GrantStation International Insider - September 2024

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from September 16 to October 17, 2024. 
Grant amount: Requests must be over €5,000 and under €300,000. 
Description: The L’Oréal Fund for Women supports frontline organizations in their efforts to help women to get out of poverty and prevent domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence against women. The Fund focuses on supporting women and girls’ empowerment, particularly through projects in favor of social or professional integration and education. Project beneficiaries must be highly vulnerable women and girls. Priority is given to initiatives targeting refugee women and women with disabilities. Nonprofit organizations, including grassroots organizations, are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: November 1, 2024
Grant amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Description: The Frameline Completion Fund awards grants to emerging and established filmmakers to complete projects that represent and reflect LGBTQ+ life in all its complexity and richness. Grants support the completion of projects that have 90% of production finished and are in the post-production phase or ready to begin post as soon as funding is in place. Submissions are accepted for documentary, narrative, experimental, animated, or episodic projects about LGBTQ+ people and their communities. The Fund also seeks to bring new work to underserved audiences; with this in mind, it encourages applications by women, people of color, transgender people, intersex people, asexual people, non-binary people, disabled people, and other underrepresented people and communities.

Application deadline: October 1, 2024
Geographic scope: The Award is global in scope, but applicants must be based in the EU, Switzerland, the U.K., the U.S., or Canada. 
Grant amount: An award of 50,000 euros will be made to the winning project.
Description: The Sport 4 Children Award, offered by the Boustany Foundation every three years, recognizes projects involving sports which encourage children to engage in physical activity. The Award is open to organizations that are currently running or planning projects that use sports as the basis to improve the well-being and life opportunities of children. These may range from the organization of sports activities and events that focus on the social and educational role of sports through to the provision of sports facilities and equipment. Projects can be implemented in any country of the world. Legal entities such as governmental or non-governmental organizations; educational, cultural, or academic institutions; foundations; or social impact organizations are eligible to apply. Applicants must be registered in one of the following countries: any member country of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United States, or Canada. A cash award is provided to the winner to be used for projects or programs related to children and sports.

Application deadline: September 30, 2024, for project abstracts
Geographic scope: Global, with some emphasis on Ukraine
Grant amount: Up to €30,000 for a maximum of 24 months; €50,000 for the Yehuda Bauer Grant
Description: The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) unites governments and experts to strengthen, advance, and promote Holocaust education, research, and remembrance and to uphold the commitments to the 2000 Stockholm Declaration. The IHRA Grant Program supports projects from all over the world and from any nonprofit organization and institution in the field of education, remembrance, and research of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma. Funding is provided for innovative, relevant, and impactful projects with a clear international component that safeguard the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma and counter distortion through public discourse involving the media or social media, education, research, and memorialization. Projects should bring together target groups and project partners from at least two different countries. Eligible applicants consist of nonprofit organizations and institutions, research consortia, and universities. Institutions from Ukraine are encouraged to apply. 

Application deadline: September 30, 2024, for applications from Europe
Geographic scope: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
Description: Patagonia’s International Grants Program supports grassroots activist organizations that have direct-action agendas and are working on strategic, multipronged campaigns to preserve and protect the environment. Funding is provided for environmental work that takes place within the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Priority is given to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. In order to be eligible, organizations must operate for the environmental and public good and have a bank account, or a fiscal sponsor with a bank account, for business purposes. The Program is currently accepting applications from Europe. (Countries outside of Europe have differing application deadlines.)

Application deadline: January 15, 2025
Geographic scope: Sub-Saharan Africa
Description: ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy aims to promote good governance and citizen participation at the local level in the European Union, its neighborhood, and beyond. The WYDE Civic Engagement call for proposals will support national and transnational projects that facilitate youth civic engagement and participation in the decision-making processes across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Specific objectives of this call include empowering organizations working in the field of youth to play a relevant role in supporting the democratic participation of youth, supporting peer to peer learning among youth organizations, reinforcing an international network of youth organizations and youth leaders, advocating for the establishment or improvement of representative youth structures (such as youth councils or youth parliaments), and improving the cooperation between youth civil society and public policymakers at local, national, and international levels. Legally registered civil society organizations working for and with youth ages 15 to 25 are eligible to apply. Grants and technical support will be provided. 

