Deadline: 20 April 2018
The Other Foundation is currently inviting individuals or organizations for its General Grants to support work that advances the freedom, equality, and social inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, and transgender and intersex people.
Although proposals for innovative work in general will be considered, activities that focus on the following themes will be given priority consideration, because some funds have been ring-fenced for these focus areas:
- Supporting parents of LGBTI people to become public advocacy champions for freedom, equality, and social inclusion of LGBTI people.
- Engaging religious organizations about the equal human dignity, safety and social inclusion of LGBTI people.
- Directly and indirectly engaging traditional leaders about the equal human dignity, safety, and social inclusion of LGBTI people.
- Initiatives that advance the economic empowerment of LGBTI people through the development and inclusion of LGBTI-owned small businesses in corporate supply chains, the development of workplace LGBTI affinity groups as advocacy champions for workplace inclusion and supply chain diversity, work with labour unions to promote diversity and inclusion, and research that helps to improve company practices on diversity and inclusion from an LGBTI perspective.
- Advocacy campaigns focused on national public policies that discriminate against LGBTI people.
- Philanthropy development to support activism for LGBTI equality and social inclusion.
Funding Information
The Foundation has between R3 million and R5 million for grant allocations in this round of grant-making.
Eligibility Criteria
- The thirteen eligible countries from which grant applications will be accepted are Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- The Foundation has a particular interest in funding groups that start new initiatives or develop new alliances with other LGBTI organizations and/or allies outside the LGBTI movement, especially in campaign-type advocacy, and work that clearly demonstrates collaboration with other non-LGBTI civil society organizations, direct engagement with policymakers and private businesses, and the development of new knowledge by doing primary research or using data that has already been generated.
How to Apply
Concept proposals must be submitted at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit General Grants.