunications industries. Jeffrey is currently the Co-Founder and Chairman of Vonage. Vonage is a leading provider of SIP-based, VoIP communications services. He is the founder and former CEO of Datek Online Holdings, which was the fourth largest online brokerage company and the Founder of Island ECN, the second largest global financial exchange. Jeffrey and Suzanne have two young children and reside in Brielle , NJ.
The Charles Lafitte Foundation believes:
Guiding Principles
Education provides the tools for individuals to create their own unique and positive solutions.
Innovation, creativity, initiative and risk-taking are essential to success.
Diversity and inclusively are essential for creativity and innovation.
A society's future is dependent upon the quality of nurturance and investment in its children.
The arts are a vital part of expressing our culture.
The human condition can be improved by the appropriate use of education, the arts, science and technology.
Giving Preferences
They prefer projects/programs that make a big difference to some individual's critical needs over a project that will make a small difference to many individual's minor needs.
They like our grants to make a big difference to the project or program being funded.
They prefer projects/programs that provide a permanent solution rather than a temporary bandage. The Foundation will support one-time events aimed at bettering a person's quality of life.
They believe in each individual's ability to make a difference and contribute to society. We prefer to fund projects that remove barriers to full economic and social participation in society.
They do not support studies by groups advocating for a political or public policy perspective; or fund projects whose purpose would benefit principally the members of sectarian or religious organizations.
They believe that those arts are a vital part of expressing our culture. We prefer funding projects that allow access to the arts to all members of society.
Grants are made by the Charles Lafitte Trustees, who meet several times a year. Grant proposals are normally sent to the President of the Foundation and include, in addition to details about the applicant and the proposed project, information on the cost and duration of the work. Overhead for these grants can be budgeted at no more than fifteen percent of direct project costs.
In addition to grants made by the Trustees during these meetings, Trustees can make grants at any time for the Foundation. If you have any questions regarding the process please contact Jennifer Vertetis, President at jennifer@charleslafitte.org .
The Foundation will reply to your inquiry/proposal if it fits within the current goals and budget for the Foundation. Due to the large number of inquiries, the Foundation does not reply to each inquiry but will contact those that are of interest to the Foundation.
The Foundation has no deadlines or standard forms. They prefer concise, well-organized proposals. In no case should the body of the proposal exceed 10 double-spaced pages. The Foundation prefers proposals sent by e-mail. A brief letter of inquiry, rather than a fully developed proposal, is an advisable first step for an applicant, conserving his or her time and allowing for a preliminary response regarding the possibility of support. The Foundation will contact you if they desire a full proposal. Due to the large number of inquiries they are unable to respond to all requests.
http://www.charleslafitte.org/thefoundation.html
Innovative Small Grants Program
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Letter of Intent
Before we will consider a grant proposal for funding, we need to receive a one-page “letter of intent” which describes the project that you will be proposing. It need not be in great detail, but it should indicate the “innovative” nature of your work. (Please see the definition of “innovative” below.) Please send it by e-mail, FAX or regular mail before the specified deadline for the letter of intent in the information below. After reviewing it, we will notify you as to whether we will accept a full proposal. Please do not send a proposal until we ask you to do so. We will not consider proposals unless they have been requested. The information for making the full proposal is given below.
Background
New biomedical and social technologies have led to the development or successful application of products and approaches that can be used globally. These products and innovative approaches have brought dramatic improvements in infant and child health over the past 50 years. For example, research studies led to the development of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhea in the 1960's in Bangladesh and India. This therapy has saved millions of lives in the developing world every year and more recent studies have demonstrated that ORT can be effectively applied in any country in the world, including the U.S. The Child Health Foundation has supported innovative approaches to adapting ORT to the health care and social situations in urban Baltimore and Boston as well as rural Mississippi.
Small innovative projects can make a major impact on child health in diverse settings, and show concerned health workers, community organizations and/or government policy-makers that answers to some persistent health problems are available.
Child Health Foundation wishes to receive proposals from interested health workers, investigators, or community organizations for innovative research or innovative service projects directed at improving the health of infants and young children. Proposals may be submitted by individuals or groups.
Areas of priority include:
* development of biomedical and social technologies; and
* adaptation and implementation of technologies in local situations that may have widespread applications.
Projects that involve only general medical care of children but without innovative aspects will not be considered. To see a summary of projects CHF has funded, click here
The projects should be for no more than one year and should be able to document measurable results. The projects may address child health issues in a developing country or in the United States. Budgets should not exceed US$5,00O. The projects will be reviewed by the Program Committee of the Child Health Foundation. Outside reviewers will be used if necessary. The number of projects approved depends on the amount of funding available.
