African Development Foundation Grants

The principal aim of the African Development Foundation (ADF)'s grants is to enable grassroots groups in Africa to generate increased income through productive enterprises that expand the overall economic production capacity and increase the economic security of their families and communities.

ADF provides small grants of US$250,000 or less to private and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Africa to:

• finance sustainable poverty alleviating initiatives that are conceived, designed, and implemented by Africans and aimed at enlarging opportunities for community development;

• stimulate and expand the participation of Africa's economically poor in the development of their countries; and

• build sustainable African institutions that foster grassroots development.

ADF only provides funding to organisations based in African countries where it works and has offices.

Presently, ADF works in: Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

ADF provides unsolicited grant support for projects focused on the development of micro- and small enterprises, export trade and investment activities of small and medium-scale enterprises, and participatory community development projects.

ADF may from time to time issue a Request for Applications (RFAs) for other activities. 

This grant has a rolling deadline.

For more information, please contact: African Development Foundation, 1400 I Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005-2248, USA. Tel.: +1 202 673 3916. Fax: +1 202 673 3810. E-mail: info@adf.gov.

New World Foundation

The New World Foundation provides grant support to activists working for the promotion of human rights in the United States and around the world. The Foundation has been supporting progressive activists for building strong alliances “for social justice, civil rights and economic and electoral issues since 1954.” The projects supported through the funds provided by the Foundation help build the capacities of the organizations and groups, their leadership, policy alternatives and new alliances for social change. 

The Foundation manages four funding programs and four special projects and programs. The funding programs include The Global Environmental Health & Justice Fund, The New Majority Fund, The Phoenix Fund for Workers & Communities, Arts and Justice Program and the Special Projects & Programs. The special projects and programs include COIN Take Action initiative, Resource Lab, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and Seminars & Workshops. Out of these programs, Global Environmental Health & Justice Fund provides funding to organizations based outside the United States. There are eight countries eligible to receive funding and these include

Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals.

Contact Information:

The New World Foundation
666 West End Ave
New York NY 10025
URL: http://newwf.org

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USAID funding opportunity for local NGOs in conflict mitigation and reconciliation program

The Annual Program Statement (APS) for Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) [Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM)] has issued this call for applications to provide funding to local NGOs in eligible countries as well as from qualified US and non-US non-profit and for-profit organizations to carry out activities that mitigate conflict and promote reconciliation by bringing together individuals of different ethnic, religious or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and war.

Eligible countries for this funding opportunity are:

•              Africa: Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, West Africa Regional

•              Asia: Philippines, Thailand, Regional Development Mission for Asia

•              Europe and Eurasia: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal

•              Latin America and the Caribbean: Peru, Guatemala, Middle East, Morocco, Yemen

USAID emphasizes upon a “people-to-people” approach while implementing conflict mitigation programs and encourages organizations to derive lessons learned and best practices for future people-to-people programming. Project proposals need to outline this approach and the strategies should be based upon best practices, building of capacities of local partners and integration of gender analysis. Projects that involve local participation, leading to sustainability of peacebuilding efforts are strong encouraged.

The proposed duration of the project can be between a minimum period of 12 months and a maximum period of 36 months. With total USAID allocation of US $15,500,000 for this program, applicants can propose project funding of US $100,000 to US $1,200,000. Local NGOs located in eligible countries can submit applications requesting funding amount of US $100,000 to US $500,000.

NGO contribution for the proposed project is not a requirement; however, applications that include additional in-kind and/or cash contributions from non-USG sources will be more competitive.

This call for applications is open up to 26 July 2011. However, USAID will review submitted projects in batches. The deadline for the accepting first batch of applications is 4 March 2011. For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number for “APS-OAA-11-000001.”

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UN Women’s Project Inspire seeking Life-changing Idea

UN Women Singapore and MasterCard have started a joint initiative called “PROJECT INSPIRE: 5 Minutes to Change the World” to help you create a better world of opportunities for women and girls in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

The initiative is inviting submissions of life-changing ideas on how to make a difference. If you have an inspirational idea that can empower women, improve their livelihoods and change the world, then you can submit it here. If your idea gets selected, you can win US $25,000 to make it a reality.

The idea should be creative and should make a meaningful impact with the limited resources you have. It should be practical enough and must inspire others to do the same. It should be accessible, doable, measurable and sustainable. The idea should lead to the empowerment of disadvantaged women or girls through education, skills training, financial inclusion and social entrepreneurship.

Ideas should be submitted in form of a video running for a length of five minutes. Applicants sending the submissions should be 18-35 years old.

Besides the winner getting the $25,000 grant, there will be a special recognition to the Best Financial Literacy/ Livelihood proposal which will win a start-up grant of US$10,000. Finalists will get an opportunity to come to Singapore to present their inspiring idea to an expert judging panel. You will also attend a workshop on sustainable social entrepreneurship and presentation skills training.

Submissions are open from 8 March – 30 June 2011. For more information, visit this link.

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