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Funding Opportunities for NGOs
Funding Opportunities for NGOs is created by Good Governance Forum, the first and only interactive think tank on governance in Pakistan, to apprise the NGOs in Pakistan of the opportunities to raise funds for their organizations. Visit http://fundraisingadvisoryservice.blogspot.com or email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com for more info.
Monday 23 May 2016
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Thursday 5 May 2016
May 3, 2016
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction provides grants for poverty reduction and related social development activities with priority placed on the poorest and most vulnerable groups living in destitution in ADB developing member countries (DMCs), primarily on innovative programs designed or implemented by local communities or NGOs which contribute to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals especially inhealth and education.
Focus Areas
- Energy
- Information and Communications Technology
- Transport
- Urban Development
- Water
- Agriculture and Food Security
- Education
- Environment, Climate change and Disaster Risk Management
- Finance Sector Development
- Gender and Development
- Governance and Public Management
- Health
- Regional Cooperation and Integration
- Social Development and Poverty
- Sustainable Development Goals
Grants Focus
The grants are intended to focus on activities which
- respond directly to the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable groups through new and innovative methods;
- support initiatives that lead to rapid, demonstrable benefits with positive prospects of developing into sustainable activities; or
- build ownership, capacity, empowerment and participation of local communities, non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) and other civil society groups to facilitate their involvement in projects financed by ADB.
All ADB DMCs are eligible for JFPR grants.
For assistance, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
The Hilden Charitable Fund: Grants for Community Development, Education and Health
May 3, 2016
The Hilden Charitable Fund awards grants to projects both in theUK and in developing countries with an aim to address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions.
Hilden’s grant making priorities overseas are for projects in developing countries working on community development, education, and health. Trustees will particularly welcome projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women.
The average grants are £5,000.
Priority Areas
The Hilden Trustees wish to support projects helping people in the following areas:
In the UK: Hilden’s grant making priorities are: Homelessness, Penal Affairs, Asylum Seekers andRefugees, and Community Based initiatives for Disadvantaged Young People Aged 16 to 25.
Overseas: Hilden’s grant making priorities overseas are for projects in developing countries working on community development, education, and health. Trustees will particularly welcome projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants can be
- organisation registered and operating in the UK
- organisation registered and operating in an overseas country
For U.K
- Applying Organization’s project should meet one of the above listed priority areas.
- The organization must be formally constituted with a bank account and committee.
- Organization should demonstrate UK charitable purpose.
- Income of the organization should be less than £500,000 in the last financial year.
- Organization’s agency should have less than 12 months cash reserves.
For developing Countries
- Applying Organization’s project should meet one of the above listed priority areas.
- The organization must be formally constituted with a bank account and committee.
- Organization should demonstrate UK charitable purpose.
- Income of the organization should be less than £500,000 in the last financial year.
How to Apply
All applicants to the Fund are requested to complete an application form outlining their request for funds, and their legal and financial status.
For assistance, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
The Pollination Project: Seed Grants to Social Change Projects
May 3, 2016
The Pollination Project provides small startup grants to individual change makers.
The Pollination Project seeks to unleash GOODNESS and expand COMPASSION all over the world. It makes daily seed grants to inspiring social change-makers who are committed to a world that works for all. It seeks to fund at the very grassroots to the projects that are created by and with those who are impacted.
The project was started on January 1, 2013 and since then it has provided funding to over 1,200 seed grants in 60 countries.
The Purpose of a Pollination Project Seed Grant is to support passionate, committed people with an early-stage social change vision.
Funding Priorities
- Animal rights and welfare
- Arts and culture
- Economic empowerment
- Environmental sustainability
- Health and wellness
- Human rights and dignity
- Kindness and generosity
- Leadership development
- Schools and education
- Youth
Eligibility Criteria
- The foundation funds projects both in US & outside the US. In order to facilitate payment to international grantees, grants made outside the US require a bank account or paypal account for payment.
- International grants must be for projects that are conducted entirely outside of the US.
- Passionate, committed people with a social change vision that fits within one or more of the categories above are eligible to apply for the grants.
- Applicants must have their projects in their early stage of development.
- Projects with a clear target audience and compelling plan to reach and impact that target audience in a positive way will be preferred.
- Projects must not expect to earn income or any income will be used for a purely charitable effort.