Deadline for Letter of Intent in 2008 is April 30th; The 2008 Deadline for the Proposal is September 30th.
details: http://www.childhealthfoundation.org/guidelines.html
The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights
The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights KIOS works to promote human rights in developing countries by granting funding to human rights projects. KIOS provides financial support to local civil society organisations that work for the promotion and protection of human rights in their own countries and regions. Our aim is to especially support the promotion of the human rights of the most disadvantaged groups of the societies. In Finland, KIOS aims at increasing the knowledge of Finnish civil society on the human rights situation in developing countries.
KIOS is an independent, non-political, non-religious and non-governmental foundation. The foundation was established in September 1998 by eleven Finnish NGOs working with human rights and development issues. The founder organisations are represented in the KIOS Executive Board, which is the supreme organ of KIOS and makes the final funding decisions.
KIOS receives financial support for its activities from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Typical projects funded by KIOS include:
* Human rights awareness raising and education
* Human rights campaigning, lobbying and advocacy
* Human rights monitoring and documentation
* Providing legal aid
* Capacity building
The thematic focus of KIOS funding is:
* Democratic Rights
* Gender Equality
* Right to Education
Geographically KIOS focuses its support primarily to:
* Eastern Africa
* South Asia
KIOS holds an open invitation for applicants. Local civil society organisations in developing countries are eligible for funding. Funding is granted upon applications, which are accepted throughout the year. Application forms and guides are available at KIOS website.
More information about KIOS can be found at www.kios.fi.
The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights KIOS
Haapaniemenkatu 7-9 B,
00530 Helsinki, Finland
Fax +358-9-6813 1531
E-mail kios@kios.fi
www.kios.fi
The Flextronics Foundation invests globally and serves as a catalyst for positive change in communities around the world. The Foundation is focused on being an asset to these communities through educational programs, and disaster, community, and medical relief. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities where employees of Flextronics, and its suppliers and customers, live and work. Established in March of 2002, the Flextronics Foundation is operated as a private foundation, and its primary activity is to provide support, primarily through grant making.
Responding to Community Needs
Flextronics' social commitment to communities in need holds firm. Moreover, the Company recognizes that its employees are intimately familiar with both the needs of their communities, and the organizations that best address those needs. For this reason, Flextronics has expanded the responsibility of its senior management to identify projects and organizations that fit the criteria of the Foundation and will best serve communities in need throughout the world.
Community Responsibility
The Flextronics Foundation seeks to aid, enrich, engage, educate and empower the communities where Flextronics, and its suppliers and customers, have a business presence.
The Foundation supports a variety of comprehensive programs through direct grants. These grants serve as enablers in helping organizations fulfill their missions and expand their services to the community. The foundation focuses on supporting the following areas that are at the forefront of society's needs and Flextronics' corporate interests:
Disaster Relief
Contributions in times of need
The Flextronics Foundation provides aid to relieve human suffering that may be caused by a natural or civil disaster, or an emergency hardship. These disasters may be caused by floods, fires, riots, storms, earthquakes or similar large-scale adversities.
Medical Relief/Health Programs
The Foundation funds organizations that provide medical relief to communities where Flextronics employees live and work. We also support specific local health programs and organizations. Preference is given to those organizations where Flextronics employees volunteer their time.
Educational/Other Programs
The Flextronics Foundation sponsors educational programs and other charitable activities where Flextronics employees volunteer their time. We focus our efforts on those organizations distributing funds toward programs that benefit students with socioeconomic issues, learning disabilities or handicaps. We support academic programs in areas related to electronics manufacturing, and the betterment of disadvantaged students. We also support academic programs in areas related to electronics manufacturing, and the betterment of disadvantaged students. We focus our efforts on those organizations distributing funds toward programs that benefit students with socioeconomic issues, learning disabilities or handicaps.
The foundation also sponsors technical learning programs on its major manufacturing campuses offering computer based training, certified schooling and academic liaisons with local universities.
Each request will be evaluated on its own merits. In order to benefit from the Flextronics Foundation and its grant giving program, qualifying organizations must keep the following criteria in mind:
· The applicant must qualify as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization or exclusively public institution or comparable charitable organization.
· The applicant must submit a current financial statement and itemized budget for the project you would like the Flextronics Foundation to support.