Application deadline: Email inquiries may be submitted at any time. The upcoming application deadline is October 31, 2024. 
Geographic scope: Countries where DWF has a presence, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Qatar, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Description: The DWF Foundation is an independent charity founded by DWF with the aim of providing support to help communities achieve their full potential. The Foundation focuses support on countries where DWF has a presence. Areas of interest include education, employability, homelessness, health and well-being, and environment and sustainability. Grants are given to initiatives that develop and improve local communities by tackling a specific community issue, helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient, encouraging the involvement in the community of those too often excluded, and enabling young people to develop skills for the benefit of the community. Registered charities working in a country where DWF has a presence are eligible to apply. Applicants from outside the U.K. and Ireland must first contact the Foundation via email to discuss their application and eligibility. 

Application deadline: Inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Invited applications are reviewed quarterly.
Geographic scope: Chile, Papua New Guinea, Peru, and the Philippines
Description: The Old Dart Foundation works to tackle poverty in Chile, Papua New Guinea, Peru, and the Philippines with a focus on women, children, and young people. The Foundation supports initiatives to improve health, education, and employment outcomes among impoverished women, children, and young people. 

Application deadline: September 30, 2024
Geographic scope: Global
Grant amount: $5,000 to $10,000
Description: The SEVENTEEN x UNESCO Global Youth Grant Scheme, "Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being,” an initiative of UNESCO and K-pop group SEVENTEEN, will fund up to 100 youth-led action projects worldwide. The initiative seeks to support young people's ideas and contribute to addressing challenges that affect the well-being and development of youth and their communities. Support will be provided for youth-led projects that address challenges affecting the well-being and development of young people and their communities within three thematic areas: 1) promoting youth confidence and resilience through music, arts, and sports; 2) building creative communities together with youth; and 3) supporting youth mental health and well-being. Project leaders from 18 to 30 years of age, from different backgrounds and regions, are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: November 30, 2024
Geographic scope: El Salvador
Grant amount: Up to 25,000 euros
Description: The German Embassy in El Salvador provides support for community and economic development projects targeting low-income individuals in El Salvador. The Embassy’s areas of interest include, but are not limited to, water and sanitation, education, health, community development, small business/entrepreneurship, and environment. Supported projects must last a minimum of two years and include a significant contribution from the beneficiaries, such as labor, land, etc. Nonprofit associations, communities, and cooperatives are eligible to apply. (Information is available only in Spanish and German on the Embassy's website.)

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Webinar date: September 9, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: The approach section in your grant proposals must be clear, specific, and realistic. It should also be aligned with the needs you previously identified, your proposed outcomes, your budget, and the funder’s requirements. With so many factors to consider, it's easy to make mistakes and write an approach that has insufficient detail or is misaligned with other portions of your proposal. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to build an approach that inspires confidence in your program and shows it is well-planned, feasible, and builds on community assets.

Webinar date: September 12, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Is branding an afterthought for your nonprofit organization? It shouldn’t be, because what people think about your nonprofit influences your ability to build capacity. Whether you’re trying to compete for funding, people, or donations, strong branding must be present. But branding is much more than logo and look. Branding is the sum total of perceptions about what a nonprofit stands for, what it does, and how much social impact it is thought to achieve. During this webinar, Mindy Muller will help you ensure your organization’s forward face matches the value you provide behind the scenes.

Webinar date: September 17, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: One of the most common struggles for nonprofit consultants is balancing the demands of working “ON” your business with those of working “IN it” with clients. As a business owner, the time and resources you invest in creating new offerings only pay off if those offerings sell. During this webinar, Marie Palacios will help you understand how you can design profit-driven products with efficiency in mind. This session is packed with insights to help you save countless hours, reduce email overload, and minimize errors—all while boosting your profit margins.

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