Disability Rights Fund (DRF) 2018 Round 2: Supporting both Capacity of Marginalized & Emergent Groups

Deadline: 22 August 2018

The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is seeking proposals for the 2^nd round of its 2018 funding streams. 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 and sub-national 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 CRPD and the SDGs at 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 addressing the rights of PWDs 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 (including but not limited to CRPD/OP ratification), policy, and budgetary changes, monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms as they relate to persons with disabilities, or following up on recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs).

Funding Information

• Small Grants: Grant amounts will range from USD 5,000–USD 20,000. Grants will support activities to be implemented over a period of one year, beginning January 1, 2019.
• Mid-Level Coalition Grants: Grant amounts will range from USD 30,000–40,000 per year (USD 60,000 to 80,000 over the course of two years). Projects will commence on January 1, 2019.
• National Coalition Grants: Grant amounts will range from USD 30,000–50,000 per year (USD 60,000 to 100,000 over the course of two years). Projects will commence on January 1, 2019.

Target Countries

Organizations from the following countries are invited to submit proposals:

• Pacific Island Countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
• Rwanda
• Invited organizations from the following country can also submit proposals: Uganda

Eligibility Criteria

• Small Grant
  • The following types of organizations may submit applications for projects of one-year duration:
    • Legally registered non-governmental DPOs (or groups of PWDs) acting under the fiscal sponsorship thereof
    • Partnerships among DPOs
    • Partnerships between DPOs and other civil society 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 DPO, may submit applications.
  • Applications from Mid-Level Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO on behalf of the Coalition. Applicant organizations will be responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant. 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.
  • Note that the applicant organization and the application aim must have scope at state (in a federal system), regional, provincial or district levels.
• National Coalition Grants
  • National Coalitions of three or more organizations, where the Coalition is conceived and led by a DPO, may submit applications.
  • Applications from National Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO on behalf of the Coalition. Applicant organizations will be responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant. 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.
  • This stream is intended for organizations that are prominent in the disability movement at the national level.

How to Apply

Applicants must download the Request for Proposals via given on the website.

For more information, please visit Disability Rights Fund.