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The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) was founded in 1969 and has funded over 515 projects in 93 countries, focusing on issues ranging from education and health to economic empowerment and human rights. VGIF provides small grants up to $7,500 USD to grassroots projects that are led by … [Read more...] about Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund for Human Rights

Global GreenGrants supports communities to protect, restore, and transform their environments for a sustainable future. Since 1993, it has made more than $45 million in grants to local groups in 163 countries. Programs Green Grantmaking - The flagship program supports more than 5,300 local … [Read more...] about Global GreenGrants Fund: Funding Projects based on Environmental Issues

Small grants not only provide needed funding for organizations in developing countries, they open up new channels of partnership and cooperation. These grants are easier to apply as they are lesser formalities and straightforward application processes. Besides, these types of grants are highly … [Read more...] about International Foundations that give Small Grants to NGOs

The Hult Prize Foundation each year calls students around the world's universities for USD 1 Million competitive challenge to solve the world's toughest challenges. The Hult Prize seeks to build and launch the next wave of social entrepreneurs through crowd-sourcing, training, mentorship and … [Read more...] about Hult Prize to Solve the World’s Toughest Challenge

International Social Science Council announces seed grant on Transformative Knowledge Networks for Transformations to Sustainability Programme. This programme is to address today's issues and challenges of global environmental change. It will enable social scientists to enhance knowledge networks … [Read more...] about International Social Science Council Seed Grants: Addressing Issues/Challenges of Global Environmental Change

The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in sustainable development is an annual awards scheme designed to find the most promising, innovative and locally-led start-up social and environmental enterprises in countries with developing and emerging economies. The SEED Catalyzer offers each SEED Award … [Read more...] about SEED Awards 2016 for Social and Environmental Enterprises

The 40 Chances Seed Grants of Howard G. Buffett Foundation is a global call for innovative solutions to hunger, conflict or poverty issues. The term 40 chances literally means the 40 productive years of life. HG Buffett learned through his passion for farming that all farmers have 40 growing … [Read more...] about Howard G. Buffet Foundation 40 Chances Seed Grants

USAID’s Development Innovation Venture (DIV) supports the piloting and rigorous testing of innovative approaches to solving international development problems and supports transitioning innovations with evidence of impact and cost effectiveness to scale. It aims is to create a portfolio of … [Read more...] about USAID’s Development Innovation Venture (DIV): Seeking Applications for Seed Grants

Whether you are planning to launch an NGO or if you have already setup one, searching for grants will be a crucial challenge all way through. In fact, many of the traditional donor agencies do not provide funding to newly established organizations. However, this does not mean that you should stop … [Read more...] about International Seed Funding Opportunities for New NGOs & Early Start-Ups

The Echoing Green invites emerging leaders working to bring about positive social change for its fellowship programs. Echoing Green Fellowships is a two year program that requires the fellows to work full-time (minimum 35 hours per week) during the fellowship period. Each selected fellow will be … [Read more...] about Echoing Green Seed Grants for Emerging Leaders

An applicant must fulfill a number of criteria to become an FPA-partner (Article 7 of Humanitarian Aid Regulations laid out in detail at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31996R1257 First, a NGO has to be recognized as a non-profit making organization in an EU Member State … [Read more...] about What is the process for becoming a partner with ECHO?

The EU has announced a seven-year financial framework from 2014 to 2020, and its budget for ECHO during the period totals at €7.1 billion, which is less than 1% of the entire EU’s budget. A new funding allocation of €300 million is planned in 2016 to that effect, complemented by an additional €200 … [Read more...] about How much is the ECHO’s aid budget?

The EU is the world’s largest donor of humanitarian aid, providing more than 50% of assistance worldwide to crisis zones, countries facing post-conflict instability and countries dealing with ‘forgotten crises’. Established in 1992, ECHO is the European Commission’s department for overseas … [Read more...] about What is the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) instrument?

Introduction Europe has a long tradition of humanitarian service and is renowned for the birthplace of many relief organizations. The European Commission (EC), the executive body of the European Union (EU), is the second biggest humanitarian assistance donor, and collectively with its Member … [Read more...] about ECHO: Humanitarian Aid Funding Opportunity for NGOs

Grant applications will open in June 2016 Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) provides small grants up to $7,500 USD to grassroots projects that are led by women and that help empower women and girls, in developing countries around the world. Over the years, VGIF has funded over 475 … [Read more...] about VGIF Small Grants to Grassroot Women-led Projects in Developing Countries