GrantStation International Insider - April 2017

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International Funding Opportunities

Environmental Initiatives in Company Communities Funded
Patagonia Environmental Grants Program
The Patagonia Environmental Grants Program provides support for environmental work in countries where the Patagonia company does business, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Chile, Argentina, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Australia, and the Czech Republic. Grants ranging from $2,500 to $15,000 are provided for small, grassroots, activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect the environment. The company helps local groups working to protect local habitat. U.S. nonprofit organizations or organizations with a comparable fiscal sponsor are eligible to apply. The annual application deadlines are April 30 and August 31. Visit the Patagonia website to start the online application process by taking the eligibility quiz.

Fellowship Supports Social Change Initiatives
Shuttleworth Foundation
The Shuttleworth Foundation is a small social investor that provides funding to dynamic leaders who are at the forefront of social change. Through the Fellowship Program, the Foundation enables individuals to implement their innovative ideas for social change. Priority is given to exceptional ideas at the intersection between technology, knowledge, and learning, with openness being the key requirement. Funding consists of two components, the fellowship grant and co-investment project funding of up to $250,000. Fellowships are available to people from all over the world, regardless of gender, age, nationality, or experience. Online applications must be submitted by May 14, 2017. Visit the Shuttleworth Foundation’s website to learn more about the Fellowship Program.

Grants Promote World Peace
Niwano Peace Foundation
The Niwano Peace Foundation aims to contribute to the realization of world peace and the enhancement of culture by promoting research and other activities, based on a religious spirit. Grants of up to 1,000,000 Japanese yen are awarded in the following categories: social activities based on a religious spirit, including peace-making activities related to education, volunteer work, development cooperation, environmental protection, human rights, or social problems of an aging society; and grassroots activities deployed in a local community, including interdisciplinary workshops and meetings, with a particular emphasis on collaboration by groups and individuals from diverse organizations and religious groups. Individuals and organizations around the world are eligible to apply. The application deadlines are April 30 and August 13, 2017. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the application guidelines and form.

Prize Honors Agricultural Achievements in Africa
Africa Food Prize
The Africa Food Prize recognizes an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The Prize puts a spotlight on bold initiatives and technical innovations that can be replicated across the continent to create a new era of food security and economic opportunity for all Africans. Nominees will be evaluated using the following criteria: a contribution to reducing poverty and hunger or improving food and nutrition security; a contribution to providing a vital source of income or employment; the potential for transformative change through scalability, replication, and sustainability; increased awareness and cooperation among African audiences and organizations; and proven leadership potential of the individual or organization, specifically the ability to persevere despite significant challenges or risks. A cash award of $100,000 is provided. The nomination deadline is June 5, 2017. Visit the Africa Food Prize website to submit an online nomination in English or French.

Contributions to Girls' and Women's Education Recognized
UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education
The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honors outstanding innovation and contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. The Prize is conferred annually to two laureates that have been working towards the advancement of girls’ and women’s education for two years or longer, and consists of an award of $50,000 each to further their work. Nominations must relate to an established project or program in one or more of the following areas: supporting girls to transition from primary education to lower-secondary education and to complete full basic education; supporting adolescent girls and young women to acquire literacy skills; supporting the creation of a gender-responsive and safe teaching-learning environment, free of school-related gender-based violence; engaging teachers to develop gender-responsive teaching attitudes and practices and be change agents; or supporting adolescent girls and young women to acquire knowledge and skills to adequately transition from school to work and lead a fulfilling life. Nominations can be made by Governments of UNESCO Member States via their Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, and non-governmental organizations in official partnership with UNESCO. The nomination deadline is May 5, 2017. Visit the UNESCO website to learn more about the Prize.

Grants Enhance the Creativity of Photographers
Getty Images Grants: Editorial Grants
The aim of the Getty Images Grants program is to enable photographers to bring attention to significant social and cultural issues, and reach new creative heights. Support is currently available through the Editorial Grants program. Editorial Grants support independent photojournalists around the world by providing the creative freedom and collaborative editorial support necessary in their pursuit of work that is personally important to them and which they would otherwise not have the time or resources to address. Five $10,000 prizes are available. The application deadline is May 15, 2017. Visit the Getty Images website to learn more about the program.

