GSMA mWomen Innovation Fund’s NGO Grants now launched

Deadline: 1 November 2013

The GSMA mWomen Programme with the support of USAID and AusAID has launched the Round 4 of the NGO Grants under the GSMA mWomen Innovaton Fund which provides seed funding for NGOs to design and launch an economically sustainable product/service, distribution model or marketing campaign (an ‘offering’) that increases women’s access to and use of mobile phones and value-added services (‘VAS’).

The GSMA mWomen Programme was launched by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in October 2010, the GSMA mWomen Global Development Alliance is a programme in partnership with USAID, AusAID, GSMA and Visa. It aims to increase women’s access to and use of mobile phones and life-enhancing mobile services in developing markets.

The GSMA mWomen Innovation Fund for NGOs aims to provide funding to NGOs in order to:

    Accelerate the use of mobile technology to achieve development-related goals, specifically the empowerment of resource-poor women
    Provide solutions to the barriers to women’s adoption and use of mobile phones and value-added services (“VAS”)
    Generate lessons and models of success which can be shared with the wider development community, as well as mobile operators

The strategies that can be adopted can be:

    Develop content or a service that is life-enhancing for resource-poor women, which can be widely disseminated via mobile. This could take place in the domain of health, agriculture, access to finance, entrepreneurship, education, etc. OR:
    Support a mobile network operator (“MNO”) in the design and launch of an offering that will increase resource-poor women’s access to and use of mobile. The NGO’s contribution could be done through generating actionable consumer insights, using grassroots networks to access the target communities, running educational campaigns, etc.

In both cases, it is required that the NGO is in partnership with an MNO. The concept note should outline who the MNO partner is, the role it would play and its economic incentive for doing so. By application stage, the operator partnership must be formalised and the Selection Panel will require written evidence of the commitment of the proposed MNO partner to the project.

The Fund will support projects in low- and middle-income countries in:

    Sub-Saharan Africa
    North Africa and Middle East
    South and Southeast Asia

The deadline to submit concept note is 1 November 2013. For more information, visit this link.

ASA-Funded Book Donation Projects

Deadline: 28 February 2014

The African Studies Association (ASA) provides cash grants of book donation programs. In 2013, it organized the Gretchen Walsh Book Donation Award to assist book donation projects with shipping costs to send books to African libraries and schools.

For the 2014, it has currently issued a call for applications for the same. The Africana Librarians Council Book Donations Committee reads grant proposals and makes recommendations to ASA. ASA grants generally support small grants in amounts from $200 to $1000. Past awards are listed here. Those applying for partial funding of a project should clearly show how additional funding will be solicited. The grants are intended to encourage innovative projects that incorporate essential elements, including:

1. Recipient participation

Book donation programs should reflect a partnership between institutions in Africa and the US with a liaison contact from each institution. While large scale donations of container-loads of books can be effective, the ASA is trying to fill a perceived gap by increasing the number of small to medium-sized projects that focus on specific, articulated needs. Community based, grassroot project involvement with benefit to broad, non-sectarian populations are encouraged.

2. High quality materials

While books need not be new, they should be in good condition and relevant to the recipient’s needs. Books can be procured from libraries’ duplicates, personal libraries, books stores, students and publishers.

3. Attention to details of logistics

The project plan should include a place to store books as they are being collected, a means of reviewing the books for physical quality and relevance to the recipient’s request, materials and staff for packing, a means of shipping to Africa, and all necessary paperwork for customs and shipping. The ASA cannot offer any services in arranging shipping or other logistics. Our role is to supply funding to the greatest extent possible.
For more information, visit this link.

GEF Small Grants Programme – Call for Project Concept Notes from NGOs/CBOs

Deadline- 17 October 2013

Small Grants Programme (SGP) is being organized under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This program is being funded by The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The purpose of this program is to deliver global environmental benefits in the areas of : biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, protection of fresh water and marine resources, prevention of land degradation and elimination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other harmful chemicals through community-based approaches.