- Funding will not be made for the same project twice or ongoing operations of projects.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For assistance, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
Apply for AmplifyChange Opportunity Grants: Helping Groups Try out New Ideas
May 3, 2016
AmplifyChange
through its Opportunity Grants helps
groups try out new ideas, implement their plans or make the most of
circumstances where there may be a good chance to bring about some sort of
positive change.
This grant
serves as an opportunity for the organisations to contribute to making or
supporting change to help improve SRHR. Groups can apply for an Opportunity
grant:
- to try a new idea for SRHR
advocacy
- to make the most of a political
or social opportunity
- to experiment
- to carry out needed activities
- to learn and share lessons
AmplifyChange
welcome applications from groups that support and lead the engagement of young
people and girls to shape, implement, and monitor and ensure accountability for
the new global goals.
It wants to
support the energy and ideas of young people, and support their role in
ensuring the success of the new global development agenda that connect to its
priority theme areas.
Grants
Information
- Opportunity grants can be up to
a maximum of 10,000 Euros.
- There is no lower limit to
Opportunity grant funding,
so you can apply for less than 10,000
Priorities
- Ending unsafe abortion
- Sexual health of
young people
- Gender-based violence
- Stigma & discrimination
- Access for the marginalized and
vulnerable
Eligible
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
CAR, Chad, Comoros, Congo
(Brazzaville), Congo DRC, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia,Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal,Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sao Tome and
Principe,Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,
Somalia, South Africa,
South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, West Bank and,
Gaza, Strip, Yemen(Arab
Republic), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Eligibility
Criteria
All civil society organizations registered
and operating in all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and
South AsiaAND all
countries classified by the OECD DAC as Least Developed, Other Least Developed
or Lower-Middle-Income Countries ODA recipients in Latin America,
Pacific Asia, North Africa and West Asia where the evidence from SRHR
indicators shows poor outcomes are eligible to apply.
For
assistance, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
Global Innovation Fund: Transforming Ideas into Impact
The Global Innovation Fund invests in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world.
The fund is always open to the best approaches to solve any major development problem in low- or lower-middle income countries to scale up commercially, through the public/philanthropic sector, or through a combination of both in order to achieve widespread adoption.
Through its grants and risk capital, the fund supports breakthrough solutions to global development challenges from social enterprises, for-profit firms, non-profit organisations, international organisations, researchers, and government agencies.
GIF is nonprofit innovation fund headquartered in London. It is supported by the Department of International Development in the UK, the United States Agency for International Development, the Omidyar Network, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia.
Grants Information
- GIF offers grants, loans (including convertible debt), and equity investments ranging from USD $50,000 to $15 million.
- For-profit institutions requesting grants must give compelling rationale on why they are requesting grants rather than risk capital such as equity or debt, such as why the innovation can be considered as a public good that benefits society.
Eligibility Criteria
Anyone may apply, including teams from social enterprises, for-profit companies, non-profit organizations, government agencies, international organisations, and researchers in any country.
For assistance, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
Sunday 24 April 2016
USAID Broad Agency Announcement for Global Health Challenges
Deadline: 13 April 2017
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is inviting applicants for USAID Global Health Challenges to seek opportunities to co-create, co-design, coinvest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, testing, and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-effective interventions to address the most pressing problems in global health.
It is to generate novel tools and approaches that accelerate and sustain improved health outcomes in developing countries.
Criteria for Consideration
- Initial submissions are not evaluated against other submissions, but solely whether USAID believes that the submitter will be a valuable contributor to the co-creation process.
- Concept Papers are not evaluated against other submissions, but solely based on USAID’s determination that the Concept Paper will successfully address the Problem and Challenges set forth herein.
- Decisions regarding USAID’s pursuit of a particular project, technology or relationship are based on the available evidence, data and resulting analysis.
- The reputations of an organization, its past performance, the managerial and technical ability of the person or team of people engaged in the endeavor are always significant considerations in assessing the potential and the risks associated with each award.
- Additional criteria that may be considered under this BAA to indicate that the submission successfully addresses the Problem and Challenges will be specified in each Addendum.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public, private, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organizations, non-governmental organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. governmental organizations, multilateral and international donor organizations are eligible under this BAA.
- All organizations must be determined to be responsive to the BAA and sufficiently responsible to perform or participate in the final award type.
For more information, please email to goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
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