· The applicant must be able to demonstrate that progress will result from the grant provided by the Flextronics Foundation.
· Grants are provided for services within the areas in which Flextronics' personnel live and work and/or where Flextronics' suppliers and customers live and work. Preference is given to those charitable organizations where Flextronics employees donate their time and are actively involved.
· The applicant must understand that grants are generally to be expended within one year, without expectation of further support.
· The applicant must be able to demonstrate competence in the sound financial management of the organization.
In Asia and Europe, grant applications are evaluated as they are received.
However please note that in the Americas, applications are evaluated on a quarterly basis at the end of March, June, September, and December of each year.
If you experience problems with the Flextronics Foundation online application, please contact them at: tech.support@flextronics.com.
http://www.flextronics.com/en/Default.aspx?tabid=120
France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterand
Since its creation in 1986, France Libertés- Fondation Danielle Mitterand has strived to promote active and responsible citizenship, human rights, peace, democracy and social development by encouraging grass-roots development, networking of all information relevant to sustainable development among NGOs and raising public and media awareness of successful development alternatives. The four areas of intervention of the foundation are: “For Water and for Life”, “Education”, “A Stable and Responsible Economy” and “Democratic Practices”. The foundation funds grass-roots initiatives worldwide.
For additional information, http://www.france-libertes.fr/
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Harry Guggenheim established the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation to support research on violence, aggression, and dominance because he was convinced that solid, thoughtful, scholarly and scientific research, experimentation, and analysis would in the end accomplish more than the usual solutions impelled by urgency rather than understanding. We do not yet hold the solution to violence, but better analyses, more acute predictions, constructive criticisms, and new, effective ideas will come in time from investigations such as those supported by their grants. Grants are open internationally as noted below.
The foundation places a priority on the study of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world and also encourages related research projects in neuroscience, genetics, animal behavior, the social sciences, history, criminology, and the humanities which illuminate modern human problems. Grants have been made to study aspects of violence related to youth, family relationships, media effects, crime, biological factors, intergroup conflict related to religion, ethnicity, and nationalism, and political violence deployed in war and sub-state terrorism, as well as processes of peace and the control of aggression.
Dissertations
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
In addition to our program of support for postdoctoral research, ten or more dissertation fellowships are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year. These fellowships of $15,000 each are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner, and it is only appropriate to apply for support for the final year of Ph.D. work. Applications are evaluated in comparison with each other and not in competition with the postdoctoral research proposals. Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country.
Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Research with no useful relevance to understanding and attempting to cope with problems of human violence and aggression will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
Applications for dissertation fellowships must be received by February 1 for a decision in June.
Applications are reviewed during the spring term and final decisions are made by the Board of Directors at its meeting in June. Applicants will be informed promptly by letter of the Board's decision.
Awards ordinarily commence on September 1, but other starting dates (after July 1) may be requested if the nature of the project makes this appropriate.
These grants are made to Ph.D. candidates who are in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun. Both you and your advisor are asked to assure them that the thesis will be complete within the grant year, which may commence in July, August, or September of the year you apply and ends twelve months later. In some disciplines, particularly experimental fields, research and writing can reasonably be expected to be completed within one year, and in that case it is appropriate to apply. In all other cases, do not apply for support for your dissertation research. And if your analysis and writing are not far enough along for you to be confident that you will complete the dissertation within the year, do not apply. The application will not be competitive with those that comply with their timetable, it will not have a chance of funding, and your poor judgment will taint your chances of receiving a fellowship in the following year, when you are truly eligible.
Research
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
Particular questions that interest HFG concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Research with no useful relevance to understanding human problems will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
HFG awards research grants to individuals for individual projects and does not award grants to institutions for institutional programs. As discussed in the section on "Budgeting & Taxation," individuals who receive research grants may be subject to taxation on the funds awarded, depending on locality, tax status, timing, nature of the award, and other factors.
HFG ordinarily makes awards in the range of $15,000 to $30,000 a year for periods of one or two years. Applications for larger amounts and longer durations must be very strongly justified.
New applications must be received by August 1, for a decision in December. Applications are received once a year and final decisions are made by the Board of Directors at its meeting in December. Applicants will be informed promptly by letter of the Board's decision. Grants ordinarily commence on January 1, but later starting dates may be requested if the nature of the research makes this appropriate.
Applications for continuation are also due on August 1 for a decision in December or on February 1 for a decision in June.
http://www.hfg.org/
DONOR - The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation promotes social justice and human rights through its five programme areas: Jewish life, strengthening Israeli democracy, educational opportunity, health and mental health, and human rights. The Human Rights programme currently focuses on women's and reproductive rights and the right to education, particularly for adolescents and adults.