The SGP will support small scale projects relating to the above 5 thematic areas, for activities that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people’s well-being and livelihoods, taking into consideration gender, vulnerability and equality concerns.

Grant offered-

The maximum grant amount obtainable per project is US$ 30,000. However, in exceptional cases US $ 50 000 may be considered.

Eligibility & Criteria-

Civil society organizations (CSOs) with priority for national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), farmers, scientific community, women’s groups, and the youth and children organizations.

For more information, visit this link

Google Grants – AdWords for Non-Profits

Interested organizations are invited to apply for Google Grants offered by Google for Nonprofits. The purpose of this Google grant is to empower nonprofit organizations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google.com. These tools can help them to find new donors and volunteers, work efficiently, and get supporters to take action.

Grant offered-

    A daily budget set to $329 USD, which is equivalent to about $10,000 per month
    A maximum cost-per-click (CPC) limit of $2.00 USD
    Only run keyword-targeted campaigns
    Only appear on Google.com
    Only run text ads

Submission Required-

    ads must ONLY link to the ONE nonprofit website URL that was approved in the application.
    Applicants are required to actively manage the AdWords account by logging in monthly. Should they not log in to organizations account for 30 days, account will be subject to pausing without notification.
    ads must reflect the mission of the approved nonprofit organization and their keywords must be relevant to the nonprofit’s programs and services.
    Strictly commercial advertising is not allowed through this program. If they intend to promote products or services, 100% of the sales and/or proceeds must support their program.
    Google ads cannot link to pages that are primarily links to other websites.
    Ads offering financial products (such as mortgages or credit cards) or those requesting car, boat or property donations and related keywords are not allowed.
    Applicants website cannot display Google AdSense ads or affiliate advertising links while participating in Google Grants.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    Hold current and valid charity status, as determined by their country
    Acknowledge and agree to the application’s required certifications regarding nondiscrimination and donation receipt and use
    Have a functioning website with substantial content
For more information, visit this link

Fostering Social Inclusion

Deadline- 24 October 2013

Proposals are accepted for Annual Operational Programme Human Resources Development (OPHRD) under EuropeAid. The purpose of this program is to foster the development of human resources, in particular by improving the quantity and quality of human capital, leading to more and better jobs, higher growth and development and the increased national competitiveness at international level. The program aims to focus most vulnerable disadvantaged men and women. The problems of social inclusion are especially relevant in the economically disadvantaged areas.

Objectives-

    to increase the activation and involvement of persons at risk of social exclusion in the labour market by mobilising and/or improving their skills, education, qualification and facilitating their full integration into the society and in particular their access to the labour market.
    to facilitate integration of individuals from ethnic minority communities, especially women into the labour market through enhancement of their employment potentials.
    to strengthen the role of relevant stakeholders (local self-government units, governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders) in the development, implementation and monitoring of social inclusion programs with special focus on building partnerships, networking and cooperation.

Thematic areas-

    Fostering social inclusion of the disadvantaged persons into the labour market
    Integration of Minority Ethnic Communities in the Labour Market with special focus on women
    Empowering Relevant Actors in the Field of Social Inclusion

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 3 600 000.The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 15 months nor exceed 24 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit-making
    be specific types of organisations such as: non-governmental organisations, public sector operators (excluding ministries), local authorities, social partners (associations of employers, associations of employees), international (inter-governmental) organisations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation
    be established in a Member State of the European Union or countries that are beneficiaries of the IPA instrument or the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument or countries of the European Economic Area.
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
    have a track record of competence and/or experience in the field of social inclusion for the specific target groups of this Call for Proposals and/or in the type of actions proposed in the application
    have a track record of experience in project management as demonstrated by the list of the main projects carried out by the applicant in the last three years relating to the objective of the call
    have access to stable and adequate funding to maintain its activities for the period of action implementation, i.e. have a turnover in the last financial year of at least the equivalent of 100% of the grant requested.

