Deadline: 1-Dec-22
The Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF) is inviting applications for its grant program.
KNCF was authorized as a public trust by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 2000. The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (current Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited) was selected as the Trustee of the Fund. After its establishment in April 2000, a lot of corporations (mainly Keidanren member corporations) and the general people have been contributing donation to the Fund on the approval of substance of KNCF.
The KNCF has continuously supported the following projects every year with about the total amount of ¥150 million (JPY).
Grant Categories
- Basic A Grant
- Grant for small-scale projects of 1 million Yen or less for the first-time applicant to the KNCF Grant Program. While basically a single-year grant, applicants may be consecutively accepted for three years. Note that in order to reduce the burden of the applying organizations, application and reporting documents have been simplified.
- Basic B Grant
- Grant for small-scale projects of 1 million Yen or less for local grass roots organizations conducting activities in countries designated by the UN as Least Developed Countries. While basically a single-year grant, applicants may be consecutively accepted for three years. Note that in order to reduce the burden of the applying organizations, application and reporting documents have been simplified.
- Standard Grant
- Mid-sized grant that follows the conventional KNCF Grant Program. The upper limit is 10 million Yen. KNCF expects these projects to either be in their initial stages or to offer new approaches to solving problems. Applications may be made each year for a consecutive 3- year period.
- Collaboration Grant
- Large-size grant with an upper annual limit of 20 million Yen with the requirement that applying projects are collaborative projects involving multiple organizations. KNCF especially wishes to support projects that involve cooperation with governments, local society and businesses and that serve as models for NGOs. The grant is designed for a continuous period of three years.
However, if the Steering Committee determines that the status of the progress of the project is insufficient, funding may be stopped even in the middle of the project.
Activities
Activity Requirements for Application:
- Region: Activities that are mainly based in the Asia-Pacific region or inside Japan.
- Fields:
- Activities that involve the preservation of biodiversity.
- Activities intended to solve social issues that contribute to biodiversity preservation and that are applicable to Goals of SDGs.
- Activities to support human resource development in order to preserve biodiversity, including environmental education.
- All of the above activities should support the “new post-2020 global biodiversity framework” (GBF). Note that this policy will remain effective until FY 2030. As GBF will not be determined until COP 15, which is scheduled to be held in December 2022, please plan your activities based on the current tentative framework as shown below.
- Other Requirements:
- Confirm that you have satisfied the following requirements.
- Appropriate cooperation has been obtained from the government organizations, related international organizations, non-governmental organizations and local residents in the locations of the target projects.
- The results do not benefit any particular organization or individual.
- The project is implemented by experts with scientific knowledge, or the advice and cooperation of experts with scientific knowledge has been obtained in implementing the project.
Eligibility Criteria
Requirements for applying organizations:
- Applicant must be an organization that satisfies the following conditions:
- It is able to appropriately report its activities, budgets and financial status of granted projects, when requested by KNCF.
- It has incorporated status, or is a voluntary organization with societal credibility equivalent to an incorporated organization.
- It has a record of conducting nature conservation projects for 3 years or more
- Applicant must submit the documents listed below;
- Financial statements or certified audits for the past 3 years.
- For incorporated organizations, documents that show proof of such incorporation.
- (However, this does not apply to the Basic A Grant and Basic B Grant that will be explained in the Grant Categories.)
For more information, visit https://www.keidanren.net/kncf/en/fund/program