The Foundation's work is primarily but not exclusively international, with a special interest in efforts that link domestic and international issues. In addition, the Foundation occasionally makes grants to organisations that work across a range of human rights issues, particularly to support capacity-building efforts and training.
For more information, http://www.blaufund.org/
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will award a total of US$5 million to individuals, organizations or businesses from any country to implement a project that will transform community news. The Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. The Knight Foundation supports ideas and projects that create transformational change.
Anybody, anywhere in the world is eligible for funding — if the project meets all of the following criteria:
1. Use digital media.
2. Involve new forms of news in the public interest.
3. Focus on specific geographic community.
Applications for the “Knight News Challenge” can be submitted from July 1 – and only on or after July 1 - until December 31. Winners will be announced in the first half of 2008.
http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=306344&LID=1
The JPMorgan Chase Foundation welcomes grant inquiries from non-governmental organizations working internationally in the Foundation's three focus areas: community development; youth education; and arts and culture. Of particular interest are requests in the areas of microfinance and support for small business development; low-income housing; youth education in low-income communities; and arts and culture projects aimed at promoting asset development in low-income communities.
All requests will be reviewed by the JPMorgan Chase office in the country where the project will be implemented.
How to apply
International organizations based in the U.S. should apply using an on-line process.
To be considered for a grant, an organization must be working in one of the countries outside the U.S. where JPMorgan Chase has a grants program. For a list of those countries, organized by region, please check International Eligibility.
International organizations based outside the U.S. will apply using a paper application. To request an application, please submit a short preliminary proposal via e-mail to the person coordinating grants for the region in which you are based:
Asia, Pacific: john.knight@jpmorgan.com
Europe, Middle East, Africa: duncan.grant@jpmorganfleming.com
Latin America and Canada: brooke.d.harlow@jpmorgan.com
Preliminary e-mail inquiries should contain only the following information. Please submit the information in the order presented below:
Organization name and address
E-mail address of contact person
Mission statement of organization (no more than one sentence)
Title and description of project for which a grant is proposed (no more than two sentences)
Location of proposed project
Approximate budget of proposed project (in U.S. dollars)
Amount requested in U.S. dollars
To reach a grants officer and/or initiate the first step in the application process, please identify the region where your organization provides services:
Asia, Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Czech Republic
Egypt
France
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russian Federation
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Latin America and Canada
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
Peru
Venezuela
http://www.ijnehttp://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants/intt.org/Director.aspx?P=Fellowship
The Ludwick Family Foundation awards grants for new vehicles or equipment, equipment replacement and modernization, improvements to facilities, and educational materials. They are interested in tangible items that tend to remain with an organization. Ludwick Family Foundation varies from many other foundations in that it tends to provide grants for tangible types of items that assist a program or project, rather than funding the program itself. The geographic areas of interest are throughout the United States (highest percentage in California) or U.S. based international organizations.
Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000 and are made for a single year.
The Foundation does not grant requests for:
* Salaries
* General Operating Expenses
* Travel Expenses
* Scholarships
* Endowment Funds
* Fundraising Events or Capital Campaigns
* Feasibility Studies or Consulting Fees
* Advertising
* Research
* Political Lobbying, Voter Registration or Political Campaigns
* Insurance or Maintenance Contracts
* Printing Expenses
No requests accepted from:
* Public/Private Schools (K-12)
* Universities/Colleges
* Child Day Care/Development Centers
* Fiscal Agents
* Libraries
* Hospitals
* Individuals
* Faith-based Organizations
It is their preference that organizations apply for a grant by using the INITIAL REQUEST FORM. If for some reason you are unable to send your request from our ON-LINE INITIAL REQUEST FORM please call the Ludwick Family Foundation (626-852-0092) office to make arrangements to send a request by mail. All requests must be authorized before they are accepted by mail.
Address requests to Program Officer, Deanna Monaghan,
Ludwick Family Foundation
PO Box 1796
Glendora, CA 91740
Phone: (626) 852-0092
Fax: (626) 852-0776
ludwickfndn@ludwick.org
Any requests received after a deadline will be considered during the next grant cycle. Upon review of all requests, Board members will determine to which organizations invitations for full proposals will be sent. Applications will be mailed to those organizations by October 31 for the February grant cycle, or by May 31 for the October grant cycle.