For more information, visit this link

Call for Proposals for Environmental Governance and Mainstreaming Project

Deadline- 1 October 2013

Proposals are accepted for Environmental Governance and Mainstreaming Project under the European Union. The purpose of this program is to increase environmental awareness of the public in relation to environmental governance and climate change, and the progress towards environmental sustainability in Sierra Leone.

Thematic areas-

    Environmental awareness
    Climate change projects

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 1.4 million. The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 12 months, nor exceed 24 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal person
    be non profit making
    be specific types of organisations such as: non-governmental organisations, civil society operators, local authorities,
    be established in Sierra Leone. This obligation does not apply to international non-governmental organisations
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary.

For more information, visit this link

You are here: Home / Latest Funds for NGOs / Apply for The Coca-Cola Foundation’s Community Support Opportunity Apply for The Coca-Cola Foundation’s Community Support Opportunity

The Coca-Cola Foundation offers community support programs that lead to the improvement of the quality of life of the communities. Its community investment priorities reflect the global and local nature of the business and focuses on those global pillars where The Coca-Cola Company can make a unique and sustainable difference: water stewardship, active healthy living, community recycling, and education.

Organizations outside of the United States can apply for funding support from the Foundation. However, they are required to prove their charitable status.

The Coca-Cola Foundation and its affiliated regional foundations do not generally support:

    Individuals (For scholarship information, visit The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation website.)
    Organizations that discriminate based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age or disability
    Religious endeavors
    Political, legislative, lobbying or organizations
    Movie, film or television documentaries
    Website development
    Concerts or other entertainment events
    Beauty contests, fashion shows or hair shows
    Fraternal organizations and related events
    Local sports or athletic teams
    Travel or organized field trips
    Family reunions
    Marketing sponsorships or cause marketing or advertising projects (For marketing sponsorship requests, visit the Contact Us section)
    U.S. based local schools, including charter schools, pre-schools, elementary schools, middle schools or high schools
    U.S.-based organizations that do not have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, or the equivalent
    Organizations formed outside the U. S. that do not have a charitable equivalency status under the laws and provisions of their respective government

All requests for community support in the form of grants or sponsorships for consideration by The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Foundation or any of its affiliated regional foundations must be submitted through an online application system. Those proposals meeting specific guidelines, and further our strategic goals and objectives, will be considered for funding. Applications that are faxed or mailed will be returned to the organization with an invitation to apply through the online application.

Applications are accepted round the year. For more information, visit this link.

New Human Rights Funding for over 50 countries

The Government of the Netherlands under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a new funding opportunity for NGOs in different countries to support small activities under the Human Rights Fund Small Activities 2013.

As proposals under this Fund are being accepted round the year, Netherlands has 1.2 million Euros for it during 2013.

In order to be eligible to apply for this fund, applicants should be able to related theri projects to one of the following sub-themes:

    Protection and support for human rights defenders;
    Equal rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT);
    Equal rights for women focused on political participation and prevention of violence against women;
    Combating the most serious human rights abuses (death penalty and torture);
    Promoting freedom of expression and internet freedom;
    Promoting freedom of religion and belief;
    Human rights and development;
    Business and human rights, including child labour.

Organizations from the following regions/countries can submit proposals:

The Priority countries Human Rights Fund are Algeria, DRC, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, South-Sudan, Somalia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, South-Africa, Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, North-Korea, Pakistan, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Bahrein, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel (Middle East Process), Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Authority areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates

As the success of the grant opportunity depends heavily on the success of the project, the following points will be taken into consideration:

    The proposal contains a specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-related realisation of the objectives into results, activities and resources.
    The manner in which the project contributes to the promotion of respect for human rights, particularly those human rights referred to in the human rights strategy ‘Respect and rights for everyone’, is clearly described.
    A description of the specific work to be performed to develop the project, including an attached schedule detailing the work to be performed.
    A detailed budget, consisting of the anticipated expenditure and funding is attached, including a liquidity prognosis.

