Disability Rights Fund (DRF) 2018 Round 1: Seeking Letters of Interest from Haiti and Indonesia

Deadline: 5 February 2018

The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is seeking Letters of Interest (LOIs) for the 1 round of its 2018 funding streams from Haiti and Indonesia who did not receive DRF or DRAF funding in 2017. DRF grants support both capacity of marginalized and emergent groups of persons with disabilities (PWDs) to advocate for rights and inclusion and ongoing efforts of national, state, provincial, regional, and district level DPOs to advance implementation of the CRPD and the SDGs.

The Disability Rights Fund is a grantmaking collaborative that supports persons with disabilities around the world to build diverse movements, ensure inclusive development agendas, and achieve equal rights and opportunity for all.

Funding Streams

The Disability Rights Fund has three open funding streams:

• Small Grants: The Small Grants funding stream supports growth of a broader and more diverse disability movement to advance the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at state and local levels.
• Mid-Level Coalition Grants: The Mid-Level Coalition funding stream supports civil society coalitions at sub-national levels, to ensure that national legislation and policy is implemented at these levels, including through establishment of budgets.
• National Coalition Grants: The National Coalition funding stream supports advancement of the CRPD at national levels through lobbying for legislative changes (including but not limited to CRPD/OP ratification), monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms, or following up on the recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of PWDs.

Funding Information

• Small Grants: Grant amounts range from USD 5,000–USD 20,000. Grants support activities to be implemented over a period of one year.
• Mid-Level Coalition Grants: Grant amounts range from USD 30,000–USD 40,000 per year (USD 60,000-USD 80,000 over the course of two years).
• National Coalition Grants: Grant amounts range from USD 30,000–USD 50,000 per year (USD 60,000-USD 100,000 over the course of two years).

Eligibility Criteria

• Small Grant
  • While DRF welcomes applications from any disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs), grassroots (rural), emergent (newly established), and more marginalized groups (such as women with disabilities, persons with psychosocial disabilities, persons with albinism, DeafBlind, etc.) are especially encouraged to apply for grants in this category. The following types of organizations may submit applications for projects of one-year duration:
    • Legally registered non-governmental DPOs (or group of PWDs acting under the fiscal sponsorship of a legally registered NGO)
    • Partnerships among DPOs
    • Partnerships between DPOs and other organizations (when a DPO is the managing partner)
    • The applicant must be based in and conduct the majority of their activities in the countries targeted for this call.
• Mid-Level Coalition Grants
  • Mid-Level Coalitions of three or more organizations, where the Coalition is conceived and led by a disabled persons’ organizations, may submit applications
  • Umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with other organizations to be eligible
  • Applications from Mid-Level Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO on behalf of the Coalition
  • The applicant organization and the application aim must have scope at state (in a federal system), provincial, regional or district levels
  • Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant
• National Coalition Grants
  • This stream is intended for organizations that are prominent in the disability movement at the country level
  • National Coalitions of three or more organizations where the Coalition is conceived and led by a DPO may submit applications
  • National umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with other organizations to be eligible
  • Applications from National Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO with national scope on behalf of the Coalition
  • Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant

How to Apply

Applicants must download the Letter of Interest via given on the website.

For more information, please visit Disability Rights Fund.