GrantStation International Insider - August 2024

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from August 12 to September 16, 2024.
Description: The Ploughshares Fund is focused on reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. The Fund awards grants to organizations and people who drive policies and activities that help eliminate nuclear threats or address regional conflicts, create a stronger and more resilient nuclear field, build new partnerships with intersecting issues, and support transformational thinking and activities. Types of support include, but are not limited to, project support and lobbying. There are no geographical limitations on the Foundation's grants. Women and people from diverse communities are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: September 30, 2024
Description: The Bank of America Art Conservation Project provides grants to nonprofit museums and cultural institutions around the world to conserve historically or culturally significant works of art, including works that have been designated as national treasures. Works of art must meet the following criteria: be significant to the cultural heritage of the country or region, or important to the history of art; be on view to the public, or be on view once conservation is complete; be owned by the nonprofit institution applying for the grant; and be paintings, works on paper, photographs, sculpture, architectural or archeological pieces, important books or manuscripts, tapestries, or works of decorative or applied art that are in danger of degeneration. More information and a link to the application can be found here. 

Application deadline: September 4, 2024
Grant amount: Up to $200,000
Description: The Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute works to advance hygiene practices, develop sanitation solutions, and improve health education in order to enhance overall well-being and reduce disease transmission worldwide. The Collaboration Accelerator Award supports the development of collaborative teams to deliver research that aims to advance hygiene evidence, policy, and practice and improve health and well-being for the world’s most vulnerable communities. It is aimed at academics looking to either establish or further develop a consortium of institutions from across research, policy, or practice to engage in policy or practice-relevant hygiene research. Applications must be submitted by an academic institution, and the consortium must include at least one academic partner and a nationally or internationally active policy institution or institution responsible for the delivery of hygiene interventions at scale (district level or above).

Application deadline: August 25, 2024
Geographic scope: France and global
Grant amount: Grants of 5,000 and 15,000 euros are awarded.
Description: Play for Nature is dedicated to the preservation of endangered species and their ecosystems in France and around the world. Through the current call for proposals, grants will be awarded for two types of projects: 1) biodiversity conservation projects aimed at protecting an ecosystem or endangered species through concrete actions such as scientific monitoring, ecosystem restoration, and environmental education; and 2) biodiversity conservation projects designed to protect an ecosystem or endangered species through the practice of sport, the organization of a sporting event, and raising awareness among local people. Non-governmental organizations are eligible to apply. 

Application deadline: Letters of inquiry may be submitted at any time. The upcoming application deadline is October 5, 2024. 
Geographic scope: Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, and Nicaragua (The Foundation also works in the St. Louis, MO, area of the United States.)
Description: The Light A Single Candle Foundation is dedicated to advancing sustainable solutions to poverty in the St. Louis, MO, area and abroad. The Foundation’s international grantmaking is focused on the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, and Nicaragua. Areas of interest include food security and nutrition; education, community training, and skill building; and community transformation across multiple sectors, including the aforementioned areas as well as leadership development, water and sanitation, housing, and income development. U.S. nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for projects implemented in an eligible country. The recipient organization must have staff or partners on the ground and include the local community in the project development and implementation.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Cocoa growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Description: The Chocolonely Foundation, an initiative of Tony's Chocolonely, aims to promote strong, resilient, and prosperous cocoa communities and a responsible chocolate industry, where equality is the norm for all. The Foundation supports projects and organizations that contribute to prosperous cocoa growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, facilitate systemic change, and challenge the status quo. Funding is provided for projects that address the following impact areas: 1) strong, resilient, and inclusive cocoa communities, including education, infrastructure, employment, climate resilience, and health and well-being; 2) poverty and prosperity, with a focus on fostering a diverse landscape of local organizations and businesses; and 3) enabling environments in cocoa-growing communities, with an emphasis on giving youth and underrepresented voices a platform. The focus is on activities that fall outside the direct cocoa supply chain.