Proposals may be submitted throughout the year from the effective date of this policy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate DMM, Bezuidenhoutseweg 67, P.O. Box 20061, 2500 EB The Hague, The Netherlands.

For more information, visit this link.

Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge

Deadline- 14 October 2013

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge which aims to enable 100 cities to better address the increasing shocks and stresses of the 21st century. The mission of this program is to receive technical support and resources for developing and implementing plans for urban resilience.

For the purposes of this challenge, a city will be defined by a population with over 50,000 inhabitants with a municipal government, or other elected or appointed chief executive office uniquely assigned to govern that population. Applications representing regional or metropolitan areas are permissible, but one municipal government must serve as the lead organization in the challenge application process.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    Challenge applicants may include municipal governments or major institutions (e.g., a nonprofit organization, university, chamber of commerce, or research center) that have a predominant affiliation/association with the city and demonstrate collaborative partnership with a municipal government. Strong preference will be given to municipal government applicants, unless circumstances do not allow for a city to represent itself.
    All applicants will be required to submit a letter of support from the senior-most representative of their city’s government, whether elected or appointed.
    To be eligible for consideration, each applicant must agree to any and all legal terms and conditions of the challenge, which will be posted when we begin accepting full applications in August 2013.

For more information, visit this link.

Cordaid’s 2013 Healthcare Award for Promoting the Health of Young People

Deadline: 22 September 2013

Cordaid (Catholic Organisation for Relief & Development Aid) is accepting applications for the 2013 Cordaid Healthcare Award for NGOs working for the promotion of the health of the young people. The Award provides a grant of € 10.000 to further strengthen activities in this field.

Youth-led Organisations, Community Based Organisations, Faith Based Organisations, Civil Society Organisations, (Non-) Governmental Organisations, and International Development Organisations can submit nominations. Cordaid wishes to put one organisation in the spotlight, which makes a difference to the health of young people in fragile areas. At the same time Cordaid also seeks to gain greater insight into how initiatives are developed and implemented. In particular initiatives that target both sexes, that support youth entrepreneurship and/or collaborate with (local) private actors.

The criteria for organisations selected are those who:

    Display outstanding innovative approaches to promote the health of young people;
    Are active in the above-mentioned field in one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Zimbabwe;
    Provide evidence of substantial impact and/or success achieved in this field;
    Take into consideration the sustainability and scaling up of the initiatives.

There will be three review rounds to identify the award winner:

The first Review Round will consist of an eligibility check (form and content) by the Cordaid project team.

The highest scoring 25% of all valid nominations received will be reviewed in Round 2 by a Cordaid Review Team, whereas a shortlist of the 10 overall highest scoring organisations will be reviewed in Round 3.

The Review Panels for round 3 will be external and composed of representatives of a variety of (inter)national development organisations with expertise in the field of health of young people.

For more information, visit this link.

Promoting Registered Employment II Grant Scheme

Deadline- 11 October 2013

EuropeAid is accepting applications for Promoting Registered Employment II Grant Scheme. The mission of this program is to contribute to the promotion of registered employment and decreasing unregistered employment in Turkey.

Objectives-

    To improve the capacity of relevant local actors on combating unregistered employment
    To promote innovative applicable activities for reducing unregistered employment
    To facilitate and encourage co-operation between organizations operating in labour market such as public bodies, semi-public bodies, chambers, social partners, NGO’s, universities etc
    To support bipartite and tripartite social dialogue mechanisms and inter-agency cooperation
    To raise the awareness of social security among employees and employers in order to make registered employment an attractive option for employers and employees
    To find effective methods for promoting registered employment at regional and local level
    To support sectoral or company based institutionalization