Award Honors Food Reporting
Food Sustainability Media Award
The Food Sustainability Media Award, an initiative of the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, recognizes the work of professional journalists and emerging talent from all over the world for excellence in reporting and communicating issues related to food security, sustainability, agriculture, and nutrition. Awards are made in the categories of Written Journalism, Photography, and Video. For each category, one published and one unpublished piece of work will be awarded. Published winners will receive a €10,000 cash prize, while the winners awarded for their unpublished work will receive an all-expenses paid trip to attend the Foundation’s journalism training course on food sustainability. All winning unpublished work will also be distributed via the Thomson Reuters Foundation and BCFN websites, with the winning written unpublished submission being distributed via the Reuters wire as well. In addition, the Best of the Web Award, which also includes the training course, will go to the project that receives the highest number of votes on the Award website. The application deadline is May 31, 2017. The Competition Rules and online application form are available on the Award’s website.

Competition Seeks Ideas in the Areas of Water and Sanitation
RELX Group Environmental Challenge
The RELX Group Environmental Challenge is a skill-based competition in which participants are asked to submit proposals outlining innovative ideas that advance access to safe water or sanitation where access is presently at risk. Supported projects must set a benchmark for innovation and demonstrate replicability, scalability, and sustainability; practical applicability; non-discrimination/equity of access; involvement of, and impacts on, a range of stakeholders; and local/community-level engagement. The first and second place winners will receive cash awards of $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, to launch, sustain, or effectuate their winning proposal. The Challenge is open to individuals and organizations operating in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Applications must be submitted by May 15, 2017. Visit the RELX Group website to download the official rules and application form. Click here to view this year’s Challenge video.

Canadian Funding Opportunities

Instrument Donations Benefit Canadian Communities
MusiCounts: MusiCounts TD Community Music Program
MusiCounts aims to ensure that all children and youth in Canada have access to music education. The MusiCounts TD Community Music Program provides musical instruments and equipment to community centers, after-school programs, and other community nonprofit organizations that need instruments to ensure their music program’s sustained growth. Allotments ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 are provided to youth-oriented music programs in underserved communities. Nonprofit and registered charitable organizations with pre-existing or new music programs are eligible to apply. Organizations must operate outside of Provincial Departments of Education. The deadline to apply is April 17, 2017. Visit the MusiCounts website to review the FAQs and submit an online application.
 
Support for Environmental Protection in Canada and the U.S.
Fund for Wild Nature
The Fund for Wild Nature invests in bold grassroots organizations and innovative conservation efforts in Canada and the U.S. that meet emerging needs for protecting biodiversity and wilderness. The Fund provides grants of up to $3,000 for campaigns to save native species and wild ecosystems, with particular emphasis on actions designed to defend threatened wilderness and biological diversity. Support is provided for advocacy, litigation, public policy work, development of citizen science, and similar endeavors. U.S. and Canadian nonprofit organizations with annual budgets of under $250,000 are eligible to apply. The annual application deadlines are May 1 and October 1. Funding guidelines are available on the Fund for Wild Nature website.

Grants Improve the Quality of Life in Nova Scotia
Edwards Family Charitable Foundation
The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation seeks to enhance the quality of life, primarily within—but not limited to—Nova Scotia. Grants support initiatives that focus on the wellbeing of individuals, with a special emphasis on children, the community, education, medicine, and the arts, as well as innovative causes that promote social responsiveness. The application deadline is April 30, 2017. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the application form.

