Deadline: 24 March 2017
The Levi Lassen Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant program for Gender Equality in Israel.
Levi Lassen’s work in Israel began over 40 years ago. Levi Lassen is committed to helping Israel develop, grow and prosper. It believes in an Israel where the Jewish people achieve self-determination in their homeland and where everyone participates in a shared and just society, predicated on the best values of equality, tolerance and social justice in a liberal democracy.
Grant Award Category
Gender equality grassroots: The applicant must be a grassroots nature and work to advance the status of women in the following areas: economic empowerment of women, women’s leadership training and mentoring, women in the public shere, women’s rights, and gender equality issues such as freedom to marry or divorce, violence against women, or women’s empowerment. This also includes incubator projects or pilots for initiating and developing gender equality in any area of Israel’s society or to promote women as leaders of social change.
Funding Information
- NGO’s of grassroots nature with an annual budget below 500,000 Euros.
- NGO’s may apply for up to 25,000 Euro’s a year and are given for a period of one year.
- Grantees may apply for a renewal grant for up to 5 consecutive years (subject to submitting an evaluation report which has to be approved by the foundation).
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations officially registered as non-profits in Israel (amutot, community interest companies, and charities) with valid authorization of non-profit status (rishum amuta), proper management certificate (nihul takin) and valid certification from tax and VAT authorities (Ishur nihul sfarim ve nikuy mas).
- Start up NGO’s doesn’t need nihul takin.
- Individuals cannot apply.
- Preference is given to small to medium-sized organizations. (Up to an annual budget of 500,000 Euros).
- The amuta has to be of a grassroots nature. It can be a new amuta or an amuta that has been around for some years.
- Projects to be held in Israel for Israeli residents only.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: Israel
For more information, please visit The Levi Lassen Foundation.