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COVID-19 Related Funding

Support for Research Addressing COVID-19 Health Surveillance
Social Sciences Research Council: Just Tech COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as part of its Just Tech program, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the risks, opportunities, and challenges posed by public health surveillance stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Proposals that interrogate the role the public and private sectors may play in mitigating or exacerbating the health crisis are specifically encouraged. The grants will support innovative research projects that deploy remote research methods to shed light on both the short- and potential long-term implications of public health interventions for a range of rights, liberties, and public goods. Researchers from any part of the world—based at both academic and nonacademic institutions—who hold a PhD in any social science discipline or related interdisciplinary field are eligible to apply. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the first period of review beginning on August 31, 2020. Visit the SSRC’s website to review the call for proposals.

Grants Enhance Resilience in African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
BIOPAMA Action Component: Rapid Response Grants
The BIOPAMA Action Component’s Rapid Response Grants are designed to respond to risks and difficulties induced by the COVID-19 crisis in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. Grants ranging up to 50,000 euros aim at increasing the resilience of protected areas and local communities’ livelihoods facing the risks and difficulties of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Applications should respond to emergency situations requiring rapid action, rather than proposing programmatic action on long-standing issues. The BIOPAMA Action Component is managed by IUCN on behalf of the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. Applications may be submitted at any time until December 31, 2020. Visit the BIOPAMA Action Component website (action.biopama.org) to download the Guidelines for Applicants.

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Global Funding Opportunities

Funding Benefits Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Onaway Trust
The Onaway Trust, a U.K. grantmaking charity, aims to help tribal peoples to defend their lives and preserve their knowledge. Onaway invests in small, appropriate projects that make a positive difference to the world’s few remaining indigenous peoples who are exemplars of how the Earth’s resources, sustainability, and cultural diversity can be maintained. Thematic areas of interest include honoring the earth, preserving traditional knowledge, and supporting indigenous rights. Examples of funded projects could include working with traditional indigenous groups who are facing annihilation at the hands of multinational corporations or addressing the changing global climate. Partnership inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Visit the Trust’s website to learn more about their work.

Food Donations Aim to Combat Hunger
Rise Against Hunger: Nourishing Lives
The mission of Rise Against Hunger (RAH) is to end hunger by providing food and aid to the world’s most vulnerable. The Nourishing Lives program provides 40-foot shipping containers of meals to RAH's meal distribution partners around the world. Preference is given to organizations with programs that are designed to bring about a positive economic impact over time, such as programming that supports school feeding, child and youth development, medical assistance, maternal and child health, vocational training, and orphanages. Meal distribution partners must have the ability to pay for the full cost of shipping and customs clearance of all requested containers. The geographic focus is Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Haiti, and the Philippines. Applications must be submitted by September 30, 2020. Visit the RAH website to download the Food Distribution Partnership Application.

Support for Social Empowerment and Economic Development Initiatives
Jewish Helping Hands: Tikkun Olam Grant Program
The Jewish Helping Hands (JHH) Tikkun Olam Grant Program is intended to advance the goal of inspiring and supporting tzedakah, justice, and righteousness throughout the world. Grants of up to $5,000 are provided for programs in the United States and abroad focused on economic development and social empowerment, with a particular focus on those demographics that have been overlooked or marginalized. Support is provided to individuals and nonprofit organizations that show clear promise to achieve one or more of the following: 1) promote self-help and empowerment within communities; and 2) respond to unmet needs of those who are poor or marginalized. The current focus is on projects that provide the basic necessities for a decent life, including food, shelter, clothing, water, health, and Internet capabilities. Priority is given to projects in East Africa, Central America, the United States, and any impoverished Jewish communities. Initial inquiry forms must be submitted by September 14, 2020. Visit the JHH website to learn more about the program.

Grants Promote Gender Equality, Education, and Community Building Worldwide
Mona Foundation
The Mona Foundation believes that the key to poverty reduction and the development of human resources lies in universal education and gender equality. The Foundation supports programs that develop from grassroots educational initiatives and that seek to raise the social and economic status of the community, particularly those of women and girls. Focus areas consist of universal education, gender equality, and community building. Supported programs must be founded and operated by residents and address a vital and significant deficit in the basic needs of children. Letters of inquiry must be submitted by September 1, 2020. Additional information is available under Reports and Guidelines and FAQ sections of the Foundation’s website.

Regional Funding Opportunities

Funding Aims to Prevent Child Abuse in Selected Countries
World Childhood Foundation
The mission of the World Childhood Foundation is to inspire, promote, and develop solutions to end sexual abuse, exploitation, and violence against children. The Foundation supports projects that directly involve or affect children at risk of violence and sexual abuse in the following countries: Belarus, Brazil, Cambodia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States. Focus areas include child safety online, child safe traveling and tourism, child friendly social and legal response, and protective family environment. Concept notes may be submitted at any time; the annual deadlines for invited applications are April 15 and October 15. Visit the Foundation’s website to start the online application process by completing the Quickscan.

Emerging Australian Artists Supported
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is committed to encouraging excellence and supporting a vibrant, world-class arts scene in Australia. The Trust offers grants up to $10,000 to assist talented emerging and early career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas. Supported activities include residencies, mentorships, private lessons, internships, workshops, conferences, festivals, and study tours which have a clear development focus. The Trust may also consider supporting postgraduate study with a focus on professional development and artistic practice where no equivalent exists in Australia. Grants are only available to Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia. The upcoming application deadline is September 8, 2020. Visit the Trust’s website to review the guidelines and apply online.

