Deadline: 11-Nov-22
The British Asian Trust invites proposals from organizations working on human-wildlife coexistence in India for the CoExistence Fund.
The CoExistence Fund is a fund set up by the British Asian Trust to support conservation initiatives in India. It has been made possible through their CoExistence campaign, which was launched in 2020 with Elephant Family. The Fund is an exciting opportunity for them to grow their conservation work and develop new partnerships.
Funding Streams
- They will accept proposals for the following streams:
- Large grants (£100,000 – £150,000): for scaling or replicating projects with established evidence and high impact and prepare them for further investment from institutional funding
- Medium grants (£50,000 – £100,000): for investing in ideas or projects that have demonstrated initial evidence of success through pilots and now want to track and assess impact, effectiveness and viability to help establish coexistence as an approach and provide proof of concept in the conservation sector
- Small grants (£10,000 – £50,000): for small scale and early-stage/ pilot innovations to gather evidence and identify different possibilities, approaches and ideas in the conservation sector.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations need to be registered in India as a not-for-profit entity (ie a Society, Trust, Section 8 (previously Section 25) company or a registered institute under Section 35(1) (ii)).
- Organisations need to have an available and valid Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act approval
- Organisations must have been working for two years on or before 31 March 2022 and have annual accounts available
- Organisations should not have any political or religious affiliations
Evaluation Criteria
- Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria:
- Projects must meet the principles of coexistence defined by the British Asian Trust and deliver on this objective both in process and outcome
- Projects must be based in India and focus on one of two key landscapes 1) Western Ghats and/or 2) Northeast India
- Projects must identify a clear coexistence challenge or opportunity and have defined objectives, measurable outcomes and a plan to understand and/or address it
- Projects should be between one to three years in duration. Large grants may be implemented over five years
- Applicants must demonstrate good management practices and financial sustainability, assessed through their due diligence process.
For more information, visit https://www.britishasiantrust.org/our-work/conservation/coexistence-fund/