Funding Benefits Airport Communities Surrounding Toronto Pearson Airport
Toronto Pearson International Airport: Propeller Project
The Toronto Pearson International Airport's Propeller Project invests in social good and community-building initiatives in the area surrounding the airport. The Nest Fund (sponsorships under $25,000) provides support in the areas of environment, employment, and community vitality, including parks or playgrounds, community-building activities, and accessibility enhancements. The Uplift Fund (sponsorships of $25,000 and up) supports research, advocacy work, and programs that enable local area residents to gain the skills, connections, and opportunities to be meaningfully employed. Preference is given to initiatives that have a positive impact in neighborhoods surrounding Toronto Pearson (Etobicoke, Mississauga, and Brampton). Applications for the Nest Fund are accepted year-round. The upcoming application deadlines for the Uplift Fund are May 8 and August 7, 2017. Visit the Airport’s website to review the project guidelines and to submit an online application.

U.S. Government Funding Opportunities

Funds to Counter Wildlife Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Department of State
The Combating Wildlife Trafficking in Southeast Asia program seeks to fund projects that build Southeast Asia’s criminal judicial capacity to deter, investigate, and prosecute wildlife crime. The solicitation scope may also include money-laundering, corruption, illegal logging, and other crime areas that aid wildlife trafficking networks. Applications must be submitted by April 25, 2017.

Grants Safeguard Religious Freedom in Europe, East Asia, and the Pacific
Department of State
The DRL Global Religious Freedoms - Europe and East Asia and the Pacific program supports projects that promote and protect religious freedom in the regions of Europe, East Asia, and the Pacific. The deadline to apply is April 26, 2017.

Canadian Government Funding Opportunities

Support for Local Festivals
Canadian Heritage
The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage – Local Festivals component provides funding to local groups for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, artisans, or heritage performers. Grants of up to $200,000 are awarded. The remaining application deadlines for 2017 are April 30 and September 30.

Economic Development Initiatives in Atlantic Canada Funded
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
The Innovative Communities Fund invests in strategic projects that build the economies of Atlantic Canada's communities. The Fund focuses on investments that lead to long-term employment and economic capacity building in rural communities. Urban initiatives that stimulate the competitiveness and vitality of rural communities may be considered on a selective basis. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Interested applicants should contact the nearest ACOA office to discuss their project before submitting the application form.

Partner Depot

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We at GrantStation know that Partner Depot advertisements and announcements carry our implied endorsement. Therefore, the Partner Depot Program is limited to current GrantStation Members, partners, and participants in other GrantStation programs to ensure the veracity of the marketing content. To learn more about how Partner Depot can work for you, please contact Jill Cochran.

Upcoming Online Education Trainings
Live Webinars

Unless otherwise noted, all Online Education Trainings are webinars, are 90 minutes in duration,
and are scheduled to begin at 2 PM Eastern Time.

The Power of Three: $149 Webinar Special
Kick off your spring grantseeking with three powerful, back-to-back webinars in April presented by CEO and Founder of GrantStation, Cynthia Adams. We begin with Building a Powerful Grants Strategy for 2017 on April 12. This is followed by a step-by-step webinar on Building a Stellar Grantseeking Team on April 13. Cynthia will top it off with a webinar focusing on the importance of a strong statement of need with her popular The Golden Key to Successful Grant Requests on April 27.

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• Building a Powerful Grants Strategy for 2017
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The last day to purchase this series of webinars is April 11th.

FREE Tour of the NEW GrantStation Website
Join Jeremy Smith, Communications and Technology Director, and Sara Kennedy, Director of Online Education, for a quick tour of the NEW GrantStation website. This tour will cover all of the features in GrantStation.com and it will also highlight the recent changes to the website, including a new look, new navigation, new search interfaces, and additional 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. This webinar will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Building a Powerful Grants Strategy for 2017
This webinar will take participants through the process of establishing a grants calendar for the next 12 to 18 months. Fast-paced, and filled with action steps, Cynthia Adams, CEO of GrantStation, will discuss how to design and adopt a Grant Decision Matrix before beginning the process of building a specific grants strategy for each project. All participants will also receive a set of worksheets that they can use to create their own approach to building an overall grantseeking strategy for their organization. This presentation, which will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, is geared towards beginning and intermediate grantwriters. Advanced grantwriters may also find it useful as a refresher course.

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Editor: Diana Holder
Contributing Writer: Ashlyn Simmons