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 10.400.000. The planned duration of an action will be 12 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit-making
    be specific types of organisations such as: non-governmental organisations, public sector operators, local authorities, international (inter-governmental) organisations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation  and
    be established in  a Member State of the European Union or in a country that is a beneficiary of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), or in a country that is a beneficiary of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, or in a Member State of the European Economic Area. This obligation does not apply to international organisations
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary

For more information, visit this link

Global Development Network’s Global Research Competition

Deadline: 20 September 2013

The Global Development Network (GDN) invites researchers from developing countries and transition economies and best performing researchers from Regional Research Competitions (RRCs) to submit research proposals for its second round of the Global Research Competition (GRC) 2013.

The GRC is a competitive grant program under GDN’s Global Research Capacity Building Program. In this annual competition, social science researchers from developing countries and transition economies are invited to team up with researchers from around the world on collaborative interregional or cross-country research projects. The competition is inter-regional/cross-country both in terms of its analytic scope and team composition.

The research themes for the 2013 round of the GRC are:

    Theme 1: Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
    Theme 2: Food Security
    Theme 3: Political, Economic and Social Transformations

    Researchers from developing and transition countries: The GRC is open only to researchers from developing countries and transition economies (interested in interregional or cross-country research collaboration), with the requirement that they need to be citizens and current residents of any of these countries. For e.g. an Angolan residing in Chile is eligible to apply. The applicants can be asked to submit proof of their citizenship and residency through documents with legal standing, at any point during the competition.
        Please note that all personal information details as provided in the application (and CV) should be factually correct, else the application will be liable for disqualification. Any missing details may be asked to be provided.
        Inter-regional or cross-country team composition:
        Individual researchers: from developing and transition countries, seeking support in finding fellow researchers (with similar research thematic interest) to form eligible inter-regional or cross-country teams can apply for the competition. GDN will provide support to all individual applicants in finding peers for collaboration.
        Team applicants: pre-formed inter-regional or cross-country teams are encouraged to apply for the competition.
        Please note that in the selection process, only applications from eligible teams will be considered, so all applicants must eventually form inter-regional or cross-country teams i.e. include members from and research on, more than one developing country/region. For more information, please refer to the application process below.
        The teams may include at least two members and up to four.
        Applicants may collaborate with other applicants from same or different subdisciplines of social sciences.
        An individual may only be part of one team. Multiple collaborations will not be considered.
    Age:
        The upper age limit for an applicant is 45 years as of 15 June, 2013.
        The average age of the entire team must be below 40 years as of 15 June, 2013.
        Researchers (especially, female researchers) below the age of 35 years (as of 15 June, 2013) are strongly encouraged to apply.
    Expression of Interest (EOI) submission: Teams can submit only one EOI under only one theme.
        All team members must contribute equally to the research, at all stages. This should be clearly reflected in the Proposal.
    Global Training Workshop: Research teams with most innovative and interesting EOIs will be invited to attend a Global Training Workshop before the final selection of grant recipients. Shortlisted teams with more than two researchers must nominate any two researchers (from two different countries/regions) to attend the workshop.
    Call for Proposals (CFP): All eligible inter-regional or cross-country teams (including those that are not invited to attend the Global Training Workshop) can submit their full research proposals.

For more information, visit this link.

Call for Proposals for Environmental Governance and Mainstreaming Project

Deadline- 7 October 2013

Proposals are accepted for Environment Governance and Mainstreaming Project funded under EuropeAid. The mission of this program is to increase environmental awareness of the public in relation to environmental governance and climate change, and the progress towards environmental sustainability in Sierra Leone.

Thematic Areas-

    Environmental awareness
    Climate change projects

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 1.4 million. The initial planned duration of an action may not exceed 15 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit-making
    be specific types of organisations such as: non-governmental organisations, public sector operators, local authorities, international (inter-governmental) organisations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation
    be established in Sierra Leone
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies),not acting as an intermediary

For more information, visit this link