Initial Requests are only accepted during these times:
July 1 - September 1 and January 1 - March 1
Full proposals are by invitation only.
http://www.ludwick.org/guide.html
New Field Foundation
The New Field Foundation contributes to the creation of a safe and sustainable world by supporting women and their families to overcome poverty, violence and injustice in their communities. Based in San Francisco , California, USA, New Field Foundation is newly established and operates in support of Tides Foundation's international grant making. The Foundation goal is to have long-term relationships with a variety of organisations that share similar values and vision.
For more information, please see www.newfieldfound.org/grants.html
The Peace Stone Foundation
The ultimate goal of The Peace Stone Foundation is to bring the world peace. Improving educational opportunities so that children can learn and grow international understanding and harmonization is their mission .The Peace Stone Foundation activities incorporate providing assistance to educational projects for children such as; literacy training in developing countries and assisting NGOs and relevant organisations which are active in helping educational programs internationally.
The Foundation's focus is in Southeast Asia, Africa and other developing countries.
For more info on the Peace Stone Foundation please see www.peace-stone.org
Resist
Resist, founded in 1967, was originally formed to oppose the war
in Vietnam and to support draft resistance. By the 1970s, Resist
expanded its scope dramatically by making the connection between
the unequal distribution of power and money at home, and a system
of U.S. domination abroad. Today, Resist remains a political
organization committed to radical social change, and the activist
groups that are funded reflect Resists goal of an equitable
distribution of wealth and power. As such, Resist funds small
budget groups who struggle towards a broad vision of social
justice, while continuing to oppose political and institutional
oppression.
Resist also funds local solidarity organizations for movements in
many different parts of the world.
Resist seeks to fund organizations that are actively part of a
movement for social change and that demonstrate an understanding
of the connections among oppressions. As part of the application
process, potential grantees must provide specific information
concerning their position, programs and coalition work on a range
of important issues. Resist seeks an honest evaluation from
organizations about their position, or lack of a position, on
issues of race, class, gender, reproductive rights, lesbian and
gay rights, age and disability. Resist believes that building a
movement for social change requires groups to discuss issues that
may not be central to their organization or work. For those
organizations who have not had the opportunity to address these
issues, they hope that their grant process will help to
facilitate such discussions.
Resist gives small but timely grants and loans to grassroots
groups engaged in activist organizing and educational work within
movements for social change. Resist defines organizing as
collective action to challenge the status quo, demand changes in
policy and practice, and educate communities about root causes
and just solutions. Resist recognizes that there are a variety of
stages and strategies that lead to community organizing.
Therefore, they support strategies that build community,
encourage collaborations with other organizations, increase
skills and/or access to resources, and produce leadership from
the constituency being most directly affected.
High priority is given to groups that fall outside of mainstream
funding sources because they are considered to be too "radical."
To this end, Resist supports both on-going or new projects that
address social and/or economic injustice. A sample of Resists
interests include: community organizing and anti-racism projects;
economic justice; environmental protection; the struggle for gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights; health, AIDS and
disability issues; labor; progressive media and culture
resources; Native Americans/native peoples;
peace/anti-militarism; prisoners; women; and youth. Resist also
funds local solidarity organizations for movements in many
different parts of the world.
Resist funds organizations that:
a.. organize or educate people to take action;
b.. encourage alliances and collaboration among social change
organizations;
c.. promote innovative approaches to organizing; and
d.. promote organizational longevity (e.g. through development
of fund raising strategies, publicity and outreach campaigns)
Priority
As defined above, organizations with an annual budget of $125,000
or less may apply for a one-year grant with the maximum amount
requested not to exceed $3,000. Resist provides funds for general
support as a means of enabling grantees to build infrastructure
and capacity while engaged in on-going social justice activism. A
description of our tribute grants can be found here.
Multi-Year Grant Program
Grantees who have been funded by Resist at least two times during
the preceding five years may apply for a multi-year grant.
Multi-year grants will cover a three year period and are designed
to provide general support to eligible grantee organizations. All
multi-year applicants must: 1) submit answers to Resist's
Multi-Year Grant Questionnaire, and 2) be currently eligible to
receive grant awards under Resist's Funding Guidelines.
Technical Assistance:
Resist will provide small awards to enable existing grantees to
attend technical assistance opportunities. Grantees who have been
funded at least two times during the preceding five years may
apply for a Technical Assistance grant. Funds will be available
on a quarterly basis and will be dispersed on a first come-first
serve basis. Proposals are reviewed and grants awarded within a
two week time frame for trainings that will occur within 3-5
months of the award. Funding guidelines for technical assistance
grants can be found here.