Application deadline: Concept notes may be submitted at any time. Applications must be submitted by April 15 and October 15 of each year.
Geographic scope: Cambodia, Moldova, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and Ukraine
Description: 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 in Cambodia, Moldova, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and Ukraine that aim to prevent or address sexual abuse or exploitation of children. Focus areas include: 1) child safety online, including reaching out to vulnerable children and identifying perpetrators, and support for innovative online solutions; 2) child supportive relationships and environments, including early intervention for children and families and strengthening the safety net around children; and 3) child-focused response to abuse, including avoiding re-traumatization in the legal process. In order to be eligible, organizations must be based, registered, and active in an eligible country. 

Application deadline: September 2, 2024
Geographic scope: Asia-Pacific and the U.K.
Grant amount: Grants range up to £5,000 for Australia and New Zealand. Grants range up to £10,000 for Bangladesh, mainland China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam. 
Description: The British Council seeks to support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding, and trust between people in the U.K. and countries worldwide. The Council’s Connections Through Culture grants support creative collaborations between Asia-Pacific and the U.K. These grants help artists and cultural organizations to bring their ideas to life, with projects eligible at any stage of development and across art forms. Priority is given to proposals responding to the themes of diversity and inclusion, and climate change. The collaborative projects can include digital, face-to-face, and hybrid artistic projects between Asia-Pacific and the U.K. 

Application deadline: October 17, 2024
Geographic scope: European Union countries
Grant amount: Grants range up to 400,000 euros. 
Description: The “Sport Supports – Emergency Sports Actions for Youth” call for proposals aims to utilize sports activities to encourage community integration and improve the mental health of children and youth affected by humanitarian crisis and mass migration processes in the context of war. Activities should be organized at the local, grassroots level, mainly through grassroots sports clubs, involving only one country, in order to better respond to integration needs by implementing activities at the local level. Public or private bodies established in EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories) are eligible to apply. Organizations must be legally established and active in the field of sports, such as sports federations or clubs. 

Application deadline: August 23, 2024
Geographic scope: New Zealand and the Pacific
Grant amount: Grants range from $5,000 to $20,000.
Description: The Strengthening Pacific Media Capacity to Identify and Counter Disinformation program supports projects that will strengthen media capacity, provide media training, or provide substantive benefit to media networks in New Zealand and the Pacific by increasing and refining their ability to provide independent, accurate, and fair coverage of topics of importance to the Pacific to their audiences in New Zealand and the Pacific nations. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations (including think tanks and civil society and non-governmental organizations), nonprofit media organizations, educational institutions, public international organizations, government institutions, and individuals.

Does your organization work in a country where USAID is active? Would you like to partner with USAID but aren’t sure how to get started? If so, you might want to read “Understanding USAID’s Funding Priorities.” This article helps readers understand where USAID will be investing in a given country, so they can better evaluate how their organization’s work maps to USAID’s goals and determine whether partnering with USAID makes sense for their organization or not. It also discusses next steps for organizations that are aligned with USAID's priorities as well as those that are not. 

Webinar date: August 5, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: Funders want to address real problems in their giving areas, which means your proposal must demonstrate why your program is necessary and important to your community. However, too many proposals present a need that is vague, not supported by data, or misaligned with other sections of a grant application. Any of these issues make it easy for reviewers to overlook your proposal. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to craft a compelling statement of need that highlights the importance of your project in your community.

Webinar date: August 6, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Are you thinking about jumping into federal grants? Every year the federal government releases millions of dollars to help nonprofit organizations serve their communities. However, federal grants are extremely competitive. The application process is cumbersome and often requires a high level of work investment. There are two essential ingredients of every successful federal grant proposal: preparation and early planning. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to research federal funding opportunities and develop the initial strategies needed to craft competitive federal grant applications.

Webinar date: August 7, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Logic models are more than a passing fad and more than just extra work: They are an incredibly diverse tool that can make your organization stronger and more effective. They can help you write persuasive proposals, enlist dedicated volunteers, retain talented staff, and build support for innovative ideas. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will make logic models much less mysterious by showing you how you already use them every day. You’ll discover how logic models can help you quantify those “hard to measure” outcomes that tell your organization’s true story.

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