Grants Improve Livelihoods and Promote Responsible Tourism in Southeast Asia
EXO Foundation
The EXO Foundation, established by EXO Travel, aims to promote responsible tourism and improve the livelihoods of the most disadvantaged populations, while minimizing the negative social, cultural, and environmental impacts tourism may generate in the Southeast Asia region where the company operates. The Foundation works in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Grants, which typically range from $1,000 to $5,000, support projects that promote responsible tourism or improve the livelihoods of the most disadvantaged populations. Focus areas consist of health and sanitation, local economic development, culture and arts, education and vocational training, environmental conservation, fighting human trafficking and child abuse, and disaster relief and humanitarian aid. There is no deadline to apply. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the project proposal form.

Support for Biodiversity, Food, and Humanitarian Projects in Company Communities
Carrefour Foundation
The Carrefour Foundation is committed to reducing exclusion and inequalities related to food. The Foundation provides support in the countries where Carrefour operates, including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, and Taiwan. Funding is provided for projects in the following areas: biodiversity (in France only); food solidarity, including food aid, healthy eating programs, employment integration, and innovative social services projects; and humanitarian help, including assistance after a natural disaster or emergency situation, and assistance for migrants. Applications may be submitted at any time. Visit the Carrefour website to review the funding guidelines and submit a project proposal online.

Government Funding Opportunities

Funding Fosters Artistic and Cultural Cooperation in the Nordic Region
Nordic Culture Point: Culture and Art Programme
Nordic Culture Point is an institution of the Nordic Council of Ministers that works to support Nordic cooperation within the area of culture and to increase awareness of Nordic culture in Finland. The Culture and Art Programme supports Nordic cooperation within art and culture. Grants support projects in all areas of art and culture and in all project phases, including preliminary work, production, presentation, and dissemination. Everyone who is active in the field of art and culture can apply, provided that the cooperation includes partners from a minimum of three countries, of which at least two are Nordic (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland). The application deadline is September 10, 2020.

Program Reduces Disease Risks in the Indo-Pacific
Department of State
The program called Diminishing Dengue in the Indo-Pacific with Climate Services aims to simultaneously strengthen Indo-Pacific countries’ capacity to prevent and respond to climate-sensitive infectious disease risks, while also strengthening resilience to climate change and extreme weather events. The implementer will work intensively with one to two countries in the Indo-Pacific region that were heavily affected by dengue outbreaks in 2019, and for which no early warning system currently exists. The application deadline is August 21, 2020.

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Leadership Today: Key Skills and Career/Job Tips
Are you looking to enhance your leadership skills? If so, you may want to participate in Nonprofit Learning Lab's upcoming webinar "Leadership Today: Key Skills and Career/Job Tips," which provides insights for leading a team and creating community impact. This webinar shares a framework for reflecting on and building upon leadership and career trajectories. It will take place on Thursday, August 13, 2020.

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LIVE Workshop: Sending Donor Thank You Letters Through QuickBooks (DESKTOP Version and ONLINE Version)
Do you struggle to send IRS-required thank you letters out to your donors? Did you know that you can actually send IRS-compliant donor thank you letters directly out of QuickBooks by either print or email? You can even do it with one click at the same time you are recording the donation! We are very excited to have Gregg Bossen, a CPA specializing in auditing nonprofits and president of QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits, present this one of a kind and highly requested webinar! In this must-see session, we will cover what is legally required to be on a donor thank you letter, how to set up letter templates in QuickBooks that are IRS-compliant, how to email or print these letters directly out of QuickBooks, how to generate reports at year end for donors that list their donations, and how to deal with special event tickets when only a part of the payment is a donation. The webinar for the DESKTOP version of QuickBooks will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. The webinar for the ONLINE version of QuickBooks will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2020.

FREE: Tour of the GrantStation Website
Join Jeremy Smith, Communications and Technology Director, and Kerry Glauser, Research Specialist, for a quick tour of the GrantStation website. This tour will cover all of the features in GrantStation.com, including navigation, search interfaces, and charitable database search criteria. This tour will provide tips on the most effective way to use all of the valuable resources the website offers, including the extensive funder databases that can help you identify the grantmakers most likely to fund your programs or projects. By using GrantStation's databases and resource tools, you can begin to develop a successful grantseeking strategy for the next 12 to 18 months. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020.

Capital Campaigns: Building Momentum With Grants
Capital campaigns are strategic, multidimensional efforts to raise funds, typically for multimillion-dollar projects like new buildings. Understanding the vital role grants play in building capital campaign momentum and meeting campaign goals is an important piece of funding strategy. In this webinar, Kevin Wallace, president of CampaignCounsel.org, and Carlyn Runnels, CampaignCounsel.org consultant, will show you how to identify and apply for grants best matched to your campaign, use grants to build momentum and credibility, and leverage grants to increase campaign participation. Using numerous examples from 20 years of capital campaign consulting, this webinar is ideal for any sized organization currently conducting a capital campaign or standing on the cusp of one. The webinar will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2020.

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