Emergency
Emergency grants of up to $300 are available on an as-needed
basis. These grants are designed to help groups respond quickly
to unexpected organizing needs. While it is impossible to
precisely define an emergency, these grants are generally given
to provide support for demonstrations or other events arising
from a political crisis. These grants are not intended to provide
a safety net for groups who have failed to adequately plan for
their financial needs, or who have missed the regular funding
deadline.
Accessibility
Resist is committed to supporting projects that enable all people
to participate in the movement for social justice. Resist will
fund the additional costs of projects or events which will make
them accessible to people with disabilities (e.g. signers for
events, or wheelchair accessible venues) for amounts up to
$3,000. Application procedures are the same as for priority
grants and are considered at Resist board meetings. Decisions on
accessibility grants are based on the potential success of the
underlying project.
Loans
Resist has a revolving loan fund for groups that are planning
direct mailings, fund raising events, subscription campaigns and
other projects that are intended to raise money. Groups can also
apply to the Resist loan fund for advance payments on bus rentals
to transport members to marches or rallies. Loans are available
in increments of $500 up to $3,000. Loan recipients are expected
to repay the loan within six months unless a specific agreement
has been made to the contrary. Application procedures for loans
are the same as for grants and are considered at Resist board
meetings. Decisions on loans are based on the potential success
of the project, the group's ability to repay the loan, as well as
Resist's previously stated priorities for grantmaking.
Range of Grants: $300 - $3,000
Please feel free to call them at 617/623-5110 if you have any
questions about the application process or the suitability of
your project for funding.
Deadlines: 1 June, 1 August and 1 October
http://www.resistinc.org/
Fellowships for Threatened Academics: Professors, Researchers and Lecturers
Application Deadline: 5 March 2008
The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries.
These fellowships permit professors, researchers and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues and the community at large. When conditions improve, these scholars will return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression.
For more information, http://www.iie.org/programs/srf/app.htm
DONOR - Siemenpuu Foundation
The Siemenpuu Foundation offers support for civil society organisations in developing countries working for ecological democracy, environmental protection and prevention of environmental threats. The Foundation believes in the protection of biological and cultural diversity, and for making societies and global decision-making structures more democratic.
The Siemenpuu Foundation supports people in the global South who give stronger voices to communities working for biological and cultural diversity. The Foundation gives priority to projects under two areas of funding: Activism, advocacy and lobbying connected to environmental issues and Projects promoting ecological democracy in forest and forest land issues.
For more information, see www.siemenpuu.org
Funding Statement:
The STARS Foundation works to improve the lives of disadvantaged children around the world. It does so by supporting organisations which achieve excellence in the provision of health, education and protection services for children and by encouraging the replication of effective approaches and practices.
Address:
Charles House, 4th Floor, 375 Kensington High Street, London,
United Kingdom W14 8AH
Phone: +448703349000
Fax: +448703348999
Email: info@starsfoundation.org.uk
URL: http://www.starsfoundation.org.uk
Contact Person: Zahra Thioune
Urgent Action Fund (UAF)
Through its Global Rapid Response Grant-Making Programme, UAF collaborates with women activists in three primary contexts: peace building in situations of armed conflict, escalating violence, or politically volatile environments; potentially precedent-setting legal and legislative actions; and protection of women human rights defenders.
UAF grants are intended to enable short-term interventions in the course of long-term strategies for advancing women’s human rights.
All proposals must demonstrate the following criteria:
Strategic - the action is related to a pre-determined plan to create structural change that will advance women’s human rights;
Unanticipated and Time Urgent - the situation or opportunity is unanticipated and action must happen quickly to be effective;
Sustainable - the group is able to carry out the proposed action effectively and can secure funding for future work related to the strategy;
Supported - the group has the support of others involved in women’s human rights or related fields, locally or globally.
Proposals other than English, Spanish, French or Kiswahili may require more time for translation.
For additional information, click here. http://www.urgentactionfund.org/
WINGS Global Fund for Community Foundations
The Community foundations are grantmaking organisations of the WINGS Global Fund which seeks to improve the quality of life for all people in a defined geographic area that are independent from control or influence by other organisations, governments or donors.
Letters of intent can be received at any time and the Global Fund will respond to them within two weeks of receipt.
For Organisational Development and Challenge grants, eligible applicants will be invited to complete an application form.
For more information, see www.wings-globalfund.org/applying-who.cfm